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title: "News of the First World Seabird Conference"
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# News of the First World Seabird Conference

The First World Seabird Conference, to be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada from 7-11 September 2010 is only a little over a year away.

 The conference now has its own web site [[click here](http://www.worldseabirdconference.com)].

 A call for abstracts will be sent out in September 2009 and details of registration for the conference will be made available in early 2010**.**All those that are part of the World Seabird Conference Community (sign up on the web site) will receive direct notifications.

 The primary symposia planned are:

 
- Climate Change and Seabirds: Comparative Ecosystem Dynamics of the World's Oceans
- Interactions between Seabirds and Fisheries: a Global Perspective
- Spatial Ecology at Sea: Opportunities and Challenges for Seabird Marine Protected Areas
- Seabird Colonies: Restoration and Engineering of Seabird Nesting Habitat

 Special Paper Sessions will be held on:

 
- Technological and Analytical Innovation in Seabird Research
- Marine Debris
- Interactive Effects of Chemical Contaminants, Parasites and Stressors on Seabirds
- Energetics, Physiology and Nutrition
- Seabird Demography
- Seabird Informatics, Databases and Long-term Monitoring

 [Click here](https://www.confmanager.com/communities/c1813/files/hidden/docs/WSCsummary_26May09.pdf) for details of symposia and sessions.

 ACAP is one of the conference partners, along with 24 other organizations.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 21 August 2009*