UPCOMING CONFERENCES

RRF Regular North American Meetings

2012, 14-18 August, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

RRF will participate in the North American Ornithological Conference V in a joint meeting with nine other ornithological societies. NAOC V – The 5th North American Ornithological Conference, organized jointly by the American Ornithologists’ Union, Society of Canadian Ornithologists/ Societe des Ornithologistes du Canada, Bird Studies Canada, Association of Field Ornithologists, Cooper Ornithological Society, Raptor Research Foundation, La Sociedad para el Estudio y Conservacion de las Aves en Mexico [CIPAMEX], Waterbird Society, and Wilson Ornithological Society, will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 4 day scientific program (15-18 August) will be preceded by annual and council meetings of most of the ornithological societies, and scientific and ENGO workshops. The opening reception will be held on the evening of 14 August. Field trips will be offered before and after the scientific program. The Steering Committee for NAOC-V, with representatives from each of the participating ornithological groups, is engaged in the conference planning details.

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2013, 21-25 October, Bariloche, Argentina
RRF is excited to announce our first annual conference in South America in conjunction with the Neotropical Raptor Network (The Peregrine Fund) and The World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls . The conference will be hosted by the Universidad Nacional del Comahue – INIBIOMA/CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina and co-hosted by Club de Observadores de Aves de Bariloche and SNAP (Sociedad Naturalista Andino Patagonica). The conference will be held at the Hotel Panamericano Bariloche, a five star hotel in downtown Bariloche. The local organizing committee chairs are Dr. Miguel D. Saggese, (CVM-Western University of Health Sciences, California, USA), Dr. Valeria Ojeda and Dr. Sergio A. Lambertucci (Laboratorio Ecotono, Universidad Nacional del Comahue – INIBIOMA/CONICET, Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina). For more information, please contact the RRF conference chair.