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Raptor Research
Foundation’s 5th Eurasian Conference
The Georgian Center for the Conservation
of Wildlife (GCCW) and the
Directorate for Environment and
Natural Resources of Adjara (DENRA) are pleased to announce the
Raptor Research
Foundation’s 5th Eurasian Conference to be held in Batumi,
Republic of Georgia
from October 9th through 13th 2007.
Hosted by GCCW and DENRA, this international conference will be held in
 the coastal town of Batumi, southwestern Georgia, known for its Black
Sea beaches, temperate cloud forests and raptor migration sites. The
conference will include a full program of scientific presentations,
workshops and symposia, as well as social events to include wine tours
and birding trips.
Registration will open via this website in February 2007 and priority
will be given to Raptor Research Foundation members. If you are not
already a member, you can join
on-line.
This webpage is currently under construction and we will be adding
information over the following months, so please check back regularly.
For further conference details please contact Local Organizing Committee
Chair Lexo Gavashelishvili at
<info at gccw.org> using ‘GEORGIA 2007’ as the subject header. To
add your name to the mailing list for future announcements please send your name and e-mail address to the
above e-mail address as well.
Conference schedule
October 9. Registration
and ice-breaker reception in the evening.
October 10. Keynote address by
Dr. Keith Bildstein
(the plenary session
to which everyone attends). Paper sessions all day. Registration
continues. Poster session and reception in the evening.
October 11. Paper
sessions all day. Registration continues. Social
event in the evening.
October 12. Paper
sessions all day. Registration continues. Banquet
October 13. Field trips
Conference
Venue
The
conference will be held in a conference room at
Shota Rustaveli State University.
The conference room seats 300 people and is equipped with all necessary
capabilities. The university is located at the central part of Batumi
and within a walking distance of most hotels.
How to get to Batumi and
where to stay there
Scientific Program
Some of Batumi Hotels
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE JULY 31ST
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