David
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The 24th International Ornithological Congress (IOC) is to be held in the Hamburg Congress Centre from 13 – 19 August 2006 and is hosted by the Institute for Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland“, Wilhelmshaven and the German Ornithologists’ Society. The IOC, with considerably more than 1,000 participants, is a major event which can only be held in a large conference centre. The programme consists of over 400 lectures and presentations, including 12 plenary sessions, two of which concern ornithology in Germany (the History of Ornithology in Germany and its Influence on Ornithology Worldwide by Jürgen Haffer and Developments in Central European Avifauna over the Past 100 Years by Einhard Bezzel). In addition there are over 800 poster presentations, a plenary podium discussion on Intensification of Cooperation between Scientific Ornithology and Practical Protection of Species, and more than 20 discussions on specialised current ornithological themes.
In an era of increasing specialisation, with ornithology being no exception, the IOC attempts, through diversity and selection of themes, to fill the role of a world forum for scientific ornithology and to facilitate closer relationships between the different disciplines, which otherwise rarely meet. The practice of holding the IOC on a different continent every four years is part of this policy.
The choice of themes for the plenary lectures and the 48 symposia is made by an international scientific committee appointed by the previous congress (for Hamburg in Peking 2002) from proposals received from ornithologists worldwide. Care is taken to not only ensure that new developments in ornithology receive proper attention, but also that other themes are not neglected and above all are guaranteed a regular platform from congress to congress. The plenary lectures have the special function of providing overview presentations of interest to all participants in order to ensure that, despite essential specialisation, a transfer of knowledge and ideas between sub-disciplines can take place. This is more important than ever for the increasing importance of interdisciplinary and integrated research progress. The symposia on the other hand are intended to bring together specialists in a particular field. This occurs in a parallel event programme so that only a certain number of themes can be dealt with. Over and above all this, there is still room for all other so-called “free themes” in the form of verbal, or in particular poster presentations, which are not dealt with in the symposia of the current congress. The scientific programme of an international ornithologists’ congress is in the rule accompanied by a specialist exhibition of optics, media and other aids to ornithological research. In addition, the regional ornithological societies are given the opportunity to present themselves and excursions are organised to places close to the congress venue or to more far-flung regions. More information on the Hamburg congress can be found on the IOC website at http://www.i-o-c.org. All of the above ensures that the four-yearly International Ornithologists’ Congress remains an attractive forum for worldwide ornithology.
A comprehensive summary of the history of the 24 international ornithologists’ congresses since 1884 will be available in the "Ornithologen-Kalender 2007" which will be published by the AULA-Verlag http://www.humanitas-book.de/ shortly before the start of the congress.
Source:
Franz Bairlein,
General Secretary of the 24th International Ornithologists’ Congress 2006 in Hamburg
Institut für Vogelforschung „Vogelwarte Helgoland“, An der Vogelwarte 21, D-26386 Wilhelmshaven
(Translation David Conlin)
In an era of increasing specialisation, with ornithology being no exception, the IOC attempts, through diversity and selection of themes, to fill the role of a world forum for scientific ornithology and to facilitate closer relationships between the different disciplines, which otherwise rarely meet. The practice of holding the IOC on a different continent every four years is part of this policy.
The choice of themes for the plenary lectures and the 48 symposia is made by an international scientific committee appointed by the previous congress (for Hamburg in Peking 2002) from proposals received from ornithologists worldwide. Care is taken to not only ensure that new developments in ornithology receive proper attention, but also that other themes are not neglected and above all are guaranteed a regular platform from congress to congress. The plenary lectures have the special function of providing overview presentations of interest to all participants in order to ensure that, despite essential specialisation, a transfer of knowledge and ideas between sub-disciplines can take place. This is more important than ever for the increasing importance of interdisciplinary and integrated research progress. The symposia on the other hand are intended to bring together specialists in a particular field. This occurs in a parallel event programme so that only a certain number of themes can be dealt with. Over and above all this, there is still room for all other so-called “free themes” in the form of verbal, or in particular poster presentations, which are not dealt with in the symposia of the current congress. The scientific programme of an international ornithologists’ congress is in the rule accompanied by a specialist exhibition of optics, media and other aids to ornithological research. In addition, the regional ornithological societies are given the opportunity to present themselves and excursions are organised to places close to the congress venue or to more far-flung regions. More information on the Hamburg congress can be found on the IOC website at http://www.i-o-c.org. All of the above ensures that the four-yearly International Ornithologists’ Congress remains an attractive forum for worldwide ornithology.
A comprehensive summary of the history of the 24 international ornithologists’ congresses since 1884 will be available in the "Ornithologen-Kalender 2007" which will be published by the AULA-Verlag http://www.humanitas-book.de/ shortly before the start of the congress.
Source:
Franz Bairlein,
General Secretary of the 24th International Ornithologists’ Congress 2006 in Hamburg
Institut für Vogelforschung „Vogelwarte Helgoland“, An der Vogelwarte 21, D-26386 Wilhelmshaven
(Translation David Conlin)
