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title: "Check out the abstracts of oral and poster presentations for next week\'s Fifth Albatross and Petrel Conference"
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# Check out the abstracts of oral and poster presentations for next week's Fifth Albatross and Petrel Conference

The Fifth Albatross and Petrel Conference ([IAPC5](http://www.cvent.com/events/the-fifth-international-albatross-and-petrel-conference/event-summary-7f2350508d8e48278a360a387b75af71.aspx)) will be taking place next week in Wellington, New Zealand.

 The [Conference Programme and Abstracts](https://custom.cvent.com/7D44ECD432654B6DA64826C592F01E88/files/d0778cc2f5ad4f07859cb21fded862bf.pdf) booklet is now available online, which also usefully includes a list of conference delegates along with their e-mail addresses.  Both oral and poster abstracts are included in the booklet.

 A scan through the abstracts reveals that papers will be presented that cover 24 of the 30 species of albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters currently listed within the Agreement.

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Bullers/bullers_alblaross_chris_golding.jpg)  
Buller's Albatross: a new Zealand endemic species  
Photograph by Chris Golding

 The Albatross and Petrel Agreement will be represented at the conference by its Information officer, John Cooper; Science Officer, Wiesława Misiak; and the Chair of its Advisory Committee, Marco Favero.  [Click here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/programme-now-available-for-the-fifth-international-albatross-and-petrel-conference-next-month-in-new-zealand) to see what they will be presenting at the meeting.

 John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 10 August 2012