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According to the IAPC5 web site the call for abstracts will open next month on 1 October.

The closing date for submission of abstracts and for the early-bird registration will be 1 April 2012.

 Information on the planned programme with session topics and themes may be found at http://www.cvent.com/events/the-fifth-international-albatross-and-petrel-conference/custom-18-7f2350508d8e48278a360a387b75af71.aspx.

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The Fifth International Conference on the Biology and Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (IAPC5) will be held in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on the waterfront of Wellington, New Zealand over the period Monday 13 to Friday 17 August 2012.  Click here www.iapc5.co.nz to access its web site.

The organization of IAPC5 will be led by New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).

The conference will cover all aspects of albatross and petrel biology, ecology, distributions and tracking, taxonomy and human interactions.  It is intended to have four days of oral and poster sessions with a mid-week break for local outings.  Plans are also being made for pre- and/or post-conference excursions to view procellariiform seabirds at sea.

The museum has modern facilities.  It has a large auditorium which seats over 300 people, a large display and catering space that will hold over 60 posters at one time, and it has additional spaces for concurrent sessions and workshops.

Te Papa also incorporates an art gallery that holds the national art collection and mounts regular exhibitions, two cafes and several souvenir shops.

Prospective attendees are advised to check the web site frequently as further information about the conference will be added to it in due course.

White-capped Albatross. Photograph by David Thompson

The four previous International Albatross and Petrel Conferences were held in Hobart, Australia in 1995, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (2000), Montevideo, Uruguay (2004) and in Cape Town, South Africa (2008).

With thanks to Matt Rayner, ACAP Australasian News Correspondent  and David Thompson, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand for information.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 5 July 2011, updated 2 September 2011