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The United Kingdom's Seabird Group will hold its 11th Conference at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom over 2-4 September this year (click here).

There will be three themed sessions on the subjects of:

marine renewable energy and seabirds;

seabird migration; and

individual specialisation in seabirds.

Professor Bob Furness of the University of Glasgow will give the plenary talk entitled "Seabird responses to environmental change: insights from 30 years of PhD supervision".

The remainder of the programme will be open to general abstract submissions on any topic concerning seabird research, monitoring or conservation.  Several field excursions are being arranged, including trips out to sea.

Closing date for submissions of oral and poster abstracts is 1 June 2011.  Abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee and notification of decisions will be sent to authors by 30 June.  A final programme will be published on 31 July.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 23 May 2011