[MARMAM] workshop announcement and call for posters

[Mark Baumgartner]

Workshop Announcement:  "Ecological Modeling For Marine Mammalogists"
November 26, 2011 (Saturday)
Tampa Bay Convention Center
Tampa, Florida
Registration Fee: $30 US (register here)

The "Ecological Modeling for Marine Mammalogists" workshop will follow  
on the successful 2009 workshop of the same name, and will represent  
the sixth Biennial workshop devoted to spatial modeling. There is  
tremendous interest in applying statistical modeling techniques to the  
quantitative assessment of marine mammal distribution and habitat use,  
and our workshop seeks to explore both traditional and the latest  
methodologies. Our goal is to bring together practitioners that can  
share their experience with various approaches to ecological modeling  
by addressing topics ranging from collecting data, selecting the  
appropriate model, evaluating the model's results, and applying those  
results in a research or management context. The workshop format will  
consist of formal presentations followed by discussions during which  
particular methodologies can be meaningfully explored by all  
participants. We will also include a Project Forum wherein students  
and researchers new to modeling can present their projects in poster  
format and discuss the statistical challenges they are facing with  
other workshop participants. For information about the 2011 workshop  
as well as past workshops, please visit http://www.whoi.edu/sites/marinemammalmodeling 
.  Participants can register for this workshop here.

CALL FOR PROJECT FORUM POSTERS
We are accepting abstracts (max 300 words) for posters outlining  
research that addresses applications of statistical tools and modeling  
approaches for marine mammals.  We are particularly interested in  
poster presentations by students seeking input and discussion on  
statistical methodology, but presentations from non-students are  
certainly most welcome.  These posters will be used in a session, as  
described above, where other researchers, including the workshop  
organizers, can discuss and supply feedback and advice.  We also  
welcome posters that discuss innovative tool and/or model  
development.  Posters that will be later presented at the Biennial  
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals are welcome.  Presenters  
will be expected to give a brief 2-minute oral presentation  
summarizing their project, after which they will stand by their  
poster.  Please send abstracts by September 30 to Kristin Laidre at klaidre at apl.washington.edu 
.

Workshop organizing committee:
Kathy Vigness Raposa
Daniel Palacios
Kristin Laidre
Ellen Hines
Elliot Hazen
Dori Dick
Mark Baumgartner

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