A New Decade, New Challenges,

New Opportunities to Make A Difference  

• Full conference, single day, and half day registrations
• Special conference rate of $169/night at our hosting hotel, The Embassy Suites, Seaside. Reserve your rooms now at: http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/MRYESES-ACS-20101111/index.jhtml 

Conference cancellation policy: $50 processing fee for cancellations by October 15. No refunds after October 15. Early bird rates apply before September 1. Online registration closes November 8. After that date, you may register at the door.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 

* Full conference registration tickets - Include Friday night reception, all plenary sessions, panels, poster sessions, book signings, art show, and lunch on both Saturday & Sunday. **Banquet is NOT included in conference ticket price. It must be purchased separately.

FRIDAY

5:30 - 6:30 pm     Registration desk is open for check-in and those who have not yet registered

6:30 - 9:30 pm     Welcome Reception, Embassy Suites Ballroom

7:30 -  In the Eye of the Whale, featuring an exhibit his life-size, high-resolution photographs of whales -   Bryant Austin, Artist

 8:00 pm - The Adventures of a Whale Painter: 50 Years in Pursuit of Cetological Correctness - Richard Ellis,  Artist/Writer

SATURDAY

7:00 - 8:15 am     Registration desk is open for check-in and those who have not yet registered

8:15 - 8:30            Welcoming Remarks - Kathy Zagzebski, ACS President

Whales in 2010 – Where We Are

8:30 - 9:00            Whales of the World: New Developments in Whale Research in the North Pacific and Challenges Whales Face – John Calambokidis

9:00 - 9:30            Small Cetaceans of the World – Tom Jefferson

9:30 - 10:00          The Most Endangered Cetaceans – Bernd Würsig

10:00 - 10:15       Break

 Large Whale “Hotspots” – 2010-2020

10:15 - 10:45       Right Whales: Surviving the Times? – Brenda Rone

10:45  - 11:15     Out of Sight But Not Out of Mind: Using Tag Technology to Understand Humpback Whale Foraging – Ari Friedlaender

11:15 - 11:45       Cetacean Cultures and Cetacean Rights – Hal Whitehead

11:45                     Announcements

12:00 - 1:00 pm   Lunch

Dolphins in Distress

1:00 - 1:30            Over-fished and Under-appreciated: Conservation and Management of Hawaiʽi’s False Killer Whales -  Our Next Endangered Species? – Robin Baird

1:30 - 2:00            The Status and Recent Trends of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales – Rod Hobbs

2:00 - 2:30            Biology and Status of the World’s Freshwater Cetaceans – Randy Reeves

2:30 - 2:45            Break

 Porpoises and Places in Peril

2:45 - 3:15            Effects of the BP Oil Spill on Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico – Teri Rowles

3:15 - 3:45            End of the Line: The Recovery and Conservation of the Vaquita – Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho

3:45 - 4:15            Importance of Taxonomy for Conservation of Finless Porpoises – John Wang

4:30 - 5:30            Poster session, art show, book signings (Jim Darling, Elin Kelsey, Kathleen Dudzinski/Toni Frohoff,  Carrie Newell)

6:00 - 7:00            Music/Socialize (Banquet participants only, banquet location)

7:00 - 9:00            Banquet and Awards Ceremony - Small Cetaceans in a Rapidly Changing World –  Randy Wells.  (John Heyning Award Presentation, Photo Contest and Poster Contest Awards Announced)

SUNDAY

8:00 - 9:00 am     Registration desk is available

9:00 - 9:15           Opening Remarks

9:15 - 10:15         Keynote Speaker – Conservation, Crisis, and Human Perception – Tim Ragen                  

10:15 - 10:30       Break

 The Next Decade of Cetacean Conservation

10:30 - 11:00       Worldwide Mass Strandings of Beaked Whales: Changing Patterns and Their Probable Causes  – Bob Brownell

11:00 - 11:30       Politics: The Past, Present, and Future of the IWC – Sue Fisher  

11:30 - 12:00       Cetaceans and Climate Change: What Can We Expect? – Ian Dutton

 12:00 - 1:00          Lunch

 1:00 - 1:30            Voices of the Great Whales, Drowning in a Sea of Noise –  Chris Clark

1:30 -2:00             Marine Spatial Planning and Cetacean Conservation – Pat Halpin

2:00 - 2:30            Whale Health and Conservation in an Urban Ocean – Rosalind Rolland

 2:30 - 2:45            Break

 2:45 - 4:00            “The Cove”– Screening clip and Q&A with Louie Psihoyos, Film Director

4:00 - 4:30            What Can ACS Do?  What Can We Do? – Kathy Zagzebski and Cheryl McCormick, ACS  Executive Director

4:30                        Formal Sessions Adjourn. Unmoderated Open Discussion Opportunity