Asian Flyways Collaborative for Waterbirds

Australasian Ornithological Conference. 8-10 February 2022.
2022-02-08 - 2022-02-10 | 11th Australasian Ornithological Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
A great opportunity to attend the Australasian Ornithological Conference this February in person or virtually!
We are pleased to announce that the 11th Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 8 – 10 February 2022. To ensure certainty in these dynamic COVID times, AOC is pleased to announce that the conference is going fully online! The AOC is the primary conference for BirdLife Australia and Birds NZ, and is the largest biennial gathering of enthusiastic amateur and professional ornithologists from Australasia and overseas.While we’d have loved to see you all in person, we have engaged a state-of-the-art virtual conferencing platform that will bring almost everything you’ve come to expect from AOC.You’ll be able to network with fellow delegates, participate in live Q&As, poster sessions and more. If you’d like to learn more about the virtual conference platform, you can check out the video here or our FAQ page.The main aims of these conferences are to:Promote communication and interaction among ornithologists in Australasia;Encourage student participation and provide networking opportunities, particularly for early-career ornithologists;Showcase the best ornithological research from across Australasia.Register here: https://aocauckland.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/

AFCoW Webinar. 15 December. 7:30 AM EST (8:30 PM China Standard Time).
2021-12-15 04:30 - 06:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Our next AFCoW Webinar will be on December 15th (6:00PM Chennai; 8:30PM China Standard Time; 7:30AM Eastern Standard Time; 1:30PM Central European Time), where Dr. S. “Bala” Balachandran from the Bombay Natural History Society will be presenting on “Shorebirds of the Indian Subcontinent” and Jeff Sullivan from the U. S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center will be presenting on “Waterfowl Spring Migratory Behavior from Hong Kong and Avian Influenza Risk along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway”. Hope to see you there!

AFCoW Webinar. 17 November 8AM EST (9PM China Standard Time).
2021-11-17 05:00 - 06:30
The second webinar in our series will be on November 17th when Dr. Yali Si from the University of Leiden, Netherlands will be presenting “Global change on bird distribution, migration and diversity” and Dr Shenglai Yin from Nanjin Normal University, China will be presenting “Species-dependent effect of habitat loss on migratory waterfowl and avian influenza virus dispersal in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway”. All are welcome and we’re looking forward to our discussions!

16th Chinese Ornithological Conference, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, China. 11-15 November 2021.
2021-11-11 08:00 - 2021-11-15 17:00
This meeting will occur immediately following the AOC.

First Asian Ornithological Conference, Zhihua, Guangzhou, China. 9-11 November 2021.
2021-11-09 08:00 - 2021-11-11 17:00
This is the first Asian Ornithological Conference that will be based in Zhihua and held online. We will provide a presentation about AFCoW. http://www.chinabird.org/xxhyjkb/2021-09-29/1109.html

NEW AFCoW Webinar. 26 October 9PM EDT (27 October 9AM China Standard Time).
2021-10-26 18:00 - 21:00
This webinar series will share ideas, perspectives, and the latest research findings to build a stronger international research community. Faculty, postdocs, and students are all welcome.
Webinar flyer PDF

20th Ecological Society of China Conference, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. 24-27 October 2021.
2021-10-24 08:00 - 2021-10-27 17:00
This conference includes a waterbirds and wetland ecology session. https://esc2021.scimeeting.cn/cn/web/program/11919
