Australasian Shorebird Conference online in 2022

The 12th Australasian Shorebird Conference will take place from 29-30 October 2022 hosted jointly by the Australasian Wader Studies Group and the Queensland Wader Studies Group. We are pleased to announce that the Conference will be an online event, in the hope of encouraging broad participation from around Australia and across the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership.

The theme for this Conference is “Global Strategies Local Actions” and through the Conference program we will look at what has been happening across the East Asian – Australasian Flyway since the 11th Australasian Shorebird Conference held in 2018.

The call for abstracts for the Australasian Shorebird Conference 2022 is now open. You can submit an abstracts for an oral presentation (15-min talk, plus 5-min for questions), or an e-poster presentation. Abstracts can either be submitted under the following themes or as general submissions.

• EAAF site network
• Conservation and monitoring
• Citizen science
• Indigenous research, monitoring and conservation
• Communicating shorebird science

All submissions will be considered for the program and program sessions will be determined on the basis of submitted abstract themes.

Go to the Australasian Shorebird Conference website to find out more and submit your abstract.