Topics of Special Interest

• Training the next generation
• Integrating wildlife into the larger oil spill response structure
• Post-release monitoring
• Offshore & inland wildlife response
• Responder management
• Internal and external communications
• Lessons from recent oiling events
• Effects from non-traditional contaminants

Additional Topics

• International networking
• The role of science in oiled wildlife activities
• Polar wildlife issues
• Case studies
• Veterinary techniques
• Planning and prevention
• Chronic oiling and its impact
• Field reconnaissance 
• Facility planning/design/management 
• New technology and uses
• Clinical research and rehabilitation methods 
• Restoration and impact assessment
• Cooperative efforts among governments, agencies, industry and NGOs

Submission Information 

Abstracts should be between 200-300 words in length (excluding author and preferred presentation information), should be objective, and include practical and impartial information. The submission should also:

• Indicate topic (from those listed above) as the most appropriate category
• Identify primary and contributing authors (and full contact information for primary author)
• Identify preferred presentation type – oral presentation or poster presentation

Abstracts should be submitted no later than May 29, 2022 by email to EOWprogram@birdrescue.org Abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee, and successful applicants notified by July 1, 2022. Authors will be asked to provide a final abstract, extended abstract, or paper by August 20, 2022 for inclusion in the proceedings.

Exhibitors: Space available at the EOW event: Each booth will include a space, a 6’ draped table and can be occupied from Monday, September 26th through September 29th – all conference days.  The cost is $500 per booth. Please e-mail Barbara Callahan for more information

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