NINTH (VIRTUAL) MEETING OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE SHOREBIRD GROUP, 6–9 SEPTEMBER 2022, PUERTO MADRYN, ARGENTINA

DAMICO, V.; BERTELLOTTI, M.; BALA, L.; LANCTOT, R.; GATES, R.

Wader Study

Wader Studi Group

Año: 2022 vol. 129 p. 1 - 8

2058-8410

The Ninth Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (WHSG) Meeting was delivered virtually for the first time from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina on 6–9 September 2022. The conference took place in real time using two virtual platforms: Zoom webinar and Gathertown. The meeting included 332 participants from 20 countries in the Western Hemisphere, 2 from Europe and 1 from Asia. There were four plenary speakers (Juliana Bosi de Almeida, Roberto Carmona, Erica Nol, and Stan Senner), 10 symposia (81 oral presentations), six thematic sessions (64 oral presentations), and 25 poster presentations. In addition, there were four pre-conference workshops. Simultaneous translation (English/Spanish) at most conference events was provided by Traducciones Herrera. More details of the program, including the book of abstracts, are available at: https:// whsg2021.org/. The next meeting will be at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada in August 2024, and will be co-chaired by Dr. Julie Paquet (Canadian Wildlife Service) and Dr. Diana Hamilton (Mount Allison University).