Dear colleagues,
you will find below the programme of the ECS workshop on Marine Mammal Reserach and Ethics to be celebrated in La Rochelle on April 3. The aim of the workshop is to promote discussion around identified issues related to Research and Ethics, articulated around illustrative presentations. The full participation of ECS members is encouraged. Ultimately, we would like to discuss whether there are conflicts that arise during research, and whether the ECS would benefit from having an Ethical Advisory Committee to help review and advise on these issues. On site registration will be possible for members or conference attendees at similar low fees. For further details or registration please contact with Laila Sadler ([log in to unmask]) or Michel André ([log in to unmask]).
With kind regards,
Michel André
ECS Marine Mammal Research and Ethics Workshop
Sunday 3rd April 2005
Conference Centre Espace Encan, La Rochelle, France
Convenors: Michel André & Laila Sadler
Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty on Animals (RSPCA)
Programme
9:00 - Welcome and opening remarks
9:20 - Ethics and marine mammal research
Ian Boyd, Sea Mammal Research Unit
9:50 - Research and marine mammals in the wild
Giuseppe Nortabartolo di Sciara, ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee
10:20 - Research and marine mammals in human care
Manuel Garcia Hartmann, Duisburg Zoo, European Association of Aquatic Mammals
10:50 - Tea break
11:10 - Relevance of an ethical approach in research (1)
- "Research techniques used with wild pinnipeds" –
Ailsa Hall, Sea Mammal Research Unit
11:20 - "Bycatch mitigation research: incidental harm when finding a solution"
Alice Mackay, SMRU
11:30 - "Research duplication: the Good, the Bad and the Politically Ugly"
Ben Wilson, Scottish Association for Marine Science
11:40 - "Can the source of funding bias the research?"
Laila Sadler, RSPCA
11:50 - Discussion
12:45 - Lunch
14:00 - Relevance of an ethical approach in research (2)
- "Research and Ethical issues in non-European countries"
Maria Morete, Instituto Baleia Jubarte, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
14:20 - "Research and ethics in stranding responses in Mexico"
Diana M. Antochiw- Alonzo, Mexican Society of Marine Mammalogy, Mexico
14.40 - Discussion
15:10 - Ethical Advisory Committee
- "Establishing an Ethical Advisory Committee: why and how?"
Chris Sherwin, ASAB & ISAE Ethics Committee Secretary
15:40 - Tea break
16:00 - Relevance and role of an Ethical Advisory Committee within the ECS
- Discussion
17:30 - End of the workshop and conclusions
The ECS 19th Annual Conference is hosted by the University of La Rochelle (Laboratoire de Biologie et Environnement Marins, Centre de Recherche sur les Mammifères Marins, Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement), in co-operation with the Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS. The general theme of the conference is: "MARINE MAMMALS AND FOOD: FROM ORGANISMS TO ECOSYSTEMS"
For further information about the conference, please visit the conference web site: http://www.univ-lr.fr/labo/lbem/ecs2005/ecs_2005.htm
Any specific request about the conference can be addressed to: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Michel André
Laboratori d'Aplicacions Bioacústiques
Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Vilanova i la Geltrú
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Avda. Víctor Balaguer s/n
08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Espanya.
tel. (34) 93 896 72 27
fax. (34) 93 896 77 00
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Centre Tecnológic de Vilanova i la Geltrú
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