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The International Sea Turtle Society convenes an annual symposium to bring people together to promote the exchange of information that advances the global knowledge of sea turtle biology and conservation.

The 29th Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation will be held on 17-19 February 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. This will be the first time the symposium has been held in Australia, and indeed the southern hemisphere. Excitement is in the air.

Creating – Community – Collaboration
The symposium will explore themes such as building communication and networking at local, regional, and global scales. It aims to create linkages between communities and to connect policy-makers at all levels with the latest information coming out of sea turtle research and conservation programs.

Additionally, a number of associated meetings are held in the days preceeding the main symposium. Many of these are regionally focused.

The symposium is of interest to delegates from many professions and backgrounds (who should attend?). Attendees at past symposia share stories of their experiences here.

Trip of a lifetime

Make your visit to Australia in 2009 the trip of a lifetime. Our unique wildlife, Great Barrier Reef, magnificent coastlines, tropical and temperate islands, world heritage rainforests, Uluru, the outback, Kakadu, Ningaloo, wine regions, and cosmopolitan cities all await you. Bring the family, have an adventure!

Koala challenge

At the 2008 symposium in Loreto we gave out some rather sweet clip on "Brisbane" koalas. They were so popular the The Koala Challenge was launched. Let your koala help you out with your sea turtle work and send us photographic evidence, location info (lat & long is perfect), and a brief caption. We'll post entries to this website as they come in (click here to visit the photo page). Prizes! We'll be awarding prizes at the 2009 symposium in Brisbane for outstanding koala adventures... Email entries to: koalas@turtlesbrisbane2009.org

Staying informed

Additional information will be uploaded to this website as it comes to hand, so check back regularly.

Sign up to receive the 2009 Symposium ezines (electronic email magazines) by submitting your name and e-mail using the sign-up box at the top of this page. You can unsubscribe at anytime using a link contained within the ezines themselves.

As usual for these symposia, we will also send information announcements out through the CTURTLE listserver and the Marine Turtle Newsletter.

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