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2009 symposium contacts
Australia is very proud to host the 2009 symposium (find out why here), and to have our own Dr Colin Limpus as President of the International Sea Turtle Society (learn more about Col here).
The general email address for the Australian Organising Group is info@turtlesbrisbane2009.org
Please use this address for contacting members of the organising group.
* President- Colin Limpus
* Indigenous Liaison Working Group Chair - Scott Whiting
* Program Chairs & Coordinator (oral & poster presentations)
- DuBose Griffin, Mark Hamann, Tony Tucker, Bill Irwin
* Sponsorship & Exhibition Working Group Chair - Nancy Fitzsimmons
* Tours Working Group Chair - Andrea Phillott
* Volunteer Working Group Chair - Mark Hamann
* Website & Communications Working Group Chair - Chloe Schauble
* Secretariat and On-site Event Coordinator - Suellen Holland, ICMS Australasia Pty Ltd
If you wish to submit a video for the video night please contact videos@turtlesbrisbane2009.org
If you are interested in volunteering for the symposium please contact volunteers@turtlesbrisbane2009.org to register your interest.
Travel Support contacts
Travel Committee Chair - Hoyt Peckham
Regional Chair - Africa - Angela Formia
Regional Chair - Asia/Pacific and Middle East - Nick Pilcher
Regional Chair - South Asia - Kartik Shanker
Regional Chair - Caribbean (English-speaking) - Karen Eckert
Regional Chair - Europe - Aliki Panagoloulou
Regional Chair - Latin America and Spanish-speaking Caribbean - Alejandro Fallabrino
Regional Chair - USA and Canada -Bryan Wallace
Email addresses can be accessed via the www.seaturtle.org directory.
Associated Meetings contacts
Africa - Jacques Fretey
Australian Sea Turtles Mini-symposium - Col Limpus
Freshwater turtles - Chuck Schaffer & Arthur Georges
Indian Ocean & Southeast Asia - Doug Hykle, Karen Arthur, Lalith Ekanayake
IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG) - Nick Pilcher & Rod Mast
Mediterranean Sea - Paolo Casale
RETOMALA (Latin America) - Ana Barragan
SPREP - Lui Bell
Western Pacific Regional Letherbacks - Peter Dutton
Email addresses can be accessed via the www.seaturtle.org directory.
Local Australian Organising Group
Alphabetically...
Andrea Whiting, Charles Darwin University, NT
Dr Andrea Phillott, James Cook University, QLD
Dr Chloe Schauble, Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, QLD
Dr Colin Limpus, Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, QLD
Dr Donna Kwan, Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, ACT
Ian Bell, Queensland Environmental Protection Agency, QLD
Jillian Grayson, James Cook University, QLD
Dr Karen Arthur, Smithsonian, USA
Dr Kellie Pendoley, Pendoley Environmental, WA
Kiki Dethmers, The University of Queensland, QLD
Dr Kirstin Dobbs, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, QLD
Dr Mark Hamann, James Cook University, QLD
Dr Michelle Boyle, James Cook University, QLD
Dr Mick Guinea, Charles Darwin University, NT
Dr Milani Chaloupka, Ecological Modelling Services P/L, QLD
Dr Nancy FitzSimmons, University of Canberra
Dr Sali Bache, PestIt, NSW
Dr Scott Whiting, Biomarine International, NT
Siobhan Hermanussen, The University of Queensland, QLD
Dr Tim Jessop, Melbourne Zoo, VIC