EGI Conference
All information about future EGI student conferences will be posted here.
Conference Background
These conferences (which started in 1947) are primarily intended as places for students to present work in a constructive atmosphere, composed mostly of their peers. In addition to undergraduates, graduate students and very early career postdocs a small contingent of benevolent elder academics also attend. The main emphasis is on the conference as a format for students to present their own work.
Historically the conference has always been held at the EGI in Oxford. In future it is intended that the conference will be sometimes be hosted elsewhere in departments with a strong history in ornithology and a link with the EGI. The first such ‘satellite’ conference was held at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in January 2006.
News and Events
Previous Conferences
2012 The EGI conference was held at the Department of Zoology, Oxford from 4th January – 6th January. The plenary speakers were: Virpi Lummaa (Sheffield), Stuart West (Oxford), Gavin Thomas (Bristol), Tim Birkhead (Sheffield), and Patricia Brekke (Zoological Society of London). For full information see: EGI2012_Information_sheet.pdf
2010: The EGI Conference was held in Oxford from 7-9 January 2010. In spite of heavy snow on the first day more than 80 people attended the conference (2010 Programme).
2009: The EGI conference was held in Oxford from 7-9 January 2009. There were over 80 delegates (2009 Flyer).
2008: The EGI conference was held in Oxford from 8-10 January 2008. There were 85 delegates (2008 Programme).
2007:The EGI conference was held in Oxford from 9-11 January 2007. There were 105 delegates (2007 Programme).
2006: The EGI conference was held in Groningen, Netherlands, from 4-7 January 2006. There were 100 delegates (2006 Programme).