The EGI Conference

The 2012 EGI Conference

Date: Wednesday 4th January 2pm - Friday 6th January pm

Plenary speakers: Virpi Lummaa (Sheffield), Stuart West (Oxford), Gavin Thomas (Bristol), Tim Birkhead (Sheffield), and Patricia Brekke (Zoological Society of London).

Cost: £110 including all refreshments and end of conference dinner in Trinity College. Accommodation not included

Deadline for the submission of talk abstracts has been extended to Mon 12th Dec. All successful applicants will be contacted on 13th Dec. If you would like to present a poster a few boards are still available. Closing date for conference registration is Mon 19th Dec.

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For more information, please email Claire Harvey Claire.Harvey@zoo.ox.ac.uk

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.

Previous Conferences

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 ( poster).

2009: The EGI conference was held in Oxford from 7-9 January 2009. There were over 80 delegates ( programme).

2008: The EGI conference was held in Oxford from 8-10 January 2008. There were 85 delegates ( programme).

2007:The EGI conference was held in Oxford from 9-11 January 2007. There were 105 delegates (programme.

2006: The EGI conference was held in Groningen, Netherlands, from 4-7 January 2006. There were 100 delegates (programme).