The next Australasian Ornithological Conference was held in December in Australia. This is the major two-yearly bird conference held in New Zealand or Australia. For details of this conference, go to the AOC website.
The 2007 Australasian Shorebird Conference was held in July in Australia. Details and programme can be found on the Asia-Pacific Shorebird Network website. The abstracts can be dowloaded via the 'conferences' page of the Australasian Wader Studies Group website.
The Australasian Shorebird Conference (ASC) was hosted by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and the Australasian Wader Studies Group in Nelson, New Zealand, from 11 to 13 December 2005. This conference focused on the ecology and conservation of shorebirds in the Australasian and Pacific region.
Download abstracts (Word format: 550 kb - these have been published in The Stilt 49, April 2006)