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5/13/2009 - 5/15/2009 - 11th Annual Southeast EPPC Conference
11th Annual Southeast EPPC Conference will be hosted in Georgetown, South Carolina on May 13-15, 2009.  The conference topic is Creating Sustainable Landscapes for the Future.

5/11/2009 - 5/15/2009 - World Ocean Conference 2009
World Ocean Conference 2009: May 11-15, 2009, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The World Ocean Conference (WOC) 2009 is a forum for the world community to discuss current issues in the marine field particularly those related to climate change. For more information visit the conference website.

5/5/2009 - 5/10/2009 - Bat Conservation and Management Workshop
Bat Conservation and Management Workshop - In this intensive 6-day, 5-night program, BCI biologists and professional colleagues conduct a combination of lectures and discussions, field trips to examine bat habitat, and hands-on training to capture and identify bats.  For more details, visit the website.

5/4/2009 - 5/7/2009 - 2009 International Miconia Conference
2009 International Miconia Conference "Pulling it all Together" will bring together scientists, resource managers, field technicians, and funding agencies to focus on the challenges and successes associated with miconia invasions across the Pacific. The conference will provide opportunities to review current control strategies, learn the status of potential biocontrol agents, discuss outreach and funding strategies, and explore the beautiful East Maui region.

4/30/2009 - 5/1/2009 - ODUM Conference 2009 Understanding and Managing Biological Invasions as Dynamic Processes: Integrating Information Across Space and Time
ODUM Conference 2009 will be held in Rensselaerville, NY.  This conference will focus on: 1) incorporating a dynamic perspective into invasion ecology and management; 2) developing specific mechanisms to assemble and evaluate the needed datasets; and 3) fostering a collaborative research-management approach wherein site-specific data reveal broad patterns, which in turn yield management recommendations.