A joint meeting of the Cerulean Warbler Technical Group and Golden-winged Warbler Working Groups was held in Bogota, Colombia, during the week of October 20-24, 2008.  Thirty representatives from North American conservation agencies and organizations, including Randy Dettmers (Northeast Region ) and Tom Will (Midwest Region) with the USFWS Division of Migratory Birds, followed the migratory paths of these birds to join 55 other participants from Central and South American countries for this historic conference.  The conference focused on developing conservation actions that need to be implemented during the wintering season for these birds, with an emphasis on building industry partnerships for these efforts.  The conference was held at the headquarters of the National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers, which proved to be very helpful in engaging the coffee industry in discussing possibilities for increasing the amount of shade coffee production as well as protecting remaining blocks of native forest.  Both native forest and shade coffee plantations are used by a wide variety of resident and migratory birds, and increasing the amounts of these habitats is seen a critical conservation action.  The Colombian Coffee Federation was also willing to investigate possibilities for developing a partnership with the coal industry in North America to promote habitat conservation for migratory birds, especially Cerulean and Golden-winged Warblers, on both their breeding and wintering grounds.  On the final day of the conference participants visited coffee and cacao plantations outside of Bogota and were treated to a local festival that celebrated the arrival of migratory birds for the wintering period, including a parade of children in bird costumes and local music and dancing performances.  The conference was a huge success in strengthening connections among people from across these birds' migratory ranges and laying the ground work for stronger industry partnerships in implementing conservation activities for these species.