Birds Australia is presenting the 2nd Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress (SHOC) in Brisbane next
year. This Congress aims to bring together Southern Hemisphere ornithologists from around the globe to
discuss research and conservation of birds in a distinctly southern fashion. With plenary speakers and
symposium organisers confirmed from Southern Africa, South America and Australia, SHOC will be a truly
international event. This major Congress will be held in Brisbane and hosted by the Queensland Ornithological
Society.

Eminent ornithologists will give six plenary addresses:

Dr. Mark Burgman, AUSTRALIA: "Population viability analysis for bird conservation"

Dr. Alan Kemp, SOUTH AFRICA: "Sustainability of avian populations"

Dr Pablo Yorio, ARGENTINA: "Seabird conservation"

Dr. Eleanor Russell, AUSTRALIA: "Avian Life Histories"

Dr. Phil Hockey, SOUTH AFRICA: "Southern approaches to migration"

Dr Manuel Nores, ARGENTINA: "Species richness in the Amazonian bird fauna from an evolutionary
perspective"

As well open sessions, the programme includes the following symposia (Convenors as indicated):
 

1.  Megapodes: past, present & future (Darryl Jones <D.Jones@mailbox.gu > Rene Dekker      <dekker@nnm.nl>)
2. Ratite biology (David Westcott <david.westcott@tfrc.csiro.au> Peter Sharp <peter.sharp@bbsrc.acuk>)
3. Threatened species recovery programs in the Southern Hemisphere: are they working? (Jeremy Thompson <Jeremy.Thompson@env.qld.gov.au> Richard Hill <rhill@iconnect.net.au>)
4. Life history and ecology of Southern Hemisphere seabirds (Kees Hulsman     <K.Hulsman@mailbox.gu.edu.au> Diego Montalti <montali@ilpla.edu.ar>)
5. Shorebird migrations between the hemispheres (Jim Wilson <j.wilson@dynamite.com.au>)
6. Biogeography - Gondwanan radiations (Leo Joseph <joseph@acnatsci.org>)
7. Systematics of Southern Hemisphere groups (Leo Joseph <joseph@acnatsci.org>)
8. Birds on the edge: fragmentation and disturbance (Richard Loyn <rhl@dce.vic.gov.au> Leon  Bennun <eanhs@AfricaOnline.Co.Ke>)
9. Mating systems and cooperative Breeding (Robert Magrath <Robert.Magrath@anu.edu.au> Morne du      Plessis <morne@botzoo.uct.ac.za>)
10. Southern Hemisphere migration: mirror image or new paradigm? (Ursula Munro <Ursula.Munro@     uts.edu.au> Hugh Dingle <rdhdingle@ucdavis.edu>)
11. Ecology of birds in human-dominated landscapes (Carla Catterall <C.Catterall@mailbox.gu.edu.au>)
12. Seabird conservation issues in the Southern Hemisphere (Eric Woehler <eric_woe@antdiv.gov.au> Steve Emslie)
13. Southern perspective on avian life histories (Professor Hugh Ford <hford@metz.une.edu.au>)
14. Physiological correlates of avian life histories (Bill Buttemer <bill_buttemer@uow.edu.au>)

Those interested in contributing to these symposia are invited to contact the convenors directly. Details of abstract formats required can be found at the SHOC 2000 website (http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/shoc) as can registration brochures and all other information on the Congress. Information can also be obtained from the SHOC 2000 Congress Secretariat:

Conventions Queensland, PO Box 4044,
ST LUCIA SOUTH QLD. 4067,
Phone: +61 (0)7 3870 8831; Fax: +61 (0)7 3870 9514;
Email: shoc2000@conqld.org.au