WAC MeetingsWAC Meetings Every three years the WAC holds an international conference on copepods, and these have become the most important global gatherings for all students of copepods. Each conference gives you the chance to meet fellow researchers, to talk with students and with experts, to borrow material and to plan collaborations. Each meeting is unique, bursting with the individuality and culture of the host nation. It is such good fun to get to know your fellow copepod specialists and to find such enthusiasts to talk to. The best memories are associated with meeting the real people, and the personal contacts made at conferences will be of lasting value. The series of International Conferences on CopepodaFirst: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1981 Chair of local organizing committee: Prof Jan H Stock Proceedings: Crustaceana, Supplement 7: 1-435 (1984). Second: Ottawa, Canada, 1984 Chair of local organizing committee: Dr Chang-tai Shih Proceedings: Syllogeus, 58: 1-662 (1986). Third: London, U.K., 1987 Chair of local organizing committee: Dr Geoff Boxshall Proceedings: Hydrobiologia, 167/168: 1-639 (1988). Fourth: Karuizawa, Japan, 1990 Local Secretary of organizing committee: Dr Shin-ichi Uye Proceedings: Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan, Special Volume, 1-645 (1991). Fifth: Baltimore, U.S.A., 1993 Local Secretary of organizing committee: Dr Brian Bradley Proceedings: Hydrobiologia, 292/293: 1-530 (1994). Sixth: Oldenburg, Germany, 1996 Chair of local organizing committee: Prof Kurt Schminke Proceedings: Journal of Marine Systems, 15: 1-549 (1998). Local meeting under WAC patronage St Petersberg 1998 Chair of organizing committee: Dr Victor Alekseev Proceedings: “Advances in copepod taxonomy: a tribute to Ulrich Eisle.” V. Alekseev, G.A. Wyngaard, F.D. Ferrari. Hydrobiologia 417(1-3). Seventh: Curitiba, Brazil, 1999 Chair of local organizing committee: Dr Rubens Lopes Proceedings: Hydrobiologia, 453/454: 1-576 (2001). Eighth: Keelung, Taiwan, 2002 Chair of organizing committee: Dr Jiang-Shiou Hwang. Proceedings: Zoological Studies 43: 165-512, 2005. Ninth: Hammamet, Tunisia, 2005 Chair of organizing committee: Dr M. Néjib Daly Yahia and Dr Sami Soussi Proceedings: Souissi, S., M.N. Daly Yahia & J. S. Hwang (eds.). 2007. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Copepoda, Hammamet, Tunisia, 11 15 July 2005. Journal of Plankton Research 29 (Suppl. 1). Souissi, S. & G.A. Boxshall (eds.). 2009. Copepoda in the Mediterranean: Papers from the 9th International Conference on Copepoda, Hammamet, Tunisia. Hydrobiologia 617 (in part). Tenth: Pattaya, Thailand, 2008 Chair of organizing committee: Dr La-orsri Sanoamuang Proceedings will appear in Hydrobiologia |