WAC 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 Copepoda

First: 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).

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 will appear in Zoological Studies.

Nineth: Hammamet, Tunisia, 2005
Chair of organizing committee: Dr M. Néjib Daly Yahia and Dr Sami Soussi
Proceedings will appear in Hydrobiologia and/or Journal of Plankton Research.

The 10th conference will be held in Thailand in 2008 - see Monoculus #50.

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