First Announcement
The First Scientific Meeting of the Asian Zoo & Wildlife Medicine 2005: Collaboration on Conservation of Medicine for Zoo and Wildlife in Asia
DATE: October 28th – 30th, 2005
LOCATION: College of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand http://www.ku.ac.th/english2003/
HOSTS: Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (JSZWM)
The Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarian Society of Thailand (ZWVST),
Korea Wildlife Medical Society (KWMS),
IUCN Veterinary Specialist Group (VSG) of East AsianRegion,
The 21st Century Center-of-Excellence (COE) Program of Gifu University
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The inaugural meeting for zoo and wildlife medicine in Asia hopes to facilitate an exchange of information in wildlife veterinary medicine and to foster friendship and collaboration between veterinarians or veterinary students working on conservation medicine for zoo and wildlife in Asia. As ecological hotspots in Asia face similar problems in wildlife medicine, this will be a useful opportunity for sharing veterinary experiences and concerns.
This first meeting may be small but we encourage people who are interested in this inaugural meeting to join us. Let's talk and talk, and also drink!
CONFERENCE THEMES
Wildlife Medicine from Asia to the World
Zoo medicine and veterinary management in Asian zoos
Conservation medicine for Asian wildlife
Veterinary medicine for Asian bears
Fish medicine for Asian piscine
Infectious diseases and Zoonosis of Asian wild animals
Pathology of Asian animals
Comparative Anatomy of Asian Mammals, Aves, Reptiles and Amphibians, etc.
Papers on any topic relevant to wildlife medicine are also welcome.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The tentative program is as follows:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Business Meeting
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 PM Welcome and Introduction
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM Oral Session 1:
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM Oral Session 2:
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM Afternoon Break and Poster Session (Session 1 °V 2)
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Business Meeting
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Welcome Party (outside, but in the vicinity of the University)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM Introduction
09:15 AM - 12:00 PM Session 3:
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM Session 4:
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM Afternoon Break and Poster Session (Session 3 °V 4)
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Business Meeting
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Dinner
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
10:30 AM - 04:00 PM Zoo Tour (visit to Dusit Zoo,Bangkok)
06:00 PM – 09:00 PM Farewell Party
For information on Dusit Zoo, Bangkok:
http://www.sawadee.com/thailand/zoo/dusitzoo.htm
CALL FOR PAPERS WITH POSTERS
Application for contribution of oral presentation at the First Meeting for Asian Zoo & Wildlife Medicine 2005 should be received no later than September 30th. Official language of the meeting is English (Asian version) and all papers should be presented in this language. Speakers should forward the abstract of their presentation via email as text file to the Program Chair, Dr Junpei Kimura.
If there is insufficient time to forward the abstract before the closing date, please bring it as printed papers for around 100 sheets (preferable), the text file as CD-ROM, USB memory or floppy diskettes at the time of registration on Friday morning, October 28th. We may be able to print out the file on the spot.
Titles of papers should be in capitals. Please include the names and complete addresses of all authors on the abstract and underline the name of the person who will present the paper. To facilitate better comprehension, the authors who present papers should also prepare a poster of their oral presentation.
Program Chairs:
Dr Junpei Kimura
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University
1866 Kameino, Fujisawa
Kanagawa 252-8510
Japan
Tel. and Fax. +81-466-84-3629
E-mail:kimura@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Dr. Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke, DVM, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kasetsart University
50 Phahonyothin Road
Bangkok, Thailand
TEL: +662-5797539
E-mail: worawut148@yahoo.com
Oral presentations will be limited to a maximum of thirty (30) minutes including time for questions.
Posters may be up to 0.84 meters wide and 1.2 meters high. They will be displayed in the meeting room from Friday morning through Sunday morning with poster sessions during afternoon breaks on the three days.
An LCD projector connected to an IBM-compatible computer and an Apple Powerbook with PowerPoint will be provided. PowerPoint presentations should be given to the session projectionist one half day prior to the beginning of your session. It is the author's responsibility to format appropriately for the available computer. If other audiovisual equipment is required, please make your request at the submission of the abstract.
REGISTRATION
Registration Costs : 1,800 Thai Bhats equivalent to about US$49.00 (including the proceedings of the meeting distributed through CD-ROM)
Students : Free of charge
ACCOMODATION
The First Scientific Meeting for Asian Zoo & Wildlife Medicine 2005 will be held at
Kasetsart University, situated in only 20 minutes driving from Thai International Airport.
We recommend the following hotel for the accommodation as it will only take 5 minutes walking from this hotel to the conference place.
Maruay Garden Hotel
Address: 1 Phaholyothin Road ladyao
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Tel. +66-2-561-0519
Fax. +66-2-561-0549
http://www.maruay-garden.bangkok.com/
CONTACTS
Chairperson:
Dr. Koichi Murata, DVM, PhD.
Department of Wildlife Science
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University
1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510
Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-466-84-3776
E-mail: k-murata@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Secretariats & Program Chairs:
Dr Junpei Kimura, DVM, PhD.
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University
1866 Kameino, Fujisawa
Kanagawa 252-8510
Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-466-84-3629
E-mail: kimura@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Dr. Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke, DVM, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kasetsart University
50 Phahonyothin RoadBangkok, Thailand
TEL: +662-5797539
E-mail: worawut148@yahoo.com
Information of the meeting can be also found on the web site of IUCN/SSC/VSG. The address of the VSG web site is as follows;
http://www.iucn-vsg.org/
Japanese version can be found on the following web site;
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jszwd/
DATE: October 28th – 30th, 2005
LOCATION: College of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand http://www.ku.ac.th/english2003/
HOSTS: Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (JSZWM)
The Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarian Society of Thailand (ZWVST),
Korea Wildlife Medical Society (KWMS),
IUCN Veterinary Specialist Group (VSG) of East AsianRegion,
The 21st Century Center-of-Excellence (COE) Program of Gifu University
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
The inaugural meeting for zoo and wildlife medicine in Asia hopes to facilitate an exchange of information in wildlife veterinary medicine and to foster friendship and collaboration between veterinarians or veterinary students working on conservation medicine for zoo and wildlife in Asia. As ecological hotspots in Asia face similar problems in wildlife medicine, this will be a useful opportunity for sharing veterinary experiences and concerns.
This first meeting may be small but we encourage people who are interested in this inaugural meeting to join us. Let's talk and talk, and also drink!
CONFERENCE THEMES
Wildlife Medicine from Asia to the World
Zoo medicine and veterinary management in Asian zoos
Conservation medicine for Asian wildlife
Veterinary medicine for Asian bears
Fish medicine for Asian piscine
Infectious diseases and Zoonosis of Asian wild animals
Pathology of Asian animals
Comparative Anatomy of Asian Mammals, Aves, Reptiles and Amphibians, etc.
Papers on any topic relevant to wildlife medicine are also welcome.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The tentative program is as follows:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Business Meeting
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 PM Welcome and Introduction
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM Oral Session 1:
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM Oral Session 2:
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM Afternoon Break and Poster Session (Session 1 °V 2)
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Business Meeting
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Welcome Party (outside, but in the vicinity of the University)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM Introduction
09:15 AM - 12:00 PM Session 3:
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM Session 4:
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM Afternoon Break and Poster Session (Session 3 °V 4)
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Business Meeting
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Dinner
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
10:30 AM - 04:00 PM Zoo Tour (visit to Dusit Zoo,Bangkok)
06:00 PM – 09:00 PM Farewell Party
For information on Dusit Zoo, Bangkok:
http://www.sawadee.com/thailand/zoo/dusitzoo.htm
CALL FOR PAPERS WITH POSTERS
Application for contribution of oral presentation at the First Meeting for Asian Zoo & Wildlife Medicine 2005 should be received no later than September 30th. Official language of the meeting is English (Asian version) and all papers should be presented in this language. Speakers should forward the abstract of their presentation via email as text file to the Program Chair, Dr Junpei Kimura.
If there is insufficient time to forward the abstract before the closing date, please bring it as printed papers for around 100 sheets (preferable), the text file as CD-ROM, USB memory or floppy diskettes at the time of registration on Friday morning, October 28th. We may be able to print out the file on the spot.
Titles of papers should be in capitals. Please include the names and complete addresses of all authors on the abstract and underline the name of the person who will present the paper. To facilitate better comprehension, the authors who present papers should also prepare a poster of their oral presentation.
Program Chairs:
Dr Junpei Kimura
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University
1866 Kameino, Fujisawa
Kanagawa 252-8510
Japan
Tel. and Fax. +81-466-84-3629
E-mail:kimura@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Dr. Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke, DVM, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kasetsart University
50 Phahonyothin Road
Bangkok, Thailand
TEL: +662-5797539
E-mail: worawut148@yahoo.com
Oral presentations will be limited to a maximum of thirty (30) minutes including time for questions.
Posters may be up to 0.84 meters wide and 1.2 meters high. They will be displayed in the meeting room from Friday morning through Sunday morning with poster sessions during afternoon breaks on the three days.
An LCD projector connected to an IBM-compatible computer and an Apple Powerbook with PowerPoint will be provided. PowerPoint presentations should be given to the session projectionist one half day prior to the beginning of your session. It is the author's responsibility to format appropriately for the available computer. If other audiovisual equipment is required, please make your request at the submission of the abstract.
REGISTRATION
Registration Costs : 1,800 Thai Bhats equivalent to about US$49.00 (including the proceedings of the meeting distributed through CD-ROM)
Students : Free of charge
ACCOMODATION
The First Scientific Meeting for Asian Zoo & Wildlife Medicine 2005 will be held at
Kasetsart University, situated in only 20 minutes driving from Thai International Airport.
We recommend the following hotel for the accommodation as it will only take 5 minutes walking from this hotel to the conference place.
Maruay Garden Hotel
Address: 1 Phaholyothin Road ladyao
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Tel. +66-2-561-0519
Fax. +66-2-561-0549
http://www.maruay-garden.bangkok.com/
CONTACTS
Chairperson:
Dr. Koichi Murata, DVM, PhD.
Department of Wildlife Science
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University
1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510
Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-466-84-3776
E-mail: k-murata@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Secretariats & Program Chairs:
Dr Junpei Kimura, DVM, PhD.
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University
1866 Kameino, Fujisawa
Kanagawa 252-8510
Japan
TEL/FAX: +81-466-84-3629
E-mail: kimura@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Dr. Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke, DVM, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kasetsart University
50 Phahonyothin RoadBangkok, Thailand
TEL: +662-5797539
E-mail: worawut148@yahoo.com
Information of the meeting can be also found on the web site of IUCN/SSC/VSG. The address of the VSG web site is as follows;
http://www.iucn-vsg.org/
Japanese version can be found on the following web site;
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/jszwd/
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