Conferences
The Committee will evaluate the applications, distributing the nationality of the applicants equally among the countries and selecting the lectures considered to be of greatest inspiration, contribution and interest to the South American birding community.
We recommend optimizing the use of time to fairly expose all the elements of the talk. In addition, we suggest using audiovisual material, subtitled in English when the talk is in Spanish or Portuguese, or in one of these languages when the talk is in English.
In order to evaluate the relevance of the talks for the XIV South American Bird Fair it will be necessary to send a summary to our e-mail info@birdfair.net. In the ‘subject’ of the email you must indicate ‘Conference Application.
General instructions
- Indicate title and a brief description of a few lines.
- Birds may have common names but always accompanied by the scientific name in italics without parentheses and followed by the name of the family in parentheses. It is recommended to mention the names also in English.
- Full name of the speaker and mention if he/she belongs to or represents an institution
- We recommend using the scientific names and English names used in eBird and Merlin.
Although spaces for talks are limited, these can cover various topics related to birds, their observation, news of scientific discoveries, destinations of interest to know in the continent, issues of ecology, sustainability, avitourism, etc..
What is not allowed
- Talks on environmental education initiatives will not be accepted, as they must be submitted to the Education Symposium.
- Talks promoting commercial activities (companies, sale of routes, etc.) are also not allowed, for which commercial stands are suggested.
Deadlines
Applications will be received from April 1 to June 30, and acceptance responses will be given by July 31.
