We have the pleasure to welcome you to take part in the International Wader Study Group Annual Conference, which will be held on 3 - 6 October 2008 at Jastrzębia Góra (Hawk Hill) in Poland. The organisers are the Waterbird Research Group KULING and the Avian Ecophysiology Unit of the Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology of the University of Gdańsk. The conference venue is the Conference complex "Jurysta" in Jastrzębia Góra on the coast of the Gulf of Gdańsk (north of the city of Gdynia). The conference will be preceded by the 7th Polish Seminar on Wader Studies (on 3 October 2008).   We are looking forward to welcome you in Jastrzębia Góra!  
Szymon Bzoma, Włodek Meissner, Magda Remisiewicz

How to get there? - by plane, ferry, car or train - soon available :)

Conference programme:
(hours of planned events and sessions are preliminary at this stage, and may be corrected closer to the conference date)  

2 Oct (Thursday):
afternoon - arrival of EXCO

3 Oct (Friday):
9:00-15:00 - EXCO meeting
10:30-15:00 - 7 th Polish Seminar on Wader Studies
16:00-19:00 - workshop "Wader catching techniques"
19:00 - . - dinner, welcome, introductory presentations, social meeting etc.

4 Oct (Saturday):
9:00-18:00 /19:00 - conference sessions
19:00 - dinner and main social event

5 Oct (Sunday):
9:00-11:30 - conference sessions
11:30 - 19:00 - conference excursions
19:00 - dinner and bar session

6 Oct (Monday):
9:00-18:00 - workshop "Sanderlings during winter, migration and reproduction"