Date

The Second International Workshop on Arctic Parasitology (IWAP2)
Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
1-3 September 2003

For more information see:
http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2003/iwap2/

Abstract and Registration Deadline: 1 August 2003


After the successful IWAP1 at Waskesiu Lake, Prince Albert National Park,
Saskatchewan, Canada in 2000, the IWAP2 will be held at the Arctic
Centre, Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland in September 1-3, 2003. IWAP2 will be
organized by Metla (Finnish Forest Research Institute), EELA (National
Veterinary and Food Research Institute) and the Arctic Centre,
University of Lapland.

Preliminary Program
- Registration and get together evening, August 31, 2003
- Meeting days, September 1-3
- Postworkshop excursion (limited attendance and additional cost),
September 4-7 to Kilpisjärvi, NW Finnish Lapland

Themes of the sessions:
- Northern terrestial biodiversity
- Global change
- Parasites in wildlife populations
- Fish and marine mammals
- Arctic zoonoses
- Collections
- Synthesis

Registration and abstract deadline is 1 August 2003.

For more information, including registration information and abstract
submission, see:
http://www.metla.fi/tapahtumat/2003/iwap2/