"The 61^st International conference of the WDA and the 10th biennial conference of the EWDA will be jointly organized in Lyon (France) from Sunday July 22nd through Friday July 27th 2012. The main topic of the conference will be "convergence in wildlife health". The organizing and scientific committees are aiming at gathering experts in wildlife health from a wide range of experiences and origins".

Abstract submission, registration and all information pertaining to this exciting event are now available at http://wda2012.vetagro-sup.fr/.

Please note that the official language of the congress is English and that all abstracts should be submitted in English. While we accept abstracts on all subjects related to wildlife health, we specifically encourage abstracts on the following themes:

• "ONE HEALTH". Featured speaker: Dr Aaron Bernstein, Harvard University, U.S.A.
• "MIGRATION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE RISK”. Featured speaker: Dr Sonia Altizer, University of Georgia, U.S.A.
• "MEASURING THE HEALTH STATUS OF A WILD ANIMAL POPULATION". Featured speaker: Dr Marc Cattet, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• "WEIGHING COSTS AND BENEFITS OF WILDLIFE DISEASE CONTROL". Featured speaker: Dr Richard Delahay, Food and Environment Research Agency, U.K.
• "EFFECT OF MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS ON A SINGLE HOST". Featured speaker: Dr Philippe Berny, VetAgro Sup Lyon, France.

Dead-line for abstract submission is April 1st, 2012. Authors will be notified by May 1st 2012 whether their abstract is accepted, and its assignment to an oral or poster session.

Featured workshops (tentative, see website for details):

• CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR WILDLIFE HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES Ted Leighton, University of Saskatchewan
• WILDTECH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WORKSHOP: NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSING PATHOGENS IN WILDLIFE. Eszter Papp, University of Nottingham
• BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL HEALTH/BIODIVERSITE ET SANTE ANIMALE (FRENCH SPEAKING WORKSHOP). Céline Richomme, French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health Safety
• RED-EARED SLIDER TURTLE AND DOMESTIC PIGEON NECROPSY: THEY DIDN’T TEACH ME THAT IN VETERINARY SCHOOL! Estelle Rousselet, Lyon Veterinary School
• INFECTIOUS KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS IN WILDLIFE: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES. Marie-Pierre Ryser, University of Bern
• AMPHIBIAN CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS. Stephanie Shaw, James Cook University
• WHITE NOSE SYNDROME IN CAVE HIBERNATING BATS: PATHOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, HOST-PATHOGEN ECOLOGY, DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, AND MANAGEMENT. Michelle Verant, U.S. Geological Survey
• AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ZOOLOGICAL MEDICINE ULTRASHORT COURSE. Sonia M. Hernandez, University of Georgia

Visit the Conference webpage and register for the newsletter to be informed of updates.