The XXVth International Ornithological Congress: Campos do Jordao, SP, Brazil; 22-28 August 2010

自1884年以来，国际鸟类学大会(IOC)一直定期举行。第二十七届国际奥委会将于2010年8月在巴西南卡罗来纳州的坎波斯举行，这是第一届在南美洲举行的国际奥委会。本届大会将允许美国科学家与世界各地的科学家互动，他们还将遇到在很大程度上无法接近的栖息地和人类。国家科学基金会向科学家提供的财政援助将使一些原本可能负担不起前往巴西旅行的人参加会议成为可能。一个由五名鸟类学家组成的委员会将评估参加大会的科学家的资金申请。委员会成员致力于确保通过在性别、职业阶段和在科学和工程领域代表性较低的群体中选择不同的科学家来加强国际奥委会的多样性。在大会上，将通过全体讲座、专题讨论会、口头陈述、海报会议、圆桌讨论和无数非正式对话来交流信息，预计将启动许多合作的国际项目。将在上述论坛上发言的主题的例子有：种群生物学、社会行为、传播(听觉和视觉)、生殖生物学、鸟类进化、教育学、生理学、鸟类保护生物学、发展中国家鸟类学的推广、公共政策、禽类疾病、系统学、古齿类学、迁徙、基因组学和飞行生物学。

International Ornithological Congresses (IOC) have been held at regular intervals since 1884. The XXVth IOC will be held in Campos de Jordão, SP, Brazil, in August, 2010 and is the first IOC to be held in South America. This Congress will allow US scientists to interact with scientists from around the world and they will also encounter habitats and people that have been largely inaccessible. The financial assistance provided to scientists by the National Science Foundation will make it possible for some to attend who might not otherwise have been able to afford travel to Brazil. A committee of five ornithologists will evaluate applications for funds from scientists who are participating in the Congress. Committee members are committed to assuring that diversity will be enhanced at the IOC by selecting a diverse group of scientists with respect to gender, career stage, and membership in groups underrepresented in science and engineering. At the Congress information will be exchanged in plenary lectures, symposia, contributed oral presentations, poster sessions, round table discussions, and innumerable informal conversations and it is anticipated that many cooperative, international projects will be initiated. Examples of topics to be represented in the above mentioned forums are: population biology, social behavior, communication (aural and visual), reproductive biology, avian evolution, pedagogy, physiology, avian conservation biology, promotion of ornithology in developing countries, public policy, avian diseases, systematics, palenotology, migration, genomics, and flight biology.