The EAZA Annual Conference is the biggest annual gathering of the European zoo and aquarium community, bringing more than 600 delegates together for four days of meetings, presentations, discussions and networking opportunities. The event is primarily aimed at EAZA members, with most of EAZA's TAGs and committees holding meetings alongside a variety of special workshops. Plenary sessions bring all conference delegates together to focus on topics of broad interest to the community.
The upcoming EAZA Annual Conference 2022 will be hosted by Zoomarine Portugal, from 27 September to 1 October, 2022. The congress venue Palácio de Congressos do Algarve (Salgados Congress center) is only 10 kilometers away from Albufeira.
The event website with information about the venue, travel and accommodation is already available. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE EVENT WEBSITE For questions about hotel bookings and room availability please e-mail bookings@nauhotels.com
For the EAZA Annual Conference 2022 a special deal was signed with Salgados Palace and Salgados Palm Village hotels. Due to to extremely high demand, both hotels are now FULLY BOOKED.
Airbnb options are also available in the area, Airbnb prices in the region will be in the same range as the recommended hotels. You can also consider hotel search platforms such as booking.com to find suitable accommodation in the area.
Alternative hotel recommendations in relative close proximity of the congress venue can be found in the table by clicking here (Please understand no discount or promo codes apply here)
Dear EAZA Colleagues, Dear Friends,
If there are important lessons that these last two surreal years have reminded us of, is the importance of sound solidarity, modern science, factual communication, structured work, balanced socialization, and overall trust. And the common denominator is… “us”. Us, as a team and as a planet. Us, as a society and as a family.
And as a species that is constantly being challenged and creating challenges to so many others species, these current delicate times reinforce, on a daily basis, the need and urgency of being together and working together, of uniting towards values and towards goals, of protecting our common ground and common our future – all around.
In the meantime, for many years that “Together, We Protect” had been a very special moto for Zoomarine. It can also be for EAZA, for Europe, for Conservation. And that is why our teams, our families, in southern Portugal, are so eager and proud to invite you to attend EAZA’s 2022 Annual Conference, at the NAU Salgados Palace (Algarve).
Zoomarine’s team (an EAZA member since 1999) is not only eager to welcome you to Portugal, but to show you a good time, to help you reestablish some long-deserved normality, to embrace old and new friends, and, of course, to discover a little more of the Portuguese Culture, Environment and Landscapes.
As Zoomarine ends the celebration of its 30th anniversary, EAZA begins to celebrates its own 30th anniversary - and we could not be happier to know it will also happen in Portugal, at Zoomarine, again face-to-face with good colleagues and friends.
I sincerely hope to be able to welcome you all in Portugal, at Salgados and at Zoomarine – because your work is important and our continued cooperation is vital, because we need it, conservation needs it, Europe needs it…
In the meantime, please, continue to be safe, to protect yourself and those around you! Continue your amazing, urgent and inspiring work towards a safer, more biodiverse and balanced planet. Please, continue to embrace and protect your loved ones. And, of course, prepare yourself to have a memorable time in Portugal.
With open arms, we will wait for you all, next September.
Your Colleague, your Friend,
Pedro Lavia, Founder and President of the Board
Zoomarine
Registration for EAZA Annual Conference 2022 IS OPEN!
Early bird rate was available until 15 June 2022
Full conference, early rate | €600 |
Full conference, regular rate | €720 |
Single day, early rate | €200 |
Single day, regular rate | €240 |
Gala dinner (1 October) - optional | €95 |
Accompanying partner (social events only) | €210 |
Please note that the registration rates above are excluding 6% VAT, gala dinner fee is excluding 23% VAT
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR REGISTRATION
Programme, Member support and exhibition: mirko.marseille@eaza.net
Registration support: eaza22registration@supremestage.com
Billing support: memorable.eaza@zoomarine.pt
Not an EAZA Member? A Non-EAZA Member participant will need an institutional support letter/reference letter (or e-mail) from a full EAZA Member. The letter should explain shortly why your conference attendance is required/appreciated.Please send this letter or e-mail to mirko.marseille@eaza.net Without a support letter your registration will not be validated.
The day-to-day schedule is now available, please click here for download
Please note that the programme is subject to change. New programme versions will be uploaded on this page.
Zoomarine will host a very memorable Gala Dinner at its recently refurbished events’ plaza: Acqua Restaurant!
The programme will be as follows:
Transport to and from the venue will be available to all registered guests:
Guests will be served at the table and the menu will comprise distinct options, including fish and meat options, vegetarian and vegan options, Portuguese deserts and drinks (including water, sodas, beer wines and spirits).
The gala dinner fee is €95, this is excluding 23% VAT
Conference delegates and other EAZA Members are invited to display relevant posters at the EAZA Annual Conference 2022. Poster topics focus on one of the many different fields of expertise and activities that are linked, both directly and indirectly, with the zoo community. Commercial and/pr promotional posters will not be considered. Submit your poster proposal or abstract (Including title/subject, author, affiliation, and a short summary (max. 100 words)) to mirko.marseille@eaza.net as soon as possible, poster space is limited. Per institution maximum three poster submissions are accepted.
Posters should be designed to A2- portrait (420mm wide by 594mm high) or A1 - portrait (594mm wide by 840mm high).
Don't forget to bring the poster(s) to the venue, or alternatively sent it with a delegate who is attending.
Title | Author | Institution | |
1. | Small animals in big trouble: Sulawesi freshwater endemics | Markéta Rejlková | Ostrava Zoo, Czech Republic |
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How can we ensure that wildlife is only traded and used legally, sustainably and ethically? |
Cécile Erny | AFdPZ, France |
3. | How empowering the public outside zoos to appreciate and understand biodiversity in order to involve them in its preservation? | Cécile Erny | AFdPZ, France |
4. | Dutch conservation detection dogs sniffing out the gender of Pygmy hippopotami | Mariska Snelleman & Monique C.J. Paris | Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), the Netherlands |
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Visual barriers reduce pacing in captive tigers |
Rick Meulendijks, Michou Weimar, Jeroen Kappelhof & Filipe C. R. Cunha | Royal Rotterdam Zoological & Botanical Gardens, the Netherlands |
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Using multi-faceted science for sex-determination in the Pygmy Hippopotamus |
Estefania Erazo-Mera, Paul Horwood, Nicholas Murray, Damien Paris & Monique Paris | Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), the Netherlands |
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The exhibition and sponsorship brochure has been distributed to EAZA Corporate Members. If you are interested in exhibition at the EAZA Annual Conference 2022 please send an e-mail to dalila.frasson@eaza.net