Welcome to the European Cetacean Society!
The European Cetacean Society (ECS) was established in January 1987 and aims to promote and advance the scientific studies and conservation efforts of marine mammals and to gather and disseminate information about them to members of the Society and the public at large. The ECS is coordinated by a Council of 11 members and each year organizes an Annual Conference in a European country.
In most countries in Europe the ECS is represented by a National Contact Person. ECS membership fluctuates between 350-550 persons from more than 25 European countries and several countries outside Europe (total 25-42 countries). Students make up between 35 - 50% of the membership. The Society is financed through the annual membership subscription.
As announced at last year’s conference, we are excited to confirm that the 36th annual European Cetacean Society Conference will take place in the beautiful city of Ponta Delgada, in the Azores (Portugal) from the 12th to 16th of May 2025!
Save the dates for this special event:
- Workshops: 12th and 13th May 2025
- Main conference: 14th, 15h and 16th May 2025
** ATTENTION ** UPDATE **
Due to the unprecedented number of registrations received last week, we were forced to prioritise conference registrations of Presenters (i.e. abstract submitters) during the last day of the Early registration period.
As that deadline has now passed, and as announced previously, we will be reopening conference registrations for NON-Presenters (i.e. users that did not submit an abstract this year) with the early registration fee, for 48h or until they run out, to give an opportunity to those that did not manage to register before the closure. However, the remaining number of spaces is EXTREMELY LOW, and they will be available on a first-come first-serve basis once open. Priority is now given to ECS members. Hence, only ECS members will be able to register at this time, i.e. the “early registration fee for non members” will not be available. If you are not a member already, you can purchase your membership together with your conference registration.
Conference registration for NON-Presenters will open on the 3rd April at 11:00 CET (Brussels time).
At the same time (3rd April, 11:00 CET), anyone will be able to register for workshops, provided they are not already at full capacity, independently of being, or not being, registered to the main conference.
As stated on the abstract submission page, in notification emails to authors, and in recent reminders, abstract submitters that had their abstract accepted and did not register by the early registration deadline will unfortunately not have their presentations included in the scientific programme.
We can’t wait to welcome you to Ponta Delgada!
Stay tuned for more updates!