CARMA 6 Welcome Introductions Finance – Elaine Computer Support – Ken Posters –10:15 Poster session 1 - Julie DucrocqJulie Ducrocq –3:15 Poster Session 2 – Leslie WitterLeslie Witter –Viewing and reception – prize judges (Robert Charlie, Charlotte Sharkey, Jim Dau, Marina Kholodova) Small group meetings – tomorrow –Genetics, habitat, collaring, N-isotope, OTHERS

Poster session 1 chen taillon witter thorarinsdottir ducroq1 ducroq2 gamberg katz1 katz2 bali parrett pederson vors

Poster Session 2 kolpashikov mikhailov1 etylin mager kholodova Taillon (cote) daniel whitebob bykov mikhailov2

In previous CARMA meetings… CARMA – 1 (2004) –Agreement on mission statement –Goal and objectives CARMA – 2 (2005) –Outline elements of project for International Polar Year –Agreement on protocol development CARMA – 3 (2006) –Implementation plan for CARMA-IPY project in anticipation of funding –Reference herd concept agreement –Presentation of body condition manual CARMA – 4 (2007) -Review of existing data holdings and data gaps, -Data management and data sharing policies -Expansion of reference herd concept -Demography manual tabled -Introduction of some synthesis tools CARMA – 5 (2008) -“Putting it together” -Synthesis case studies -How does CARMA move forward -Webpage training CARMA – 6 (2009) -Synthesis plan -Managing abundance