Diego Luna Quevedo, Conservation Specialist, Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) Executive Office, will be a keynote speaker at the first ever International Shorebird Twitter Conference 2020, an online global event as part of the International Wader Study Group’s 50th anniversary. Diego will be ‘speaking’ about conserving shorebirds from the local to the hemispheric. Find Diego on Twitter. 

Several other Manomet staff will also be presenting and sharing their work as part of ISTC; check the event program for details and times:

• International Shorebird Survey Overview and Mapping Tool, Lisa Schibley, North American Coordinator for the International Shorebird Survey, Find Lisa on Twitter.
• Silver Linings: Shorebird Distribution and Habitat Use in Response to Beach Closures in Georgia, Abby Sterling, Shorebird Biologist, Find Abby on Twitter.
• Analysis of multi-decadal shorebird surveys to inform habitat management in Great Basin wetlands, Monica Iglecia, Assistant Director, Shorebird Habitat, Find Monica on Twitter.

Twitter conferences are proving increasingly popular as a low carbon, cost-free and inclusive way for researchers from around the world to come together to share their research. Anyone can take part! From wherever you are in the world! And it is completely free!

Taking part in #ISTC20 couldn’t be easier – you join in from wherever you want, accessing the event on your PC, laptop, smartphone or tablet via the Twitter website or a Twitter app using our conference tag #ISTC20.