As part of our scientific program, we are pleased to announce the list of symposia and organizers.

Advances in Bat Phylogeography and Population Genomics.
Organizer: Amy Russell, Grand Valley State University, USA & Liliana M. Dávalos, SUNY Stony Brook, USA.

Bats and Environmental Change.
Organizer: Winifred F. Frick, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA & Gareth Jones, University of Bristol, UK.

Bats and Wind Energy: Innovative solutions to monitor and minimize bat impacts at wind energy facilities.
Organizer: Cris D. Hein, Bat Conservation International, USA & Manuela Huso, U.S. Geological Survey, USA.

Bats flying along – flight path reconstruction methods and their research applications.
Organizer: Inga Geipel, University of Ulm, Germany & Holger Goerlitz, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany.

Behavioral Ecology of Bats.
Organizer: Gloriana Chaverri, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica & Jorge Ortega, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.

Biology and Evolution of the Earliest Bats: New Insights from the Fossil Record.
Organizer: Nancy B. Simmons, American Museum of Natural History, USA & Gregg Gunnell, Duke University, USA.

Building a Global Network for Bat Conservation.
Organizer: Dave Waldien, Bat Conservation International, USA & Paul Racey, University of Aberdeen, UK.

Environmental education and communication: What have you done that works?
Organizer: Laura Navarro Noriega PCMM/BIOCONCIENCIA, Mexico & Eugenia Cordero
Schmidt, Tirimbina Biological Reserve & PCMCR, Costa Rica.

Evolutionary-Developmental Biology of Chiroptera.
Organizer: Caleb D. Phillips, Texas Tech University, USA.

Ecoimmunology of Bats.
Organizer: DeeAnn Reeder, Bucknell University, USA & Ken Field, Bucknell University, USA.

Frontiers of Bat Assemblage Ecology: Novel Perspectives from the Old and New World.
Organizer: Richard Stevens, Louisiana State University, USA & Tigga Kingston, Texas Tech
University, USA.

Phylogeny, evolution, and the origin of biological diversity in noctilionoid bats.
Organizer: Paúl Velazco, American Museum of Natural History, USA & Liliana M. Dávalos,
SUNY Stony Brook, USA.

Present and future of bat conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Organizer: Luis F. Aguirre, Centro de Biodiversidad y Genética, UMSS, Bolivia; Rodrigo
A. Medellín, UNAM, Mexico & Jafet M. Nassar, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones
Científicas, Venezuela.

The ecology and evolution of the mutualism between nectar bats and bat-
pollinated flowers.
Organizer: Nathan Muchhala, University of Missouri St. Louis, USA & Marc Holderied,
University of Bristol, UK.

Two curious explorers: the work of Elisabeth Kalko and Björn Siemers.
Organizer: Holger R. Goerlitz, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany; Mirjam
Knörnschild University of Ulm, Germany; Kirsten Jung, University of Ulm, Germany & Stefan
Greif Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany.

White-Nose Syndrome, a Disease of Hibernating Bats.
Organizer: Jeremy Coleman, US Fish and Wildlife Service, USA; Paul Cryan, US Geological
Survey, USA & Jonathan Reichard, US Fish and Wildlife Service, USA.