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Ingo Seidel and Andreas Tanke wrote:More than five years ago, when we planned the first International L-Number
Days, we were quite nervous how this new event would be received. Attendance
has surpassed our wildest expectations and so we are already organizing the
third edition of this now well-established event.

At each of the two recent events, we welcomed approximately 150 L-Number
friends. Of course, we were very pleased about each attendee. But that even
participants from distant Singapore and the U.S. made the long and expensive
journey filled us with pride and showed that the concept was correct. The
longest trip was certainly made by a participant from New Zealand! Because
of the overall positive response, we want to make this a regular event.

For these reasons, we are planning the third International L-Number Days for
November 22-24, 2013 in Hanover, again to be held at the Ramada Hotel
Europa. We have negotiated great accommodation and meals rates for our
attendees. All meals will be offered as a buffet, with meat and vegetarian
dishes, as well as fish. Furthermore, we were able to negotiate special
pricing for the most popular drinks. To make travel and accommodation as
economical as possible for the participants, we will once again offer a ride
and room share exchange on our website. Like in previous years, an L-number
exchange will permit the exchange of species. In addition, we also publish a
list of participants, for a quick overview of who will all be attending.

The conference program includes a wide range of topics and should please
breeders, (hobby)-ichthyologist, and regular aquarists. In addition to our
loyal speakers Ingo Seidel and Hans-Georg Evers, we once again invited
numerous international speakers: Leandro Sousa from Altamira (Brazil), Mark
Sabaj Pérez from the United States, Rajanta Sinardja Rahardja from
Indonesia, as well as Haakon Haagensen from Norway and Isaäc Isbrücker from
the Netherlands. Of course, all lectures are again presented both in German
and in English.

We will start the program on Friday night with a series about the Rio Xingu
in Brazil. This miraculous river is threatened by a cascade of dams. In
addition to the Rio Xingu and its wildlife, we will of course highlight the
dam and its implications. We will continue on Saturday afternoon with the
popular genus Hypancistrus with presentations about the genus itself, newly
described species (L333, L66...), but also on captive husbandry. To make the
event as interesting as possible, we strive each time to add new features.
This time we want to try a panel discussion. The discussion will focus
primarily on the subject Hypancistrus and include the famous Dutch
ichthyologist and describer of the genus, Isaäc Isbrücker.

The organizer of the meeting is the International Society for the study of
Barbs, Tetras, Loaches, and Catfishes (IG BSSW) e.V. with major support from
the companies ZooMed, JBL, and Panta Rhei. Without their help and our many
other sponsors, such a program with many renowned speakers would have been
more than twice as expensive. Thus, we wish to thank all of our sponsors,
without them this event would not have been possible!

We offer a complete conference package which includes registration, all
meals, a conference T-shirt, and the conference proceedings (including
summaries of the lectures) for EUR 111 until June 30 (afterwards EUR 135).
To encourage children and young people to attend, a reduced price of EUR 75
(EUR 95 after June 30) is offered for ages up to 18. Discounts are also
available for the members of the IG BSSW.

For more information, please goto www.l-number-days.eu, or call +49 (05032)
949240.

http://2013.l-number-days.eu/faq/#Registrierung
http://2013.l-number-days.eu/faq/#OnlineShop

We hope to welcome you to the coming L-Numbers Days

jac wrote:Great news!! Looking forward to meeting you

krazyGeoff wrote:Are any cave makers going?

I have some requirements for large caves and if cave makers are going then I might be able to send them my requirements....

Cheers

jac wrote:

krazyGeoff wrote:Are any cave makers going?

I have some requirements for large caves and if cave makers are going then I might be able to send them my requirements....

Cheers

Maybe I could help you with that. We have a lady here in Holland and she makes caves from requested design.
Top quality and not very expensive.

krazyGeoff wrote:Are any cave makers going?