Keynote speakers will include Dr William Conway, President of the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Russell Mittermeier, President of Conservation International. Additional speakers will present brief papers, a large poster session will provide a friendly venue for all conference attendees wishing to share their conservation efforts, and working groups facilitated by the CBSG will focus on several of the primary challenges faced today by zoo and field conservationists.

For further information contact: Donna L. Oehler, Director of Marketing/Public Relations, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220, U.S.A. (Tel.: 513–5597718; Fax: 513–559–7790; E-mail: donna.oehler@cincyzoo.org)