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XXXth IPS  Congress  at Antananarivo, Madagascar 

July 20 - 25,  2025

Web site: https://ipsmadagascar.org/

  • Early Bird Registration: December 1, 2024 – February 28, 2025
  • On-Time: March 1, 2025 – July 19, 2025
  • On-Site: July 20th, 2025 onwards
  • Due Date for Proposals for Symposia, Roundtables, and Workshops: January 10, 2025
  • Due Date for Abstracts:  February 28, 2025

Colleagues,

We have just been informed that the President of Madagascar has decided to host the SADC (Southern African Development Community) Summit in Madagascar at the same time we were planning to have the IPS Congress. The location of the event space we were to use for our Congress is owned and operated by the government.  They have priority over the space and the right by contract to move us out.  Their event coincides directly with the original planned dates for our Congress. In addition, all hotel space in the capital will be taken by delegates and air travel will be difficult to obtain.

The Local Arrangements Committee and the IPS Executive committee have moved quickly to secure an alternative venue for our meeting. However, we have been forced to change the dates of the congress.  The congress will take place at the Novotel Convention and Spa in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

The opening reception will be held Sunday evening of July 20th, scientific sessions July 21st - 25th, and the closing banquet Friday evening of July 25th.

We understand that this change is extremely disruptive.  We deeply regret this, but we have no choice.  We hope that you will still be able to attend the Congress.  However, if you have already registered and now find you cannot attend the meeting, we will completely refund your registration fees.  Please, let Trudy Turner, the Treasurer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) know you need a complete refund by April 15, 2025. 

Please also be on the look-out for new hotel information on the Congress website.  Rooms are available at the Novotel Hotel and the nearby Ibis Hotel.

We hope that this Congress will be a wonderful event and look forward to your participation.  Again, we are deeply sorry for this disruption. 

Jonah Ratsimbazafy, President IPS; Josia Razafindramanana, Local Committee Chair;

Michele Mulholland, VP for Programming, IPS; Trudy Turner, Treasurer, VP for Membership, IPS

The IPS Congress has a long-standing tradition of fostering collaboration and innovation in primate studies. By hosting the 2025 Congress in Madagascar, we aim to highlight the critical importance of this unique island nation, which is home to 112 species of lemurs – all of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Madagascar's unparalleled biodiversity and the pressing conservation challenges it faces make it an ideal location for our gathering. Join us in celebrating primatology and exploring new ways to protect and understand these extraordinary animals. 

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IPS 2027

XXXIst Congress of the International Primatological Society

will be held in CHINA (XI'AN)

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