Meetings

Upcoming and past meetings of the AOU are presented below. The Ornithological Council provides a list of all Ornithological and Related Professional Meetings. The AOU and Cooper Ornithological Society provide a list of Ornithological Meetings and Archived Meeting Websites.

The Student Affairs Committee organizes various student activities at each meeting.

If you are interested in hosting or managing a meeting, please review our Meetings Handbook.

Upcoming Meetings

Stated Meeting	Date	Year	Location	Sponsor	Associated Organizations	Additional Information	Meeting Website
131st	13-17 August	2013	Chicago, Illinois, USA	The Field Museum	Joint meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society
132nd	24-27 September	2014	Estes Park, Colorado, USA

Past Meetings

A complete list is available of the Stated Meetings of the American Ornithologists' Union (PDF, 24KB, 2pp), beginning in 1883 and giving dates, locations, and associated organizations.

The Proceedings of the Stated Meetings are the official record of annual meetings and other activities of the Union. They are published annually as Supplements to The Auk. Complete listings of the scientific programs of meetings are included in the proceedings.

Stated Meeting	Date	Year	Location	Sponsor	Associated Organizations	Meeting Website	Proceedings	Program	Abstracts
130th	14-18 August	2012	University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	University of British Columbia	Held in conjunction with the 5th North American Ornithological Conference, organized jointly by the American Ornithologists’ Union, Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, Bird Studies Canada, Association of Field Ornithologists, Cooper Ornithological Society, Raptor Research Foundation, Sección Mexicana del Consejo Internacional para la Preservación de las Aves [CIPAMEX], Waterbird Society, and Wilson Ornithological Society.
129th	24-29 July	2011	Jacksonville Hyatt Regency Jacksonville, Florida, USA	University of Florida
128th	7-11 February	2010	Town & Country Hotel San Diego, California, USA	San Diego State University	Joint meeting of Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithologists’ Union, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada
127th	12-15 August	2009	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Villanova University, University of Pennsylvania
126th	4 - 9 August	2008	Hilton Portland & Executive Towers Portland, Oregon, USA		Joint meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada
125th	9 - 11 August	2007	University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming, USA	University of Wyoming
124th	3-7 October	2006	World Trade Center Veracruz Veracruz, Mexico		Held in conjunction with the 4th North American Ornithological Conference
123rd	23-27 August	2005	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California, USA	University of California-Santa Barbara
122nd	16-21 August	2004	Université Laval Québec, Quebec, Canada	Université Laval	Joint meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada
121st	6-9 August	2003	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
120th	24-28 September	2002	Hotel InterContinental New Orleans, Louisiana, USA		Held in conjunction with the 3rd North American Ornithological Conference
119th	15-18 August	2001	University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA	University of Washington	Joint meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada
118th	14-19 August	2000	Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Held in conjunction with "Living on the Edge - Birds 2000", joint millennial meeting of American Ornithologists’ Union, British Ornithologists’ Union, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Société des Ornithologistes du Canada
117th	10-14 August	1999	Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA	Cornell University
116th	6-12 April	1998	Regal Riverfront Hotel St. Louis, Missouri, USA		Held in conjunction with the 2nd North American Ornithological Conference
115th	13-16 August	1997	University of Minnesota Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA	University of Minnesota