Attending the seminars
Every week there are two seminars, which everyone is invited to attend. The seminars are free and cover a range of science-related issues, from tropical diversity to animal life.
Tupper
Dr. Richard Cooke
Formal seminars are held at 4:00 pm every Tuesday in the auditorium of the Earl S. Tupper Conference Center in Ancon ( 
see map for directions). These seminars are free and open to the public.
Announcements about who the speaker will be and what the title of the seminar is are sent out weekly via e-mail, published in the STRI newsletter, and also posted at a bulletin board in each facility.
For more information regarding these seminars, please contact Anabelle Arroyo at the Tupper Facility, or 212-8076, or e-mail 
arroyoa@si.edu.
Bambi
Informal Seminars (BAMBIS) are usually scheduled for Thursday nights (7:15 p.m.) and take place at the auditorium in Barro Colorado Island.
There is a special late boat (8:30 p.m.) available for Gambodians and other off-islanders who need transportation back.
Bambi Seminar
Who can attend?
If you want to give a talk, show slides, or get feedback, send an e-mail to bambi@si.edu or acevedo@si.edu. A slide projector, a transparency projector and a multimedia projector are available on demand.
Prices- Day previous to Bambi:
Smithsonian Staff and Visitors with Stri ID: $4.00 (includes boat and dinner)
Guest: $6.00 (includes boat and dinner)
Prices- Day of the Bambi:
Smithsonian Staff and Visitors with Stri ID: $6.00 (includes boat and dinner)
Guest: $6.00 (includes boat and dinner)
Reservation for Bambi Guests (no Stri ID) will be the day previous to Bambi and the day of the Bambi.
***Please remember that reservations for dinner, and late boat are essential!*** The boat leaves at 5:30 PM from STRI's dock and at 8:30 PM from BCI. Those who are included in the Bambi Reservation List will have priority in the boat.
Also, please cancel if you decide not to attend, even if it's at the last minute, otherwise you will be charged for the dinner. ***
For Bambi reservations, get in touch with: Yolanda Valdes, valdesy@si.edu or Hilda Castañeda castanedah@si.edu, or call the BCI office: phone 212-8961/8903/8951, or send a fax to 212-8975.
For further information on this message call Yolanda Valdes at 212-8961 or valdesy@si.edu
The boat to BCI leaves Gamboa at 5:30 pm from the STRI dock ( see map for directions) and returns at 8:30 pm.
CTPA Paleo-Talks
Informal seminars (PaleoTalks) are usually scheduled for Wednesday afternoons (4 PM) every other week, and take place at the Conference Room at the CTPA building in Ancon ( see map for directions). These seminars are free and open to the public, and they are usually centered on geological, archeological or environmental issues.
Announcements about who the speaker will be and what the title of the seminar is are sent out weekly via e-mail, published in the STRI newsletter, and are also posted at a bulletin board in each facility.
For more information regarding these seminars, or if you would like to be the speaker, please contact Maria Adelaida Cubides at the CTPA, or 212-8057, or e-mail
CubidesM@si.edu.
Bocas Talk
Fulfilling the mission of the Smithsonian Institute.
The Bocas talk is an event of the Bocas del Toro Research Station that happens one or two dates in a month. This is a way that the station and scientist use for explain their projects to the community of Bocas del Toro region. This event take place on the CEFATI Conference Salon at the IPAT Building in Bocas Town form 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Free Entrance.
Future Seminars
Colon-Talk
¿Por qué las tortugas marinas visitan Panamá?
Argelis Ruiz, STRI
Oct 16, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Tupper
Singing in the brain--neruobiology of birdsong and implications for brain evolution
Timothy J. DeVoogd, Jefferson Science Fellow US Department of State
Oct 17, 2008 - 2:00 PM
Tupper
Paleoclimatic change in lowland Bolivia through the Late Quaternary
Surangi Punyasena, STRI Postdoc
Oct 21, 2008 - 4:00 PM
