In Malaysia; cultural excursion attended

I arrived in Kota Kinabula, Malaysia, two days ago, to take part in the 22nd annual conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, which has the theme "Human Happiness and Wellbeing in an Uncertain World" and is held June 26–28th. This will be the fifth ISQOLS conference in a row I am attending (the 2020 and 2021 conferences were held digitally).

Today I have attended a pre-conference cultural excursion in Sabah, to Kiulu, organised by University Malaysia Sabah with Lingga Eco-Tourism Kiulu.

Trip north with Council for animal ethics - meetings; excursion to the Finnmark expanse

The last few days I have been traveling in Finnmark in Northern Norway, partaking in the excursion of Norway´s Council for animal ethics. We arrived in Alta on Monday (November 8th), and then drove to Kautokeino. In the afternoon we met with researchers and a Head of department at Sámi allaskuvla (Sámi university of applied sciences). On Tuesday (November 9th) we went to the Finnmark expanse (Finnmarksvidda) on a trip by snow scooter arranged by Sokki adventure, and got to encounter reindeer, throw lasso, ride with reindeer by sledge, and have lunch in a big lavvo with live fire. On Wednesday (November 10th) we visited Laksens hus in Alta, had a meeting with the Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture´s reindeer department, and in the evening had a 3-hour Council of animal ethics meeting. In the latter we treated two council statements, including one on zoological gardens which I have drafted in collaboration with Guri Larsen. This was a treatment of a revised version, the statement will soon be finalized and issued.

Second day at Code Biology VI

On Wednesday this week, June 5th, I attended the second day of the 6th international conference, in Friedrichsdorf, Germany. This included half a day with presentations, an excursion to Saalburg (an ancient Roman settlement), and conference dinner.