Dr. Joseh del Hoyo, father of the book series Handbook of the Birds of the World, is one of the guest speakers at the Colombia Birdfair 2005. In his presentation, The Handbook Project, Dr del Hoyo will discuss how the project began, its development and the publication of Volume 17 of this masterpiece. Dr. del Hoyo will also discuss the digital versión of the Handbook, and the launching of HBW Alive, touching on its future in the era of e-books. The presentation will end with a discussion on Dr del Hoyos’ other interesting projects: Handbook of the Mammals of the World and the Internet Bird Collection.