Programme

Conference "Program Book" available

The book contains all the practical and programme information of the World Conference. You can download it here.

For an overview of the sessions, speakers, posters and their authors, please click here (updated 2008-11-03).


Monday, November 10th

16.00 - 19.30: Registration

19.30 - 21.00: Welcome cocktail


Tuesday, November 11th

Red Sea Museum Polivalente
09.00-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.45 Opening Ceremony
11.00-11.30 Invited plenary Carlo Heip
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-13.30 What lived in the oceans? In hommage to John Gray The coral triangle
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-16.00 Deep-sea and extreme environments In hommage to John Gray The Coral Triangle
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.30 The taxonomic component of marine biodiversity Biodiversity & ecosystem shifts In hommage to John Gray
18.30-19.30 Poster session A


Wednesday, November 12th

Red Sea Auditorio Museo Polivalente
09.00-09.30
09.30-10.00		 Invited plenary Jef Huisman
Invited plenary Philippe Bouchet
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-13.30 Marine biodiversity in polar regions Large-scale biodiversity change Bioinvasions & ecosystem functioning
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-16.00 Marine biodiversity in polar regions Deep-sea and extreme environments Biodiversity & Bioprospecting
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.30 Marine biodiversity in polar regions Deep-sea and extreme environments Biodiversity and bioprospecting
18.30-19.30 Poster session A (continued)
20.00-21.30 Policy round table


Thursday, November 13th

Red Sea Auditorio Museo Polivalente
09.00-09.30
09.30-10.00		 Invited plenary Daniel Pauly
Invited plenary Mark Costello
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-13.30 Pelagic and benthopelagic biodiversity Marine biogeography Bioinvasions & Ecosystem functioning
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-16.00 Coastal marine benthic biodiversity Discoveries from integrated data systems
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.30 Coastal marine benthic biodiversity Discoveries from integrated data systems Fish and fisheries
18.30-19.30 Poster session B
20.00-21.30 Symposium dinner at the Museum, in Calle Mayor


Friday, November 14th

Red Sea Auditorio Museo Polivalente
09.00-09.30

09.30-10.00		 Invited plenary Juan Carlos Castilla
Invited plenary Dolf de Groot
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-13.30 Broad-scale patterns and sources of variation Conserving marine biodiversity Emerging paradigms in coastal research
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-16.00 Broad-scale patterns and sources of variation Conserving marine biodiversity
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.30 Deep continental margins Societal and economic benefits
18.30-19.30 Poster session B (continued)
19.30-21.00 CoML reception?


Saturday, November 15th

Red Sea Auditorio Museo
09.00-09.30
09.30-10.00		 Invited plenary Adrianna Ianora
Invited plenary Antje Boetius
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-13.00 Deep-water seamounts Recent discoveries
13.00-13.30 Closure of symposium
13.30-15.00 Lunch


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