Programme

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

Outline Programme

Monday 26 September 2011

09.00

Registration

11.00 –12.40

OPENING CEREMONY

12.40 –13.40

Lunch

13.40 –14.55

Parallel Sessions One

15.00 –15.45

Plenary Presentation: Marine biodiversity, ecological capacity, and biological insurance: Why all those rare species matter

Shahid Naeem; Columbia University

15.50 –17.20

Parallel Sessions Two

17.20 –18.40

Digital Object and Exhibition Session One

19.30

PUBLIC EVENT with Techfest

An evening with Jean-Michel Cousteau - booking via Aberdeen Box Office

Tuesday 27 September 2011

09.00 –10.30

Parallel Sessions Three

10.30 –11.00

Tea and Coffee

11.00 –12.30

Parallel Sessions Four

12.30 –13.30

Lunch

13.30 –14.15

Plenary Presentation: It is the age of wisdom, it is the age of foolishness

Jeff Ardron; Marine Conservation Institute

14.15 –14.50

Digital Object and Exhibition Session Two

15.00 –16.30

Parallel Sessions Five

16.30 –17.00

Tea and Coffee

17.00 –18.30

Parallel Sessions Six

PUBLIC EVENT - FILM OCEANS

PUBLIC EVENT – ST ANDREWS

Marine Terrorism Workshop

Louise Richardson, Vice Chancellor & Principal, St Andrews University

Wednesday 28 September 2011
09.00-09.45	Plenary Session Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Director General, Marine Research Institute, Iceland
09.50 - 10.50	Parallel Sessions Seven
10.50 - 11.20	Tea and Coffee
11.20 - 12.35	Parallel Sessions Eight
12.35 –13.30	Lunch
13.30 –14.15	Digital Object and Exhibition Session Three
14.15 –15.45	Parallel Sessions Nine
15.45 –16.15	Tea and Coffee
16.15 –17.45	Parallel Sessions Ten
19.30 for 20.00	CONFERENCE DINNER Scottish Themed Evening at Ardoe House Hotel
Thursday 29 September 2011
09.00 –09.45	Plenary Session Mark Costello, University of Auckland
09.50 –11.20	Parallel Sessions Eleven
11.20 –11.50	Tea and Coffee
11.50 –12.35	Plenary Session Professor Terry Dawson, University of Dundee
12.35 –13.45	Lunch
13.45 –14.25	Digital Object and Exhibition Session Four
14.30 –16.15	Parallel Sessions Twelve
16.15 –16.45	Tea and Coffee
16.50 –18.20	Parallel Sessions Thirteen
Friday 30 September 2011
09.00 –10.30	Parallel Session Fourteen
10.30 –11.00	Tea and Coffee
11.00 –11.30	Prize Giving Royal Society Publishing: best digital object best student presentation given at the conference Announcement of venue for 2014 Event
11.30 – 13.30	Closing ceremony Phil Bourne, University of California What Will be the Impact of Future Changes in Digital Scholarship on Marine Biodiversity? Live Links: David Paterson and Martin Solan Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, IPBES IPBES – Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services: a new science-policy mechanism Closing Remarks
13.35	Walk Away Lunch

Programme

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

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