ATBC 2008 - Program Overview

Program Overview

Before the Meeting

3-8 June : Pre-Conference Field Trips and Courses

Sunday 8 June

Registration :14:00-17:00 (Torarica Multipurpose room)

Opening Ceremony

17:30-19:00 (Torarica Royal Ballroom)
- Introduction by organizers Pierre-Michel Forget (ATBC President) & Rudi van Kanten (Director CELOS, AdekUS)
- Welcome by Dr. Li Fo Sjoe Acting President of Anton de Kom University of Suriname
- Opening by officials from Suriname (to be confirmed)
- Plenary speech

"Global biodiversity conservation: priorities and new opportunities, with special reference to the Guianas"

by Russel Mittermeier,

Conservation International Foundation

19:00-21-30 : Mixing cocktail party (Clubhouse & Marina)

Trumpeters, Psophia crepitans

Cultural event

Monday 9 June :

19:00-20:30 : Multi-Cultural event at Fort Zeelandia

Conference schedule

NEW Scientific program : Web

Monday 9 -Tuesday 10 - Thursday 12 - Friday 13 June

8:00-9:30 : Two Plenary talks. Overview
9:30-10:00 : Break - soft drink, tea , coffee
10:00-11:30 : Session #1 - 6 talks
11:30-13:30 : Lunch buffet at Chi Min restaurant (with shuttle).

Monday 9 : Creole food

Tuesday 10 : Indian food

Thursday 11 : Chinese food

Friday 12 : Indonesian food

13:30-15:00 : Session #2 - 6 talks
15:00-15:30 : Break - soft drink, tea, coffee
15:30-17:00 : Session #3 - 6 talks (or Poster session on Tuesday-Thursday)

Special activities

Monday 9 June

17:00-18:00 : www.bioguiana.org network. Convener: Brice Noonan. Royal Conference Hall

Wednesday 11 June

One-day excursions

Workshop-Discussion
- 9:00-11:00 : How to be more prolific (conveners : William Laurance and Bette Loiselle). Overview
- 13:00-15:00 : Edge effect (conveners : Robert Ewers and Raphael Didham). Overview

Parallel meeting : Flora of the Guianas (FoG). Overview

ATBC council board meeting : 17:00-23:00 (location to be announced)

Thursday 12 June

Evening Plenary Lecture
- 19:30-20:30 :

Global ecosystem services trading: a new market solution to stabilize climate and conserve biodiversity

by Andrew Mitchell

Global Canopy Programme

Friday 13 June

Workshop-Discussion

17:00-18:00 : "Women in Science "

(Conveners : Beth Kaplin and Priya Davidar, ATBC President Elect). Overview. Royal Conference Hall.

Closing Ceremony (Friday 13 June)

19:00-19:45 : ATBC report, ATBC Honorary Fellows and other Awards.

19:45-20:15 : 2008 ATBC resident address

Travelling seeds, rodents and human beings: consequences for world-wide biological and cultural diversity

By Pierre-Michel Forget

Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle

20:30-22:00 : Banquet (buffet style) : surinamese food
22:00-24:00 : Live music and Dance (Clubhouse and Marina)

After the Meeting

14 June : Workshop at Anton de Kom University of Suriname and/or Torarica Conference Hall.

14-19 June : Post-Conference Field Trips and Courses

View of the Canopy and Brokonpondo lake from the STINASU EcoLodge at Brownsberg Natural Park