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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 of the ATBC 2008 annual congress
by Drs. Clifford P. Marica
the honorable Minister ad-interim of
Labor, Technological Development and Environment- 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 (Banquet Room #1)
- Parallel meeting (Banquet Room #2-3): Flora of the Guianas (FoG). Overview
- ATBC council board meeting : UPDATED
12:00-22:00 (Royal Meeting Room #3)
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
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 President address
Travelling Rats, Seeds and Human Beings: Consequences for Natural 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