13th EMBL|EMBO Science and Society Conference
Biodiversity in the Balance: Causes and Consequences
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Friday 9 November - Saturday 10 November 2012 Registration closed
Programme
| 08:00 - 08:50 | Registration |
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| 08:50 - 09:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Maria Leptin, Director of EMBO and Halldór Stefánsson, Science and Society Programme Manager, EMBL | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Opening Keynote Lecture: Rita R. Colwell, University of Maryland, USA |
| Evolution of the Vibrio cholerae Genome | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break, ATC foyer |
| Session I: The evolving web of life: continuities and discontinuities Chair: Volker Storch, Heidelberg University, Germany |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 | Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol, UK |
| Origins of biodiversity on land | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Axel Meyer, University of Konstanz, Germany |
| On the origin of biodiversity: Darwin's mystery of mysteries and what do we know today about the patterns and processes of speciation |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Ilkka Hanski, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Biodiversity in decline | |
| 12:45 - 14:15 | Lunch, ATC foyer |
| Session II: Assessing, mapping and researching forms of life Chair: Volker Storch, Heidelberg University, Germany |
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| 14:15 - 15:00 | Jesse H. Ausubel, The Rockefeller University, USA |
| Macroscopes for Biodiversity | |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Rebecca Miller, IUCN Red List Unit, UK |
| Nature in crisis: Assessing the status, trends and threats to biodiversity | |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Eric Karsenti, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany and Colomban de Vargas, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France |
| TARA OCEANS: A multidisciplinary approach of plankton ecosystems around the world | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee break, ATC foyer |
| 17:00 - 18:30 |
Panel discussion
Chair: Volker Storch, Heidelberg University, Germany |
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Aperitif, ATC foyer |
| 19:15 - 21:00 | Conference dinner, EMBL canteen |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Opening Keynote Lecture: Sir Robert May, University of Oxford, UK |
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| Science Advice and Policy Making in Relation to Biodiversity | |
| Session III: Biodiversity: benefits and the risks of loss Chair: Halldor Stefansson, EMBL |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 | Shahid Naeem, Columbia University, USA |
| Ecological capacity and biological insurance: Why all those millions of species matter | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break, ATC foyer |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Heidi Wittmer, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany |
| TEEB - The Economics of Ecoystems and Biodiversity: using the ecosystem service concept at the science policy interface |
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| 11:45 - 12:30 | Tari Haahtela, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland |
| Nature gets poor, we get sick | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch, EMBL canteen |
| Session IV: Human impact and visions of sustainability Chair: Esther Turnhout, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Camille Parmesan, University of Texas, USA |
| Creative Conservation in a Changing Climate | |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Volker Mosbrugger, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Germany |
| Bio-Geoengineering - a key to sustainability? | |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Harold A. Mooney, Stanford University, USA |
| The new intergovernmental platform for biological diversity and ecosystem services (IPBES)—What it is, what it will do, and how we got there. | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee break, ATC foyer |
| 16:45 - 18:15 |
Panel discussion
Chair: Michele Garfinkel, EMBO |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Closing remarks: Iain Mattaj, Director General, EMBL |
