10 May 2007 |
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10.00 |
Welcome & Coffee |
10.30 |
Introduction by Luit Buurma (Honorary Chairman International Bird Strike Committee) |
10.45 |
Prof. Amnon Ginati (ESA): "The ESA Integrated Application Programme Initiative, Europeans Perspective, Global Vision" |
11.00 |
Dr Richard Dolbeer (USDA): "Nature Conservation and Aviation Safety: the Remarkable Findings from 16 Years of Shooting Gulls at JFK Airport next to a Wildlife Refuge" |
11.30 |
Drs Ward Hagemeijer (Wetlands International): "Birds Connecting Gaia’s Kidneys: Wetland Conservation and Management" |
12.00 |
Mr Ante Matijaca (Split Airport, Croatia): "Legal Consequences of Increasing Knowledge on Birdlife and Bird Strike Prevention" |
12.30 |
Lunch Break |
13.30 |
Dr Ruud Foppen (European Bird Census Committee): "Public Concern and the Role of Field Ornithologists" |
14.00 |
Prof Martin Wikelski (Princeton University): "Navigational Plasticity: to what Extent can Birds Anticipate Landscape and Climate Change?" |
14.45 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
15.15 |
Prof Theunis Piersma (Groningen University): "How Red Knots use 1000 km2 of Wadden Sea During Low and High Tide: Food Finding, Predator Avoidance and the Role of Flocking" |
16.00 |
Dr Tom Kelly (Cork University): "The Bird Response to Approaching Aircraft" |
16.30 |
All: debate |
17.00 |
Food and Exhibition |
18.00 |
Global Perspectives: Prof Willem Bouten (University of Amsterdam): "Modelling and Monitoring Migrating Birds with Support from Space"
Dr Yossi Leshem (Tel Aviv University): "Back to Earth: the Great Rift Valley Story" Public Statement "The Call of the Crane", Youth Orchestra Bloembollenstreek, directed by Erik Waerts |
20.00 |
Closure |