Tentative programme of the 5th International Canopy Conference on Forest canopies: Conservation, Climate change and Sustainable use – October 25th to 31st 2009, Bangalore, India

Please note that a few of these sessions may be re-scheduled. Please write to secretary@canopy2009.org for more information.

Programs at a glance -download file

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5th International Canopy Conference - 2009
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
25th Oct - Sunday VENUE
Time Student symposium ATREE
  Canopyscape: Current Trends in Canopy Reseach & Exploration  
09:30-09:35 Welcome speech - Gladwin Joseph Auditorium
09:35 -10:20 Canopies and Introduction - Meg lowman Auditorium
10:20-10:40  Tea break  
10:40 -13:00               Technical session Auditorium
13:00-14:00 Lunch  
14:00-14:20  Technical session - contd. Auditorium
14:20-15:30 Round  table Auditorium
15.30-15:50 Tea Break  
15:50-17:50            Registration  
19:30 onwards Mixer:  Snacks & Cocktail Terrace 
26th Oct- Monday JN Tata auditorium
8:30 - 9:00                     Registration  
9:00-9:05 Welcome speech by Gladwin Joseph Main hall
9.05-9.15 Lighting of the lamp & release of ATREE's new publications
9.15-10.50 Opening remarks by Prof. Raman Sukumar
Introduction to the conference by Meg Lowman
Key note -  Thomas Lovejoy
Plenary -   Kamal Bawa   
10:50 – 11:15    Tea break  
11:15 -11:55                Western Ghats - a website launch by KN Ganeshaiah   Main hall
11:55 - 12:00                 Vote of thanks 
12:00-13.30                   Lunch  
13:30 - 15 .30  Advances of canopy research through the canopy crane network     Main hall
15.30-15:50 Tea Break  
Parallel sessions                                      15:50-17:50       Ecology and Conservation of Canopy Vertebrates  Main hall
Mistletoes in Natural Forests and the Cultural Landscape Hall A
Canopy communities in human affected landscapes  Hall B
17:50- 18:50                        Poster session 1  
27th Oct - Tuesday JN Tata auditorium
8:30-9:15 Plenary: Nalini Nadkarni       Main hall
9:15- 10:00 Plenary: Vojtech Novotny     
10:00-10:30 Tea break  
Parallel sessions                                                                           10:30-12:30 Biodiversity and Forest Canopies  Hall A
Biotic threats to long term survival of tropical forest canopies  Hall B
Canopy outreach and education  Main hall
12:30-13:30 Lunch  
Parallel sessions                     13.30-15.30 Determinants of animal community structure in canopies Hall A
Open house on education and outreach Main hall
15:30-15:50 Tea break  
Parallel sessions                                       15:50-17:50       Conservation of Arboreal Arthropoda: Patterns and Processes in the High Frontier  Main hall
Trees as Islands - a symposium on the biogeography of epiphytes on trees-  Hall A
Workshop 2 : Climbing techniques Hall B
17:50- 18:50                       Public talk - Life in the Treetops: Exploration and Discovery in Forest Canopies Around the World by Meg Lowman Main hall
19:30 onwards Achievements in Canopy Ecology award ceremony (ACE awards) & Banquet     Royal Orchid's Doddis Resort
28th Oct - Wednesday JN Tata auditorium & IISc
8:30-9.15 Plenary:  William Laurance         Main hall
Parallel sessions                                       9.15-10.00 Workshop 1 :  Research and education priorities in canopy science Main hall
Workshop 2 : Climbing techniques Hall A
10:00-10:30 Tea break  
10:30 - 12:30 Workshop 1:- continued Main hall
Workshop 2:- continued IISc campus
12:30:-13.30  Lunch  
13:30 – 15:30  Mid-conference field trip   (to Nandidurga)  
17:50- 18:50               Public talk -On "the role of natural resources in the emergence and decline of empires: lessons from Indian history" at the Bhoga  Nandishwara temple: by KN Ganeshaiah Bhoga Nandishwara temple 
29th Oct - Thursday JN Tata auditorium
8:30-9.15 Plenary : Andrew Mitchell Main hall
9:15- 10.00 Plenary: Raman Sukumar Main hall
10:00-10:30 Tea break  
10.30-12.30 Workshop 1: follow up Main hall
Workshop 3: Eco-informatics (cancelled) CANCELLED
12:30-13:30        Lunch  
13:30 - 15 .30                   Challenges and opportunities for research into canopy function and service provision in the face of climate change Main hall
15.30-15:50 Tea Break  
Parallel sessions                                       15:50-17:50       The role of canopy ecophysiology in sustainability science Main hall
Are Tropical forest canopies under the risk of pollination decays?    Hall A
16:00-18:50 Canopy Photo and Art contest exhibition, and, interactive session Hall B
17:50- 18:50 p.m Poster session 2  
30th Oct - Friday JN Tata auditorium
8:30-9.15 Plenary :  Sharachchandra Lélé       Main hall
9:15- 10.00 Plenary :  Steve Turton Main hall
10:00-10:30 Tea break  
Parallel sessions                10.30-12.30                  Sustainable use of forest canopies and conservation  Main hall
IBISCA Workshop- Institute of Wood Science and Technology
General symposium  Hall A
12:30:-13:30 p.m              Lunch  
Parallel sessions                     13.30-15.30 Conservation, community development, rainforest experience: The   environmental, social and economic values of forest canopy based ecotourism  Main hall
IBISCA Workshop (continued) Institute of Wood Science and Technology
15:30-15:50 Tea Break  
Parallel sessions                                       15:50-17:50       Open house with Indian Eco-tourism entrepreneurs Main hall
Phenology and climate change  Hall B
17:50-18:50  Public talk - ADVENTURES AMONG ANTS - A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions  by  Mark Moffett Main hall
31st Oct - Saturday ATREE
8:30-9.15 Workshop 4: Capacity building for Indian students  
9:15- 10.00 Workshop 4:- continued  
10-00-10.30  Tea break  
10:30: -12.30 Workshop 4:- continued  
12:30-13:30 Lunch  
13:30 - 15:30   DEPARTURE: POST- CONFERENCE TOURS and Coorg town visit to WORKSHOP for registered participants  

 

 

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