MRI The Mammal Research Institute Mopani
 
DRAFT

MRI 50th Anniversary

Mammal research in southern Africa: a blueprint for the next two decades

Symposium Facilitator: Brian Huntley


Monday 12th September 2016

14:00 pm: arrive at leisure – book-in
16:00-18:00: Registration
18:00-20:00: Ice-breaker / Meet-and-Greet


Tuesday 13th September 2016

06:00-08:00:    Breakfast / Game Drive
07:00-08:00:    Registration

08:00-09:00     Official Opening
                        Prof Stephanie Burton (VC for Research, University of Pretoria)

                        Dr. Brian Huntley

                        Prof. Nigel Bennett
                        50 years of MRI Mammal Research


Theme: People and Wildlife
(Co-ordinator: Bob Millar)
(population growth, urbanization, agriculture, bush meat, poaching, economic, political and social drivers)

09:00-10:30     Chantell Ilbury (Mindofafox)
                        Albert van Jaarsveld (UKZN)
                        Morne du Plessis (WWF)

10:30-11:00     Tea / Coffee Break

11:00-12:30      Johan du Toit (Utah State University)
                         Sam Ferreira (SANParks)
                         Peter Lindsey (Panthera & UP)
                         Nicholus Funda (SANParks)

12:30-13:30      Lunch (Students to be allocated to mentor tables)

13:30-15:50      Elissa Cameron (University of Tasmania & University of Canterbury)
                         Theme Stream / Trigger Talks and Poster Presentations

15:30-16:00      Tea / Coffee Break

16:00-17:00       Brian Huntley - Daily Review / Panel Discussion

17:00-19:00       Leisure / Game Drive

19:00-20:30       Dinner


Wednesday, 14th September 2016

06:00-08:00       Breakfast / Game Drive


Theme: Environmental Stressors
(Climate Change, Pollution, and Habitat Changes)
(Co-ordinator: Nico de Bruyn)


08:00-10:30       Bob Scholes (Wits)
                          William Bond (UCT)
                          Corey Bradshaw (University of Adelaide)
                          Duncan Mitchell* (University of Witwatersrand)
                          Barry Lovegrove

10:30-11:00       Tea / Coffee Break

11:00-12:30       Stephan Woodborne
                          Norman Owen-Smith
                          Tim Clutton-Brock


12:30-13:30       Lunch (students to be allocated to mentor tables)

13:30-15:50       Nico de Bruyn
                          Theme Stream / Trigger Talks and Poster Presentations

15:30-16:00       Tea / Coffee Break

16:00-17:00       Brian Huntley - Daily Review / Panel Discussion

18:30-22:00       Dinner


Thursday, 15th September 2016
 
06:00-08:00       Breakfast / Game Drive


Theme: Diseases at the interface
(Co-ordinator: Armanda Bastos)


08:00-10:30       Steve Osofsky (Cornell University)
                          Daniel Haydon (University of Glasgow)
                          David Cumming
                          Michelle Miller (Stellenbosch University)
                          Paul Cross (US Geological Survey)

10:30-11:00       Tea / Coffee Break

11:00-12:30       Roumen Anguelov (UP)
                          Markus Hofmeyr
                          Clifford Nxomani
                          Andre Ganswindt


12:30-13:30       Lunch (Students to be allocated to mentor tables)

13:30-15:30       Theme Stream / Trigger Talks and Poster Presentations

15:30-16:00       Tea / Coffee Break

16:00-17:30       Brian Huntley - Daily Review / Panel Discussion and Closing Comments

17:00-17:45       Howard Hendriks – Conference Closure

19:00-21:00       Gala Dinner


Friday, 16th September 2016

6:00-10:00       Breakfast. Delegates depart at leisure.

8:00-11:00       Chairs, plenary and symposium speakers and delegates coalesce documents for publication of:
                        Mammal research in southern Africa: a blueprint for the next two decades