DRAFT
MRI 50th Anniversary
Mammal research in southern Africa: a blueprint for the next two decades
Symposium Facilitator: Brian Huntley
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)
(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)
(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)
(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