Symposium
The symposium will run over a full day and be structured into four research themes, each with a keynote speaker and specialist presentations. Presenters will come from a range of disciplines and will highlight advances in non-lethal research techniques. There will be presentations on specific research fields and also results from large scale multi-national programmes.
Poster Session
The evening of the Symposium will be available for poster presentations from all participants, subject to available space.
Maximum size for posters is 110cmx110cm.
Workshops
A two-day workshop will follow the symposium and will focus on expert presentations with significant time for discussion of new and evolving techniques and their application to the themes of the workshop. The four workshops will relate to:
- Health assessment of live cetaceans
- Advances in attachment techniques for cetacean instrumentation
- Population dynamics and environmental variability
- Estimation of diet and consumption rates from non-lethal methods.
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27 March – SYMPOSIUM |
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Introduction |
Presenter |
| 8:00 | 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | 9:05 | Introduction | Ambassador José Luis Balmaceda, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 9:05 | 9:20 | Cetacean Sighting Network | CF LT Sr. Alex Rich Ehrlich, Chilean Navy |
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Session 1:Past, Present and Future |
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| 9:20 | 9:40 | History of whaling in the Southern Ocean | Phillip Clapham & Yulia Ivaschenko |
| 9:40 | 10:00 | The evolution of non-lethal whale science; from photo-identification to the Southern Ocean Research Partnership | Nick Gales |
| 10:00 | 10:10 | The role of whales in Southern Ocean marine ecosystems | Lisa Ballance |
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10:20 |
10:50 |
Coffee break |
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Session 2: Molecular techniques |
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| 10:50 | 11:10 | Overview of existing techniques and future directions | Scott Baker |
| 11:10 | 11:30 | Genetic bottlenecks and historical population estimates (SRW/Gray Whales) | Jen Jackson |
| 11:30 | 11:50 | Killer whales and humpback whales ageing | Gina Ylitalo |
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Session 3: Biologging |
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| 11:50 | 12:10 | Overview of existing techniques and future directions | Christophe Guinet |
| 12:10 | 12:30 | Fine scale habitat use | Ari Friedlander |
| 12:30 | 12:50 | Large scale migration and satellite tagging | Alex Zerbini |
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12:50 |
14:00 |
Lunch time |
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Session 4: Remote sensing |
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14:00 |
14:20 |
Overview of existing techniques and future directions | Pat Halpin |
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14:20 |
14:40 |
Passive acoustic method to track whales | Kate Stafford |
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14:40 |
15:00 |
Photogrammetry and health assessment on gray and blue whales | Wayne Perryman |
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Session 5: Long term non-lethal research |
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15:00 |
15:20 |
Overview of existing techniques and future directions | John Calambokidis |
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15:20 |
15:40 |
Photo ID and response to climate change in southern right whales | Vicky Rowntree |
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15:40 |
16:00 |
Distance surveys and mark-recapture techniques for abundance and distribution | Jay Barlow |
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16.00 |
16.30 |
Coffee break |
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16: 30 |
17:50 |
Panel discussion with all speakers and questions from the floor | |
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17:50 |
18:00 |
Closing remarks and thanks | |
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18:30 – 20:00 Poster session with reception and drinks |
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