DIMACS/MBI US - African BioMathematics Initiative: Advanced Study Institute on Conservation Biology Part II
January 10 - 15, 2011
The Advanced Study Institute will be held at Kenya Wildlife Service Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya.

Organizers:

Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University, hgaff (at) odu.edu

Wandera Ogana, University of Nairobi, wogana at unobi.ac.ke

Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts (at) dimacs.rutgers.edu

Sadie Ryan, University of California, Santa Barbara, sjryan (at) nceas.ucsb.edu

James Osundwa, UN Environment Programme, Kenya, james.osundwa (at) unep.org

Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.

This Advanced Study Institute is jointly sponsored by:

• DIMACS
• The Mathematical Biosciences Institute at Ohio State University (MBI)
• The Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB)
• US National Science Foundation

Saturday, January 8, 2011

        Arrive Nairobi
        Stay at Methodist Guest House

Sunday, January 9, 2011

11:00   Bus departs hotel for KWS

13:00   Bus arrives KWS, Students check-in

13:30   Lunch

18:00   Reception

Monday, January 10, 2011

 7:00 -  8:30  Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:00  Introduction and Population Viability Lecture: Holly Gaff

10:00 - 10:30  Tea break

10:30 - 12:00  Global Change Lecture: Sadie Ryan

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:00  Guest Lecture: James Osundwa

14:00 - 15:30  Conservation Genetics Lecture: Dave Gauthier

15:30 - 16:00  Tea break

16:00 - 17:30  Group Presentations: South Africa ASI Project Groups

17:30 - 18:30  Poster session: New ASI Students

18:30 - 19:30  Dinner

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
  
 7:00 -  8:30  Breakfast
 
 8:30 - 10:00  Agent-based Modeling Lecture: Ryan and Gaff

10:00 - 10:30  Tea break

10:30 - 12:00  Disease Ecology Lecture: Michael Washington

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:00  Guest Lecture: Gauthier

14:00 - 15:30  GIS Lab: Ryan

15:30 - 16:00  Tea break

16:00 - 17:30  Project Group discussion

18:30 - 19:30  Dinner

Wednesday, January 12, 2011
 
 7:00 -  8:30  Breakfast
 
 8:30 - 10:00  Reserve Design Lecture: Ryan

10:00 - 10:30  Tea break

10:30 - 12:00  GIS/RS Lecture: Osundwa

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:30  Conservation Genetics and Population Viability Lecture: Gaff

14:30 - 15:00  Tea break

15:00 - 19:00  Lake Naivasha Trip

19:00 - 20:00  Dinner

Thursday, January 13, 2011
  
 7:00 -  8:30  Breakfast
 
 8:30 - 10:00  Harvesting Lecture: Ryan/Gaff

10:00 - 10:30  Tea break

10:30 - 12:00  Population Viability Lecture: Gaff

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:00  Guest Lecture: Michael Washington

14:00 - 15:30  Conservation Genetics Lecture: Gaff

15:30 - 16:00  Tea break

16:00 - 16:30  Project Groups

19:00 - 20:00  Dinner

Friday, January 14, 2011

 7:00 -  8:00  Breakfast

 8:00 - 18:00  Trip to Lake Nakuru

19:00 - 20:00  Banquet

Saturday, January 15, 2011
 
 7:00 -  8:30  Breakfast
 
 8:30 - 10:00  Project Groups

10:00 - 10:30  Tea break

10:30 - 12:00  Project Groups

12:00 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:00  Guest Lecture: Anotida Madzvamuse

14:00 - 15:30  Project Groups

15:30 - 16:00  Tea break

16:00 - 19:00  Free time

19:00 - 20:00  Dinner

Sunday, January 16, 2011
 
 7:00 -  8:30  Breakfast

               Bus departs for Nairobi

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