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Quantitative Challenges for Conservation in Africa over the Coming Decade
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Remote Sensing & Assessment 7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast (Dining Room) 8:30 - 9:00 Open and Welcome 9:00 - 9:45 A Historical Overview of Wildland and Species Losses in Africa over the past Century Justin Brashares 9:45 - 10:30 A Social and Ecological Landscape Analysis for Africa's Albertine Rift Region Joel Hartter 10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break (Set up posters) 11:00 - 12:30 Student Project Reports (6 x 15 minute presentations) 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch and poster session 1:30 - 2:15 The Role of Remote Sensing in Conservation and Landuse Management Ned Horning 2:15 - 2:45 Emerging Trends in the Visualization of Conservation Data James Osundwa 2:45 - 3:15 The Consequences of Non-intervention for Infectious Diseases in African Great Apes Sadie Ryan 3:15 - 3:45 Tea Break 3:45 - 4:15 The Importance of Behavioral Dynamics on Disease Burden Nina Fefferman 4:15 - 4:45 Tick-borne Disease Risk: Agent-based Model Holly Gaff 4:45 - 5:15 Researchers and Scavengers: Using Hierarchical Models to Understand Anthrax Ecology Steve Bellan 5:30 Sunset Drive and Picnic Dinner (Departing from Reception) Thursday, August 12, 2010 Action 7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast (Dining Room) 8:30 - 9:00 Outline of Working Groups Tasks and Goals and organization into 4 working groups (Fred Roberts): 1. species assessment 2. landscape assessment and remote sensing 3. ecoinformatics (data aspects) and mapping applications to conservation, and 4. systems modeling applications to conservation and predication of impacts of global change. 9:00 - 11:00 Group meeting including break for tea around 10 am. 11:00 - 12:30 Group report backs: 20-25 minutes each 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch and Poster Session 2:00 - 6:00 Outing/Game Viewing 6:00 Social Hour and Banquet Friday, August 13, 2010 Future Quantitative Challenges 7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast (Dining Room) 8:30 - 9:15 A Review of Genetic Methods in Conservation Rauri Bowie 9:15 - 10:00 Density- Versus Frequency-dependent Epidemic Models in Exploited Fishery Systems Abdul-Aziz Yakubu 10:00 - 10:30 Immune Response to Tuberculosis Avner Friedman 10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break 11:00 - 11:30 The effect of prey evasion and predator pursuit on the spatial patterns and rate of spread Aziz Ouhinou 11:30 - 12:00 Mapping Genes Underlying Ethnic Differences in Tuberculosis Risk by Admixture Mapping in the Colored Population of the Western Cape in South Africa Emile Chimusa Rugamika 12:00 - 12:30 Competition Graphs and the Dimensions of Biodiversity Fred S. Roberts 12:30 - 1:00 Closing 1:00 - 2:00 Lunch