DIMACS/MBI US - African BioMathematics Initiative: Workshop and Advanced Study Institute on Conservation Biology
August 11 - 13, 2010
Southern African Wildlife College, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa, adjacent to Kruger National Park (NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE)

Organizers:
Holly Gaff, Old Dominion University, hgaff (at) odu.edu
Wayne Getz, (Program Chair), UC Berkeley, getz (at) nature.berkeley.edu
Edward Lungu, U. of Botswana, Lunguliz (at) gmail.com
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
George Wittemyer, Colorado State, gwittemyer at africaonline.co.ke
Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS/MBI US-African BioMathematics Initiative.

This Advanced Study Institute and workshop are jointly sponsored by:

Workshop Program:

This is a revised program.

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
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