PAOC PLENARY SPEAKERS
Dr Will Cresswell University of St Andrews
Prof Kathy Martin University of British Columbia
Dr Hazell Shokellu Thompson BirdLife International
Prof William Sutherland University of Cambridge
Prof Les Underhill University of Cape Town
Prof John Wingfield University of Washington
Dr. Irene Tieleman University of Groningen
Dr. Wolfgang Goymann Max Plank Institute for Ornithology
Dr. Anthony Nyong UN Climate and Conservation issues
Dr. Anthony Sinclair University of British Columbia
SYMPOSIA TO BE LED BY PLENARIES
Migration
Reproduction
African weavers (see below)
Physiology in a changing environment
Consequences of global change
Bird responses to ecosystem changes
SYMPOSIA
Drivers of change: climate vs habitat – why are Palaearctic-African migrants wintering in the humid zones of West Africa in rapid decline? Phil Atkinson
Drivers of change: a landscape approach to bird conservation in the Sahel Bernd de Bruijn
Electricity generation and distribution in Africa – are we just winging it? Megan Diamond
Wetlands and waterbirds in a changing environment Tim Dodman
African Ethnoornithology where from and where to now? Bob Gosford and Fleur Ng’weno
African birds and climatic change Professor Brian Huntley and Dr Phoebe Barnard
Monitoring change in bird populations and habitats in Africa Dr Stuart J Marsden
Securing African cranes in a changing environment Kerryn Morrison
Owls, who gives a hoot Darcy Ogada and Andre Botha
Weavers in Africa Dr Dieter Oschadleus and Prof Les G Underhill
Life on the move: frontiers in the study of non-breeding strategies of Palearctic-African migrants Ulf Ottosson, Kasper Thorup and Soladoye Iwajomo.
Protocols and Technologies for bird atlasing and citizen science in African countries with few bird watchers Kevin Ravno
Continent-wide raptor conservation in Africa – alternatives to monitoring to extinction Munir Virani & Rob Simmons
Wings Above the Sea: Transnational Seabird Research and Conservation in the Western Indian Ocean Ademola Ajagbe
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ONLY
Vultures and vulture conservation in Africa Andre Botha
Coordinating waterbird monitoring in Africa Tim Dodman
Shoebill Tim Dodman
Technical development of the International Waterbird Census Tim Dodman
Afring Doug Harebottle
Weavers Les G Underhill and H. Dieter Oschadleus
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (UNEP/AEWA) Evelyn Parh Moloko
FURTHER SYMPOSIA WILL BE DEVELOPED DEPENDING ON ABSTRACTS
