Molluscs 2018 Program at a Glance
Program – Sunday 2nd December
| 16:15 | Registration opens (ICON room) |
| 17:00-18:00 | Welcome Function (ICON room) |
Program – Monday 3rd December
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcome introduction by Lisa Kirkendale and Simon Hills (Rangimarie 1) | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Keynote presentation – Phil Ross, University of Waikato
Ancient aquaculture and the mystery of the disappearing surf clams |
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| 9:45-10:30 | Keynote presentation – Serean Adams, Cawthron Institute
Growing, enabling and securing New Zealand’s mollusc aquaculture industry – a research perspective |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea (Rangimarie 1) | |
| 11:00-12:20 | Symposium: Systematics, taxonomy and biogeography
(Rangimarie 1) |
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| 12:20-13.30 | Lunch (Rangimarie 1) | |
| AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS | ||
| 13:30-15:10 | Symposium: Systematics, taxonomy and biogeography
(Rangimarie 1) |
Symposium: Aquaculture, fisheries and human uses of molluscs
(Rangimarie 2) |
| 15:10-15:40 | Afternoon Tea (Rangimarie 1) | |
| 15:40-17:00 | Symposium: Systematics, taxonomy and biogeography
(Rangimarie 1) |
Symposium: Community engagement and citizen science
(Rangimarie 2) |
Program – Tuesday 4th December
| 8:55-9:00 | Announcements (Rangimarie 1) | |||
| 9:00-9:45 | Keynote presentation – Amy Moran, University of Hawaii
TBA |
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| 9:45-10:30 | Keynote presentation – Satoshi Chiba, Tohoku University
Lessons from the ongoing mass extinction of land snails in Ogasawara: direct and indirect effects of multiple invasive species |
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| 10:30-11:40 | Morning Tea and Poster Session (Rangimarie 1) | |||
| 11:40-12:20 | Symposium: Open symposium
(Rangimarie 1) |
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| 12:20-13.30 | Lunch (Rangimarie 1)
Molluscan Research Editor’s meeting – (Rangimarie 2) |
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| AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS | ||||
| 13:30-14:50 | Symposium: Paleontology
(Rangimarie 1) |
Symposium: Genomics and molecular biology
(Rangimarie 2) |
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| 14:50-15:10 | Afternoon Tea (Rangimarie 1) | |||
| 15:10:17:30 | Mini-Workshop: Photography of molluscs
(Rangimarie 1) |
Mini-Workshop: TBA
(Rangimarie 2) |
Field Trip: Victoria University of Wellington marine lab and Taputeranga Marine reserve | |
| 18:00 | Conference dinner (Foxglove) | |||
Program – Wednesday 5th November
| 8:55-9:00 | Announcements (Rangimarie 1) | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Keynote presentation – Robert Cowie, University of Hawaii
Denying the Sixth Extinction: a counterpoint |
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| 9:45-10:30 | Keynote presentation – Pauline Ross, University of Sydney
TBA |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Morning Tea (Rangimarie 1) | |
| PARALLEL SESSIONS | ||
| 11:00-12:20 | Symposium: Invasive species and biosecurity
(Rangimarie 1) |
Symposium: Climate Change
(Rangimarie 2) |
| 12:20-13.50 | Lunch (Rangimarie 1)
MSA AGM |
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| 13:50-15:10 | Symposium: Ecology, conservation and environmental restoration
(Rangimarie 1) |
Symposium: Biochemistry and Physiology
(Rangimarie 2) |
| 15:10-15:40 | Afternoon Tea (Rangimarie 1) | |
| 15:40-16:40 | Symposium: Ecology, conservation and environmental restoration
(Rangimarie 1) |
Symposium: Open symposium
(Rangimarie 2) |
| 16:40-17:00 | Closing session:
Student prizes and concluding address by the MSA president (Rangimarie 1) |
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Program is subject to change