IUCN XIth International Otter Colloquium

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Scientific programme

The XI International Otter Colloquium is an excellent opportunity to become familiar with current knowledge on conservation status and advances in research on all 13 species of otter. About 200 delegates are expected in Pavia from at least 30 countries, offering the opportunity to exchange research experiences with colleagues from all over the world.
The Colloquium will have a plenary lecture and special session on Global warming and will focus on various aspects of research and conservation of otters. It will include both plenary and standard sessions, workshops and a poster session. It will also host the continental meetings of the IUCN/Otter Specialist Group.

Language

The official language of the Congress will be English. No translation facilities will be available.

Tentative schedule


	Morning (8.30 - 12.30)	Afternoon (14.30-18.00)	Evening
Tuesday 30 August	Arrival - Reception Pre-congress meetings	Arrival - Reception Pre-congress meetings
Wednesday 31 August	OPENING - Plenary lecture: Global Warming IUCN Program Presentation of the Italian Action Plan SESSION 1 - Global warming Chair: Nicole Duplaix Nicole.Duplaix@oregonstate.edu	SESSION 2 - Conservation status assessment: Concepts and approaches. Chair: Bjarne Søgaard, Andreas Kranz, Aksel Bo Madsen bjs@dmu.dk andreas.kranz@aon.at abm@dmu.dk	To be defined
Thursday 1 September	SESSION 3 - Population dynamics and ecology Chair: Tom Serfass, Claudio Prigioni TSerfass@frostburg.edu prigioni@unipv.it	SESSION 4 - Habitat assessment, potential distribution and dispersal Chair: Laura Bonesi, Jordi Ruiz-Olmo lbonesi@units.it ajruiol@gencat.net	Otter art exhibit opening
Friday 2 September	SESSION 5 - Threats and conflicts Chair: Anna Roos, Padma De Silva anna.roos@nrm.se padmadesilva@gmail.com	SESSION 6 - Otters in captivity and rehabilitation centres Chair: Janice Reed-Smith, Livia Mattei jrsotter@iserv.net l.mattei@corpoforestale.it SESSION 7 (in parallel with S6) - Marine otters Chair: Angela M. Doroff, G. Medina Angela.Doroff@alaska.gov gmedina@unab.cl	Social dinner
Saturday 3 September	CONTINENTAL PARALLEL MEETINGS and IUCN RED LIST ASSESSMENT Chair: Syed Ainul Hussain hussain@wii.gov.in	Visit to the Regional Parks of the River Ticino	Auction
Sunday 4 September	SESSION 8 - Habitat improvement, compensation and mitigation Chair: Margarida Santos-Reis, Paul Chanin mmreis@fc.ul.pt mammals@chaninweb.co.uk SESSION 9 - Phylogeography, population and landscape genetics Chair: Ettore Randi, Petra Haikova ettore.randi@infs.it hajkova@ivb.cz	IUCN-OSG FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS Chair: Nicole Duplaix OSG BULLETIN REPORT	CLOSING CEREMONY
Monday 5 September	Departures for post congress tours

Post Congress Tours

Two programs for post-conference tours are now available and will allow the participants to visit otter centres and Parks hosting otter populations in the wild. Program 1: Majella National Park (Abruzzo region, central Italy); Program 2: National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano (Campania region, southern Italy. The deadline for registration for these tours has been postponed to June 30, 2011.