Program At-a-Glance
12 August 2019
14:00 Ingress and Registration (VSU Pavilion)
13 August 2019
08:00 Registration (RDE Hall Lobby)
09:00 Opening Program (RDE Plenary Hall)
10:30 Partners’ Session
12:00 Lunch sponsored by the Biodiversity Management Bureau
13:30 Concurrent Oral Talk Sessions 1-3 (RDE Hall Breakout Rooms)
15:30 Partners Session and Pecha Kucha (RDE Plenary Hall)
17:00 Opening of Scientific Posters and Institutional Exhibits
21:00 Welcome Dinner sponsored by Wetlands International (Convention Center)
14 August 2019
08:00 Registration (RDE Hall Lobby)
08:30 Plenary Talks (RDE Plenary Hall)
- Plenary Address: Philippine Red List for Terrestrial Fauna: Challenges and opportunities for conserving threatened animals in an archipelagic setting – Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, PhD and Mr. Anson M. Tagtag
- Launching of the National Red List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna
10:15 Concurrent Oral Talk Sessions 4-6 (RDE Hall Breakout Rooms)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Concurrent Oral Talk Sessions 7-9 (RDE Hall Breakout Rooms)
15:30 BCSP General Assembly/ Campus Tour for Non-BCSP Members (venue TBA)
18:30 Film Showing: Birds of Prey (RDE Plenary Hall)
15 August 2019
07:00 Field Trip: Leyte Sab-a Peatland Forest and Cultural Heritage Sites in Palo, Leyte (Assembly at the VSU Pavilion)
18:30 Fellowship Dinner sponsored by the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) (VSU Pavilion)
16 August 2019
08:00 Registration (RDE Hall Lobby)
08:30 Plenary Talks (RDE Plenary Hall)
- Plenary Address: GIZ Philippines and Ecosystem-based Adaptation in River Basins, Klaus Schmitt, PhD, Principal Advisor, EbA in River Basins and Green Sector Coordinator, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Plenary Address: Adapting to a Changing Environment in Biodiversity Conservation, Cameron Siler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology and Assistant Curator of Herpetology, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma
10:15 Concurrent Oral Talk Sessions 10-12 (RDE Hall Breakout Rooms)
12:00 Lunch sponsored by GIZ
13:30 Concurrent Oral Talk Sessions 13-15 (RDE Hall Breakout Rooms)
15:30 Concurrent Workshops (various venues)
18:30 Closing Program and Awarding Ceremonies (RDE Plenary Hall)