Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines

Program

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)