A. M. P. M. Evening
August 22, 2010
SUNDAY
  registration Welcome party
August 23, 2010
MONDAY
K1 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel K2 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel Workshops - small symposia
Sight-seeing in the city (optional)
August 24, 2010
TUESDAY
K3 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel K4 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel Poster session
August 25, 2010
WEDNESDAY
K5 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel
The Conference EXCURSION
(Bohemian Karst / Příbram / Křivoklát)
evening party at Točník castle
August 26, 2010
THURSDAY
K6 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel K7 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel Merlin Tuttle on bats and bat conservation
August 27, 2010
FRIDAY
K8 Symposia and/or contributed sessions in parallel IUCN Bat SG open meeting Concluding session and business meeting Farewell party in Carolinum

August 28-30, 2010
Post-Conference Excursions (A: S-Moravia, B: S-Bohemia, C: N-Bohemia)
Optional, not included in the registration fee
 


Keynote lectures (plenary)
K1
K2
K3
K4

K5
K6
K7
K8
Estimating diversity: how many species of bats are there? Nancy Simmons
Chiropteran ancestry and early divergences. Gerhard Storch, Joerg Habersetzer, Bernard Sige
Of molecules and bats: a genomics perspective. Emma Teeling, Marianne Volleth
Otto von Helversen memorial session: Energetic ecology of bats. Christian Voigt
Biology of foraging. Elisabeth K.V. Kalko
Sensory world of a bat. Bjoern Siemers, Gareth Jones
Life history and social biology. Gerald Kerth
Advances in Aeroecology - An Emerging Discipline. Thomas Kunz
Bat Conservation: past, present and future. Paul Racey


Symposia
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6

S7
S8
S9
S10

S11

S12

S13
S14

S15

S16
S17
 
Past to Present: Fossils and the Evolutionary History of Bats. Gregg Gunnell
Adaptations and Evolutionary Ecology. David Jacobs
Gerhard Neuweiler Memorial Symposium on Echolocation in Bats. Björn M. Siemers, Gareth Jones
Speciation dynamics and taxonomy. Manuel Ruedi, Petr Benda
Bat extinctions: past, present, and future. Nancy Simmons, Liliana Davalos
Integrating information across multiple molecular markers - current and future studies in bat genetic research. Stephen J. Rossiter, Pavel Hulva
New Approaches in the Study of Bat Flight. Sharon Swartz, Anders Hedenström
Movement Ecology of Bats. Thomas H. Kunz, Paul M. Cryan
Global bat Monitoring and Bioindication. Kate Jones, Tomas Bartonička
Bat and parasites: implications for social life, disease transmission, and co-evolution. Gerald Kerth, Philippe Christe
Bat-fruit interactions: new findings from individual to community level. Marco A.R. Mello, Elisabeth K.V. Kalko
Diversity Patterns and Processes - from Local Assemblages to Continental Gradients. Jakob Fahr, Tigga Kingston
Social and vocal complexity in bats. Mirjam Knörnschild, Martina Nagy
Anthropogenic impact on bats: from fragmentation to urbanization. Kirsten Jung, Elisabeth K.V. Kalko, Raphael Arlettaz
Diversity, systematics and conservation of South American bats. Valéria Tavares, Ludmilla M.S. Aguiar, Enrico Bernard, Renato Gregorin
Bats as inspiration for biomimetic robots Annemarie Surlykke, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko
Bats and pathogen emergence Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh