08:30 - 09:00 - Keynote speakers - Advocacy
A political commitment to act for the oceans
- Ricardo Serrao Santos, former Minister for the Sea in Portugal
- Romain Troublé, executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation and president of the Ocean & Climate platform
Session 11 - 09:00 - 10:15
Conservation
09:00
“Species mining” in public aquaria
Daniel Abed-Navandi
Haus des Meeres – Aqua Terra Zoo Vienna, Austria
09:15
Cold water invertebrates. Awareness & Possibilities
Ester Alonso
Bioparc Acuario de Gijon, Spain
09:30
EAZA Biobank- Aquatic species samples
Nuria Baylina
Oceanario de Lisboa, Portugal
09:45
Engaging teams with conservation and development
Chris Brown
Conservation Welfare and Engagement SEA LIFE, United Kingdom
10:00
The conservation translocation of threatened freshwater fish. An overview of key initiatives in Greece, Turkey and Mexico
Alex Cliffe
ZSL / Bristol Zoological Society/ Chester Zoo, United Kingdom
10:15 - 10:45 - Coffee break and poster session
Session 12 - 10:45 - 12:30
Conservation
10:45
Short-snouted sea horses overwintering in Wadden Sea/North Sea Aquarium Ecomare on Texel
Jarco Havermans
Ecomare, Netherlands
11:00
Contribution of aquariums to the conservation of the critically endangered blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus)
Renaud Herbert
Nausicaa, France
11:15
Successes, challenges and new ideas: Retrosperpective of six years conservation work in a small coral conservation project in the Maldives and future plans
Nicole Kube
German Oceanographic Museum, Germany
11:30
MaRHE Center Maldives to Italy: Aquarium and University join their skills for coral conservation
Silvia Lavorano
Acquario di Genova, Italy
11:45
Why the aquarium community is key to saving coral reefs: Our vital climate change engagement challenge
Paul Pearce-Kelly
Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom
12:00
The Chondrocensus, a platform for engagement and collaborative conservation.
Carlos taura
Oceanografic of Valencia, Spain
12:15
The RoffaReefs breeding system, a road to floating climate neutral in-situ fish conservation
Sander van Lopik
Rotterdam Zoo, Netherlands
12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch break
Session 13 - 14:00 - 15:45
Example of positive collaborations with aquariums
14:00
Ecological coral cuttings supports
Jérémy Gobé
Corail Artefact, France
14:15
The Enerplage® system, beach protection and production of seawater
Arnaud Ballay
Ecoplage, France
14:30
Veterinarian Hands Across the Atlantic Ocean
Joao Correia
Flying sharks, Portugal
14:45
“Stop dreaming, we’ll help you to “Dive In” and Act”
Philippe de Lacaze
Reef International, France
15:00
Adapting the Five Domains to an Aquatic World
Dr Robert jones
The Aquarium Vet, Australia
15:15
Case studies in marine mammal handling, with an emphasis on specimens under human care
Clem Kouijzer
1-2-1 Handling, United kingdom
15:30
Development of a 12S marker gene database for the environmental DNA metabarcoding of marine megafauna
Franck Pichot Rodriguez
Laboratoire MARBEC Université de Montpellier, France
15:45 - 16:15 - Coffee break and poster session
Session 14 - 16 :15 - 18:00
Example of positive collaborations with aquariums
16:15
Why and how Aquariums and FishBase can work together to improve the knowledge and conservation of fish?
Fabrice Teletchea
Université de Lorraine, France
16:30
The Benefits of Shared Data in Aquarium Sustainable Collection and Species Conservation Planning
Sandy Trautwein
Species360, USA
16:45
(Cost) savings on energy, water, noise and maintenance WITH improved water quality.
Aldo van Tongeren
ATO Energy Saving, Netherlands
17:00
Large Elasmobranch Management : a Collaboration
Frank Young
Dynasty Marine Associates Inc., USA
Closing ceremony
to be confirmed