Draft Programme
Sunday, 4 September, 2011
Delegates' arrival - Opening Ceremony
Monday 5 September, 2011
Plenary: Algal changes in Mediterranean Sea: drivers, effects and policies.
Speaker: Sotiris Orfanidis
Concurrent Symposia:
Symposium1: Environmental stresses on coastal marine algae
Symposium 2: Algal biotechnology
Tuesday, 6 September, 2011
Plenary: Macroalgal taxonomy from an evolutionary biologist's perspective.
Speaker: Heroen Verbruggen
Concurrent Symposia:
Symposium 3: DNA taxonomy: bar coding and species delineation
Symposium 4: Cell biology and molecular physiology of algae
Wednesday, 7 September, 2011
Mid congress excursion
Thursday, 8 September, 2011
Plenary: Evolution and development in microalgae - have gene sequences led us down a blind alley?
Speaker: Eileen J Cox
Concurrent Symposia:
Symposium 5: Molecular and cellular responses in algae induced by changes in the environment
Symposium 6: Genetics of speciation (ecological and molecular)
Friday, 9 September, 2011
Plenary: Macroalgae and climate change
Speaker: Jeanine Olsen
Concurrent Symposia:
Symposium 7: Algal genomics
Symposium 8: Freshwater algal biogeography and biodiversity