Schedules

Time Session Speaker(s)
09:00 - 09:00 Shuttle to the Conference Room
09:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:30 Opening Ceremony Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues,
Henrique Nepomuceno Alves,
Raphael De Cock
10:30 - 10:30 Session 1: ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
10:30 - 11:15 "How to be attractive? Social and visual environment affect female success in glow-worms" Plenary Talk Arja Kaitala
11:15 - 11:40 Lectures
11:40 - 12:10 Coffee break with Poster Session Ecology and Behaviour
12:10 - 13:30 Lectures
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:00 Session 2: ART AND SOCIETY
15:00 - 15:45 "Fireflies pretext for warning", Plenary talk Francesco Mariotti
15:45 - 17:15 Lectures
17:15 - 17:45 Coffee-break with Poster Session Art and Society
17:45 - 18:00 Firefly Fotography exhibition and Group Photo
18:00 - 19:00 Firefly Photography Class, “Covering basics and real world tips and tricks” (FireflyExperience.org) Radim Schreiber
19:00 - 19:30 Firefly Music Sessions
19:30 - 21:00 Dinner Parque Biológico
21:00 - 23:30 PBG Excursion to see Fireflies
23:30 - 23:30 Bus to the hotel
Time Session Speaker(s)
08:30 - 08:30 Shuttle to the Conference Room
09:00 - 09:00 Session 3: TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY AND GENETICS
09:00 - 09:45 "Museum collections as information repositories on fireflies and training tools for new lampyrid researchers: the case of the University of Porto",Plenary talk José Manuel Grosso-Silva
09:45 - 11:10 Lectures
11:10 - 11:40 Coffee break with Poster Session Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Genetics
11:40 - 11:40 Session 4: BIOLUMINESCENCE, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
11:40 - 12:25 "Resurrecting the ancient glow", Plenary talk YUICHI OBA
12:25 - 13:10 Lectures
13:10 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Lectures
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break with Poster Session Bioluminescence, Biochemistry and Physiology
16:00 - 16:00 Session 5: CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
16:00 - 16:45 “Firefly Conservation: Protecting the Jewels of the Night”, Plenary talk Sara Lewis,
Sonny Wong
16:45 - 18:15 Workshop and Discussion - Standardising Methods to Monitor Fireflies Populations - IUCN Firefly Specialist Group
18:20 - 19:00 Bus to Lousada municipality (50 km)
19:15 - 22:30 Workshop of Fireflies Capture Techniques, dinner/picninc
22:30 - 23:30 Bus to the hotel
Time Session Speaker(s)
08:30 - 08:30 Shuttle to the Conference Room
09:00 - 10:45 Lectures
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break with Poster Session Conservation Biology & Citizen Science
11:15 - 11:15 Session 6: CITIZEN SCIENCE
11:15 - 12:00 "Network of volunteers to monitor the Lampyridae of France: between constraints and opportunities", Plenary talk Fabien Verfaillie
12:00 - 13:00 Lectures
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 14:50 Lectures
14:50 - 15:20 Firefly International Network (FIN) General Meeting (Open to all participants): Activity & financial reports, announcement of 2022-2025 Steering Committee
15:20 - 15:50 Conclusions and Closing ceremony
16:00 - 20.00 Vila Nova de Gaia Guided City Tour with Wine Cellars Visit
20:00 - 20:00 Symposium Dinner
23:30 - 23:30 Bus to hotel
Time Session Speaker(s)
00:00 - 00:00
All day post-symposium programme
Douro Valley Train/Boat Trip
V.N.Gaia – Régua – Pinhão
08:30 - 08:30 shuttle to the train Station Porto-S. Bento
09:15 - 11:10 Train Porto-Régua
11:20 - 12:00 Douro Museum Visit with wine tasting
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch in a lovely restaurant by the river
15:30 - 17:45 Upstream by boat Régua-Pinhão cruise
19:00 - 20:30 Return to V.N. Gaia by bus

 

Parque Biológico de Gaia

R. Cunha, 4430-812 Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

 

Câmara Municipal de Gaia

Rua Álvares Cabral 4400-017 Vila Nova de Gaia