Preliminary Scientific Program

Tuesday 25th march

10.00 - 13.30 h.

Workshop 1

Classroom 1

Conservation research perspectives on Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata and Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra

Ponente:

Axel Wolff

10.00 - 13.30 h.

Workshop 2

Classroom 2

Automated acoustic detection of steppe birds: Learn to use BirdNET GUI

Ponente:

Cristián Pérez Granados

Universidad de Alicante. Spain


10.00 - 13.30 h.

Workshop 3

Classroom 3

Applications of Remote Sensing for Steppe Bird Conservation Using Google Earth Engine

Ponente:

Francesco Valerio

10.00 - 13.30 h.

Reception

Hall IREC

13.30 - 15.00 h.

Lunch

15.00 - 18.00 h.

Reception & placement of posters

Hall Paraninfo

16.30 - 17.00 h.

Opening ceremony

UCLM Paraninfo

17.00 - 18.00 h.

Inaugural Plenary Session

UCLM Paraninfo

The plight of Palearctic bustards

Ponente:

Nigel Collar

Bird Life International


18.15 - 19.15 h.

Opening cocktail

Hall Paraninfo

Wednesday 26th march

9.00 - 10.00 h.

Invited Plenary 1

UCLM Paraninfo

Ponente:

Alena Klvaňová

Head of monitoring and research department, Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme manager, Czech Society for Ornithology and European Bird Census Council, Prague, Czechia


10.00 - 10.30 h.

Coffee Break

Hall Paraninfo

10.30 - 12.30 h.

Information point and poster exhibition.

Hall Paraninfo

10.30 - 13.30 h.

Thematic session 1. Population monitoring and trends 1 (methods)

UCLM Paraninfo

10.30 - 13.30 h.

Thematic session 2. Life-history strategies

Room 1

12.45 - 13.30 h.

Poster session

Hall Paraninfo

13.30 - 15.00 h.

Lunch break

Hall Paraninfo

15.00 - 17.00 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

Hall Paraninfo

15.00 - 17.00 h.

Thematic session 3. Population monitoring and trends 2 (results)

UCLM Paraninfo

15.00 - 17.00 h.

Thematic session 4. Dynamics and Drivers of Habitat Change in Steppe and Pseudo-steppe ecosystems

Room 1

17.00 - 17.30 h.

Coffee break

Hall Paraninfo

17.30 - 19.00 h.

Information point and poster exhibition.

Hall Paraninfo

17.30 - 18.30 h.

Round table. Agricultural practices and their impact on the steppes.

UCLM Paraninfo

Moderador:

Mario Díaz Esteban

Research Professor of the Spanish Research Council and coordinator ot the AGRIAMBIO Thematic Platform


18.45 - 19.45 h.

GIAE Assembly

Thursday 27th march

9.00 - 10.00 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

9.00 - 10.00 h.

Invited Plenary 2

UCLM Paraninfo

Ponente:

Joao Paulo Silva

Researcher at the University of Porto, Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. Portugal.


10.00 - 10.30 h.

Coffee Break

10.30 - 12.30 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

10.30 - 12.30 h.

Thematic session 5. Movement strategies and migration patterns

UCLM Paraninfo

10.30 - 12.30 h.

Thematic session 6. Evolutionary and behavioral ecology of steppe birds 1

Room 1

12.45 - 13.45 h.

Poster session

Hall Paraninfo

13.45 - 15.00 h.

Lunch Break

Hall Paraninfo

15.00 - 17.00 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

15.00 - 17.00 h.

Thematic session 7. Impact of human infrastructures

UCLM Paraninfo

15.00 - 17.00 h.

Thematic session 8. Evolutionary and behavioral ecology of steppe birds 2

Room 1

17.00 - 17.30 h.

Coffee Break

Hall Paraninfo

17.30 - 19.00 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

17.30 - 18.30 h.

Round table. Renewable energy and the impact on steppe birds.

UCLM Paraninfo

20.00 - 23.00 h.

Congress dinner

Friday 28th march

8.30 - 10.00 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

Hall Paraninfo

9.00 - 10.00 h.

Invited Plenary 3

UCLM Paraninfo

Dynamic land use shapes the bird community of the Eurasian steppe

Ponente:

Johannes Kamp

Researcher in the University of Göttingen. Germany.


10.00 - 10.30 h.

Coffee Break

10.15 - 11.20 h.

Thematic session 9. Conservation strategies and policy mechanisms: Present and future 1

UCLM Paraninfo

11.50 - 13.30 h.

Information point and poster exhibition

Hall Paraninfo

11.50 - 13.30 h.

Thematic session 10. Conservation strategies and policy mechanisms: Present and future 2

UCLM Paraninfo

13.45 - 15.00 h.

Lunch Break

15.00 - 16.00 h.

Information point

Hall Paraninfo

15.00 - 16.00 h.

Closing Plenary

UCLM Paraninfo

30 years studying harriers, bustards and stone curlews: new knowledge and lessons for conservation

Ponente:

Vincent Bretagnolle

Senior Scientist CNRS, at Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé.


16.00 - 17.00 h.

Closing Ceremony

UCLM Paraninfo

17.30 - 19.00 h.

Presentation of the documentary "Urpa, un glop fresc per salvar l'arpella cendrosa"

UCLM Paraninfo

Saturday 29th march

8.30 - 13.00 h.

Trips Field visit to different areas managed for the conservation of steppe birds in Castilla La Mancha (Villacañas - Laguna de Tírez), in collaboration with the Fundación Global Nature.

8.30 - 13.00 h.

Trips Cultural visit to Castilla La Mancha cultural heritage, in collaboration with the regional administration.