Programme at a glance
The scientific programme starts at 09:00. The camp gate opens at 04:30, which will allow ample time for an early morning game drive.
Plenary Sessions
Day 1 - 09:00 - 12:30 Day 2 - 09:00 - 12:30 Day 3 - 09:00 - 12:30 Day 4 - 09:00 - 10:30 Day 4 - 15:30 - 17:00 - Annah Moteetee
- Frances Craigie
- Paul DN Hebert
- Beatrice N Khayota
- William J Bond
- Krystal A Tolley
- Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi
- Hugh MacIsaac
- Linda A Amaral-Zettler
- Diana H Wall
- Daniel H Janzen
- De-Zhu Li
- Pedro W Crous
- Monica Mwale
- Felix Forest
- Kowiyou Yessoufou
- Erik K Verheyen
- Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra
- Alvaro M. Viljoen
- Walter Salzburger
- Jessica J Hellmann
- Menno Schilthuizen
- Torbjorn Ekrem
- Pete Hollingsworth
- Monica Mwale, Michelle van der Bank
Parallel Sessions Agenda
Tuesday, November 21st: Day 1
Ndlopfu Room
Goldfields Room
Ingwe Room
Ndau Room
Mhelembe Room
Nari Room
Day 1
13:30 - 15:00 Wildlife Forensics & Conservation 1 Plants 1 (Overview & Methods) eDNA & Metabarcoding 1 (Freshwater) Microbiomes & Mycobiomes Fish Barcode of Life Lepidoptera Biodiversity 1
Chair Donna-Maree Cawthorn De-Zhu Li Kristy Deiner Donald Cowan Claudio Oliveira Mari Kekkonen
Speakers - Tyler A. Elliott
- Anthony R Magee
- Pang-Chui Shaw
- Alfred J Arulandhu
- Maxwell J Farrell
- David A Baisch
- Michelle van der Bank**
- Peter M Hollingsworth**
- Jose D. Zuniga
- James S. Boatwright
- Jingyuan Song
- Martha Valdez-Moreno
- Katy E Klymus
- Vasco Elbrecht
- Alice R Evans
- Torbjorn Ekrem
- Hope Hollocher
- Mani Chellappan
- Dirk Steinke
- Anna Voulgari Kokota
- Luis E. Castaneda
- Gryzenhout M Venter
- Claudio Oliveira
- Jonathan A. Anticamara
- Alison Faye O Chan
- Imane Rahmouni
- Hermann Staude
- David C Lees
- Carlos Lopez Vaamonde
- Peter Huemer
- Sonia Ferreira
- Vlad Eugen Dinca
Day 1
15:30 - 17:00 eDNA & Metabarcoding 2 (Aquatic) Barcode Applications: Terrestrial 1 Authentication: Medicinal Plants 1 Authentication: Food Marine Biodiversity Lepidoptera Diversity 2 / Terrestrial Biodiversity 1 Chair Mehrdad Hajibabaei Brian Fisher Monica Arakaki Bob Hanner Filipe Costa Axel Hausmann Speakers - Melania E Cristescu
- Anais Lacoursiere-Roussel
- Kristy Deiner
- Kevin K Beentjes
- Jan N Macher
- Cathryn Abbott
- Brian L Fisher
- Sandi Willows-Munro
- Timothy Macqueen
- Jeremy R deWaard
- Dongmei Li
- Sarina Veldman
- Dorcas M Lekganayane
- Tianyi Xin
- Gudasalamani Ravikanth
- Srirama Ramanujam
- Letlhogonolo Sello
- Robert H Hanner
- Caroline Puente-Lelievre
- Mohanasundaram Saravanan
- Lawrence J. Wangh
- Sophie Gombeer
- Donna-Maree D.M. Cawthorn
- Adriana E. Radulovici
- Arjen AGCL Speksnijder
- Carlos J Moura
- Benedicta B Ngwakum
- Jarrett D. Phillips
- Pablo D Lavinia
- Kong-Wah Sing
- Rodolphe Rougerie
- Jacopo D'Ercole
- Charlene Janion-Scheepers
- Tomas Roslin
** Featured talk
Wednesday, November 22nd: Day 2
Ndlopfu Room
Goldfields Room
Ingwe Room
Ndau Room
Mhelembe Room
Nari Room
Day 2
13:30 - 15:00 Lightning Presentations 1 Lightning Presentations 2 eDNA & Metabarcoding 3 (Soil) / Wildlife Forensics & Conservation 3 eDNA & Metabarcoding 4 Methodological Advances: Collections Terrestrial Biodiversity 2
Chair Bob Hanner Natasha De Vere Diana Wall / Beatrice Khayota Torbjorn Ekrem Jeremy deWaard Michelle Hamer
Speakers Lightning session Lightning session - Don A Cowan
- Camila D Ritter
- Sean WJ Prosser
- Kenny Meganck
- Marise Heyns
- Gert-Jan Jeunen
- Thomas Lyrholm
- Katrina M West
- Thomas Knebelsberger
- Berry van der Hoorn
- Cathryn Abbott
- Natalia V. Ivanova
- Jonas J Astrin
- Axel Hausmann
- Valerie Levesque-Beaudin
- Chun-Xia Zeng
- Dirk Erpenbeck
- Mikko Pentinsaari
- Nigel A Binks
- Nevena Velickovic
- Luise Kruckenhauser
- Patrizia Elena Vannucchi
- Monica R Young
Day 2
15:30 - 17:00 Lightning Presentations 3 Chair Evgeny Zakharov Speakers Lightning session
Thursday, November 23rd: Day 3
Ndlopfu Room
Goldfields Room
Ingwe Room
Ndau Room
Mhelembe Room
Nari Room
Day 3
13:30 - 15:00 Evolution: Genes to Communities Ecology: Pollination Wildlife Forensics & Conservation 2 eDNA & Metabarcoding 5 Barcoding Networks Terrestrial Biodiversity 3 / Terrestrial Vertebrates
Chair Pablo Tubaro Kevin Burgess / Karen Bell Dorcas Lekganyane Melania Cristescu Sandi Willows-Munro Luis Hernandez-Triana / Natalia Abramsom
Speakers - Mari Kekkonen
- Dario A Lijtmaer
- Marko Mutanen
- Sarah J Adamowicz
- Olivier J Hardy
- Jonathan Davies
- Laura E Jones
- Stephanie J. Swenson
- Xin Zhou
- Andrew Lucas
- Douglas W Yu
- Ann N Mwaura
- Janice J Williamson
- Valentina Grisales-Betancur
- Marli M De Bruyn
- Lian-Ming Gao
- Hugo de Boer
- Ameli K Kirse
- Arne J Beermann
- Joel F Swift
- Georgina L Brennan
- Tony G Brown
- Cristiano Vernesi
- Ingrid Salvesen
- Dirk Steinke
- Thibaud Decaëns
- Nikolaus U Szucsich
- Dirk Steinke
- Nelly N Ndungu
- Jonas J Astrin
- Jostein Kjaerandsen
- Priscila E Hanisch
- Mauricio Serna-Gonzalez
- Adrian U Luczon
Day 3
15:30 - 17:00 Methodological Advances 2 (Genomics) Biodiversity Surveys 1 Ecology: Diet & Networks Evolution: Diversity & Distributions Barcode Applications: Aquatic Fungal Diversity Chair Xin Zhou Kailash Chandra Charles Godfray Marko Mutanen Anais Lacoursiere-Roussel Adriaana Jacobs-Venter Speakers - Eric Coissac
- Thomas W. A. Braukmann
- Iliana Bista
- Yoshihisa Suyama
- Caroline Puente-Lelievre
- Youri Lammers
- Daniel Marquina
- Mary Ann Hawke
- Natasha de Vere
- Kingsly Chuo Beng
- Belen Bukowski
- Mailyn A Gonzalez
- Kor-Jent van Dijk
- Wasim Shehzad
- Johan Pansu
- Stefano Mariani
- Tuomas T Kankaanpaeae
- Markus J Ankenbrand
- Olivier J Hardy
- Samalesu Guelor SG Mayonde
- Linda A Lait
- Vladislav Ivanov
- Alastair J Potts
- Michelle L. D'Souza
- Florian Leese
- Gitte GK Wehr
- Hendrik J. Niemann
- Marcelo Silva-Briano
- Simeon Bezeng SB Bezeng
- Lerato LN Hoveka
- Laszlo Irinyi
- Genevieve GL Laperriere
- Marieka Gryzenhout
- Wieland Meyer
- Z. Wilhelm de Beer
- Nourou S. Yorou
Friday, November 24th: Day 4
Ndlopfu Room
Goldfields Room
Ingwe Room
Ndau Room
Mhelembe Room
Nari Room
Day 4
11:00 - 12:30 eDNA & Metabarcoding 6 Biodiversity Surveys 2 Plants 2 (Taxonomic focus) Evolution: Phylogenetics Freshwater Biodiversity Barcode Applications: Terrestrial 2
Chair Sarah Adamowicz Rodolphe Rougerie Muthama Muasya Dario Lijtmaer Elisabeth Stur, Manuel Elias-Gutierrez Jun Ma
Speakers - Sujeevan Ratnasingham**
- Inger G Alsos
- Lyubomir Penev
- Mehrdad Hajibabaei
- Karen L Bell
- Kate H.J. Perez
- Matthias F Geiger
- Jayme E Sones
- Dmitry D. Schigel
- Douglas W Yu
- Sandi Willows-Munro
- Anifat O Bello
- James S Boatwright
- Abubakar Bello
- Khanyisile Shabangu
- Stoffel P Bester
- Chengxin Fu
- Bjoern Rulik
- Peter R Teske
- Yuri Kartavtsev
- Alvaro J Perez Castaneda
- Pablo D Lavinia
- Gerard Talavera
- Manuel Elias-Gutierrez
- Michal Grabowski
- Ian C Duggan
- Tomasz Mamos
- Monica R Young
- Janet Topan
- Luis Miguel LM Hernandez-Triana
- Camila Gonzalez
- Natalia Kirichenko
- Krishna M J Makam
- Jun Ma
Day 4
13:30 - 15:00 Authentication: Medicinal Plants 2 Methodological Advances 3 Plants 3 Evolution: Community Structure eDNA & Metabarcoding 7
Chair Anthony Magee Natalia Ivanova Stephen James Boatwright Jonathan Davies Cathryn Abbott
Speakers - Vincent Manzanilla
- Sewes PSF Alberts
- Estherna E Pretorius
- Ancuta Cristina Raclariu
- Senthilkumar Umapathy
- Eric Coissac
- Paul G Nevill
- Ning Zhang
- Thomas W. A. Braukmann
- Karen E James
- Ahmed M. H. Gawhari
- Karthikeyan Mahima
- Zhi-Fang Liu
- Ulrich Gael Bouka Dipelet
- Guilherme Oliveira
- Dimitri DA Veldkornet
- A. Muthama Muasya
- Nicholas C Galuszynski
- Kevin S Burgess
- Nicholas Wilding
- Chris Ho
- Evgeny V Zakharov
- Lisa Fujise
- Konstantina Mitsi
- Alicia S. Arroyo
- Frederik V Seersholm
- Jan Pawlowski
** Featured talk
The scientific programme starts at 09:00. The camp gate opens at 04:30, which will allow ample time for an early morning game drive.
Plenary Sessions
| Day 1 - 09:00 - 12:30 | Day 2 - 09:00 - 12:30 | Day 3 - 09:00 - 12:30 | Day 4 - 09:00 - 10:30 | Day 4 - 15:30 - 17:00 |
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Parallel Sessions Agenda
Tuesday, November 21st: Day 1
| Ndlopfu Room | Goldfields Room | Ingwe Room | Ndau Room | Mhelembe Room | Nari Room | |
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| Day 1 13:30 - 15:00 | Wildlife Forensics & Conservation 1 | Plants 1 (Overview & Methods) | eDNA & Metabarcoding 1 (Freshwater) | Microbiomes & Mycobiomes | Fish Barcode of Life | Lepidoptera Biodiversity 1 |
| Chair | Donna-Maree Cawthorn | De-Zhu Li | Kristy Deiner | Donald Cowan | Claudio Oliveira | Mari Kekkonen |
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| Day 1 15:30 - 17:00 | eDNA & Metabarcoding 2 (Aquatic) | Barcode Applications: Terrestrial 1 | Authentication: Medicinal Plants 1 | Authentication: Food | Marine Biodiversity | Lepidoptera Diversity 2 / Terrestrial Biodiversity 1 |
| Chair | Mehrdad Hajibabaei | Brian Fisher | Monica Arakaki | Bob Hanner | Filipe Costa | Axel Hausmann |
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** Featured talk
Wednesday, November 22nd: Day 2
| Ndlopfu Room | Goldfields Room | Ingwe Room | Ndau Room | Mhelembe Room | Nari Room | |
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| Day 2 13:30 - 15:00 | Lightning Presentations 1 | Lightning Presentations 2 | eDNA & Metabarcoding 3 (Soil) / Wildlife Forensics & Conservation 3 | eDNA & Metabarcoding 4 | Methodological Advances: Collections | Terrestrial Biodiversity 2 |
| Chair | Bob Hanner | Natasha De Vere | Diana Wall / Beatrice Khayota | Torbjorn Ekrem | Jeremy deWaard | Michelle Hamer |
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| Day 2 15:30 - 17:00 | Lightning Presentations 3 | |||||
| Chair | Evgeny Zakharov | |||||
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Thursday, November 23rd: Day 3
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| Day 3 13:30 - 15:00 | Evolution: Genes to Communities | Ecology: Pollination | Wildlife Forensics & Conservation 2 | eDNA & Metabarcoding 5 | Barcoding Networks | Terrestrial Biodiversity 3 / Terrestrial Vertebrates |
| Chair | Pablo Tubaro | Kevin Burgess / Karen Bell | Dorcas Lekganyane | Melania Cristescu | Sandi Willows-Munro | Luis Hernandez-Triana / Natalia Abramsom |
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| Day 3 15:30 - 17:00 | Methodological Advances 2 (Genomics) | Biodiversity Surveys 1 | Ecology: Diet & Networks | Evolution: Diversity & Distributions | Barcode Applications: Aquatic | Fungal Diversity |
| Chair | Xin Zhou | Kailash Chandra | Charles Godfray | Marko Mutanen | Anais Lacoursiere-Roussel | Adriaana Jacobs-Venter |
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Friday, November 24th: Day 4
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| Day 4 11:00 - 12:30 | eDNA & Metabarcoding 6 | Biodiversity Surveys 2 | Plants 2 (Taxonomic focus) | Evolution: Phylogenetics | Freshwater Biodiversity | Barcode Applications: Terrestrial 2 |
| Chair | Sarah Adamowicz | Rodolphe Rougerie | Muthama Muasya | Dario Lijtmaer | Elisabeth Stur, Manuel Elias-Gutierrez | Jun Ma |
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| Day 4 13:30 - 15:00 | Authentication: Medicinal Plants 2 | Methodological Advances 3 | Plants 3 | Evolution: Community Structure | eDNA & Metabarcoding 7 | |
| Chair | Anthony Magee | Natalia Ivanova | Stephen James Boatwright | Jonathan Davies | Cathryn Abbott | |
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