"Bird Numbers 2025: Synergies in monitoring for conservation" conference programme overview, Riga, Latvia
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Programme Overview
31 March (Monday):
| Arrivals | |
| from 14:30 | Registration |
| 15:00–18:00 | PECBMS workshop |
| Evening | Welcome event |
1 April (Tuesday):
| Morning | Registration |
| 9:00–9:30 | Opening |
| 9:30–10:15 | Plenary Birds of Latvia through times: the way to monitoring of county’s avifauna Oskars Keišs, Ainārs Auniņš, Viesturs Ķerus |
| Coffee break | |
| 10:45–12:15 | Parallel sessions |
| Lunch | |
| 13:45–14:30 | Afternoon plenary Biodiversity monitoring context and directions in relation to EU policies Nestor Fernandez |
| 14:30–15:45 | Poster session |
| Coffee break | |
| 16:30–18:00 | Parallel sessions |
| 18:00–18:15 | Break |
| 18:15–20:15 | EBP workshop |
2 April (Wednesday)
| 9:00–9:45 | Morning plenary Using ornithological field data to predict rapid evolution of migration in response to climate change Jane M. Reid |
| Coffee break | |
| 10:30–12:00 | Parallel sessions |
| Lunch | |
| 13:30–14:30 | Parallel sessions |
| 14:30–15:45 | EBCC Annual General Meeting |
| Coffee break | |
| 16:30–18:00 | Parallel sessions |
| Break | |
| 18:15–20:15 | Acoustic (audio) workshop / Ornitho meeting |
3 April (Thursday)
| Daytime | Field excursions |
| Evening | Conference dinner |
4 April (Friday)
| 9:00–9:45 | Morning plenary Using bird data for conservation prioritisation Heini Kujala |
| Coffee break | |
| 10:30–12:00 | Parallel sessions |
| Lunch | |
| 13:30–14:30 | Parallel sessions |
| Break | |
| 15:00–16:00 | Parallel sessions |
| Coffee break | |
| 16:45–17:30 | Plenary The integration of data, the spirit of the EBCC and challenges for the future Sergi Herrando |
| 17:30–18:00 | Closing of the conference |
| 18:15–20:15 | Meeting of the new EBCC Board |
5 April (Saturday)
| 9:00–13:00 | IWC workshop |
| 14:00–17:00 | Mediterranean Waterbirds Network meeting |
Scientific Programme Committee:
Dr. Aleksi Lehikoinen (Chair, Finland), Dr. Verena Keller (Switzerland), Dr. Dawn Balmer (United Kingdom), Dr. Ainārs Auniņš (Latvia), Dr. Sergi Herrando (Spain), Dr. Jean-Yves Paquet (Belgium), Dr. Petr Vořišek (Czech Republic)
Local Organising Committee:
Dr. Oskars Keišs, Dr. Ainārs Auniņš, Agnis Bušs, Antra Stīpniece, Edgars Lediņš, Ance Priedniece, Valts Jaunzemis