Schedule of conference

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“BIODIVERSITY AND DYNAMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS IN NORTH EURASIA” (BDENE’2000)

August 21—26, 2000, Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok (Russia)

August 20 – the day of arriving and registration

(Registration: House of Scientists, Large Hall, 14:00 – 20:00)

August 21

House of Scientists (Large hall)

9:00 – 10:00 Opening ceremony. Speech of welcome of SB RAS Chairman, Academician N. L. Dobretsov; Director of the Institute of Cytology & Genetics SB RAS, Academician V.K. Shumny and a representative of the Novosibirsk Regional Administration

 

10:00 – 19.30 Section I. “The Basic problems of species and ecosystem evolutions”, Chairmen: Prof. V. K Shumny. (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia) and Prof. W. Schmid (University of Minnesota, USA).

11:20 – 11:50 – Coffee break

13:30 – 15:00 – Lunch

 

9.00 – 19.00 Foyer of Large Hall, House of Scientists

Poster session and computer demonstrations of the following sections:

I. “Basic problems of species and ecosystem evolutions”,

II. “Molecular genetic bases of biodiversity”,

V. “Human genome diversity in North Eurasia: evolution, population, and ecology aspects”,

XI. “Biodiversity and Dynamics of Ecosystems in North Eurasia: Informational Technologies and Modeling”

17.00 – 17.30 – Tea break

 

August 22

House of Scientists, Large Hall

9.00 – 18.00 Section III. “The Diversity of the flora of North Eurasia”, Chairmen: Prof. I. Yu. Koropachinsky (Central Siberian Botanic Garden, Novosibirsk, Russia) and Prof. T. Elias (National Arboretum, Washington, USA)

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch

16.30 – 17.00 – Tea break

 

9.00-19.00 Foyer of Large Hall, House of Scientists.

Poster session and computer demonstrations of the section

III. “The Diversity of the flora of North Eurasia”

 

House of Scientists, Small Hall

9.00 – 13.30 Section VI and VIII. “Water ecosystems of North Eurasia” and “Lake Baikal as a natural laboratory for studying species biodiversity and evolution”,

Chairmen: Prof. A. G. Degermendzhi. (Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk, Russia), Prof. M. A. Grachev (Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russia) and Prof. R.D.Gulati (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre of Limnology, Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands)

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch

 

15.00-18.30 – Continuation of the Section VI and VIII.

“Water ecosystems of North Eurasia” and “Lake Baikal as a natural laboratory for studying species biodiversity and evolution”

16.30-17.00 – Tea break

 

17.00 – Excursions to Geological and Archeological Museums

17.00 – Excursion to the Central Siberian Botanic Garden

 

August 23

House of Scientists, Large Hall

9.00 – 18.30 Section IV. “Diversity of the fauna of North Eurasia”, Chairmen: Prof. V. I. Evsikov (Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology, Novosibirsk, Russia) and Prof. W. Lidicker (University of California, USA)

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

13.40 – 15.10 – Lunch

17.00 – 17.30 – Tea break

 

9.00-19.00 Foyer of Large Hall, House of Scientists.

Poster session and computer demonstrations of the section

IV. “Diversity of the fauna of North Eurasia”

 

House of Scientists, Small Hall

9.00 – 13.30 Section X. “Biodiversity and Dynamics of Ecosystems in North-East Asia” (supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Korean Academy of Sciences and Technologies and Mongolian Academy of Sciences); Chairmen: Prof. V. M. Korsunov (Institute of General and Experimental Biology SB RAS, Ulanh-Ude), Prof. In Kyu Lee (Seoul National University, Korea), Prof. Sun Tieheng (Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyan, China) and Prof. G.Erdenejav (Biological Institute, MAS, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch

 

15.00 – 19.00 Section IX. “Forest ecosystems of North Eurasia”; Chairpersons: Prof. E. A. Vaganov A. (Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and Prof. E.D.Schulze (Max Plank Institute of Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany)

16.40 – 17.00 – Tea break

 

August 24

House of Scientists, Small Hall

9.00 – 13.30 Section II. Molecular genetic bases of biodiversity”; Chairman: Prof. Yu. P. Altuhov (Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia)

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

 

9.00-13.30 Foyer of Small Hall, House of Scientists.

Poster session and computer demonstrations of the section

X. “Biodiversity and Dynamics of Ecosystems in North-East Asia”

 

15.30 – Sightseeing tour of Novosibirsk, excursion to the Novosibirsk Picture Gallery

15.30 – Excursion to the Central Siberian Botanic Garden

 

August 25

House of Scientists, Small Hall

9.00 – 13.30 Section V. Human genome diversity in North Eurasia: evolution, population, and ecology aspects”; Chairmen: Prof. N. K. Yankovsky (Russian Human Genome Program), Prof. R. I Sukernik (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia), Prof. P.A.Underhill (Stanford University, Stanford, USA)

 

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

13.30 – 15.00 – Lunch

 

15.00 – 18.30 Section VII. “Soil ecosystems of North Eurasia”, Chairmen: Prof. I. M. Gadzhiev (Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of Siberian Branch of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia) and Dr. Liao Liping (Institute of Applied Ecology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shinyang, P.R.China)

16.30 – 17.00 – Tea break

15.30 – Excursions to the Geological and the Archeological Museums

9.00-19.00 Foyer of Small Hall, House of Scientists.

Poster session and computer demonstrations of the following sections:

 

9.00-13.30 VII. “Soil ecosystems of North Eurasia”,

IX. “Forest ecosystems of North Eurasia”,

15.00-19.00 VI. “Water ecosystems of North Eurasia”,

VIII. “Lake Baikal as a natural laboratory for studying species biodiversity and evolution”,

 

August 26

House of Scientists, Small Hall

9.00 – 13.30 Section XI. “Biodiversity and Dynamics of Ecosystems in North Eurasia: Informational Technologies and Modeling”; Chairmen: Prof. A. M. Fedotov (Institute of Computational Technologies, Novosibirsk, Russia) and Dr. A. Kondrashov (National Center for Biotechnology Information, Bethesda, USA)

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break

13.30 – 14.30 – Lunch

 

House of Scientists, Large Hall

14.30 – 16.20 Closing Ceremony

 

16.30 – Session of the Organizing Committee: looking into prospects for international collaboration in nature conservation, the biodiversity and dynamics of ecosystems; adoption of the resolutions.

16.00 – Excursions to the Geological museum and the Archeological museum

 

From August 27

Post-conference tours

1. Altai tour “Denisova cave”. Round table discussion “Paleoecology and Evolution”

2. Altai tour “ Ecosystems of North Altai”