Opening Ceremony
Opening speech by the Magnificent Rector Matteo Lorito University of Naples Federico II
Marine Biodiversity loss
Chair Roberto Danovaro: 10:00 - 10:50 Invited talk: Paul Snelgrove (University of Newfoundland, Canada) “Marine Biodiversity Takes Center Stage: Sustaining Biodiversity in the 21st Century” Despite expanding pressures on ocean […]
Multiple Stressors and Climate Change
Chair Roberto Sandulli: 14:00 – 14:50 Invited talk: Gil Rilov (National Institute of Oceanography, Israel) “Tropicalization: a powerful engine of ocean change, and a conservation challenge” Tropicalisation is a marine […]
Pattern of changes in marine ecosystems
Chair Antonio Terlizzi: 08:30 – 09:20 Invited talk: Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi (University of Pisa, Italy) “From large to small and back to large again: embracing multiple scales to understand resilience and […]
Adaptations to environmental changes
Chair Marco Munari: 14:00 – 14:50 Invited talk: Sam Dupont (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) "The order of time – Bridging chemical changes with biological response to address ocean acidification" Addressing […]
EMBS meeting to discuss next steps and presentation of the new EMBS President.
It would be great if participants would provide one/two representatives for each country, if possible.
Ocean solutions for Nature and people
Chair Simonetta Fraschetti: 08:30 – 09:20 Invited talk: Fiorenza Micheli (Stanford University, USA) "Resilience and vulnerability of coastal social-ecological systems to global shocks" Coastal ecosystems and communities are threatened worldwide […]
General “Marine Biology” Session
Chair Olga Mangoni: 13:30 – 13:40 Speaker: Melita Peharda “Reconstructing the Mytilus galloprovincialis shell growth using a sclerochronology approach.” Authors: M. Peharda, B. R. Schöne, K. Markulin, H. Uvanović, K. […]
Panel Discussion – Session on “Improving scientific cooperation between EC-ESA projects for the implementation of marine biodiversity and climate strategies.”
15:40 - 15:50 Short introduction by Marie-Helene Rio and Ivan Conesa Alcolea 15:50 – 15:58 Speaker: Anna M Addamo “MPA Europe: designing representative and ecological coherent MPA networks.” Authors: A. […]
Panel Discussion – Session on “Improving cooperation between projects on addressing policy & stakeholders needs (Nature Restoration Law, marine biodiversity protection & MSFD)”
17:30 - 17:40 Isabel Sousa Pinto and Ivan Conesa Alcolea “Project collaboration for stakeholder engagement and dissemination” 17:40 – 17:48 Speaker: Maddalena Visser “Needs for supporting the implementation of the NRL […]
Marine Conservation and Restoration
Chair Mark John Costello: 09:00 – 09:50 Invited talk: Emily Darling (Director Wildlife Conservation Society) Tropical coral reefs provide local communities with livelihoods, food security, cultural significance, and coastal protection, […]
Afternoon Session
Guided tour of the city Fieldtrip to Baia
Innovative (bio)technologies for marine monitoring and explorations: Internet of Underwater Things
Chair Gianluca Sarà: 09:00 – 09:50 Invited talk Chiara Petrioli (Founder and CEO, WSense srl) "Enabling Ocean Big Data by means of the Internet of Underwater Things" Underwater robotics and […]
The National Biodiversity Future Center
11:10 – 12:10 Invited talks: Simonetta Fraschetti, Gianluca Sarà, Mariachiara Chiantore and GianMarco Luna. 12:10 – 12:20 Speaker: Mariacristina Prampolini “The National (Marine) Biodiversity Observatory System, a tool to collect […]