07h30-08h15 |
Arrival and coffee - Registration |
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08H15-08H45 |
Welcome (Hall 1) Martina Treurnicht (Chairperson), Adriaan Grobler (Vice-Chair) |
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08H45-09H15 |
KEYNOTE 1 - KAREN ESLER: Spotlight on Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems: Model systems for global change comparisons, regional and local responses |
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09H15-09H45 |
KEYNOTE 2 - ANTON PAUW: Ecology of the West Coast of Southern Africa |
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09h45-10h15 |
Tea break |
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Parallel session (Hall 1) - SYMPOSIUM |
Parallel session (Hall 2) - SYMPOSIUM |
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10h15-12h15 |
SYMPOSIUM 1: Sara Palacio & Robert Boyd - Plant life on atypical substrates in MTEs |
SYMPOSIUM 2 (ONLINE): Brent Mishler & Pablo Vargas Gomez - Spatial Phylogenetics of Mediterranean-type Regions of the World |
12h15-13h30 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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13H30-14H00 |
KEYNOTE 3 - TONY VERBOOM: Vegetation of the Greater Cape Floristic Region: a floristic perspective |
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Symposium session (Hall 1) |
Conference Interview Session- Ongoing throughout the conference | Foyer |
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14H00-15H30 |
SYMPOSIUM 3 Muthama Muasya, Jasper Slingsby, Tony Verboom - Pan-African MTEs – Integrating multiple dimensions of diversity towards understanding the diversity, ecology, evolution and conservation of MTEs in Africa |
Sierra Standish: Oral history project - The Mediterranean-type Ecology Network Oral History Project (IN PERSON) |
15H30-16H15 |
Tea break |
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Parallel session (Hall 1) - Session chair: Jasper Slingsby, Martina Treurnicht |
Paralell session (Hall 2) - Session chair: Karen Esler, Stuart Hall |
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16H15-17H21 |
THEMATIC SESSION: Big data & Biodiversity challenges for a shifting future |
THEMATIC SESSION: Fire-driven evolution of MTE floras |