ATLANTIC POSITIVE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CONGRESS

ATLANTIC POSITIVE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CONGRESS

CONGRESS PROGRAME: 

 

November 17, 2021 

 

Brussels Time
9:00

9:30

    Opening session   Opening session

 

9:30

 

10:15

 

 

Prof. Jacqueline  Beggs

 

Professor at the Faculty of Science to School of Biological Sciences, New Zealand

 

 

Vespula as successful invaders – lessons from New Zealand in impact and control

 

10:15  

 

11:00

 

 

Dr. Federico Cappa

 

Postdoctoral researcher at  Department of Biology. Università degli Studi di Firenze. Italy

 

 

Advances in the knowledge on Vespa velutina biology in its invasive range

 

11:00

 

11:45

 

 

 

Dr. Fabrice Requier

 

UMR EGCE, CNRS-IRD-University of Paris-Saclay. France

 

 

Causal links among Asian hornet predation and honey bee colony mortality and its consequences for beekeeping in France

 

11:45

 

12:15

 

 

Break

     

 

12:15

 

13:00

 

 

Prof. Helen Roy

 

President of the Royal Entomological Society, IPBES co-chair for Thematic Assessment of Invasive Alien Species. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. United Kingdom

 

 

Engaging people in predicting invasive alien species arrivals

 

13:00

 

13:30

 

 

Nigel Semmence

 

Contingency Planning and Science Officer at Animal and Plant Health Agency. United Kingdom

 

 

UK response to Asian hornet incursions

 

13:30

 

14:00

 

 

Dra. Ana Isabel García 

 

Associated Professor and Researcher at the Department of Applied Economics. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain

 

 

How to measure the economic impact of the Vespa velutina: a Cost-Benefit analisys

 

14:00

 

16:00

 

 

Lunch

     

 

16:00

 

16:30

 

 

Dra. María Shantal 

 

Research at Department of Plant Biology and Soil Sciences. University of Vigo. Spain

 

 

Plant species visited by Vespa velutina in Galicia

 

16:30

 

17:00

 

  

 

Ana Dieguez 

 

Pre-doctoral researcher at Department of Plant Biology and Soil Sciences University of Vigo. Spain

 

 

How can precision beekeeping help for fighting Vespa velutina in Galician apiaries

 

17:00

 

17:45

 

 

Prof. James C. Nieh 

 

Professor in the Section of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, United States

 

 

Co-evolution and communication: honey bee defensive strategies against Vespa velutina

 

17:30

 

18:00

 

 

Rachel Hayden

 

Research Assistant at Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork. Ireland

 

 

The Asian Hornet at the Edge of Europe

 

18:00

 

18:30

 

 

Dra. Juliette Poidatz

 

Postdoctoral Researcher at Environment and SustainabilityInstitute, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

 

 

From the nest biology to the biocontrol of Vespa velutina

 

 

November 18, 2021 

 

Brussels Time          

9:00

9:30 

 

Dr. Jose Aranha 

Research at Department of Forest Sciences and Landscape Architecture. University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro. Portugal

 

The Vespa velutina nigrithorax in Portugal.  Spatio-temporal analysis and modelling dispersion throughout the territory.

 

9:30

 

10:00  

  

 

Dra. Ana L. Garcia-Perez

 

Researcher. Department of Animal Health. NEIKER-Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development. Spain​

 

 

Activities carried out in the Basque Country for the control of Asian hornet (Vespa velutina)

 

10:00

 

10:30

 

 

Dr. Peter Kennedy

 

Research Fellow at Environment and Sustainability Institute,University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

 

 

In search of the invader’s nests:  Tracking Asian hornets

 

10:30

 

11:00

 

 

Dra. Joana Godinho and Dra. Anabela Nave 

 

Research at Strategic Unit for Agrarian and Forestry Systems and Plant Health. Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agraria e Veterinaria. Portugal

 

 

Effectiveness and impact of traps and baits to capture V. velutina: A case study in Portugal

 

11:00

 

11:30

 

 

Maria Amparo Ferreira Golpe

 

Researcher - Applied Economy, University of Santiago De Compostela. Spain

 

 

Economic impact of Vespa velutina on beekeeping socio-ecological units

             

 

11:30

 

12:00

 

 

Damián Dasilva 

 

Pre-doctoral researcher at Department of Forensic Science, Pathological Anatomy, Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Paediatrics. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain

 

 

Impact of Vespa velutina in the prevalence of endo and ectoparasites in experimental apiaries in Galiza (Iberian Peninsula)

 

12:00

 

12:30

 

 

Dra. Sandra Rojas

 

Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Ecology and Animal Biology. University of Vigo. Spain

 

 

Effects of Vespa velutina on pollinators and ecosystem services

 

12:30

 

13:00

   

 

end session 

   


 

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