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The Schedule

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Monday, April 14

    
1 - 5 p.m.   Registration Café Brauer - Lincoln Park Zoo Registration and Presentation drop-off
     
5:30 - 8 p.m.   Pre-Conference Social Byfield's Lounge - Ambassador East Hotel
     
Tuesday, April 15

    
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.   Poster Viewing (Session One) Café Brauer Tent - Lincoln Park Zoo
     
8:30 a.m.   Conference Welcome
     
8:45 a.m.   Opening Plenary
“Developing the science of reintroduction biology” - Phil Seddon
     
9:15 - 10:00 a.m.   Coffee break and Poster Session One in conference tent
     
10:00 a.m.   Session 1: Planning a program and developing a design

“The use of PVA to define success criteria in reintroduction” - Francois Sarrazin

“What are the questions reintroduction practitioners should seek to address?” - Doug Armstrong

“The who, what, where, when, why and how of avian reintroductions” - Joanne Earnhardt

“Models for complex questions: Individual-based spatially explicit models in reintroduction research” - Eloy Revilla

“Reintroducing 'Ratty’ ” - T.P. Moorhouse

“Behavioral theory to the rescue? How manipulating the behavioral environment at time of release can increase reintroduction success” - Debra Shier
     
Noon - 1:15 p.m.   Lunch buffet at Big Cats Café, Lincoln Park Zoo Main Mall
     
1:15 p.m.  

Session 2: Using monitoring and adaptive management

“Effects of differing ecology and taxonomy on the facilitation and evaluation of reintroduction success” - Axel Moehrenschlager

“Reintroduction of Przewalski’s horses to the Kalameili Nature Reserve in Xinjiang Province, China: Challenges and opportunities?” - Melissa Songer

“A strategic plan for augmenting desert tortoise populations in the southwestern United States” - Kimberleigh J. Field

“Transfer of existing scientific know-how on species reintroductions can help to improve reintroduction plans of related species” - Peter Beeck

     
2:30 - 3:15 p.m.   Coffee break and Poster Session One in conference tent
     
3:15 p.m.  

Session 2 continues: Using monitoring and adaptive management

“Parrots, islands, cages and hawks: The evolution of a successful adaptive management strategy” - Thomas H. White Jr.

“A model for evaluating reintroduction success” - Markus Gusset

“California condor: Lessons learned in recovering a K-selected species” - Mike Wallace

     
4:30 p.m.   Panel Discussion: Resolving the tension between science and management in reintroductions - Devra Kleiman, moderator
     
5:45 - 8 p.m.   Welcome Reception at Regenstein Center for African Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo
     
Wednesday, April 16

    
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.   Poster viewing Session Two in conference tent
     
8:30 a.m.   Conference Plenary
“Can the science of restoration ecology contribute to the science of reintroduction biology?” - Don Falk
     
9 - 9:45 a.m.   Coffee break and Poster Session Two in conference tent
     
9:45 a.m.  

Session 3: Demographic and environmental factors influencing reintroductions

“Spatial ecology of population restorations” - David Saltz

“Importance of long distance dispersal to conservation of swift fox in the Northern Great Plains” - Kevin M. Honness

“The Arabian Oryx Project, Oman” - Andrew Spalton

“Are avian reintroduction protocols a model for other animals? A test comparison of avian and reptile reintroductions on New Zealand islands” - Charles H. Daugherty

“Disease risk assessment for reintroductions: Are we relying on the wrong data?” - Bruce Rideout

“Introducing ungulates to unfamiliar environments: Behavioral and endocrine responses in bighorn sheep” - Amanda Leigh Murray

     
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.   Lunch buffet at Big Cats Café, Lincoln Park Zoo Main Mall
     
1 p.m.  

Session 4: Breeding programs and genetic factors influencing reintroductions

“New areas of genetics research employed in the design, implementation, and assessment of endangered species reintroduction efforts” - George Amato

“Founder effects and inbreeding and their consequences for small island reintroduction programs” - Ian G Jamieson

“Application of behavioral ecology to captive breeding and reintroduction programs of lekking bird species” - Michel Saint Jalme

“Reintroduction of the otter (Lutra lutra) in the Netherlands: hidden life revealed by non-invasive genetic monitoring” - Hans Peter Koelewijn

“PVA informs management of captive breeding programs for reintroductions: An island fox example” - Colleen Lynch

     
3 - 3:30 p.m.   Coffee break and Poster Session Two in conference tent
     
3:30 p.m.  

Session 5: Conservation perspectives

“Reintroduction as a technique to restore ecological communities and improve regional conservation” - Zena Tooze

“Evaluation of the conservation impacts of fish introductions” - Heather Koldewey

“Translocation and early post-release demography of endangered laysan teal” - Michelle Reynolds
     
4:30 p.m.   “Reintroduction Specialist Group (RSG) contributions to the scientific underpinning of reintroduction” - Fred Launay
     
5 p.m.   Conference closing remarks
     
5:15 p.m.   Conference adjourns
     
7 p.m.  

Public Lecture

Back from the Brink: Reintroducing Endangered Species
Public Lecture - Tickets Sold Separately $20
Café Brauer 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Steve Thompson - Lincoln Park Zoo
Mike Phillips - Turner Endangered Species Fund
 
 
Hosted by the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A. Organized by IUCN Reintroduction Specialist Group and Lincoln Park Zoo.