Satellite Programmes
Delegates are invited to attend the satellite programme events which will take place before the start of the Congress. There are two workshops on scientific communication and fish welfare that may be of particular interest to students and early career scientists.
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Practical Conservation Management of Freshwater Fishes
Friday evening, 4 May – Sunday evening, 6 May 20121
Price £100 per person2-3
Location: Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE) and various sites in SW Scotland
The decline is abundance of certain fish species in freshwater may require the use of conservation measures to ensure their survival and promote their recovery. Although a range of possible mitigation measures might be possible, which ones may be the most suitable? This workshop will examine some of the practical conservation measures being undertaken in Scotland to try to conserve threatened freshwater fish populations (rivers and lakes) such as powan (Coregonus laveretus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis). This workshop, to be held on the weekend before the Congress at various locations in western Scotland will look at:
- The use of “arc sites” as a conservation measure
- Freshwater habitat improvement schemes
- The use of hatcheries for population supplementation in management
In addition to lectures and field trips to conservation sites, delegates attending this workshop will travel through some of the picturesque countryside (sea lochs and mountains) of Western Scotland – Loch Lomond, Loch Fyne and the southwest Highlands of Scotland. The workshop will be run by Professor Colin Adams (Glasgow University, Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment), Dr Colin Bean (Scottish Natural Heritage) and Dr Jennifer Dodd (Cambridge University) with the assistance of the Argyll Fisheries Trust.
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Effective Scientific Communication
Sunday, 6th May 2012,
Price £100 per person (£50 for early career scientists1)2
Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Workshop Hosts: Professor Jan Pechenik (Tufts University) and Professor Howard Browman (Institute of Marine Research, Norway).
This 1-day workshop will focus on how to communicate science effectively to your peers, and on the process of scholarly publishing. In the morning Prof. Pechenik will lead a two part workshop looking at how to write research papers (and theses) that other people will want to read and will enjoy reading! In the afternoon, Prof. Browman will lead a workshop explaining the process of scholarly publishing from the editor’s and publisher’s perspective. Topics to be covered will include: where to submit your research paper, how to assess a journal’s impact factor, how to anticipate the editor’s expectations for submitted manuscripts and how to respond to reviewers and editorial comments. The workshop will end with a general discussion/Question and Answer session. Both workshop hosts are acknowledged experts in the fields of scientific writing and publishing. Prof. Pechenik has published more than 100 research papers and is the author of the very successful “A Short Guide to Writing About Biology”, now in its 8th edition. He has led scientific writing workshops for faculty and students for many years. Prof. Browman has extensive experience in scientific publishing as an active researcher (>100 articles, book chapters and edited volumes published or in press), as a peer-reviewer (for 40 scholarly scientific journals) and as an editor. He has been a review editor (1992-1996), contributing editor (1996-2004) and Associate Editor-in-Chief (2005-2007) for Marine Ecology-Progress Series, an Advisory Editor for all Inter-Research Publications (2005-2007), Editor-in-Chief for Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics (2005-2007) and is currently Subject Editor for Marine and Coastal Fisheries (since 2008), Science Editor for Fisheries (since 2010), Section Editor (Marine Ecology) for PLoS ONE (since 2010), Editorial Board member for Nature Scientific Reports (since 2011), and incoming Editor-in-Chief of the ICES Journal of Marine Science (from January 2012).
Please note:
1) Registration as an early career scientist (i.e. Postgraduate student or within 5 years of completing higher degree) must be accompanied by email from Supervisor/Head of School/ Line Manager confirming early career status.
2) Registration fee includes tea/coffee in the morning and afternoon but does not include lunch. A lunch break will be provided to allow delegates to purchase lunch at the EICC or in the vicinity of the conference venue.
Welfare of Experimental Fish
Monday, 7th May 2012 10:00 – 17.30
Price £50 per person (£20 for early career scientists1)2
Location: Edinburgh International Conference Centre
This one day workshop will discuss the ethics of animal experimentation and specifically focus on the use of fishes in experimental research. The workshop is open to all delegates but we would particularly encourage early career scientists (students and researchers within 5 years of receiving their PhD) to apply. The workshop will comprise of a series of sessions each comprising of a lecture followed by discussion covering the following topics:
- The ethics of animal experimentation – Dr David Lewis(LeedsUniversity). Dr Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Biological Sciences atLeedsUniversity with research interests in biomedical sciences. In addition he is seconded to the University of Leeds-based Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (IDEA CETL) and provides training in ethics and ethical thinking particularly on the use of animals in research. He is author of “Animal Welfare, Ethics and the 3Rs: Training material and Resources
- Ethical responsibilities for experimenters – Mr Tim Betts (BioScientific Events). Bioscientific Events provide training in theUK on the use of animals in research covering both ethical responsibilities and legal responsibilities underUK and EU legislation.
- Do fish feel pain and suffer? – Professor Victoria Braithwaite (Pennsylvania State University) and Professor Paul Hart (LeicesterUniversity). Prof. Braithwaite is a fish behavioural ecologist with research interests in learning, memory and the perception of pain and fear in fishes. She is author of the book “Do fish feel pain?” which explores the question of fish pain and fish suffering, explaining what science can now tell us about fish behaviour, and examining the related ethical questions about how we should treat these animals. Prof. Hart is a fish behavioural ecologist whose research interests in memory and information gathering in fishes.
- General Discussion and question/answer session on the use of fish in experimental research. The day will end with a general discussion on the use of fishes in experimental research involving the session speakers. In addition, Professor Howard Browman and Professor Anne Berit Skiftesvik (both from the Insitute of Marine Research, Norway) will also join the panel. Both Prof. Browman and Prof. Skiftesvik edited a special edition of the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms on the welfare of Aquatic organisms which contained 11 papers covering the moral, ethical and scientific aspects of welfare in aquatic organisms.
Please note:
1) Registration as an early career scientist (i.e. Postgraduate student or within 5 years of completing higher degree) must be accompanied by email from Supervisor/Head of School/ Line Manager confirming early career status.
2) Registration fee includes tea/coffee in the morning and afternoon but does not include lunch. A lunch break will be provided to allow delegates to purchase lunch at the EICC or in the vicinity of the conference venue.
