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Friends of the Environment

Abaco, Bahamas

Abaco Science Alliance 2008

Schedule of Events

Thursday, January 3, 2008

7:00 p.m.

Official Opening and Cocktail Reception

Friends of The Environment Education Center

7:30 p.m.

Welcome & Introduction of Guest Speaker
Jim Richard
President, Friends of the Environment

Guest Speaker

Mrs. Eleanor Phillips                                                            Program Director
The Nature Conservancy
 MesoAmerica/Caribbean Region
 Northern Caribbean Program
The Bahamas & Turks and Caicos Islands

Vote of Thanks

Dr. Craig Layman

Friday, January 4, 2008

8:15 a.m.

Leave for venue. Transportation will be provided from town to venue (New Vision Ministries, Sweetings Tract) Meet at Regattas Gate in town.

New Visions Ministries,

Sweeting Tract

8:30 a.m.

Poster Presentations
Presenters, please put up posters upon arrival to New Vision
 

9:00 a.m.

Opening and Introductions

9:15 a.m.

Remarks: The Hon. Earl D. Deveaux
Minister of Public Works and Transport
Member of Parliament (FNM)
Marathon, New Providence

9:45 a.m.

Dr. John Durban
Two decades of bottlenose dolphin research on Little Bahama Bank

10:15 a.m.

Break; Poster Presentations

10:30 a.m.

Diane Claridge
Visual and acoustic surveys for beaked whales in the Great Bahama Canyon to determine their distribution, abundance and population structuring

11:00 a.m.

Craig A. Layman
Restoration and Specialization: Tidal Creek Research on Abaco

11:30 a.m.

Dr. Charles Kwit
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Rainfall throughout the Bahamian Archipelago

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Allison Higgins
Avoiding Garden Gremlins: Plants and Products to keep your yard Island Friendly

2:00 p.m.

Dr. David Campbell
Interpreting Columbus's Diario
 

2:30 p.m.

Break; Poster Presentations

2:45 p.m.

Nancy Albury
Fossil Animals and Plants From Sawmill Sink and Other Bahamian Inland Blue Holes

3:15 p.m.

Dr. Keith Tinker
Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Bahamas

3:45 p.m.

Erich Mueller, Ph.D.
Assessing Coral Resilience Using a Simple Wounding Method

4:15 p.m.

Anthony White
Beyond the List, Birding with a Purpose

5:00 p.m.

Leave for Hotel

7:00 p.m.

Dinner; to be announced

Saturday, January 5, 2008

8:30 a.m.

Leave for venue; Meet at Regattas Gate.

9:00 a.m.

Brian Kakuk
Continued Multi-disciplinary Research, Exploration and Governmental Conservation Efforts of Blue Holes and Underwater Cave Systems in the Bahamas

New Visions Ministry

Sweetings Tract

9:30 a.m.

John Bowleg
Bahamas Water & Sewage Corporation

10:00 a.m.

Break; Poster Presentations

10:30 a.m.

Casaurina McKinney

11:00 a.m.

Panel Discussion with Dr. Craig Layman

12:00 p.m.

Please remove posters before departure

7:00 p.m.

Closing Reception/Party

Snappa's Restuarant

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