A preliminary schedule of activities would be:
Sunday 21 July
16:00-18:00 Registration and welcome to the participants
Monday 22 July
- 8:00-9:00: registration and poster placement
- 9:00-10:00: Opening ceremony
- 10:00-11:00: Plenary conference “Freshwater biodiversity in Mediterranean climate regions: current status and future trends” Prof. Núria Bonada
- 11:00-11:30: Coffee break
- 11:30-12:30: Oral presentations, Session 1 (topic to be determined)
- 12:30-14:00: Lunch
- 14:00-15:30: Oral presentations, Session 2 (topic to be determined)
- 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
- 16:00-17:00: Oral presentations, Session 3 (topic to be determined)
- 17:00-18:00: Poster presentations
- 18:30: Evening cocktail party
Tuesday 23 July
- 8:30-9:30: registration and poster placement
- 9:30-11:00: Oral presentations, Session 4 (topic to be determined)
- 11:00-11:30: Coffee break
- 11:30-12:30: Oral presentations, Session 5 (topic to be determined)
- 12:30-14:00: Lunch
- 14:00-15:30: Oral presentations, Session 6 (topic to be determined) / Presentation of next Meeting proposals
- 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
- 16:00-17:00: Poster presentations
- 17:00-18:00: meetings of the Permanent Committee of Ephemeropterologists
- 18:00-19:00: meetings of the Permanent Committee of Plecopterologists
Wednesday 24 July
- 8:30-18:00 Mid conference field trip to the Alps, in the Monviso Natural Park area where the ALPSTREAM (Alpine Stream Research Center, Ostana) is located
Thursday 25 July
- 9:00-10:00: Plenary conference “Sensory systems in aquatic insects” Prof. Manuela Rebora
- 10:00-11:00: Oral presentations, Session 7 (topic to be determined)
- 11:00-11:30: Coffee break
- 11:30-12:30: Oral presentations, Session 8 (topic to be determined)
- 12:30-14:00: Lunch
- 14:00-15:00: Oral presentations, Session 9 (topic to be determined)
- 15:00-15:30: Silent Auction (dear colleagues, please do not forget to bring items for this silent auction!)
- 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
- 16:00-17:00: Poster presentations
- 17:00-17:45: Common meeting of the Permanent Committees of the Epheropterologists and Plecopterologists
- 20:00: Social and awards banquet
Friday 26 July
- 9:00-10:30: Oral presentations, Session 10 (topic to be determined)
- 10:30-11:00: Coffee break
- 11:00-12:30: Oral presentations, Session 11 (topic to be determined)
- 12:30-14:00: Lunch
- 14:00-15:30: Oral presentations, Session 12 (topic to be determined)
- 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
- 16:00-17:30: Oral presentations, Session 13 (topic to be determined)
- 17:00-18:30: Participating in assessment of the conservation status of mayflies and stoneflies for the IUCN Red List (Craig Macadam)
- 18:30: Concluding remarks and close
Saturday 27 July
Post-conference trips (optional)
To be scheduled:
cultural and recreational events and evening activities
Wednesday’s field trip will take place in the Alps, in the Monviso Natural Park area where the ALPSTREAM (Alpine Stream Research Center, Ostana) is located.
On this day two different itineraries will be organised at choice, one more aimed at tourist, cultural and landscape aspects (historic city of Saluzzo and Castello della Manta) and one more outdoor, with a walk around the Po source. There will be no restrictions regarding collecting insects and other invertebrates in the nearby mountain streams, ponds, and wetlands.
We are also planning to organise a series of cultural and recreational events and evening activities for participants and a plan of activities, visits, and excursions for accompanying people. We would like to open a space also dedicated to non-specialists but enthusiasts of mayflies and stoneflies: for example, fly fishermen (Turin hosts the oldest fly-fishing club in Italy).