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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Session 1: Welcome and Introduction
9:00-9:20
UNAM Official
CONACYT official
9:20-9:25 Ahmed Djoghlaf, Convention on Biological Diversity
Videotaped Welcome
9:25-9:45 Antonio Lazcano, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
Natural history, microbes and sequences: back to the organism?
9:45–10:30 Panel discussion: Progress since Second International Conference
Scott Miller, CBOL/Smithsonian (Moderator)
Paul Hebert, iBOL
Tila Maria Pérez Ortiz, MexBOL
Pete Hollingsworth, Plant Barcoding
 
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
 
Session 2: Planning Meso-American or new regional barcoding activities: Experiences from 2004-2009
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11:00-12:00 Panel Discussion 2A: Strategies for Large Barcoding Initiatives
Patricia Escalante, UNAM (Moderator)
Sally Adamowicz, BIO, University of Guelph
Challenges and strategies to organize a TBI campaign
Karen James, Natural History Museum London
Importance of outreach and support in organizing a barcode campaign
Mike Wilkinson, Aberystwyth University
Importance and applications of national floristic inventories with barcodes
12:00-12:45 Panel Discussion 2B: How has the Barcoding Paradigm Improved Taxonomic Practices?
Atilano Contreras, UNAM (Moderator)
Andy Polaszek, Natural History Museum London
What examples are there of providing solutions to bottlenecks in species descriptions? Or: The pressing need for online dynamic revisions that include critical molecular data
Vazrick Nazari, BIO, University of Guelph
How is the barcoding paradigm affecting the workflow for taxonomy and systematics?
Daniel Janzen, University of Pennsylvania
Parataxonomists and barcoding in tropical biodiversity inventory and discovery
 
12:45-2:00 Lunch
 
2:00-4:00 Technical Session A
Plant Working Group, Auditorium A
Barcoding Pathogens, Vectors and Parasites, Auditorium B
Fish-BOL, Seminar Room A/B
Barcoding Species for Quaratine/Plant Protection, Seminar Room C
Marine Barcoding, Seminar Room D
All Birds Barcoding Initiatve and Vertebrates, Seminar Room E
4:00-6:00 Technical Session B
Plant Working Group, Auditorium A
Barcoding Pathogens, Vectors and Parasites, Auditorium B
Fish-BOL, Seminar Room A/B
Barcoding Species for Quaratine/Plant Protection, Seminar Room C
Marine Species, Seminar Room D
All Birds Barcoding Initiatve and Vertebrates, Seminar Room E

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Session 3: Case Studies: Impact of barcode data in research areas beyond taxonomy
9:00-9:20 Dario Lijtmaer, MACN, Argentina
9:20-9:40 C.J. Geraci, Smithsonian
9:40-10:00 Alex Smith, BIO, University of Guelph
10:00-10:20 Eske Willersley, University of Copenhagen
10:20-10:40 Open discussion
 
10:40-11:10 Coffee Break
 
Session 4: Informatics and Data Analysis
11:10-11:30 Neil Sarkar, University of Vermont
11:30-11:50 Sujeevan Ratnasingham, BIO, University of Guelph
11:50-12:10 Joaquín Giménez, IBUNAM
12:10-12:30 Kasper Munch, Univ. California Berkeley
12:30-12:45 Open discussion
 
12:45-2:00 Lunch
 
2:00-4:00 Technical Session C
Plant Working Group, Auditorium A
Insect/Terrestrial Arthropods, Auditorium B
Fish-BOL, Seminar Room A
Large-Scale Initiatives, Seminar Room B
Fungi/Algae/Protists/New Groups, Seminar Room C
Data Analysis Working Group, Seminar Room D
BeeBOL, Seminar Room E
4:00-6:00 Technical Session D
Barcoding the Trees of Africa, Auditorium A
Insect/Terrestrial Arthropods, Auditorium B
Fish-BOL, Seminar Room A
Barcoding Databases, Protocols and Education, Seminar Room B
Fungi/Algae/Protists/New Groups, Seminar Room C
Data Analysis Working Group, Seminar Room D
BeeBOL, Seminar Room E

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Thursday, 12 November 2009

Session 5: Case studies of Applications
9:00-9:20 Phaedra Doukakis, Stony Brook University
9:20-9:40 George Amato, American Museum of Natural History
9:40-10:00 Daniel Masiga, ICIPE, Nairobi
10:00-10:20 Jeremey deWaard, University of British Columbia
10:20-10:40 Bernard Sweeney, Stroud Water Center
 
10:40-11:10 Coffee Break
 
Session 6: Barcoding and Next Generation Sequencing Technologies
11:10-11:30 Mehrdad Hajibabaei, BIO, University of Guelph
11:30-11:50 Tom Bruns, Univ. California Berkeley
11:50-12:10 Shadi Shokralla, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
12:10-12:30 Michael Rhodes, Applied Biosystems
12:30-12:45 Open discussion
 
12:45-2:00 Lunch
 
2:00-4:00 Technical Session E
Meso-American Symposium, Auditorium A/B
Business Meeting, Canadian Barcode of Life Network, Seminar Room A
2:00-4:00 Technical Session F
Meso-American Symposium, Auditorium A/B

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