Timetable

*All "Sustainable Aquaculture" sessions are sponsored by the Annual Dan Popper Symposium*

 

Sunday, March 11, 2007 

All day

Arrivals / Optional pre-conference tours

16:00 – 20:00

Registration 

20:00

Welcome Reception + Dinner + Jazz

Monday, March 12, 2007 

08:30 - 09:00

Opening Ceremony 

09:00 - 10:00

PL1-Plenary lecture - Richard Roberts 

10:00 - 10:30

PL1-Keynote lecture - Amatzia Genin 

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break 

11:00 - 13:10

Parallel sessions:

PRL1-Marine Organismal Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

PRL2-Genomics, Proteomics & Metabolomics in Marine Biotechology

*PRL3-Sustainable Aquaculture: The Role of Biotechnology*

11:00 – 11:30

Keynote

M. Schartl

W. Muller

B. Levavi-Sivan

11:30 – 13:10

Oral Presentations

B. Zilberman-Peled,

R. Jagus, T.T. Chen,

G.R. Vasta

D. Sher, B. Wang,

F. Chen,

F. Le Roux, Z. Roth

U. Klenke, J. Lu,

E. Abraham, A. Shirak,

Y. Hakim

13:10 - 14:30

Lunch 

14:30 - 17:00

Parallel sessions: 

PRL4-Marine Bioactive Compounds & Bioproducts

PRL5- Marine Nanobiotechnology    and Biomaterials

PRL6-Marine Bioenergy

14:30 – 15:00

Keynote

T. Lotan

J. Aizenberg

C. Bullock

15:00 – 17:00

Oral Presentations

E. Zlotkin, R. Saborowski,

J.A. Kralovec,  I. Dvir,

S.K. Samanta

M.E. Spira, A. Elizur,

F.T. Robb,

P. Laksanalamai,

A. Lotan

J.E.W. Polle, K.L. Anderson,

G. Jinjikhashvily, M. Trecidi,

A. Meiser,

M. Barbosa

17:00 - 19:00

Poster session 1 and Refreshments 

19:00 - 20:00

Break

20:00 – 21:30

Round-table

RDB1 - Renewable Bioenergy from the Marine Environment

 

Moderator:

John Benemann

Tuesday, March 13, 2007 

08:30 - 09:30

PL2 - Plenary lecture – Eric J. Mathur 

09:30 - 10:00

PL2 - Keynote lecture – David H. Sherman  

10:00 – 10:10

PL2 – D’vorah Graeser

10:10 - 10:30

Coffee break 

10:30 - 12:40

Parallel sessions:

*PRL7-Sustainable Aquaculture (Aquapharming):

The Role of Biotechnology*

*PRL8-Sustainable     Aquaculture: The Role of Biotechnology*

PRL9-Marine Organismal Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote

R.H. Wijffels

T.T. Chen

A. Sagi

11:00 – 12:40

Oral Presentations

D. Mendola,

M. Anderson, R.T. Hill,

F.  Brummer

E. A. Trippel, J.K.  Lu,

D. Lallias,

W. Reichardt, M. Shpigel

R. Manor,J.S. Chung,

A. Shechter, J.C. Avarre,

H. Laufer

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

 

14:00 - 16:10

Parallel sessions:  

PRL10-Marine Microbiology

PRL11-Marine Bioactive Compounds &

Bioproducts

*PRL12-Sustainable Aquaculture: The Role of Biotechnology* 

14:00 – 14:30

Keynote

S. Epstein

Y. Kashman

Y. Zohar

14:30 – 16:10

Oral Presentations

R. Belas, K. Wang,

N. Montalvo, N.M. Mohamed, Y. Lampert

E.P. Soudant, D. Kelman,

J.J.  Bowling, V.J. Smith

Y. Tal, N. Mozes,

N. Kovatcheva, M. Al-Zibdah

16:10 - 18:00

Poster session 2 and Refreshments 

18:00 - 19:30

Roundtables

RDB2 - Extremophiles: making the leap from exciting research to commercial success

RDB3 – Moving natural products from the sea to drugs on pharmacy shelves. The supply problem and other issues

 

 

Moderators

Frank Robb and

Eric J.  Mathur

Russell T. Hill and

Dominick Mendola

 

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 

08:30 - 09:30

PL3 - Plenary lecture - Eugene Rosenberg 

09:30 - 10:00

PL3 - Keynote lecture - Robert Richmond 

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break 

10:30 - 12:40

Parallel sessions: 

*PRL13-Sustainable Aquaculture:

The Role of Biotechnology*

PRL14-Algal Biotechnology

PRL15-Marine Organismal Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote

J. Xiang

J. Flatt

G.R. Vasta

11:00 – 12:40

Oral Presentations

A. V. Kuballa, X. Feng, V.J. Smith,

V. Vuthiphandchai,

Y. Reynaud

V.E. Coyne, J.U. Grobbelaar,

Y. Evron, G. Banet,

M. Olaizola

M. Oren,  B. Wang,

J.A.F. Robledo,

B. Arendze-Bailey

 

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch

 

 

 

14:00 - 16:00

Visit to the Underwater Observatory Marine Park Eilat

15:30

Field Trips – Tour NCM, ARDAG and NBT

20:30

Farewell Bedouin Feast 

Thursday, March 15, 2007 

08:30 - 09:30

PL4 - Plenary lecture - Goro Yoshizaki 

09:30 - 10:00

PL4 - Keynote lecture – Song Qin 

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee break

 

 

 

10:30 - 12:40

Parallel sessions:      

PRL16 -Environmental Issues, Education & Policy

PRL17 - Marine Biotechnology

 

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote

J.R. Benemann

O. Beja

 

11:00 – 12:40

Oral Presentations

F. Quezada, R. Osinga, J.O.B. Carioca,
H. Gordin, A. Neori

H. Takeyama, M. Meneses,

K.R. Sowers, F. Chen,

D. Zeevi Ben-Yosef

 

12:40 - 14:00

Lunch 

14:00 - 16:10

Parallel sessions:      

PRL18 - Genomics, Proteomics & Metabolomics in Marine Biotechnology

*PRL19 - Sustainable Aquaculture:

The Role of Biotechnology*

PRL20 - Algal Biotechnology

14:00 – 14:30

Keynote

A. Place

E. Lubzens

A. Grossman

14:30 – 16:10

Oral Presentations

M. Tom, B. Cavari,

C.S. Tsigenopoulos,      S.-J. Du, I.S. McWilliam

H. Rosenfeld, C. Brown,

H. Nonogaki, P. Zhang,

G. Degani

  A. Zamir, J.Li, P.P. Lamers,

  D.M.M  Kleinegris,

  Z. Dubinski

16:10 - 16:40

Coffee break 

16:40 - 17:40

PL5 - Plenary lecture - Bernard Kloareg 

17:40 - 18:10

PL - 5  Keynote lecture - Ken Marenus 

18:10 - 19:00

Closing session and concluding remarks:

Yonathan Zohar and Russell T. Hill

Friday, March 16, 2007 

Post-Conference Optional tours