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  • Monday, 18 October 2010
    • 08:00 - 09:30 Registration and administrative formalities
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:00 Registration and administrative formalities 1h30'
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Introduction with Participants' presentation: each participant will briefly explain where he/she comes from and which are his/her interests
      • 09:30 Introduction with Participants' presentation: each participant will briefly explain where he/she comes from and which are his/her interests 30'
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Modelling the ocean: a state of the art description
      • 10:00 Modelling the ocean: a state of the art description 30'
        Speaker: C. Solidoro
        Material: Talk
    • 10:30 - 12:30 Individual based ecology, concepts, challenges and perspectives
      • 10:30 Individual based ecology, concepts, challenges and perspectives 2h0'
        Speaker: O. Fiksen
        Material: Talk
    • 12:30 - 13:00 Discussion on the morning session
      • 12:30 Discussion on the morning session 30'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h0'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Feeding and mating in zooplankton: Mechanisms, tradeoffs, and population implications
      • 14:30 Feeding and mating in zooplankton: Mechanisms, tradeoffs, and population implications 1h0'
        Speaker: T. Kiorboe
        Material: Talk abstract
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Open discussion
      • 15:30 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
      • 16:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 17:30 - 18:15 Stochastic methods in ecology and emergent properties
      • 17:30 Stochastic methods in ecology and emergent properties 45'
        Speaker: U. Thygesen
        Material: Talk
    • 18:15 - 18:45 Open discussion
      • 18:15 Open discussion 30'
    • 19:00 - 21:00 POSTER SESSION
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 19:00 POSTER SESSION 2h0'
  • Tuesday, 19 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Mechanistic interactions in plankton, fitness and evolution
      • 09:00 Mechanistic interactions in plankton, fitness and evolution 1h30'
        Speaker: A. Visser
        Material: Talk abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Mechanistic interactions in plankton, fitness and evolution
      • 11:00 Mechanistic interactions in plankton, fitness and evolution 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Visser
        Material: Talk
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Open discussion
      • 12:00 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Working groups
      • 14:00 Working groups 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Trait based models in plankton succession
      • 16:30 Trait based models in plankton succession 2h0'
        Speaker: J. Bruggeman
        Material: Talk
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 20:00 - 22:30 Reception
      • 20:00 Reception 2h30'
  • Wednesday, 20 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Decoding ecological systems: pattern-oriented modelling
      • 09:00 Decoding ecological systems: pattern-oriented modelling 1h30'
        Speaker: V. Grimm
        Material: Talk
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Decoding ecological systems: pattern-oriented modelling
      • 11:00 Decoding ecological systems: pattern-oriented modelling 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Grimm
        Material: Readings
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Open discussion
      • 12:00 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Working groups
      • 14:00 Working groups 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Trait based approaches and optimization in plankton evolution
      • 16:30 Trait based approaches and optimization in plankton evolution 2h0'
        Speaker: C. Klausmeier
        Material: Talk
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
  • Thursday, 21 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 10:30 From individuals to populations
      • 09:00 From individuals to populations 1h30'
        Speaker: D. Grunbaum
        Material: Talk
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 From individuals to populations
      • 11:00 From individuals to populations 1h0'
        Speaker: D. Grunbaum
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Open discussion
      • 12:00 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Working groups
      • 14:00 Working groups 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Evolution of ecosystem properties
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
  • Friday, 22 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Combining evolutionary and ecological approaches to make sense of pelagic ecosystems from phytoplankton to whales
      • 09:00 Combining evolutionary and ecological approaches to make sense of pelagic ecosystems from phytoplankton to whales 1h30'
        Speaker: V. Smetacek
        Material: Talk abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Combining evolutionary and ecological approaches to make sense of pelagic ecosystems from phytoplankton to whales
      • 11:00 Combining evolutionary and ecological approaches to make sense of pelagic ecosystems from phytoplankton to whales 1h0'
        Speaker: V. Smetacek
        Material: Readings
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Open discussion
      • 12:00 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Working groups
      • 14:00 Working groups 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Collective motion in animal populations
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
  • Saturday, 23 October 2010
    • 14:00 - 14:00 EXCURSION
      • 14:00 EXCURSION
  • Sunday, 24 October 2010
    • 09:30 - 11:00 Patterns of abundances in niche models
      • 09:30 Patterns of abundances in niche models 1h30'
        Speaker: S. Pigolotti
        Material: Talk abstract
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Simple models of reinforcement learning, their relation with evolutionary dynamics, and applications to resource exploitation
      • 11:00 Simple models of reinforcement learning, their relation with evolutionary dynamics, and applications to resource exploitation 1h30'
        Speaker: M. Marsili
        Material: Talk
    • 12:30 - 13:00 Open discussion
      • 12:30 Open discussion 30'
    • 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 2h0'
    • 15:00 - 16:30 Working groups
      • 15:00 Working groups 1h30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Evolving complex food webs
      • 16:30 Evolving complex food webs 2h0'
        Speaker: A. McKane
        Material: Readings Talk
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
  • Monday, 25 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 09:50 Dynamics systems and stochastic processes (in ecology)- Lecture 1. The idea of a stochastic process, Markov processes, Markov chains, Markov processes in continuous time (master equation)
      • 09:00 Dynamics systems and stochastic processes (in ecology)- Lecture 1. The idea of a stochastic process, Markov processes, Markov chains, Markov processes in continuous time (master equation) 50'
        Speaker: A. McKane
        Material: Talk
    • 09:50 - 10:00 Break
      • 09:50 Break 10'
    • 10:00 - 10:50 Dynamics systems and stochastic processes (in ecology) - Lecture 2. Simple stochastic models in ecology (e.g. models of competition, predator-prey). The deterministic analogues of these equations and their properties
      • 10:00 Dynamics systems and stochastic processes (in ecology) - Lecture 2. Simple stochastic models in ecology (e.g. models of competition, predator-prey). The deterministic analogues of these equations and their properties 50'
        Speaker: A. McKane
        Material: Talk
    • 10:50 - 11:10 Coffee break
      • 10:50 Coffee break 20'
    • 11:10 - 12:00 Dynamics systems and stochastic processes (in ecology)- Lecture 3. The linear noise approximation and stochastic cycles in predator-prey systems. Other stochastic systems in ecology: neutral theory, epidemics,...
      • 11:10 Dynamics systems and stochastic processes (in ecology)- Lecture 3. The linear noise approximation and stochastic cycles in predator-prey systems. Other stochastic systems in ecology: neutral theory, epidemics,... 50'
        Speaker: A. McKane
        Material: Talk
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Open discussion
      • 12:00 Open discussion 1h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Working groups
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 The marine size-spectrum: from individuals to ecosystem
      • 16:30 The marine size-spectrum: from individuals to ecosystem 2h0'
        Speaker: K. Andersen
        Material: Talk abstract
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
  • Tuesday, 26 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Ecosystem organization
      • 09:00 Ecosystem organization 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Maritan
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:00 Coffee break 1h0'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Ecosystem organization
      • 11:00 Ecosystem organization 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Maritan
    • 12:00 - 12:30 Discussion
      • 12:00 Discussion 30'
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Working groups
      • 14:00 Working groups 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
      • 16:00 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Constraints and optimal behavior in plankton
      • 16:30 Constraints and optimal behavior in plankton 2h0'
        Speaker: O. Fiksen
        Material: Talk
    • 18:30 - 19:30 Open discussion
      • 18:30 Open discussion 1h0'
  • Wednesday, 27 October 2010
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Analogue spacetime: what on earth?
      • 09:00 Analogue spacetime: what on earth? 1h0'
        Speaker: Matt Visser and Silke Weinfurtner
        Material: Talk
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Presentations from working groups
      • 10:00 Presentations from working groups 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Presentations from working groups
      • 11:00 Presentations from working groups 1h0'
    • 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
      • 12:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 13:30 - 15:00 One to one discussions and wrap up
      • 13:30 One to one discussions and wrap up 1h30'
        Material: Talk
    • 19:30 - 19:30 Dinner to "restaurant AL MOLO"
      • 19:30 Dinner to "restaurant AL MOLO"