The 3rd International Workshop for Conservation Genetics of Mangroves

- Toward the Conservation Genetics of Mangroves on a Global Scale -

Date: 18th and 19th Oct. 2016
Venue: Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus (870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Okinawa, 907-1541, Japan)

Organizer: Tadashi Kajita, Shin Watanabe, Yukio Nagano
 

Schedule (overview)

  17th Oct.  All participants’ arrival to Iriomote Island
  18th Oct.  Workshop: Presentation by participants
  19th Oct.  Mangrove visit.  Workshop and further discussion about collaboration
  20th Oct. Departure from Iriomote

 Participants

 From oversea Institutions

   Shi Suhua, San Yatsen Univ., China
   Juan Nunez Farfan , UNAM, Mexico
   Catarina da Fonseca Lira Medeiros. Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden, Brazil
   Gustavo Maruyama Mori,  UNESP, Brazil
   Alison Wee Kim Shan. Guanxi University (Visiting Researcher at Univ. Ryukyus)
   Wang Zhengzheng, San Yatsen Univ., China
 

From Japanese Institutions

   Yoshihisa Suyama: Tohoku University
   Koji Takayama: Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka
   Yoshiaki Tsuda: University of Tsukuba
   Leanne Faulks: University of Tsukuba
   Yukio Nagano:, Saga University
   Takaya Iwasaki: Kyoto University
   Takashi Yamamoto, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences,
          Kagoshima University
   Shin Watanabe, Univ. of Ryukyus
   Tadashi Kajita, Univ. of Ryukyus

 Tentative Program:

 17th (Mon) evening:  19:00 Welcome reception: Meet up with participants
 18th (Tue)
    Morning: 7 presentation (25 min each)
    Afternoon 1: 7 presentation (25 min each)
    Afternoon 2: Workshop: Round table discussion for grant proposals and collaborations.
 19th (Wed)
    Morning: Mangrove visit (Urauchi River Mangrove Visit)
    Afternoon1: Workshop: Plan for grant proposals and collaborations.
    Afternoon2: Discussion: Road map to the next workshop. Closing.

Supports:

- TBRC Joint Usage Project Grant 2016, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus (to TK)
- International Meeting Support 2016, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University
- JSPS KAKENHI (No. 25290080 to TK)
- International Society for Mangrove Ecosystem (ISME)
- Science and Engineering Exchange program with Latin America (SEELA), The University of Tokyo