Online Webinar “Polar Wildlife Health”, 20th October

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Polar Wildlife Health Eg BammThe SCAR EG-BAMM Wildlife Health Monitoring group are hosting an online webinar to discuss past, present and future impacts on the Health of Polar Wildlife.

Please join us on 20th October at 7 pm (GMT)

The workshop will be hosted by Black Bawks and streamed live via Zoom  The participation link will be emailed to registered participants before the event.

Registration: Please register for the workshop here or at https://forms.gle/E9Yy8MFdBqRntJqD9.

See the workshop flyer for all information.
For further information please contact Dr Meagan Dewar ([email protected]

Draft schedule for the workshop:

Time (GMT) 

Time (AEST) 

Session/Talk 

Speaker 

20th October 

21st October 

7:00 PM 

6:00 AM 

Welcome 

Andres Barbosa Meagan Dewar 

7:10 PM 

6:10 AM 

Risk Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in Antarctic Wildlife 

Andres Barbosa 

7:25 PM 

6:25 AM 

Microbes-Parasites in Antarctic Wildlife Workshop 

Michelle Power 

7:40 PM 

6:40 AM 

Polar Wildlife Health Workshop, POLAR2018. 

Thierry Boulinier 

7:55 PM 

6:55 AM 

Q&A 

8:10 PM 

7:10 AM 

Knowledge Gaps – Birds 

Michelle Wille 

8:25 PM 

7:25 AM 

Knowledge Gaps – Mammals 

TBC 

8:40 PM 

7:40 AM 

Q&A 

8:50 PM 

7:50 AM 

Parasites of Polar Wildlife 

Ralph Vanstreels, Daniel Alfonso Gonzalez Acuna, Julia Diaz 

9:10 PM 

8:10 AM 

Avian Cholera in Sub-Antarctic Wildlife 

Amandine Gamble 

9:25 PM 

8:25 AM 

Using genomics for disease surveillance 

Meagan Dewar 

9:40 PM 

8:40 AM 

Biosecurity and logistics in Polar Regions 

TBC 

10:00 PM 

9:00 AM 

Closing Remarks 

Andres Barbosa 

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