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.

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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