Nature's New Scientists - the annual conference of the Suffolk Naturalists' Society

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Conference Program


09:30 Arrival and registration (Tea and coffee available from the cafe)

10:00 Welcome and introduction to the day by the chair of the morning session

10:15 Tales of the unexpected - how miniature tracking devices are revolutionzing our understanding of bird migration
Dr Phil Atkinson, British Trust for Ornithology

10:55 Fish Migration: modern methods for answering ancient questions
Dr Julian Metcalfe, CEFAS

11:35 Tea and coffee (available from the cafe)

11:55 Camera trapping for mammals – (working title)
Speaker to be confirmed (Dr Marcus Rowcliffe IOZ or Dr John Dutton, University of Worcestershire)

12.35 Perspectives on Technology for Biological Recording
Dr Tom August, Centre for Hydrology and Ecology

13.15 Lunch – a range of options is available from the café or bring your own

14:15 Automated Bioacoustic Identification of Species
Dr Dave Chesmore, University of York

14.55 Piloting a novel approach for large-scale automated acoustic monitoring of bats
Dr Stuart Newson, British Trust for Ornithology

15:35 Tea and coffee ( available from cafe)

16:00 Questions / discussion, Chair of afternoon session

16:45 Close of conference 

 

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