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UPDATED June 16, 2022

 

June 20

From 15:00 Participant registration
18:30 Welcome Cocktail and exclusive tour of the Papal Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura
 

June 21

8:15-8:30 Welcoming & opening remarks
8:30-9:10 Keynote: Axel Moehrenschlager (Wilder Institute - IUCN Conservation Translocation Specialist Group)
Tackling challenges to escalate conservation translocations of plants globally
9:10-9:30 Session 1
Learning from combining experience
“We’re all on a huge learning curve”. What works, what doesn’t and why do we do it? A perspective of Australian translocation practitioners. Chantelle Doyle
9:30-9:50 The role of aftercare: increasing threatened species survival and reducing the risk of failure in challenging plant translocations Anna Corli
9:50-10:30 Keynote: Kingsley Dixon
Ecological restoration for threatened species conservation
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20 Session 1
Learning from combining experience
Reintroduction of Rare and Endangered Plants in the world and China Hai Ren
11:20-11:40 Experimental translocations of threatened Persoonia in eastern Australia: an exceptional plant genus Nathan Emery
11:40-12:00 Reintroduction of Rare and Endangered Plants in Korea: Current Status and Challenges Sungwon Son
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13.30-14.10 Keynote: Matthew Albrecht
Adaptive management improves reintroduction outcomes with an endangered perennial legume (Astragalus bibullatus)
14:10-14:30 Session 2
Translocation cases from the world
Italian Database of Plant Translocation IDPlanT: best practices, errors and perspectives of half a century of plant translocation in Italy Martina D'Agostino
14:30-14:50 Quality assessment of mitigation translocation protocols for protected plants in France Margaux Julien
14:50-15:10 Early results in reintroduction of Sophora toromiro (Phil.) Skottsb. in Rapa Nui: Species Extinct in the Wild (EW) Jaime Espejo
15:10-15:40 Coffee break
15:40-16:00 Session 2
Translocation cases from the world
Conservation of Boswellia species in the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) Fabio Attorre
16:00-16:20 Translocation case of Dianthus superbus L.: from designing to monitoring Mari Tilk
16:20-16:40 In situ conservation of at-risk plants in the Southeast United States Emily Coffey
18:30-23:00 Social Dinner and visit at the Botanical Garden of Rome
 

June 22

08:30-08:50 Session 4
Ex situ conservation approaches for increasing success in translocation
Where do plants for translocation come from? Utilising ex situ collections in the translocation of Grevillea calliantha (Proteaceae) in Western Australia Amelia J. Martyn Yenson
08:50-09:30 Keynote: Sandrine Godefroid
Conservation translocations as part of habitat restoration in southern Belgium
09:30-09:50 Session 3
Using new approaches for designing, implementing and monitoring translocation
An effective and broadly applicable genomic workflow to support plant translocation practices Maurizio Rossetto
09:50-10:10 Seed technology for multispecies seeding in degraded agricultural landscapes Simone Pedrini
10:10-10:30 Combining genetic rescue and conservation translocations Aline Finger
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20   Genetic tools for designing and monitoring plant translocations Fabienne Van Rossum
11:20-12:00 Keynote: Sarah Dalrymple
Assisted colonisation of threatened plants: looking further afield when reintroductions fail
12:00-13:20 Lunch
13:20-13:40 Session 3
Using new approaches for designing, implementing and monitoring translocation
Translocation of Arenaria grandiflora L.: chronicle of an extinction foretold Léa Auclair
13:40-14:20 Keynote: Simone Orsenigo
Plant translocation in urban and agriculture landscapes
14:20-14:40 Session 4
Ex situ conservation approaches for increasing success in translocation
At the intersection between scientists, practitioners and the public - the role of Botanical Gardens in the conservation of threatened plant species Deborah Schäfer
14:40-15:00 Creation of seed producing orchards of the endangered species Taxus baccata in the Valencian Region (East of Spain) as a strategy to improve natural dispersal. Daniel Arizpe Ochoa
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-15:50 Session 4
Ex situ conservation approaches for increasing success in translocation
Ex situ evolution of Digitalis lutea at Meise Botanic Garden and its implications for reintroduction success Andreas Ensslin
15:50-16:10 Using banked seeds for plant translocation: the practicalities and challenges Fiona J. White
16:10-16:30 The role of herbaria on plant de-extinction: evaluation, prioritization, and germination protocol development Giulia Albani Rocchetti
16:30-16-50 The role of population reintroduction and augmentation in sustainable use of over-exploited species Hong Liu
16:50-17:10 Session 3
Using new approaches for designing, implementing and monitoring translocation
Environmental characterization of a lake for hosting the endangered species Isoëtes cangae in the Amazon rainforest Luis A. Santos Prado
17:10-18:30 Workshop: Networking for Plant conservation and translocation Costantino Bonomi
 

June 23

08:30-09:10 Keynote: Lucy Commander (ANPC)
Guidelines for the Translocation of Threatened Plants in Australia
09:10-09:50 Keynote: Joyce Maschinski (CPC)
CPC Best Plant Conservation Practices
09:50-10:30 Keynote: Giuseppe Fenu
Translocations of threatened plants in the Mediterranean Basin: current status and future directions
10:30-10:50 Session 5
Translocation cases from the Mediterranean Bioclimatic Region
Improving plant translocation success in the Southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot. Leonie Monks
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-11:40 Session 5
Translocation cases from the Mediterranean Bioclimatic Region
Plant translocations in Europe and the Mediterranean: geographic and climatic directions and distances from source to host sites. Mohamed Diallo
11:40-12:00 Quantifying the potential niches of endangered plant species for improving reintroduction success  Merav Lebel Vine
12:00-12:20 Translocation of species for conservation: the case of Abies nebrodensis in Sicily Giulio Barone
12:20-13:50 Lunch
13:50-14:10 Session 5
Translocation cases from the Mediterranean Bioclimatic Region
Restoring the lung lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in Mediterranean oak forests Sonia Ravera
14:10-14:30 Reinforcement of quillworts – Isoetes spp., and other keystone species of Mediterranean temporary ponds (EU habitat type 3170*) in restored standing freshwater habitats. Dario La Montagna
14:30-14:50 Report from the workshop "Networking for Plant conservation and translocation" Costantino Bonomi
14:50-15:10 Best presentation and best poster Awards
15:10-16:00 Discussion and Concluding remarks