Invited speakers
(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Joanne Banks
World Harbour Project, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Australia

Presentation title:
World Harbour Project

 

Prof. Stuart Bearhop
University of Exeter, UK

Presentation title:
What to Eat and Where to Go: Individual-based Studies of Foraging Behaviour and their Role in Conservation

 

Dr. Benny K. K. Chan
Biodiversity Research Center, Academic Sinica, Taiwan

Presentation title:
Comparative Phylogeography and Cryptic Diversity of Intertidal Barnacles in The NW Pacific

 

Prof. T.Y. Chan
Institute of Marine Biology
National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Presentation title:
Ecology of Hydrothermal Vents off Kueishan Island, Northwestern Taiwan

 

Dr. Suchana Apple Chavanich
Department of Marine Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Presentation title:
Marine biodiversity in the Western Pacific region: Present Status, Threats, Conservation, and Restoration

 

Dr. Yung-Hui Chen
Department of Science Education
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan

Presentation title:
From a Museum in Marine Biology to a Educational Park in Marine Science

 

Dr. Loke Ming Chou
Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore

Presentation title:
Coral Restoration in Singapore's Sediment-challenged Sea

 

Prof. Mark J. Costello
Institute of Marine Science, The University of
Auckland, New Zealand

Presentation title:
Conservation of Biodiversity and Natural Resources through Marine Reserves and Marine Protected Areas Respectively

 

Prof. Yun-Wei Dong
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, China

Presentation title:
Human Activities on Biogeography of Rocky Intertidal Species Along China Coast

 

Prof. Brian Helmuth
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, USA

Presentation title:
Knowns, Unknowns, and Unknown Unknowns: Tools
for Predicting Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Biodiversity

 

Prof. Emma Johnston
University of New South Wales and
Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Australia

Presentation title:
Muddy Waters: Biodiversity, Bioinvasion and Ecosystem Functioning in Multiply Stressed Coastal Systems

 

Prof. Jong Seong Khim
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea

Presentation title:
The Korean Tidal Flat of The Yellow Sea: a review on Coastal Ecosystem, Biodiversity, and Management

 

Dr. Danny C. P. Lau
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Presentation title:
Contrasting Responses in Biodiversity, Food-chain Length and Fish Production to Disturbances in Boreal Lakes

 

Prof. Jae-Seong Lee
Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Presentation title:
Identification and expression of Defensomes in
Oxidative Stress-induced Damage in Aquatic

Organisms (Rotifer, Copepods, Fish) and Evolutionary Consideration on Defense Mechanism

 

Prof. Xinzheng Li
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Presentation title:
Progress of Study on Marine Biodiversity in China

 

Prof. Wenhua Liu
Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China

Presentation title:
Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis) in China: Status and Future

 

Dr. Ryuji Machida
Biodiversity Research Center, Academic Sinica, Taiwan

Presentation title:
Zooplankton Distribution in Ocean Currents

 

Prof. Brian Morton
The University of Hong Kong, China

Presentation title:
Mangrove Biodiversity and Conservation in a Southern Chinese Megalopolis

 

 

 

Prof. Dianna K. Padilla
Department of Ecology and Evolution
Stony Brook University, USA

Presentation title:
Introduced Species and Challenges for Restoring and Preserving Marine Biodiversity


 

Prof. Daniel Pauly
Aquatic Ecosystems Resource Laboratory (AERL)
T
he University of British Columbia, Canada

Presentation title:
Toward a Re-estimation of the World's Global Marine Fisheries Catch

 

 

 

Prof. Kwang-Tsao Shao
Biodiversity Research Center, Academic Sinica, Taiwan

Presentation title:
Status and Challenges of Marine Protected Areas in Taiwan

 


 

 

Prof. Simon Thrush
Institute of Marine Science, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Presentation title:
Disturbance of the Seafloor by Fishing; Implications for the Effects of Other Stressors and Recovery of Ecosystem Functions

 

 

 

 
 

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The University of Hong Kong