FINS Conference

An International Forum to Address National and International Policy on Invasive Species

8th to 11th April 2023

Galway Bay Hotel and Conference Centre, Salthill, Galway, Ireland

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), CAISIE  and the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) will host an international conference that will address key topics relating to freshwater invasive species and harmful aquatic pathogens.

The primary objective of the conference is to provide a forum where international scientists, policy makers and stakeholders will address designated themes with a view to informing management and policy development in this increasingly important area. The themes that will provide the focus for deliberations during the conference will be:

  • Policy
  • Biosecurity
  • Management & Risk Assessment
  • Economics 

Invited experts from around the globe will address the above themes, with ample time given to panel discussion.  Workshop sessions led by the key international speakers and other world experts, who will facilitate focussed working groups.  Synthesis sessions will aim to draw firm conclusions from the discussions and put forward concrete recommendations that will inform both national and international policy makers.

                        Conference Website:      www.finsconference.ie

 

Programme

Monday 8th April              Opening address and Evening Reception

Tuesday 9th April              Registration

Invited speakers address the conference

Poster session

Wednesday 10th April    Workshop session/ Poster session

Thursday 11th April          Synthesis session (morning)

Field trip on Lough Corrib (afternoon)

Banquet in Galway city (evening)

POLICYKeynote SpeakerDr. Niall Moore, Head of GB NNNSSGB Non-Native Species Secretariat, York, UK

Guest Speakers

Dr. Helen Roy Senior Scientist

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Oxford, UK

Dr. Olaf Weyl, Principal Scientist

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa

 MANAGEMENT & RISK ASSESSMENTKeynote SpeakerProfessor  Hugh MacIsaac, Professor and Invasive Species ChairDepartment of Fisheries & Oceans, University of Windsor, Canada

Guest Speakers

Dr. Anthony Ricciardi, Professor of Biology

Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

 

Dr. Toril Loennechen Moen, Senior Adviser

Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC), Trondheim, Norway
ECONOMICSKeynote SpeakerFrances Williams, Project Development OfficerCABI, Kenya

 

Guest Speakers

Dr. Jarle Steinkjer, Senior Adviser

Directorate for Nature Management (DN), Norway

 

Dr. Stephen Hynes, Senior Researcher

Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, National University of Ireland Galway

 BIOSECURITYKeynote SpeakerDr. Phil Hulme, Professor of Plant BiosecurityBio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Guest Speakers

Dr. Joe Caffrey, Senior Research Scientist

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Dublin, Ireland

 

Dr. Birgit Oidtmann, Veterinary Epidemiologist

Centre of Environment Fisheries Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK

 

 


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