Lithuanian Biodiversity Research Forum (LBRF) launch workshop
in frame of the LTER - Baltic conference (14 - 17 October 2004)  

     October 15, 2004

     17:00-19:45

     Venue: hotel “Barbacan Palace”, Bokšto 19 / Šv. Kazimiero 12, Vilnius (www.barbacan.lt)

    Workshop

    Bioplatform in Lithuania: launch of biodiversity research forum

     Open to the participants of the Baltic LTER conference (Vilnius, October 14-15, 2004)

     Language: presentations in English; discussion in Lithuanian

Presentations:

17.00 – 17.20: acad. V. Kontrimavičius (Lithuanian Academy of Sciences) 
“Biodiversity of the Baltic postglacial ecosystems: changes in time and space” (3 MB)

17.20 - 17.40: habil. dr. R. Rakauskas (Vilnius University)
“Biodiversity studies at the Vilnius University” (9 MB)

17.40 – 18.00: dr. J. Motiejūnaitė (Institute of Botany)
“Botanical diversity studies at the Institute of Botany (Vilnius, Lithuania): state, scope and problems” (3 MB)

18.00 – 18.20: dr. A. Paulauskas (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)
“Genetic diversity studies in Lithuania” (9 MB)

18.20 – 18.40: dr. V. Naruševičius (Environment Protection Agency)
“Key points of the foreseen national biodiversity monitoring scheme in Lithuania” (0.1 MB)

18.40 – 19.00: dr. E. Budrys (Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University)
“Biodiversity research at the Institute of Ecology and the Bioplatform project” (0.5 MB)

19.00 – 19.45: Discussion on the future of the Lithuanian biodiversity research forum

    20.00-22.30: Dinner at the restaurant “Forto dvaras”

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