Final ENRAM & MC meeting

Programme for final ENRAM & MC meeting

September 11-12, 2017 – STAM Gent, Belgium

Venue: Stadmuseum Gent (http://stamgent.be/en/), room Hert van Maria, Godshuizenlaan 2, 9000 Ghent.

Map of meeting location, nearby hotels and places to grab lunch: http://bit.ly/2r64Yle

Monday, 11 September 2017

09:30–12:00 MC meeting (MC members only). Minutes of the meeting can be downloaded here
12:00–13:30 Lunch (not provided, please self-organize, see map)
13:30 ENRAM meeting (all participants)
13:30–13:40 Welcome + practical meeting information
13:40–14:55 Overview of the achievements of the different working groups presented by the different WG leaders (15-20min each)
14:55–15:00 Introduction to writing sessions
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–16:45 Writing/discussion sessions (team up with colleagues):
  Final ENRAM report
  Papers for the special issue
16:45–18:00 Keynote presentations:
  Radar entomology: recent advances and where we go from here – Charlotte Wainwright
  The new wave of radar ornithology – Cecilia Nilsson
19:30 Dinner at “Pakhuis” (Schuurkenstraat 4, Ghent)

Tuesday, 12 September 2017

9:30 ENRAM meeting (all participants)
9:30–10:15 STSM presentations (5 min each):
  The effects of fog on the flight behaviour of migrating Honey Buzzards as recorded by radar – Michele Panuccio
  Real-time visualisation of raw weather radar data over the Netherlands and Belgium – Phil Stepanian
  Algorithm operationalisation in BALTRAD: upgrade and back processing – Liesbeth Verlinden
  Data infrastructure proof of concept – Peter Desmet
  Vertical profile (vp) data processing for analyses and visualizations – Peter Desmet
  Verification of insect presence in raw data of radar wind profilers – Nadja Weisshaupt
  A mathematical approach to process and analyse biological signatures in wind profiler data – Nadja Weisshaupt
  Comparison of bird echoes between wind profiler systems – Nadja Weisshaupt for Mercedes Machado
10:15–10:45 Keynote presentation:
  Grand challenges in animal movement research – Silke Bauer & Nir Sapir
10:45–10:55 Introduction to ITN grant
10:55–11:15 Coffee break
11:15–12:00 Writing/discussion sessions (team up with colleagues):
  ITN grant
  Papers for the special issue
12:00–13:30 Lunch (not provided, please self-organize, see map)
13:30–15:00 Writing/discussion sessions (team up with colleagues):
  ITN grant
  Papers for the special issue
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–17:00 Plenary session:
  Report on writing/discussion sessions
  Plenary discussion
  Closing of the meeting
17:00–18:00 Drinks (in STAMCafé, at venue location)

group photo