Please have a look at the provisional programme of the LifeWatch ERIC BEeS Conference.
Latest update 23/05/2023
22 May
23 May
24 May
22 May
08:30 – 09:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 13:00 Macroecological and biogeographical approaches to biodiversity conservation / Animal biology and behavioral traits
Chair: Cristina Huertas-Olivares
- 10:00 -10:25 Towards digital twin oriented Virtual Research Environments | Presenter: Peter van Tienderen, University of Amsterdam/LifeWatch ERIC
- 10:25-10:45 An integrative overview of wildlife damage in a human-dominated world | Presenter: Miguel De Gabriel Hernando, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 10:45-11:00 Heterogeneity in data collection hinders adaptive management of wildlife damages | Presenter: Alberto García-Rodríguez, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 11:00-11:15 Assessment of the distribution and conservation importance of the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber L.) in Bulgaria | Presenter: Milen Ignatov, State Forest Enterprise Byala
- 11:15-11:30 Conservation significance of the karst steppes in the vicinity of Sofia Basin and some nearby areas | Presenter: Nikolay Kodzhabashev, University of Forestry
- 11:30-11:45 Invasion trajectory and niche trends of a successful aquatic global invader | Presenter: Simone Guareschi, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 11:45-12:00 Do resident Lesser Kestrels forage over larger areas than migratory individuals during the non-breeding season | Presenter: Javier Bustamante, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 12:00-12:15 Movement strategies of lesser and common kestrels across the annual cycle | Presenter: Daniel García-Silveira, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 12:15-12:30 Radar Aeroecology in the cloud, lowering the barrier to collaboration | Presenter: Berend-Christiaan Wijers, University of Amsterdam
- 12:30-12:45 Fine scale positioning and space use behaviour of the invasive species Callinectes sapidus in the Aquatina lagoon (SE Italy) | Presenter: Vanessa Marrocco, LifeWatch ERIC
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break (provided)
14:30 – 16:00 Round table
‘Biodiversity and its management, conservation and recovery in a changing biosphere’
Panel: Carl Beierkuhnlein, Ron Dekker, Meelis Pärtel, Fernando Rodríguez, Juan José Vergara
Chairs: Christos Arvanitidis, Peter van Tienderen
16:00 Guided tour to the Rectorado – University of Seville | Information and booking at the registration desk
20:00 Guided Tour to the Reales Alcázares Gardens
21:30 Welcome cocktail in the Reales Alcázares
23 May
09:00 – 09:15 Institutional address
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, Regional Minister of Universities, Research and Innovation (Junta de Andalucía)
Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC CEO
09:15 – 13:15 Major threats to the Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystem health
Chair: José Mauel Avila Castuera
- 09:15 – 09:30 A cross-domain VRE to accelerate research on Non-Indigenous Invasive Species (NIS) | Presenter: Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC
- 09:30 – 09:45 Direction and frequency of invasive plant species ecological impacts in Europe | Presenter: Montserrat Vilà, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 09:45 – 10:00 Developing Computational Models for Exotic Invasive Species: tools for prevention, control and decision making | Presenter: Miguel Ángel Collado Aliaño, University of Seville
- 10:00 – 10:15 Improving biodiversity conservation: the role of the sRedList platform in streamlining and standardising Red List assessments | Presenter: Francesco De Leo, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
- 10:15 – 10:30 LifeWatch ERIC’s Biotope vulnerability workflow – CIMPAL (Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species) version | Presenter: Daniel Crespo, LifeWatch ERIC/University of Aveiro
- 10:30 – 10:45 eScience solutions to address the known unknowns of invasion biology | Presenter: Cristina Di Muri, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
Chair: Lennert Schepers
- 11:15 – 11:30 Using operational synergies for the study and integrated management of invasive alien species in Italy | Presenter: Cristina Di Muri, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
- 11:30 – 11:45 The MARBEFES Project: MARine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning leading to Ecosystem Services | Presenter: Barbara Górska, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 11:45 – 12:00 The role of renewable energy based power systems in the monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystems | Presenter: Diego Tejada, National Institute of Aerospace Technology, INTA
- 12:00-12:15 Nyctalus lasiopterus populations’ trends in Southern Europe: The Bermuda Triangle | Presenter: Elena Tena López, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 12:15 – 12:30 Herb cover management in olive crops indirectly affects the interaction networks through functional filtering | Presenter: Domingo Cano Sáez, University of Jaén
- 12:30 – 12:45 Leveraging Digital Technology and Analytics for Sustainable Management of Regions in National Parks: The Case of Smart Poqueira | Presenter: Julian Ignacio Urriza, University of Granada
- 12:45 – 13:00 Designing a Biodiversity-Aware Vegetation Monitoring System for Post-Fire Recovery Transition in the Alta Murgia National Park | Presenter: Emanuele Costanzo, LifeWatch ERIC/National Research Council of Italy, CNR
- 13:00 – 13:15 Communicating LifeWatch ERIC’s online services and tools to non-scientific audiences through a narrative communication strategy | Presenter: Julian Kenny, LifeWatch ERIC
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch break (provided)
14:30 – 16:50 Biodiversity and ecosystem responses to climate change
Chair: Cristina Di Muri
- 14:30 – 14:50 The ITINERIS project e-services for deepening current understanding on biodiversity and ecosystem responses to climate changes | Presenter: Alberto Basset, University of Salento/LifeWatch ERIC
- 14:50 – 15:05 Toward the adaptive co-management of Andalusian ecosystems: linking historical information with innovative science-policy processes at the Doñana National Park | Presenter: Luis Santamaria, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 15:05 – 15:20 Decadal variability 2010-2023 of zooplankton community at the Guadalquivir estuary (Southern Spain) | Presenter: César Vilas, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training, IFAPA El Toruño
- 15:20 – 15:35 Wind Energy and Bats: A Match Made in Hell | Presenter: Sonia Sánchez-Navarro, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 15:35 – 15:50 Upscaling phenology, water and CO2 fluxes with remote sensing for the validation of Earth Observation products | Presenter: Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Doñana Biological Station, CSIC
- 15:50 – 16:05 Evaluation of Aerosol over Sierra Nevada High-Mountain Protected Area using Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements | Presenter: Ana del Águila, LifeWatch ERIC / Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research, IISTA-CEAMA
- 16:05 – 16:20 Environmental and Biodiversity Climate Change Lab (EnBiC2-Lab) | Presenter: María Luisa Antequera Gómez, University of Málaga
- 16:20 – 16:35 Functional and biotechnological potential of The Tabernas Desert soil Microbiome | Presenter: María del Carmen Montero-Calasanz, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training, IFAPA Las Torres
- 16:35-16:50 Tracking livestock movements to aid in the environmental management of the territory. Case studies from SUMHAL Project in Andalusia (Spain) | Presenter: Antonio J. Pérez-Luque, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC-EEZ
16:50 – 17:15 Coffee break
17:15 – 19:00 Ecosystem and habitat mapping / Natural capital and the “One Health” approach
Chair: Ana Mellado
- 17:15-17:30 Affinity factors and adjustment parameters for the economic valuation of vineyard ecosystems by benefit transfer | Presenter: Fernando Rodriguez, University of Salamanca
- 17:30- 17:45 An approach of application of unmanned and remote-controlled multi-sensor platforms together with space-based assets in the Spanish and Bulgarian Antarctica bases for ecosystem and habitat monitoring and mapping | Presenter: Miroslav Tsvetkov, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy
- 17:45-18:00 Pan-European data prism for ecopatch mapping | Presenter: Julien Radoux, Université catholique de Louvain
- 18:00-18:15 Herb stratum biomass estimation through ultra-high resolution UAS remote sensing | Presenter: Manuel de Figueiredo Meyer, University of Porto
- 18:15-18:30 A review of volunteered geographic information projects for ecosystem and habitat mapping | Presenter: Joaquín Osorio Arjona, University of Seville
- 18:30-18:45 Biodiversity monitoring through ecological interaction networks: plant canopy-recruit and plant-mycorrhizal fungi interactions in the Andalusian Red Natura 2000 | Presenter: Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC-EEZ
24 May
09:00 – 15:45 Biodiversity observation “system of systems”
Chair: Julien Radoux
- 09:00 – 09:30 The European Research Infrastructure LifeWatch ERIC and its support to the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Community | Presenter: Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC
- 09:30 – 09:45 The European Open Science Cloud as a Service | Presenter: Ron Dekker, Technopolis Group
- 09:45 – 10:00 The LifeWatch Species Information Backbone: an update and perspectives | Presenter: Stefanie Dekeyzer, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
- 10:00 – 10:15 EOSC, FAIR data, Open science: what, why, how | Presenter: Katrina Exter, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
- 10:15 – 10:30 How Belgian fish tracking research benefits from the LifeWatch Virtual Research Environment of ETN | Presenter: Jan Reubens, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
- 10:30 – 10:45 Bio-Oracle Version 3: Enhancing High-Resolution Marine Datasets for Ecological Modelling and Climate Change Predictions | Presenter: Salvador Fernández Bejarano, Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ
- 10:45 – 11:00 MBON Europe: Marine Biodiversity Monitoring for Europe | Presenter: Juan J. Vergara, University of Cadiz
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
Chair: Magdalena Aljančič
- 11:30 – 11:45 Functional Traits Thesauri: sharing and reusing knowledge through semantic resources | Presenter: Jessica Titocci, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
- 11:45 – 12:00 Building up collective knowledge through semantics | Presenter: Martina Pulieri, University of Salento
- 12:00 – 12:15 Data mobilisation in the COST Action ParAqua | Presenter: Andrea Tarallo, National Research Council of Italy, CNR
- 12:15 – 12:30 Towards a network of Operational Marine Biology: the ANERIS project | Presenter: Jaume Piera, Institut de Ciències del Mar, ICM-CSIC
- 12:30 – 12:45 Long-term ecological research on marine hard-bottom communities using a network of genetic observatories, and introduction to the new LifeWatch workflow for data analysis | Presenter: Justine Pagnier, LifeWatch ERIC/University of Gothenburg
- 12:45 – 13:00 Remote nevadensis: a tool for monitoring changes in Essential Biodiversity Variables in mountain ecosystems by means of remote sensing | Presenter: Javier Martínez-López, Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System Research, IISTA-CEAMA
- 13:00 – 13:15 Essential Ecosystem Service Variables and Models in Mountain Areas: A case study in Sierra Nevada (Spain) | Presenter: Javier Martínez-López, Andalusian Inter-University Institute for Earth System Research, IISTA-CEAMA
- 13:15 – 13:30 Automatic Bat Counting and Reporting Based on Artificial Vision and an IoT Data Management Platform | Presenter: Delia Velasco-Montero, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, CSIC-US
- 13:30 – 13:45 Low-Power Low-Cost Reconfigurable IoT Device for Remote Wildlife Monitoring | Presenter: Víctor Galvín-Coronil, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla, CSIC-US
- 13:45 – 14:00 Marco-Bolo: MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations: strengthening biodiversity observation in support of decision making | Presenter: Claire Laguionie, European Marine Biological Resource Centre, EMBRC ERIC
- 14:00 – 14:15 Leveraging Remote Sensing Services to Introduce Autonomous Robots in the Wild | Presenter: Julio Paneque, LifeWatch ERIC
14:15 – 15:15 Lunch break (provided)
Chair: Iria Soto
- 15:15-15:30 Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for diversity monitoring in freshwater ecosystems: a case study on aquatic microorganism communities in western Andalusia | Presenter: Carmen Ruiz Delgado, University Pablo de Olavide
- 15:30-15:45 Camera trapping, artificial intelligence, citizen science, and hierarchical models for biodiversity monitoring: a promising journey | Presenter: Simone Santoro, University of Huelva
- 15:45-16:00 Challenges and preliminary results in building virtual laboratories to monitor Proteus anguinus and its karst groundwater habitat | Presenter: Gregor Aljančič, Institute Tular Cave Laboratory
16:00-17:00 Ecosystem and habitat mapping / Natural capital and the “One Health” approach
Chair: Andrea Tarallo
- 16:00-16:15 AI applications developed in the context of Smart EcoMountains | Presenter: Rohaifa Khaldi, LifeWatch ERIC
- 16:15-16:30 Agroecology Virtual Research Environment: a tool to enhance biodiversity in agricultural systems based on collaboration between Living Labs and Research Infrastructures | Presenter: José Manuel Ávila-Castuera, LifeWatch ERIC
- 16:30-16:45 Towards the implementation of a certification system for the monetary valuation of agroecological practices based on innovative uses of EBV´s and Species Traits | Presenter: Jesus Gallardo, LifeWatch ERIC
17:00 – 17:30 Closing
Manuel Felipe Rosa Iglesias, Vice-Dean of Technological Transference of University of Seville
Christos Arvanitidis, LifeWatch ERIC CEO
Alberto Basset, LifeWatch ERIC Service Centre Director
Peter van Tienderen, LifeWatch ERIC Virtual Laboratory & Innovations Centre Director
Lucas De Moncuit