Overall scientific program
Wednesday, September 25th,
2024
Opening session (plenary
room)
08:00 – 09:30: Installation of
participants
09:30 – 10:30:
a.
Welcome speech by Prof.
Trudy Turner, Chair of the Primate Ecology and Genetics Group, South
Africa (5 mn)
b.
Framework Note by Prof.
Christopher Schmitt, the Chair of the Scientific Committee with aims
and agenda of the congress (5 mn).
c.
Speech by Prof. Inza Koné,
President of the APS Chair to give a background of APS
d.
Speech by APS Patron, Russ
Mittermeier (5 mn).
e.
Official opening of the
congress by Prof. David Mxolisi Modise representing North-West
University (5 mn)
f.
Tribute to Judith Masters
and Fabien Genin who until their tragic deaths worked diligently to
understand and conserve primates in Africa and Madagascar (30 mn)
g.
Group photo (10 mn)
10:30 – 11:00: Tea break
Morning plenaries
11:00 – 11:30: Keynote speech
by Dr Stephanie Mercier about her long-term research on vervet monkeys
in South Africa
11:30 – 12:00: keynote speech
by Ms Rachel Ikemeh from Nigeria titled “Primate Conservation in
Africa: Pathway to Sustainability”
12:00 – 12:30: Q&A session
with the two keynote speakers
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch break
(Visit of posters between 13:30 and 14:00)
Afternoon plenaries
14:00 – 16:00: Plenary session
on the state of implementation of primate action plans in different
regions of Africa
a. Western chimpanzee conservation
action plan by Dr Erin Wesling (20 mn talk + 10 mn Q&A)
b. ARRC Task Force by Dr Tatyana
Humle and Dr Geneviève Campbell (20 mn talk + 10 mn Q&A)
c. Mangadrill conservation action
plan by Dr David Fernandez and Dr Andrea Dempsey (20 mn talk + 10 mn
Q&A)
15:30 – 15:50: Tea Break
d. Red colobus conservation action
plan by Dr Josh Linda (15 mn talk + 5 mn Q&A)
e. Red colobus conservation network
by Ms Florence Aghomo (15 mn talk + 5 mn Q&A)
Side event
17:00 -19:00:
Workshop of the Red Colobus Conservation Network
Thursday, September 26th
, 2024
Morning plenaries
08:00 – 08:30: Installation of
participants
08:30 – 09: 00: Keynote speech
by Dr Josia Razafindramana, from Madagascar titled "Redefining Primate
Conservation: Insights from 15 Years of Community-Based Actions”
09:00 – 09: 30: Keynote speech
by Prof. Beth Kaplin on the theme “Bridging science and policies for
conservation of primates and their habitats in a whole of governments
and whole of civil society approach”
09:30 – 10:00: Q&A session for
the two panelists
10:00 – 10:30: Tea break
Morning parallel
sessions
10:30 – 12h30: Parallel
sessions (wrap up by moderators at the end of each session)
a.
Conservation, Education (8 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 5 mn per presentation)
b.
Conservation, Health and Diseases
(8 oral presentations: 10 mn + 5 mn per presentation)
c.
Ecology (8 oral presentations: 10
mn + 5 mn per presentation)
d.
Ethology, Cognition (8 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 5 mn per presentation)
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch break
(Visit of posters between 13:30 and 14:00)
Afternoon plenaries
14:00 – 14:30 : Keynote
speech by Dr Ekwoge Abwe entitled “From Biological Research to
Multiple Stakeholder Engagement: Twenty years of primate conservation
in Cameroon”.
14:30 – 15:00: Q&A with the
keynote speaker
Afternoon parallel
sessions
15:00 – 16:30: Parallel
sessions (wrap up by moderators at the end of each session)
a.
Conservation, Education (6 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 05 mn per presentation)
b.
Conservation, Education (6 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 05 mn per presentation)
c.
Ecology (6 oral presentations: 10
mn + 05 mn per presentation)
d.
Ethology, Cognition (6 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 05 mn per presentation)
Side event
17:00 – 19:00: Launching of
the Mangadrill Action Plan
Thursday, September 27th
, 2024
07:30 – 08:00: Installation of
participants
08:00 – 08:30: Keynote speech
by Dr Joanna Setchell entitled "Facing the challenge: Equitable
partnerships in primatology
08:30 – 09:00: Q&A with the
keynote speaker
09:00 – 10:00: Panel on the
topic “Decolonization of African primatology: implications, methods,
achievements, challenges and opportunities”
Panelists: Dr
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka (Uganda),
Prof. Jonah Ratsimbazafy
(Madagascar),
Dr Leandro Jerusalinsky (Brazilian Primate Society and
SLAPrim),
Dr Sian Waters (UK/ Morocco).
Moderators: Prof. Inza Koné
(Côte d’Ivoire) and Prof. Trudy Turner (South Africa/ USA).
10:00 – 10:30: Tea break
10:30 – 12:30: Parallel
sessions (wrap up by moderators at the end of each session)
a. Conservation, Education (8 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 5 mn per presentation)
b.
Conservation, Education (8 oral
presentations: 10 mn + 5 mn per presentation)
c.
Ecology (8 oral presentations: 10
mn + 5 mn per presentation)
d.
Symposium entitled “African
Institute for Great Ape Conservation Science: Conserving apes by
empowering African scientists”
12:30 -14:00: Lunch break
(Visit of poster between 13:30 and 14:00)
14:00 -14:30: Keynote speech
by Dr Leandro Jerusalinsky from Brazil entitled “Primate Conservation
in Latin America and Brazil as a study case: strategic planning,
capacity building and decolonization”
14:30 -16:00: General Assembly
of the APS with Leandro as special guess
16:00 – 16:30: Closing
ceremony of the congress
a.
Reading of conference
recommendations and resolutions
b.
Remarks by PEGG, Re:Wild
c.
Words of thanks by APS
board
d.
Official closing by Prof.
David
19:00 – 22:00: Banquet
a.
Awards to be given for the best
student oral and poster presentations
b.
Lifetime achievement awards to be
given to prominent primatologists in Africa
c.
Entertainment
Friday 28th–
Sunday 30th , 2024
Post-congress training for
selected participants
