Programme
This programme should be regarded as provisional.
The pilot actions of the USEit project
08:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:00 Opening remarks and institutional greetings
11:00 – 11:30 Conference presentation | Ernesto Azzurro & Pierluigi Strafella, CNR-IRBIM
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
Pilot actions
12:00 – 12:15 Monitoring and management of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys in Sardinia | Laura Loru, CNR-IRET
12:15 – 12:30 Monitoring terrestrial invasive alien species through satellite data | Marco Ciolfi, CNR-IRET
12:30 – 12:45 The case of Ark shells in the Adriatic Sea: Monitoring and management of the invasive species Anadara kagoshimensis and A. transversa | Pierluigi Strafella, CNR-IRBIM
12:45 – 13:00 The ORMEF geoportal, reconstructing the history of fish species introductions in the Mediterranean | Ernesto Azzurro, CNR-IRBIM
13:00 – 14:45 Lunch break
14:45 – 15:15 Video projection and communication activities of the USEIt project
15:15 – 15:30 Understanding the invasion mechanisms of Ailanthus altissima: the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | Paola Pollegioni, CNR-IRET
15:30 – 15:45 Stable isotope analysis of Ailanthus altissima and ecological studies | Marco Lauteri, CNR-IRET
15:45 – 16:00 Ecology of the movement of Callinectes sapidus using bio-telemetry techniques | Vincenzo Maximiliano Giacalone, CNR-IAS
Promoting IAS for commercial purposes
16:00 – 16:15 Evaluation of edibility, quality, and nutritional parameters in marine alien species | Giorgio Mancinelli, University of Salento
16:15 – 16:30 The blue crab Callinectes sapidus: a survey of market potential in Italy | Ernesto Azzurro, CNR-IRBIM
The research on alien species in Italy: towards a shared strategy
09:00 – 09:15 Opening remarks | Ernesto Azzurro, CNR-IRBIM
09:15 – 09:45 Keynote speech | TBC
09:45 – 11:30 Experts in alien species research | External speakers to be defined
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:30 The monitoring of alien species in Italy: a national survey | Pierluigi Strafella, CNR-IRBIM
12:30 – 13:00 A SWOT approach applied to alien species management and control | Giorgio Mancinelli, University of Salento
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 14:50 Principles and methodologies for the improvement of alien species data management in Italy | Ilaria Rosati, CNR-IRET
14:50 – 15:10 The role of the LifeWatch Italy platforms for alien species | Cristina Di Muri, CNR-IRET
15:10 – 15:30 Six good practices to collect, share and communicate data on alien species in Italy: the opinion of 80 national experts | Ernesto Azzurro, CNR-IRBIM
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Round table – Alien species in Italy: what opportunities?
17:30 – 17:45 Final greetings and closing remarks
USEit è un progetto finanziato dal Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
