Modeling Species Richness

NCEAS working group October 6-8, 2006

Tentative Schedule

Friday, October 6

8:30 – 9:30 Introductions, Opening Remarks (Gotelli)

9:30 – 9:50 Anne Magurran

9:50 – 10:10 Walter Jetz

10:10 – 10:30 Cam Webb

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

11:00 – 11:20 David Currie

11:20 – 11:40 Kate Lyons

11:40 – 12:00 Sean Connolly

12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH

1:30 – 1:50 Nick Gotelli

1:50 – 2:10 Carsten Rahbek

2:10 – 2:30 Christy McCain

2:30 – 3:00 BREAK

3:00 – 3:20 Thiago Rangel

3:20 – 3:40 Gary Graves

3:40 – 4:00 Mike Willig

4:00 – 4:20 Hector Arita (??)

Saturday, October 7

8:30 – 9:00 Rob Colwell (Synthesis)

9:00 – 10:30 Discussion of Data Sets (led by Rahbek)

10:30 – 11:00 BREAK

11:00 – 12:30 Discussion of Modeling Objectives

12:30 – 2:00 LUNCH

2:00 – 3:30 Small Group Discussions (Phylogeny, Climate, Statistics)

3:30 – 4:00 BREAK

4:00 – 5:30 Summary and Synthesis from Small Group Discussions

Sunday, October 8^th

8:30 – 10:00 Small Group Discussions (Simulation Strategies and Algorithms)

10:00 – 10:30 BREAK

10:30 – 12:00 Summary and Synthesis from Small Group Discussions

12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH

1:30 – 3:00 Workshop Summary and Outline of Tasks & Timetable