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| JOINT ETHIO-RUSSIAN BIOLOGICAL EXPEDITION. 20 Years of Scientific Cooperation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 JOINT ETHIO-RUSSIAN BIOLOGICAL EXPEDITION
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| Date/Time | Activity/Presentation | Resource Person (presenter) | Facilitator |
| 21 February 2007 | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration of the Participants | Participants and Invited Guests | RCSC |
| Opening Session | |||
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Welcome Address | JERBE Project Coordinators | Mr. Vadim Kirsanov, (RCSC) |
| Welcome Address of the Embassy of the Russian Federation | H.E. Mr. Mikhail Y. Afanasiev, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation | ||
| Statement of the RAS | Russian Academy of Sciences corresponding member, Dr. Yuri Dgebuadze, Deputy Director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution | ||
| Opening Statement | Dr. Zerihun Kebede, Director General of Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency | ||
| 09:40 - 10:10 | Tea/Coffee Break | RCSC | |
| Plenary Session I. Paper Presentation | |||
| 10:10 - 10:35 | Results and perspectives of soil-zoological studies in Ethiopia | Dr. Leonid Ribalov (RAS) | Chairperson: Dr. Abebe Getahun (AAU) Rapporteurs: Ato Yared Tigabu W/ro Eskedar Tariku |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Contribution to Plant Protection Research in Ethiopia by Russian Scientists | Dr. Mohammed Dawd (EIAR) | |
| 11:00 - 11:25 | JERBE ichthyological studies: results and perspectives | Prof. Michael Mina, Dr. Yuri Dgebuadze (RAS) | |
| 11:25 - 12:00 | Discussion on the Presentations | The presenters and the participants | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | Restaurant of Itegue Tayetu Hotel (Piassa Area) | |
| 14:00 - 14:25 | Fish species diversity in the main drainage systems of Ethiopia | Dr. Alexander Golubtsov (RAS) | Chairperson: Dr. Eshete Dejen, (ARARI) Rapporteurs: W/ro Sewmehon Demissie Ato Fasil Dejene |
| 14:25 - 14:50 | The Status of Barbus ethiopicus - endemic species for Ethiopia | Ato Redeat Habteselassie (EIAR) | |
| 14:50 - 15:15 | Educational collection of fish species of Ethiopia | Ato Kassahun Asaminew (EIAR) | |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Tea/Coffee Break | RCSC | |
| Plenary Session I (continuation) Paper Presentation | |||
| 15:45 - 16:10 | Developmental timing and heterochrony in the morphological variation of the large African barb, Barbus intermedius: an experimental study | Dr. Sergey Smirnov (RAS) | Chairperson: Dr. Eshete Dejen, (ARARI) Rapporteurs: W/ro Sewmehon Demissie Ato Fasil Dejene |
| 16:10 - 16:35 | Evaluation of taxonomic and population status of morphologically different groups of the Lake Tana barbs | Ato Belay Abdissa (ARARI) | |
| 16:35 - 17:00 | Discussion on the Presentations | The presenters and the participants | |
| 22 February 2007 | |||
| Plenary Session II. Paper Presentation | |||
| 09:00 - 09:25 | The Status of Endemic mammals of Ethiopia | Dr. Solomon Yirga (AAU) | Chairperson: Dr. Mohamed Dawd (EIAR) Rapporteurs: Ato Redeit H/Selassie Ato Kassahun Asaminew |
| 09:25 - 09:50 | The Ethiopian mammals: a model for research in evolutionary biology and ecology | Dr. Leonid Lavrenchenko (RAS) | |
| 09:50 - 10:15 | Historical ecology of mammals of Ethiopia over the last millennia (perspective research) | Dr. Arkady Savinetsky (RAS) | |
| 10:15 - 10:40 | Discussion on the Presentations | The presenters and the participants | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Tea/Coffee Break | RCSC | |
| 11:10 - 11:50 |
General Discussion on the JERBE activities Institutional Reflections on the Project:
| The presenters and the participants | Chairperson Dr. Assefa Mebrate Rapporteurs: W/ro Nigatwa Asrat Ato Yonas Kassaye |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Closing Remarks | Mr. Yuri Prischepo, Deputy Chairman of the Tropical Department (RAS) | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | Restaurant of Itegue Tayetu Hotel (Piassa Area) | |
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