Outline Programme

31 August	Registration, Icebreaker
1 September Workshop Day 1	Registration, Welcome, Talks, Poster Session
2 September Workshop Day 2	Talks, Working Groups, Social Evening in the Aquazoo - Löbbecke Museum
3 September Workshop Day 3	Talks, Poster Session, Closing Ceremony
4 September optional	Conference Excursions (Salmon Restoration in the River Rhine, 2-days Rhine Delta excursion)

29 talks + keynote lectures, working groups and poster sessions will take place. The number of participants will be limited to 130 persons.

Plenary lectures

Plenary lectures will include:

Overview of the IUCN Guidelines for Re-introductions with emphasis on developing taxon specific guidelines for fish restoration projects
Pritpal Singh Soorae and Frederic Launay, United Arab Emirates, IUCN Re-Introduction Specialist Group
Cultivation of endangered species to achieve "FITTNES FOR SURVIVAL" at release into natural habitats
Harald Rosenthal, Germany, World Sturgeon Conservation Society, WSCS
Salmon and banana tree; evidence and uncertainty. How to use results from climate's scenarios based niche models in fish recovery plans
Eric Rochard and Géraldine Lassalle, France, CEMAGREF
Restoration and Management of American Shad and Atlantic Sturgeon on the US Atlantic Coast
Richard St. Pierre, U.S.A, IUCN Sturgeon Specialist Group
Opportunities and threats from European Funding for fish and habitat restoration projects
Peter Torkler, Germany, World Wildlife Fund, WWF
Role of the IUCN/WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group in Conservation
Gordon McGregor Reid, United Kingdom, Director North of England Zoological Society, Chair IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group
Defining fish communities for restoration in waterways supporting society and nature
Mark B. Bain, USA, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
The Marble Trout (Salmo marmoratus) Conservation Program: main insights from a 15 years' reintroduction experience
Simone Vincenzi, Alain J Crivelli, Dusan Jesensek and Giulio A De Leo, Italy, France, Slovenia

The following working groups have been announced:

Development of guidelines for re-introduction of fishes
organized by the IUCN Re-Introduction Specialist Group
The outcome of the discussion shall be a starting point for the development of more specialised guidelines in the field of fish restoration.
Opportunities of cooperation between European labs working on diadromous fish recovery
Organized by the Diadfish network (more information: www.diadfish.org)
Genetic tools in fish conservation
Organized by Rui Faria, Stephen Sabatino and Paulo Alexandrino, University of Porto, Portugal