Programme
| Thursday 18 January 2007 |
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| 09.30-10.00 | Registration and coffee |
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| 10.00-10.15 | Prof. Timo Kairesalo, Vicechairman of the Board, Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation: Opening of the Symposium |
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| 10.15-10.45 | Doc. Petri Nummi (University of Helsinki, Finland): An introduction to alien problematics |
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| 10.45-11.30 | Coffee |
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SESSION I: Alien effects on trophic interactions, biodiversity and ecosystems. Chairmen Prof. Erkki Korpimäki & Dr. Mikael Nordström |
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| 11.30-12.00 | Prof. Jessica Gurevitch (Stony Brook University, USA): Alien species and extinctions of local species |
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| 12.00-12.30 | Prof. Heinz Müller-Schärer (University of Fribourg, Switzerland): Evolution of life cycle in invasive plants and implications for biological control |
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| 12.30-13.00 | Prof. Jouko Sarvala (University of Turku, Finland): Invasive plant species as modifiers of aquatic ecosystems |
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| 13.00-13.15 | Discussion |
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| 13.15-14.15 | Lunch |
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| 14.15-14.45 | Prof. Timo Muotka (University of Oulu, Finland): Interactions between native and alien salmonids |
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| 14.45-15.15 | Prof. Chris Dickman (University of Sydney, Australia): Alien herbivores: complex effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function |
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| 15.15-15.45 | Prof. Franck Courchamp (University of Paris-Sud, France): Alien predators: direct and indirect effects |
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| 15.45-16.00 | Discussion |
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| 16.00-16.30 | Coffee |
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| 16.30-17.00 | Prof. Pekka Niemelä (University of Joensuu, Finland): Why are the European insect biota so succesful invaders? |
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| 17.00-17.30 | Prof. Heikki Setälä (University of Helsinki, Finland): The effects of aliens in soils |
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| 17.30-17.45 | Discussion |
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| 18.00-19.30 | Poster session, wine & snacks |
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| 19.30- | Dinner |
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| Friday 19 January 2007 | |
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SESSION
II: Aliens on the move. Chairman Prof. Pekka
Niemelä
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| 9.00-9.30 | Prof. Erkki Leppäkoski (Åbo Akademi University, Finland): Shipping - the most important vector of aquatic alien species |
| 9.30-10.00 | Prof. Jarkko Hantula (Forest Research Institute, Finland): Alien tree species and microfungal diversity |
| 10.00-10.30 | Prof. Jeffrey S. Dukes (University of Massachusetts, USA): The effect of climate change on the succes of alien species |
| 10.30-10.45 | Discussion |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee |
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SESSION III: Biorisks. Chairman Prof. Jarkko Hantula |
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| 11.15-11.45 | Asko Hannukkala, Senior Research Scientist (Agrifood Research Finland): Epidemiology of alien pests in Finnish agriculture - recent case studies |
| 11.45-12.15 | Prof. Everett Hansen (Oregon State University): Alien forest pathogens, Phytophthora ramorum as a case study |
| 12.15-12.45 | Dr. Peter B. Banks (University of New South Wales, Australia): Variable impacts of alien mink predation on birds, mammals and amphibians of the Finnish Archipelago: a long-term experimental study |
| 12.45-13.00 | Discussion |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch |
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SESSION IV: Future. Chairman Prof. Erkki Leppäkoski |
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| 14.00-14.30 | Prof. Ing-Marie Gren (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden): An economic approach to alien species management |
| 14.30-15.00 | Dr. Piero Genovesi (IUCN SCC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Italy): Strategies for halting biological invasions |
| 15.00-15.15 | Discussion |
| 15.15 - 16.30 | Closing discussion and conclusions |