Symposium on Biomathematics in memory of

Kjartan G. Magnússon





Date: Saturday 28 October 2006

Location: Lecture hall N-132 in Askja, Natural Sciences Building

The scope of the symposium:To present to a wide audience research that relates to Kjartan Magnússon's main interests within biomathematics.

Program:

9.00- 9.15 Opening, Kristín Ingólfsdóttir, Rector, University of Iceland.
9.15-10.00 Greg Donovan, International Whaling Commission, Impington, Cambridge, UK
Cetacean populations: can we manage to conserve them?
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10.00-10.30 Coffee
10.30-11.15 Bjarte Bogstad, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
25 years of multispecies modelling for the Barents Sea
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11.15-12.00 Lorna Taylor, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik
Parameter estimation issues for a statistical fisheries model
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12.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 Ólafur Nielsen, Icelandic Institute of Natural History
Gyrfalcon and Rock Ptarmigan: a study on predator prey relationship
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14.45-15.30 Björn Birnir, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Migrations of Schools of Fish, External Influence and Internal Triggers
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15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-16.45 Gunnar Stefánsson, University of Iceland,
Marine protected areas for migrating fish stocks
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17.00-19.00 Reception, Faculty of Science, Univ. of Iceland.