26/09
Hotel Botánico
19:00
Welcome cocktail and opening speech
Courtesy of Loro Parque
27/09
Hotel Las Águilas
08:30 – 09:15
The evolution of India and its Aviculture
Speaker: Nanda Kishore Reddy
09:20 – 10:05
Monitored release of the endangered Lear’s Macaw: an urgent strategy to recover a functionally extinct population and its historical range
Speaker: Fernanda Riera Paschotto
10:10 – 10:55
Maintenance and breeding of Central and South American parrots in tropical conditions
Speaker: Jacobo Lacs
11:00 – 11:30
| COFFEE BREAK |
11:30 – 12:15
Devising intelligent land use management interventions for the Black-cheeked Lovebird (Agapornis nigrigenis) in Zambia
Speaker: Chaona Phiri
12:20 – 13:10
Lories and Lorikeets: A fascinating group of parrots
Speaker: Luboš Tomiška
13:10 – 14:00
Intelligence on Psittacidae vs Cetaceans
Speaker: Sara Torres Ortiz
San Miguel de Abona
19:30
Castillo San Miguel – Medieval dinner.
28/09
Hotel Las Águilas
08:30 – 09:15
Sustainable breeding with a view to conservation
Speaker: Marcia Weinzettl
09:20 – 10:05
Real conservation of Colombia’s most endangered parrots
Speaker: Juan Carlos Noreña Tobón
10:10 – 10:55
Breeding and management of rare Parrot species
Speaker: Antonin Vaidl
11:00 – 11:30
| COFFEE BREAK |
11:30 – 12:15
From global priorities to local action in parrot conservation
Speaker: Dr. Jon Paul Rodriguez
12:20 – 13:10
28 years of keeping and breeding the Blue-backed parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus)
Speaker: Bettina Buchmüller
13:15 – 14:00
Nature and species conservation: Finding reference ranges in parrots
Speaker: Bärbel Köhler
Puerto Cruz
19:30
Typical dinner.
29/09
Hotel Las Águilas
08:30 – 09:10
Diagnosis of adenovirus in parrots, current situation
Speaker: Dr. Enrique Martínez Carretero
09:15 – 09:55
The art of Environmental Design & Creative Conservation
Speaker: Daniel Gowland
10:00 – 10:40
How to save Ecuador’s threatened parrots
Speaker: Dr. Martin Schaefer
10:40 – 11:10
| COFFEE BREAK |
11:10 – 11:50
Real conservation with applied research and cultural integration. More than 20 years LPF in Bolivia
Speaker: Mauricio Herrera
11:55 – 12:35
Nutrition – Key for health and successful breeding
Speaker: Dr. Petra Wolf
12:40 – 13:20
Parrot breeding: from dietary stimulus to the nesting box
Speaker: Tony Silva
13:25 – 14:00
Loro Parque, 50 años conociendo a los loros y comprendiendo la naturaleza
Speaker: Rafael Zamora Padrón
Hotel Botánico
20:30
Closing Gala Dinner with a splendid menu in the exotic gardens of the Hotel Botánico. Awards will be handed to the best speakers.
Please note that this programme is subject to change
