Program at a Glance For the most updated Program Timetable, please click here! For Final Program, please click here. (as of 5/10/2005)   List of Invited Keynote Speakers (in alphabetical order) Name Institution/Affiliation Topic Gerald A. Allen Conservation International, Australia Zoogeography of Indo-Pacific coral reef fishes David Bellwood James Cook University, Australia Patterns, origins and consequences of biodiversity in coral reef fishes J. Howard Choat James Cook University, Australia Reef fish phylogeography and evolution; the importance of life history features Kendall Clements University of Auckland, New Zealand Species and speciation in reef fishes Rainer Froese Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Germany Gap analysis of knowledge about Indo-Pacific fishes Samuel H. Gruber University of Miami, U.S.A. Early life history of the Lemon Shark Negaprion Brevirostris: New findings on ecology, breeding biology and predator prey relations using molecular, GIS and telemetry techniques G. David Johnson NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, U.S.A. The value of an ontogenetic perspective in phylogenetic studies of fishes Maurice Kottelat European Ichthyological Society Southeast Asian freshwater fish diversity: numbers, structure, distribution, hotspots, key habitats, and conservation Jeffrey M. Leis Australian Museum, Australia The ontogeny of behavior in marine fish larvae Robert McDowall National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research New Zealand's freshwater fishes: one fauna, two biogeographies John D. McEachran Texas A & M University, U.S.A. Historical Biology of the skates and rays Masaki Miya Natural History Museum and Institute, Japan Mitogenomic studies of fishes Lynne Parenti NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, U.S.A. Congruence between freshwater and marine fish distribution patterns in the Indo-Australian Archipelago John R. Paxton*/ Keiichi Matsuura *Australian Museum, Australia Australian and Japanese fish faunas: Striking similarities and distinctive differences John E. Randall Bishop Museum, U.S.A. Mimicry in marine fishes¡@ Yvonne Sadovy University of Hong Kong, China The future of fisheries in southeast Asia: Boon or bust for biodiversity Peter F. Sale University of Windsor, Canada Measuring demographic connectivity: a critical need for conservation and management of coral reef fishes Kwang-Tsao Shao*/C.T. Chen, C.S. Tzeng, S.C. Shen * Academia Sinica Fauna, ecology and conservation of marine and freshwater fishes from Taiwan Wann-Nian Tzeng Taiwan National University How can otoliths tell us the life history of eels? Analysis and interpretation of otolith elemental fingerprints Robert R. Warner University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. Dispersal scales and connectivity among marine populations

Mini workshops, forums, or group meetings are open for applications
We welcome participants or society/association chairs to convene formal or informal mini workshops, forums, or group meetings during the conference period. The conference organizer can assist to manage time slot and prepare a room/venue for the event. Please provide us the type and title of the gathering and possible number of participants and your preferred date or time so that we can try to help to arrange the schedule and include this in the final circular. Already scheduled are IUCN Specialists group meeting, FAO-SIDP, and "The 8th East Asian Eel Consortium" to be held during the period of IPFC7. For any inquires please contact e-mail: ipfc7@sinica.edu.tw.

Two meetings are taken place during the Conference period:

1. There will be a meeting of the IUCN Groupers and Wrasses Specialist Group during the Conference. Details of time and place will be announced later but all members are welcome as well as workers interested in learning more of what the group is doing or interested in joining us. Please contact yjsadovy@hkucc.hku.hk for more information, or go to www.humpheadwrasse.info and following links to SG website and newsletters.
2. There will be a meeting of the Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations (SCRFA) during the Conference. Time and place details to be announced later. All are welcome. To learn more about what we are doing see
www.scrfa.org or write to scrfa@hkucc.hku.hk