List of Speakers announced for FINS conference

Conference organisers have announced the speaker list of the upcoming FINS conference on freshwater invasive species

POLICY

Keynote Speaker

Niall Moore, Head of GB NNNSS
GB Non-Native Species, York, UK

Guest speakers

Dr. Helen Roy, Senior Scientist
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Oxford, UK

Dr. Olaf Weyl, Principal Scientist
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa

MANAGEMENT & RISK ASSESSMENT

Keynote speaker

Professor  Hugh MacIsaac, Professor and Invasive Species Chair
Department of Fisheries & Oceans, University of Windsor, Canada

Guest speakers

Dr. Anthony Ricciardi, Professor of Biology
Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Dr. Toril Loennechen Moen, Senior Adviser
Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC), Trondheim, Norway

ECONOMICS

Keynote speaker

Frances Williams, Project Development Officer
CABI, Kenya

Guest speakers

Dr. Jarle Steinkjer, Senior Adviser
Directorate for Nature Management (DN), Norway

Dr. Stephen Hynes, Senior Researcher
Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, National University of Ireland Galway

BIOSECURITY

Keynote speaker

Dr. Phil Hulme, Professor of Plant Biosecurity
Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Guest speaker

Dr. Joe Caffrey, Senior Research Officer
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Dublin, Ireland

Dr. Birgit Oidtmann, Veterinary Epidemiologist
Centre of Environment Fisheries Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK