08:00-08:10	Welcome by Professor AS van Jaarsveld
08:10-08:40	Opening address: The Hon PR Mokaba, Deputy Minister Environmental Affairs & Tourism
Session 1	International LTER
08:40-09:00	ILTER by Prof. J Gosz, ILTER network chairman
09:00-09:20	Canada by Dr. H Vaughn, Director: Ecological Monitoring & Assessment Network, Canada (to be confirmed)
09:20-09:40	South American regional LTER by Dr. Francisco Barbosa, Brazilian LTER network chairman
09:40-10:00	(to be arranged)
10:00-10:20	Questions to panel of speakers
10:20-10:50	Tea
Session 2	Relevance to South Africa
10:50-11:10	Overview of LTER in South Africa by Prof. Albert van Jaarsveld, South African LTER steeringcommittee chairman
11:10-11:30	Kruger National Park – LTER data by Dr. Harry Biggs, South African National Parks
11:30-11:50	Marion Island - LTER data by Prof. Christopher McQuaid, South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research
11:50-12:10	Agriculture and LTER data by the South African National Department of Agriculture (to be confirmed)
12:10-12:30	Report back from 1999 US LTER visit by South African scientists by Dr. G Kerley, Dr. H Biggs & T Tshiguvho
12:30-12:50	Questions to panel of speakers
12:50-14:00	Lunch
Session 3	African examples
14:00-14:20	Tanzania (to be confirmed)
14:20-14:40	Botswana (to be confirmed)
14:40-15:00	Tea
Session4	Site selection and data management
15:00-15:40	Database management by Prof. Jim Gosz, ILTER network chairman
15:40-16:20	Selection criteria and proposals for sites by Prof. Albert van Jaarsveld, South African LTER steering committee chairman
Session 5	Poster session
16:20-16:50	Summary of poster presentations by Prof. William Bond, University of Cape Town (to be confirmed)
16:50-17:30	Authors to stand at their posters to answer questions

 

 
 

Criteria for, and ranking of, South African LTER sites

Identification of appropriate research topics

Identification of funding organisations

Way forward for the development of a LTER Network in SA

Election of new committee