Programme
Speakers should limit the duration of their presentations to 30 minutes to ensure ample time for discussion and transition between speakers.
Monday 18 March
17:00 – 18:00 Welcome reception and drinks
18:00 – 19:00 Delegate introductions
19:00 Dinner
Tuesday 19 March
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome/introduction
Andrew Biewener and Alan Wilson
Session I: Mechanisms and energetics in movement ecology (Chairs: Andrew Biewener and Alan Wilson)
09:15 – 09:55 Alan Wilson The Royal Veterinary College, UK
Field biomechanics: linking muscle energetics to performance and environment
10:00 – 10:40 Glen Lichtwark Queensland University of Technology, Australia
10:45 Refreshment break
11:15 – 11:55 Jessica Selinger Queen’s University, Canada
Human running energetics: can ecological preferences inform assistive device design?
12:00 – 12:40 Anders Hedenström Lund University, Sweden
The biomechanical foundations of vertebrate migration: linking theory, energetics and ecology
12:45 Lunch
Session II: Insights from aquatic environments (Chair: Andrew Biewener)
13:45 – 14:25 Valentina Di Santo Stockholm University, Sweden
14:30 – 15:10 Brad Gemmell University of South Florida, USA
15:15 Refreshment break
15:45 – 16:25 Jeremy Goldbogen Stanford University, USA
16:30 – 17:10 James Liao University of Florida, USA
From lab to ocean and in between: linking energetics, ecology and mechanics in fish locomotion
19:30 Dinner
Wednesday 20 March
Session III: Challenges of studying movement in complex environments (Chair: Andrew Biewener)
09:00 – 09:40 Emily Shepard Swansea University, UK
The role of wind, updrafts and turbulence on flight energetics
09:45 – 10:25 Doug Altshuler The University of British Columbia, Canada
Specialization and generalization in avian flight: effects of biomechanics, energetics and ecology
10:30 Refreshment break
11:00 – 11:40 Lucy Hawkes University of Exeter, UK
Flight physiology and adaptations/limitations for high altitude flight
11:45 – 12:25 Timothy Higham University of California, Riverside, USA
Dynamic adhesive locomotion in geckos: ecology, energetics, and biomechanics
12:30 Lunch
13:00 – 17:00 Social activities
19:30 Dinner
Thursday 21 March
Session IV: Studying energetics in the field (Chair: Alan Wilson)
09:00 – 09:40 Judy Shamoun-Baranes University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Incorporating energetics in the annual cycle of migratory animals
09:45 – 10:25 Herman Pontzer Duke University, USA
The energetics of movement, from exercise to ecology
10:30 Refreshment break
11:00 – 11:40 Roxanne Beltran University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
11:45 – 12:25 Robyn Hetem University of Canterbury, New Zealand
12:30 – 12:45 An introduction to The Company of Biologists and JEB
Michaela Handel, Managing Editor, Journal of Experimental Biology
12:45 Lunch
Session V: Beyond the animal – biorobotics and augmented systems (Chair: Andrew Biewener)
13:30 – 14:10 Federico Formenti King’s College London, UK
Insights from human physiological performance in unusual conditions
14:15 – 14:55 Gregory Sawicki Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Pushing beyond locomotion economy – What can exoskeletons do on the shortest and longest timescales?
15:00 Refreshment break
15:30 – 16:10 Alexander Badri-Sprowitz KU Leuven, Belgium
Linking mechanics to energetics in the context of biorobotic design
16:15 – 17:00 General discussion (Chairs: Andrew Biewener and Alan Wilson)
19:30 Dinner
Friday 22 March
By 10:00 Departure
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