Programme

Wednesday, 25 Feb. 2009.

10:00-11:00. Opening ceremony.

Session The Web of Life.

11:00-11:15. Pedro Jordano (EBD-CSIC, Seville): The State of the Art

11:15-12:15. John N. Thompson (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA). Darwin and the coevolving entangled bank.

12:15-13:15. Jordi Bascompte (EBD-CSIC, Seville). Darwin’s entangled bank and the architecture of biodiversity

13:15-13:45. Discussion.

Wednesday, 25 Feb. 2009.

Session Evolution in action

16:30-16:45. Juan Arroyo (University of Seville): The State of the Art

16:45-17:45. Douglas J. Futuyma (State University of New York, USA). Evolutionary ecology and evolutionary constraints

17:45-18:45. Miguel Verdú (CIDE-CSIC, Valencia). What does community phylogenetics owe to Darwin?

18:45-19:15. Discussion.

Thursday, 26 Feb. 2009.

Session The Tree of Life

09:45-10:00: Gonzalo Nieto (RJB-CSIC, Madrid): The State of the Art

10:00-11:00. Michael Donoghue (Yale University, Peabody Natural History Museum, USA).  Charles Darwin, the Tree of Life, and understanding biodiversity

11:00-12:00. David Posada (University of Vigo). Phylogenomics and the Tree Of Life

12:00-12:30. Discussion.

Thursday, 26 Feb. 2009.

Session Palaeobiology: viewing the past to foresee the future

16:00-16:15. José S. Carrión (Univeristy of Murcia): The State of the Art

16:15-17:15. Else Marie Friis (Swedish Natural History Museum). Darwin's abominable mystery and the fossil record of early flowers

17:15-18:15. José L. Sanz (Autonomous University, Madrid). Fossils, culture and the history of life

18:15-18:45. Discussion

Friday, 27 Feb. 2009. 

Session Didactic and sociological aspects of evolution aspect

09:00-09:15. Miguel Escudero (Universidad de Sevilla): The State of the Art

09:15-10:15. Thomas R. Meagher (University of St. Andrews). Evolution in the Century of Biology: adaptation to societal need

10:15-11:15. Fernando González Candelas (Universidad de Valencia). An unexpectedly difficult pathway: university teaching of evolutionary theory

11:15-11:30. Discussion

11:30-11:45. Break

11:45-12:30. Juan Núñez Farfán (Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, México). The growth of evolutionary biology in Mexico

12:30-13:15. Encarnación Aguilar (Universidad de Sevilla). Antonio Machado y Núñez. A darwinist at the University of Seville

13:15-13:30. Discussion

13:30-14:00. General Discussion and Conclusions.

Exhibition: Antonio Machado y Núñez and the darwinists in Seville

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