3rd edition
Humpback Whale World Congress
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Program
MONDAY 6TH MARCH
- 8:00 — 8:30am Transportation by bus from el Hotel Renaissance Jaragua to the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo
Opening session
- 9:00 — 9:10am Introduction by Francia Carolina Alcantara, Master of Ceremony
- 9:10 — 9:15am Mtro. Editrudis Beltran, Magnificent Rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)
- 9:20 — 9:25am Dr. Miguel Ceara Hatton, Minister of Environment and Natural Ressources of the Dominican Republic
- 9:25 — 9:30am David Collado, Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic
- 9:30 — 9:35am Franklin Fermin Garcia, Minister of Education Science and Technology
- 9:35 — 9:40am Marie Delille, Principal Consultant at the French Embassy of the Dominican Republic
- 9:40 — 9:45am Laurie Chovet, Project Manager, Agence Française de Developpement
- 9:45 — 10:00am Jimmy Garcia, President of the Maritime Affairs Authority (ANAMAR) of the Dominican Republic Screening of a video
- 10:00 — 10:05am Laurie Hec, Associate Director of the French marine mammal sanctuary AGOA
- 10:05 — 10:10am Ernesto Reyna, Center for Environmental, Energy and Sustainable Development Studies, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLOBE)
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- Tribute to Mrs Idelisa Bonnelly de Calventi
- 10:10 — 10:20am Ernesto Reyna, Center for Environmental, Energy and Sustainable Development Studies, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLOBE)
- 10:20 — 10:25am Felicita Heredia, President of the Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies (Fundemar)
- 10:25 — 10:30am Screening of a video
- 10:30 — 10:35am Dr. Gladys Rosado: The historical evolution of the study of humpback whales at CIBIMA-IBC
- 10:35 — 10:40am Dr. Peter Stevick, Honorary President of the 3rd HWWC
- 10:40 — 10:45am Dr. Anjara Saloma, President of the Ngo Cetamada, Founder of the HWWC
- 11:30 — 12:00pm Transportation by bus from UASD to Hotel La Renaissance Jaragua
- 12:00 — 03:00pm Lunch at Hotel La Renaissance Jaragua
Special Session I Topic: Scientific research on humpback whales in the Dominican Republic
- 03:00 — 03:20pm Ernesto Reyna, Center for Environmental, Energy and Sustainable Development Studies, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLOBE)
- 03:20 — 03:40pm Oswaldo Vasquez: Marine mammal research and conservation in the Dominican Republic (CIBIMA, ATEMAR, FUNGLODE)
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- 03:40 — 03:50pm Coffee break in the Poster room
Invited Speaker #1 Dr. Liliana Betancourt, CEBSE, Dominican Republic
3:50 - 4:35pm Humpback whales in Samana Bay
- 04:40 — 04:50pm Anna Safryghin: Ocean Governance: Towards effective management of marine mammals in MPAs: the Marine Mammals Management
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- 03:40 — 03:50pm Coffee break in the Poster room
DEPARTURE AT 6:30PM : HOTEL 1 A RENAISSANCE JARAGUA
07:00 — 10:00pm ICEBREAKING EVENT for the opening of the exhibition Oceano el buceo insOlito at the National Museum of Natural History, Santo Domingo
https://mnhn.gob.do
TUESDAY 7TH MARCH
Invited Speaker #2 Dr. Lindsey Jones, Allied Whale at College of the Atlantic, USA
8:30 - 9:15am An evolving ocean-basin wide perspective on the population ecology of humpbacks from the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog
Oral session #2 Topic: Whale watching Chair: MSc. Oswaldo Vasquez
- 09:20 — 09:40am Dr. Cristina Castro: Whale watching tourism as a driving force for socio-economic development in Puerto Lopez, Machalilla National Park, Manabi, Ecuador
- 09:40 — 10:00am Oswaldo Vasquez: Marine mammal research and conservation in the Dominican Republic (CIBIMA, ATEMAR, FUNGLODE)
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- 10:00 — 10:20am Coffee break in the Poster room
Oral session #3 Topic: Human activities and mitigation Chair: MSc. Rita Sellares
- 10:20 — 10:40am Dr. Alexander Werth: Interactions between humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) baleen and microplastics
- 10:40 — 11:00am Dr. Nadege Gandilhon: How to assess underwater noise according to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) indicator #11 applied to whales
- 11:00 — 11:20pm Dr. Isabela Oliveira: How to save whales from extinction: methods employed by the Brazilian Humpback Whale Project
- 11:20 — 11:40pm Sita Narayanan: Ports: crucial nodal points for Caribbean territories
- 11:40 — 12:00pm Dr. Jennifer Tocny: Environmental monitoring: A management tool for natural areas of Guadeloupe Port Authority
Poster session #1 (Authors have 2 min to orally pitch their poster)
- 12:00 — 12:02pm Dr. Benjamin de Montgolfier: Habitat use and co-occurrence of Humpback whales and North Atlantic Right Whales in Baie des Chaleurs (Quebec, Canada)
- 12:02 — 12:04pm Dr. Gilles Nolibe: Technological innovation for area surveillance usable to detect whales at sea by 360° thermal cameras
- 12:04 — 12:06pm Cathy Lacourbas: Observation of possible food rivalry between killer whales and humpback whales Skjervoy-Kvaenangen Norway Winter 2022
- 12:06 — 12:08pm Dr. Yira Rodriguez-Jerez: Humpback whale historical routes, based on collections of fluke photographs
- 12:08 — 12:10pm Rachel Haderle: Are white-backed dolphins and Florida-type dolphins different? A study of two bottlenose dolphin morphotypes around Guadeloupe
- 12:10 — 12:12pm Salome Martin-Marin: Educational tools
- 12:12 — 12:14pm Dr. Rebeca Campos Cuellar: Humpback whale population of Lesser Antilles: Testing the individual's recognition through two photo-ID platforms
- 12:14 — 12:16pm Dr. Yann Doh: Description of a Humpback song theme off Sainte Marie Island for the breeding season 2022
- 12:16 — 12:18pm Bertrand Denis: ABYSS: a N.G.0 dedicated to cetaceans' conservation in the western coast of La Reunion Island
- 12:18 — 12:20pm Maevatiana Ratsimbazafindranahaka: CETAMADA: Malagasy Ngo for the conservation of cetaceans and their marine habitats
- 12:20 — 12:22pm Franck Garita: White humpback whale calf in Costa Rica: Distribution, behavior, and group size
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- 12:22 — 02:00pm Lunch
Invited Speaker #3 Dr. Lyne Morissette, CEO and researcher at M - Expertise Marine, Quebec
02:00 - 02:45pm From sorrow to hope, from threats to solutions: how humpback whales affect our will to protect and save our oceans
Oral session #4 Topic: Breeding areas Chair: Dr. Liliana Betancourt
- 02:50 — 03:10pm Dr. Cristina Castro: Twenty-six years of humpback whale photo-identification in Ecuador
- 03:10 — 03:30pm Laura Daniela Benitez: Residence patterns of humpback whales in a breeding ground in the Southwest of the Colombian Pacific
- 03:30 — 03:50pm Dr. Maria Isabel Carvalho Goncalves: Tracking interannual fluctuations in the presence of humpback whales on the Southern coast of Bahia, Brazil
- 03:50 — 04:10pm Dr. Juliana Castrillon: Moreton Bay; a previously unrecognized resting stopover for east-coast of Australia migrating humpback whales
- 04:10 — 04:30pm Dr. Olivier Adam: Study of humpback whale populations in the southwest Indian Ocean from high resolution satellite images
- 04:30 — 04:50pm Coffee break in the Poster room
Oral session #5 Topic: AcousticsChair: Dr. Yann Doh
- 04:50 — 05:10pm Dr. Christina Perazio: Screaming singers: Correlations between boat noise and frequency structure of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) song
- 05:10 — 05:30pm Dr. Maria Isabel Gonsalves: South Atlantic humpback whale song revolution: evidence for a Southern Hemisphere cultural exchange?
- 05:30 — 05:50pm Dr. Maria Isabel Gonsalves: Characterization of the vocal activity patterns of humpback whale singers in a breeding area in Southern Bahia, Brazil
- 05:50 — 06:10pm Dr. Divna Djokic: Latin America humpback whale song dynamics
RDV DIRECTLY AT CASA DE TEATRO
08:00 — 10:00pm Screening of the DOCUMENTARY FILM "Where the Whales Sing?'', directed by Andrew Stevenson, at the Casa De Teatro, Santo Domingo, https://casadeteatro.mystrikingly.com/
WEDNESDAY 8TH MARCH
Invited Speaker #4 Dr. Erich Hoyt, Whale and Dolphin Conservation
08:30 - 09:15am The critical importance of humpback whales for MPAs, tourism and helping he climate emergency in light of site fidelity and fecundity
Oral session #6 Topic: Acoustics Chair: Dr. Olivier Adam
- 09:20 — 09:40am Dr. Yann Doh: Humpback singers' interactions study from stereophonic acoustic dataset off Sainte Marie Island (Madagascar)
- 09:40 — 10:00am Dr. Gilles Nolibe: Acoustic monitoring of whales and anthropogenic noise in the ocean using connected smart buoys
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- 10:00 — 10:20am Coffee break in the Poster room
Oral session #7 Topic: Collaborations between researchers and citizensChair: Dr. Anjara Saloma
- 10:20 — 10:40am Serge Briez: Contribution of participatory citizen science to observe potential effects of climate change on humpback whale migrations
- 10:40 — 11:00am Gabriel Dubus: Citizen science involved in detection and classification of cetaceans for passive acoustic monitoring
- 11:00 — 11:20am Dr. Isabela Oliveira, The humpback whale spaces: the importance of interpretive centers as a tool to create awareness on the plight of our ocean
- 11:20 — 11:40am Iro Tsarmpopoulou-Fokianou: Of whales and men: The cultural significance of whales in Iceland
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- 11:40 — 02:00pm Lunch
Invited Speaker #5 Dr. Joy Reidenberg, Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology, New York, USA
02:00 - 02:45pm Blows and bubbles: humpback whale nasal anatomy influences airflow paths determining shapes of air releases above and below water
Oral session #8 Topic: Anatomy, genetics and behaviors Chair: Dr. Jean-Luc Jung
- 02:50 — 03:10pm Dr. Jodi Frediani: Humpback whales blow bubble rings for humans - a play prompt in poloidal parlance?
- 03:10 — 03:30pm Sebastian Guillermin (video): Genetic diversity of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in a Northeast Madagascar breeding ground
- 03:30 — 03:50pm Maevatiana Ratsimbazafindranahaka: Humpback whale suckling behavior in the breeding grounds: duration, rate, spatial context, and activity context
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- 03:50 — 04:10am Coffee break in the Poster room
Oral session #9 Topic: Caribbean populationChair: Magali Combes
- 04:10 — 04:30am Dr. Jaime Bolarios Jimenez: Spatial and temporal distribution of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in poorly-studied areas of the wider Caribbean Region
- 04:30 — 04:50am Dr. Michel Vely: Humpback whale satellite-tracking confirms the connectivity between the Northern Lesser Antilles and the importance of regional collaboration to conserve marine biodiversity
- 04:50 — 05:10am Jerome Couvat: Acoustics Caribbean rhythms: first insights into humpback whale calls through the CARI'MAM large scale high sampling rate bioacoustic observatory
- 05:10 — 05:30am Stephane Chavin (video): Automatic classification of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) vocalization in the Caribbean
- 05:30 — 05:50am Dr. Andrew Stevenson: Acoustic characterisation of North Atlantic humpback whale vocalisations at an oceanic migration
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DEPARTURE BY BUS AT 7:30PM FROM HOTEL LA RENAISSANCE JARAGUA
08:00 — 02:00am Invitation to the GALA EVENING at the Restaurant Bar & Museo del Ron Dominicano, with the financial support of ITMX https://www.instagram.com/barymuseodelron/?h1=es
THURSDAY 9TH MARCH
Invited Speaker #6 Dr. Jaime Bolanos-Jimenez, Founder and co-Director of the Caribbean-Wide Orca project, Venezuela
08:30 - 09:15am Building bridges for marine mammal conservation in poorly-studied areas
Oral session #10 Topic: Interactions with human activities in the Caribbean Chair: Laurie Hec
- 09:20 — 09:40am Dr. Claire Pusineri: Status of marine mammals in the Caribbean and actions conducted by the SPAW RAC
- 09:40 — 10:00am Magali Combes: Entanglement of large cetaceans (humpback whales and sperm whales) on fishing gear in the French West Indies: an increasing threat?
- 10:00 — 10:20am Dr. Jamie Aquino: Effectiveness of community-based education and fisher training programs to sensitize local populations in Haiti about whales
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- 10:20 — 10:40am Coffee break in the Poster room
Oral session #11 Topic: Interactions with human activities in the CaribbeanChair: Dr. Claire Pusineri
- 10:40 — 11:00am Dr. Rocio Prieto: Like humpback whales, the Caribbean Cetacean Society is going beyond frontiers for cetacean conservation in the Lesser Antilles
- 11:00 — 11:20am Dr. Jaime Bolahos Jimenez: Contribution of the CWOP initiative to the knowledge of the humpback whale and other cetacean species in the wider Caribbean region
- 11:20 — 11:40am Dr. Benjamin de Montgolfier: Use of Fort-de-France Bay (Martinique) by humpback whales using passive acoustics
- 11:40 — 12:00pm Dr. Mithriel MacKay: North Atlantic humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) confirmed predation by orca (Orcinus orca) occurs in the Caribbean Sea
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- 12:00 — 02:00pm Lunch
| Workshops | Blue Economy | Port activities and marine environment | CAMAC meeting |
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| 2:00 – 4:00pm | Chair: Nina Lysenko, Directora Recursos Marinos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturale Israel Santana Carabello, Coordinator Regional Nordeste en Areas Protegidas y Biodiversidad | Chair: Dr. Nadege Gandilhon | Chair : Laurie Hec |
| 4:00 – 4:20pm | Coffee break in the Poster room | Coffee break in the Poster room | Coffee break in the Poster room |
| 4:20 – 6:00pm | Workshop (continued) | Workshop (continued) | Workshop (continued) |
Closing session
- 06:00 — 06:15pm Dr. Peter Stevick, Honorary President
- 06:15 — 06:30pm Dr. Anjara Saloma, President of the Ngo Cetamada
FRIDAY 10TH MARCH
Whale Watching day - Samana
- 06:00 — 09:00am Transportation by bus from Hotel la Renaissance Jaragua to Samana
- 09:30 — 03:00pm Whale watching tour including picnic lunch on the beach and swimming
- 03:00 — 05:00pm Free time to visit Samana
- 05:00 — 07:00pm Cocktail party with boat owners and whale watchers
- 07:00 — 10:00pm Transportation by bus from Samana to Santo Domingo
MARINE MAMMALS MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT
« Toward Effective Management of Marine Mammals in MPAs, The Marine Mammals Management Toolkit » https://marine-mammals.info/hwwc-workshop/
Meet them at the Hotel La Renaissance Jaragua, Santo Domingo Date & Time sessions:
- 7th of March, 10am – 12pm; 4pm – 6pm
- 8th of March, 10am — 12pm; 2pm — 4pm
