Research herd at Hinnøya, the autumn of 1964. Photo: Sven Skjenneberg
Programme
Venue: University of Tromsų, Auditorium 1, Theory Building, House 1.
The conference is opening Tuesday 16th November at 0900 a.m and is closed by lunchtime Thursday 18th November.
Tuesday 16 November
0830 Bus departure from Radisson Blu Hotel to the University
0845-0915 Registration at University Campus, Teorifagbygget, Hus 1, Auditorium 1 (registration desk will be opened throughout the conference) / Mounting posters
0915-0930 Opening of the Conference
Session 1 – Historical Issues
0930-1015 Professor Einar Niemi Reindeer herding in historical perspective: strained from the outside and from within?
1015-1045 Coffee / Mounting posters
1045-1130 Professor Anne Loison Evolutionary perspectives on reindeer life history
1130-1215 Professor Knut Røed DNA in reindeer as marker for transition from hunting to use of reindeer as domesticates
1215 Lunch
1315-1340 Post doc. Ingrid Sommerseth Archeology and the debate on the transition of hunting reindeer to reindeer husbandry?
1340-1400 Master student Lena Susanne Kvernmo Gaup Transmission of reindeer husbandry from Sapmi to Greenland
Session 3 – Reindeer Husbandry and “Development”
1400-1420 Research Manager Mauri Nieminen Why supplementary feeding in Finland
1420-1440 Post doc. Anna Skarin Using pellet-group counts to detect change in reindeer spatial distribution in relation to human development
Poster Session 1
1440-1510 Poster Uneven numbers – ”Speed-talks”
1510-1540 Coffee. Poster Show – Poster Uneven numbers
Session 2 – Changes in Reindeer Husbandry: Reflections of Nordic Reindeer Herders
1540-1600 Reindeer owner Alf Johansen “A new era” – changes and challenges for reindeer husbandry
1600-1620 Reindeer owner Per Gustav Idivuoma Reindeer husbandry in a changing world
1620-1640 Reindeer owner Juha Magga Personal experiences: changes and consequences in reindeer husbandry
1640-1720 Professor Ole Henrik Magga, EALAT – a research project and a social activity
Session 3 – Reindeer Husbandry and “Development”
1720-1740 Research Manager Mauri Nieminen Why supplementary feeding in Finland
1740-1800 Post doc. Anna Skarin Using pellet-group counts to detect change in reindeer spatial distribution in relation to human development
1815 Reception at Árdna, the Sami cultural building located at the University campus
2100 Bus departure from the University to Radisson Blu Hotel
Wednesday 17 November
0830 Bus departure from Radisson Blu Hotel to the University
Session 4 – Juridical Questions
0900-0945 Associate professor Øyvind Ravna Clarification of pasture rights and grazing conflicts within the reindeer husbandry and legal obligations in relation to that
Poster Session 20945-1015 Poster Even numbers – ”Speed-talks”
1015-1045 Coffee. Poster Show – Poster Even numbers
Session 5 – Ecosystem and Society
1045-1105 Senior researcher Hans Tømmervik et al. Recent trends and scenarios for winter pastures in relation to reindeer density and climate change
1105-1130 Associate professor Kari Anne Bråthen Connections of varying reindeer density, quality of the summer pastures and wildlife populations
1130-1150 Senior researcher Torkild Tveraa Reindeer, climate and plant production
1150-1220 Associate professor Vera Helene Hausner Adaptive regimes: what is the importanse of geographic and socioeconomic conditions
1220 Lunch
1320-1340 Reseacher Kirsi Muuttoranta (& Asko Mäki-Tanila) Survey on management and selection decisions among reindeer herders
1340-1400 Researcher Marius Næss Pastoral risk management – the importance of co-operation
Session 6 – Adaptations to Climate, Harvesting and Production
1400-1430 Professor Arnoldus Schytte Blix Negative effects of global warming on energy intake and reproduction in reindeer and muskoxen
1430-1500 Senior researcher Per Fauchald How is the reindeer husbandry regulated by climate and harvesting?
1500-1520 Researcher Bård J. Bårdsen Can female reindeer adapt to climate change?
1520-1550 Coffee - Poster shows 1 and 2
1550-1610 Senior researcher Jan Åge Riseth Climate change, effect scenarios and adaptation processes for reindeer management in Norway
1610-1630 Researcher Audun Stien Body mass and calf production in semidomesticated reindeer in Norway
1630-1650 Researcher Knut Langeland The reindeer’ use of summer pastures
1650-1710 PhD-student Anna Olofsson et al. Changes in grazing conditions – detection and management
Session 7 – Reindeer Health
1710-1730 Section leader Kjell Handeland Digital necrobacillosis (slubbo) in reindeer with focus on an outbreak in wild reindeer population
1730-1750 Professor Monica A. Sundset Physiological adaptations in reindeer to cope with toxic lichen acids
1750-1810 Professor Birgitta Åhman et al. Reindeer health – increasing knowledge through education and web-based information
1820 Bus departure from the University to Radisson Blu Hotel
2000 Conference Dinner at Radisson Blu Hotel
Thursday 18 November
0830 Bus departure from Radisson Blu Hotel to the University
Session 8 – Short term and Long Term Challenges of the Reindeer Husbandry
0900-0945 Professor Morten Tryland Reindeer Will we have new diseases and health challenges in reindeer in the years to come?
0945-1015 Coffee
1015-1100 Senior officer Christian Nellemann Pastures, harassments and impacts (prelim.)
1100-1145 Professor Öje Danell Reindeer husbandry and the predators
1145-1200 Closing the conference
1200-1300 Lunch
