VI International Livebearer Weekend Poecilia Skandinavia
Termindatum: Freitag, 02. Mai 2014 Startzeit: 09:00h
Enddatum: Sonntag, 04. Mai 2014 Ende: 11:00h
VI International Livebearer Weekend
Hvert
andet år holder Poecilia Scandinavia en international ungeføderweekend
om ungefødende fisk. Men med Poecilias 40 års jubilæum er der også
ungeføderweekend i 2014.
Det er den sjette ungeføderweekend
Arrangementet er den 2.-4. maj 2014 i Holbæk.
Foredrag mm. foregår i "Kuben" et auditorium knyttet til Holbæk Seminarium".
Overnatning sker på det nærliggende vandrehjem. Holbæk Vandrerhjem, Sidesporet.
Har
du ideer til indholdet, så giv et prej til arrangementsgruppen, der
indtil videre består af Malin Lindqvist, Jørn Klinge, Kim Walther og
Thue Grum-Schwensen.
Foredrag:
Gil Rosenthal,
professor og forsker i sværddragere, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Han driver også en forskningsstation i Mexico og er specialist i
sværddragere i det nordlige Mexico samt hybrider (krydsninger), der
foregår mellem arter i naturen.
Michael Kempkes, Tyskland.
Han har skrevet eller været medforfatter til flere bøger, blandt andet
Aqualogs "All livebearers and halfbeaks", flere bøger om guppyer og
senest den nye bog om goodeider. Han taler om levendefødende fisk i
Florida, USA - blandt andet på baggrund af flere rejser.
Festtale lørdag aften:
Poecilia
Scandinavia fylder fyrre i 2014, og derfor bliver der ved middagen
lørdag en festtale om Poecilia Scandinavia i 40 år.
Æresmedlem Erik Lind Larsen, der var med til at stifte Poecilia Scandinavia i 1974, holder festtalen.
Program og priser
Endelig program er ikke færdigt, og der arbejdes stadig med priser.
Every two years Poecilia Scandinavia hosts an international livebearer weekend on livebearing fish. However Poecilias 40th anniversary means, that they will also host a livebearer weekend in 2014. This will be the 6th livebearer weekend. The 7th will be in 2016.
The event takes place from May the 2nd to May the 4th 2014 in Holbæk, Denmark, approximately 40 minutes by train from Copenhagens international airport, Kastrup.
Lectures etc. will take place at “Kuben” which is an auditorium connected to “Holbæk Seminarium” – a teacher academy.
Participants can sleep at the hostel “Holbæk Vandrerhjem, Sidesporet”, which is located nearby.
The event committee consists of Malin Lindqvist, Jørn Klinge, Kim Walther and Thue Grum-Schwensen.
Lectures:
Gil Rosenthal, professor and scholar, Swordtails, University of Texas, Austin, USA. He also runs a research station in Mexico and is a specialist concerning Swordtails in Northern Mexico as well as hybrids which take place in nature.
Michael Kempkes, Germany, author and co-author of several books including Aqualogs "All livebearers and halfbeaks", several books on guppies and most recently a book on goodeids. He will talk about livebearing fish in Florida, USA – based among other things upon his travels.
Anniversary speech Saturday evening: Poecilia Scandinavia will turn 40 years in 2014. At the dinner Saturday Evening there will be an anniversary speech about Poecilia Scandinavia’s 40 years.
Honorary member Erik Lind Larsen, who helped found Poecilia Scandinavia in 1974, will give the anniversary speech.
Program and prices
The final program is not yet ready and the event committee is still working on the prices.