CephsInAction@Cascais

CephsInAction@Cascais2015 marks the end of the second year of activities of the FA1301 COST Action. The Venue for the annual meeting of this year is Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal.

The 2015 has been characterized by a series of small meetings that allow focalized discussion within individual FA1301-WGs with the contribution of FA1301 members belonging to other WGs.

During this Annual Meeting we will review the results of these small meetings, monitoring the advancements of the first two years of activities of CephsInAction and facilitate discussion on the next planned activities for the second half of operation of this COST Action.

Most recent results achieved in fields of study relevant to CephsInAction’s aims will be presented by some key lectures. New members recently joined us, and the meeting will be the occasion for introducing each other and monitor how our network is growing.

The capability of adapt to challenges is the key characteristic of cephalopods; inspired by “our animals”, we will adjust our operational plan during the meeting, setup the ground for the next years and try to cope with more challenging tasks that modern cephalopod biology and physiology is offering us. This is linked to the again challenging task of dealing with changes into policies at EU level.

Discussion will also focus on:- the state of the art and the advancements together with the future short-term plans (3 years) of the single “national/institutional” research groups in the sake of the plan of activities and the scientific goals of CephInAction;

– an analysis of recent advancements of scientific literature (last 3-5 years);

– the effects of the national transposition of Directive 2010/63/EU – together with similar changes in policies and regulations at EU level – on research on cephalopods, and key activities carried out by CephsInAction to deal with changes.

The capability of adapt to challenges is the key characteristic of cephalopods

Inspired by “our animals”, we will i. adjust our operational plan during this Annual Meeting, ii. setup the ground for the next years, and iii. try to cope with more challenging tasks that modern cephalopod biology and physiology is offering us.

Dealing with changes into policies at EU and international level in an additional challenging reason for this meeting

The Annual Meeting of the COST Action FA1301 includes WGs meeting, a workshop on ‘The Digestive tract of cephalopods: the interface between ecology and physiology‘, and the FA1301 MC Meeting.

Aims of the meeting:

1. to collect the results and achievements of the two first years
2. to facilitate collaborative work and networking among all participants
3. the identification of missing expertise and research priorities
4. the definition of the new GP goals, the plan of the networking activities for the achievement of the GP goals
5. delivery of reports from the WG leaders on the achievements of the WG for the year, including what was not achieved and the reasons behind

Expected Outputs:

• increase scientific publications and outcomes
• white paper on the identification of gaps in research and guidance documents
• knowledge exchanges including strategic information, planning, technical know-how, policy development, etc.

Discussion will also focus on:

– the state of the art and the advancements together with the future short-term plans (3 years) of the single “national/institutional” research groups in the sake of the plan of activities and the scientific goals of CephInAction;

– an analysis of recent advancements of scientific literature (last 3 years);

– the effects of the national transposition of Directive 2010/63/EU – together with similar changes in policies and regulations at EU level – on research on cephalopods, and key activities carried out by CephsInAction to deal with changes.

The Digestive tract of cephalopods: the interface between ecology and physiology a CephsInAction Workshop

Download the CephsInAction Annual Meeting Brochure

9:30 Welcome and Introduction – G. Ponte, D. Osorio, J. Pereira

Plenary Session

FA1301 – New Members, an introduction
     Contributions from new members: interests, activities and possible interactions

CephsInAction Projects – [11:00 – 13:00]

     Prospective Assessment on Severity of procedures in Cephalopods (PAS-C)
     A FA1301-WG4 activity: P.L.R. Andrews (UK)
     Introduction, aims, results and forthcoming plan
     Discussion and comments

FA1301 – most significant results, an overview
     A summary of the last 18 months of activities
     Scientific outcomes: published works
     Research Activities carried out under the framework of the COST ActionFA1301: short report from participants and leaders

Cephalopod Science
     Contributions from the worldwide scientific community

FA1301 – WG2 most significant results and outcomes
     Report from WG leaders and their delegates on the outcome of 2015 meetings
     Presentations after STSMs of relevance

FA1301 – WG1 most significant results and outcomes
     Report from WG leaders and their delegates on the outcome of 2015 meetings
     Presentations after STSMs of relevance

Goals of CephsInAction for this period
     A summary of key topics and contribution from members

Group Discussion (one hour free interaction; individual participants meet WG leaders and representatives)

Cephalopod Science and Young Generations
     The Young Cephalopod Researchers (YCR) group: Origin and expectations for the future – R. Melo

Free Dinner

Plenary Session

Guidance documents for the cephalopod community and their impact on Policies
     Fiorito (IT) & R. Villanueva (ES)
     Facilitated discussion on research priorities

FA1301 – WG4 most significant results and outcomes
     Report from WG leaders and their delegates on the outcome of 2015 meetings
     Presentations after STSMs of relevance

FA1301 – WG3 most significant results and outcomes
     Report from WG leaders and their delegates on the outcome of 2015 meetings
     Presentations after STSMs of relevance

Group Discussion (one hour free interaction; individual participants meet WG leaders and representatives)

Dissemination Activities – G. Fiorito & G. Ponte, rapporteur and facilitator

Education and Training

Goals of CephsInAction for this period
     A facilitated discussion around key topics and contribution from members

Wrapping-up

     Review of the left-over activities and plans for reaching results
     The most significant scientific projects to be delivered during the 3rd year
     CephsInAction – plan for the 3rd year

Dinner