9:00             

Registration   

 

09:30-09:40   

Opening Remarks

Dr. Takashi Watanabe (Director and Professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Japan)
 

09:40-09:50

Group photo

 

10:00-10:40

Keynote speech

The role of biogenic amines and neuropeptides in regulating key fire ant worker and sexual activities

Dr. Robert Vander Meer (Research Leader, USDA, ARS, USA)

 

10:40-11:10  

Invited speecH 01

Genetic insights into the success of two invasive ants in the U.S.

Dr. Edward Vargo (Professor and Endowed Chair, Texas A&M University, USA)

 

11:10-11:40   

Invited speecH 02

Global, regional and local trends in exotic ant species distribution and spread

Dr. Benoit Guénard (Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
 

11:40-12:10   

Invited speecH 03

The use of an alginate hydrogel to deliver aqueous bait to manage invasive Argentine ants

Dr. Jia-Wei Tay (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC Riverside, USA)

 

12:10-13:20        

Lunch
 

13:30-14:10

Invited speecH 04

The development of countermeasure for invasive alien ants by NIES

Dr. Kouichi Goka (Division Head, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)

 

14:10-14:40

Invited speecH 05   

Bomb carbon-14 analysis reveals expanded diet breadth associates with the invasion of a predatory ant

Dr. Kenji Matsuura (Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

 

14:40-15:10        

Tea break

 

15:10-15:40

Invited speecH 06     

Toward the   eradication of invasive Argentine ants in urban area - as policy formation "Kyoto model”

Mr. Shota Susaki (Nature and Environmental Conservation Division, Kyoto Prefectural Government, Japan)

 

15:40-16:10

Invited speecH 07

The countermeasure of alien ants in Okinawa: collaboration between OKEON Churamori Project and Okinawa Prefecture

Dr. Masashi Yoshimura (Staff Scientist, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)

 

16:10-16:40

Invited speecH 08

Invasion of yellow crazy ants and its impact on endemic land crabs in Kenting National Park, Taiwan

Dr. Ching-Chen Lee (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan)

 

16:40-17:00      

Discussion