THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER, SALA EMMA STRADA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO

9:30

Opening
Claudio Comoglio, Politecnico di Torino & RIBES Project Coordinator

9:40

Keynote Lecture: Freshwater fish conservation - threats and priorities
Jörg Freyhof, Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany

COFFEE BREAK

10:40

PIT-tagged Italian riffle dace (Telestes muticellus) movement and behaviour in a small
mountain stream. Alfredo Schiavon, IGB Berlin, Germany

11:00

Investigating fish hydrodynamic sensing: an integrated approach utilizing numerical and
experimental methods. Ali Hassan Khan, Tallin University of Technology, Estonia

11:20

Together we are bolder: collective behavior and fish passage
Gloria Mozzi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

11:40

From markers to meaning: understanding fish physiological responses to assess human
impacts on rivers. Sophia Schumann, University of Padua, Italy

12:00

Freshwater fish and underwater acoustics: a method of measuring resonance properties
of swim bladders. William Wu, Southampton University, UK

LUNCH

13:20

Keynote Lecture: Fish migration, behavior and passage
Paul Kemp, Southampton University, UK

14:00

Does multimodal integration influence fish behavioural responses to acoustic stimuli?
Philip Ericsson, Southampton University, UK

14:20

Quantifying light pollution as a barrier to fish migration
James Campbell, IGB Berlin, Germany

COFFEE BREAK

15:00

Keynote Lecture: Fish passage and hydrodynamics
Ana Silva, NINA, Norway

15:40

Understanding and predicting fish movement in the vicinity of a barrier and fish pass
Rachel Mawer, SJE, Germany

16:00

Fish migration in an anthropogenically impacted river system
Jelger Elings, Ghent University, Belgium

16:30

RIBES MEETINGS

18:30

FISH IN TROUBLED WATERS – FABER TEATER
AULA MAGNA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO

FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER, SALA EMMA STRADA, POLITECNICO DI TORINO

9:00

Opening
Claudio Comoglio, Politecnico di Torino & RIBES Project Coordinator

9:10

Keynote Lecture: Fish passage solutions and evaluation
Olle Calles, Karlstad University, Sweden

9:50

Novel guidance devices to support downstream migrating fish
Velizara Stoilova, Norconsult, Sweden

10:10

Hydrodynamics of fish at hydraulic structures: coupled ecological-hydrodynamic
modelling of fish movement through vertical slot fishways
Marcelo Xavier Ruiz Coello, University of Padua, Italy

COFFEE BREAK

10:50

Keynote Lecture: Future avenues for improving fishway design
Christos Katopodis, Katopodis Ecohydraulics Ltd, Canada

11:30

Characterisation of drag on fish-shaped bodies
Miriam Castagna, University of Aberdeen, UK

11:50

Fish in motion: methodological advances and scientific insights in fish swimming
performance. Usama Ashraf, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

12:10

Informing novel riverscape restoration with scale appropriate models
Henry Hansen, Karlstad University, Sweden

12:30

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