Finalized programme

SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2005

10.00-13.00 h: Registration and Welcome get-together brunch in restaurant ‘De Waag’ (http://www.indewaag.nl/nl/index.htm)

13.00-13.15 h: Walk together to venue "Het Trippenhuis"

(http://www.knaw.nl/contact/contact_eng.html)

13.30-14.00 h: Opening AVW4 by Herman Gons

14.00-15.00 h: Keynote lecture by Keizo Nagasaki - A molecular ecology study of dinoflagellate and virus relations.

15.00-15.30 h: Coffee/tea/soda

Oral session "Virus characterization and virus-host interactions"; chaired by Corina Brussaard

15.30-16.00 h: Oral presentation by Andrea Baker

16.00-16.30 h: Oral presentation by Takashi Yoshida

16.30-17.00 h: Oral presentation by Takashi Yamada

19.00 h: Dinner

MONDAY 18 APRIL 2005

08.45-09.00 h: Practicalities

Continuation of oral session "Virus characterization and virus-host interactions"; chaired by Curtis Suttle

09.00-09.30 h: Oral presentation by Gerhard Thiel

09.30-10.00 h: Oral presentation by Yoko Shirai

10.00-10.30 h: Coffee/tea break

10.30-11.00 h: Oral presentation by Janice Lawrence

11.00-11.30 h: Oral presentation by Hiroyuki Mizumoto

11.30-12.00 h: Oral presentation by David Dunigan

12.00-13.00 h: Lunch at venue

12.30 h: Poster set-up

13.00-14.00 h: Keynote lecture by Gunnar Bratbak - Methods in viral ecology.

Oral mini-session "Looking over the fence…. "; chaired by Gunnar Bratbak

14.00-14.30 h: Oral presentation by Stefan Simis

14.30-15.00 h: Oral presentation by Jean-Michel Claverie

Poster session plus reception

15.30-18.00 h: Five minutes oral presentation per poster will be allowed. Chair: Curtis Suttle

19.00 h: Dinner

TUESDAY 19 APRIL 2005

08.45-09.00 h: Practicalities

09.00-10.00 h: Keynote lecture by Willie Wilson - Berry-stone viruses: 30 years of climate control and face cream.

10.00-10.30 h: Coffee/tea break

Session "Molecular algal virology"; chaired by Keizo Nagasaki

10.30-11.00 h: Oral presentation by Mike Allen

11.00-11.30 h: Oral presentation by Yukari Takashima

11.30-12.00 h: Oral presentation by Nicolas Delaroque

12.00-13.00 h: Lunch at venue

13.00-13.30 h: Oral presentation by Yoshitake Takao

13.30-14.00 h: Oral presentation by Tae-Jin Choi

14.00-14.30 h: Oral presentation by David Dunigan

14.30-15.00 h: Oral presentation by Lisa Fitzgerald

Remaining afternoon: No programme

18.30 h: Boat trip (Amsterdam canals) and dinner

WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 2005

08.45-09.00 h: Practicalities

09.00-10.00 h: Keynote lecture by Corina Brussaard - Viral control of phytoplankton.

10.00-10.30 h: Coffee/tea break

Session "Viral control of phytoplankton populations – mortality and geochemical cycling"; chaired by Willie Wilson

10.30-11.00 h: Oral presentation by Claire Evans

11.00-11.30 h: Oral presentation by Anne-Claire Baudoux

11.30-12.00 h: Oral presentation by Susan Kimmance

12.00-13.00 h: Lunch at venue

13.00-13.30 h: Oral presentation by Jayme Lohr

13.30-14.00 h: Oral presentation by Kay Bidle

14.00-14.30 h: Oral presentation by Marjolijn Tijdens

14.30-15.00 h: Oral presentation by Herman Gons

15.00-15.30 h: Coffee/tea/soda

15.30-17.30 h: Informal discussion in subgroups based on session topics as preparation for discussion of Thursday.

Topics to be discussed: where do we stand, what is still unknown, and where do we go from here?

19.30 h: Dinner-party (casual wear)

THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2005

The venue has to be moved for this day to Radison SAS Hotel

Amsterdam City (http://www.radissonsas.com)

08.30-09.50 h: Entree with coffee/tea

08.50-09.00 h: Practicalities

09.00-10.00 h: Keynote lecture by Curtis Suttle - Phycodnaviruses, cyanophages, and marnaviruses: does viral phylogeny provide insights into host populations?

10.00-10.30 h: Coffee/tea break

Session "Viral control of population dynamics - virus and host diversity"; chaired by Herman Gons

10.30-11.00 h: Oral presentation by Keizo Nagasaki

11.00-11.30 h: Oral presentation by Eric Wommack

11.30-12.00 h: Oral presentation by Joaquin Martinez

12.00-13.00 h: Lunch at venue

13.00-14.00 h: Special keynote lecture by Jim Van Etten - Ins and outs of a quarter century of algal virology.

14.00-14.45 h: Discussion based on outcome Wednesday, and follow-up (AVW5); chaired by Jim Van Etten

14.45-15.00 h: Closure AVW4 by Corina Brussaard

Coffee/tea/soda offered for those who do not need to depart directly