Invited Speakers Prof. Robert Whittaker, Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, UK Dr. Kevin de Queiroz, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA Prof. Kevin N. Laland, Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Dr. Thord Fransson, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden Prof. Carlo Heip, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (CEME) and General Director of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, The Netherlands Dr. Mathias Harzhauser, Head of Department –Geological, Paleontological Dep., Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Prof. Gary R. Carvalho, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bangor, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK