09.00 – 09.10 WELCOMING ADDRESS
Esa Hohtola

SESSION 1: ENERGETICS AND ECOPHYSIOLOGY
Chair: Raimo Hissa

09.10 – 11.30 Oral presentations

• 09.10 – 09.50 GEOGRAPHIC AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL CORRELATES OF WINTER
  ACCLIMATIZATION IN SMALL BIRDS
  Dawson, W. R.

09.50 – 10.10 Break

• 10.10 – 10.50 CAN BIRDS PREDICT THE ONSET AND SEVERITY OF SEVERE WINTER STORMS?
  Carey, C. & Russell, C.
  
• 10.50 – 11.30 ENERGETICS AND BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN PIGEONS AND DOVES OF EXTREME HABITATS
  Schleucher, E.

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

SESSION 2: ONTOGENETIC ASPECTS OF HOMEOTHERMY
Chair: Cynthia Carey

13.00 – 16.50 Oral presentations

• 13.00 – 13.40 THERMOREGULATORY HEAT PRODUCTION IN PRECOCIAL AVIAN EMBRYOS
  Nichelmann, M. & Tzschentke, B.
  
• 13.40 – 14.20 DEVELOPMENT OF AVIAN THERMOREGULATORY CENTRAL NERVOUS MECHANISMS DURING THE PERINATAL PERIOD
  Tzschentke, B., Basta, D. & Nichelmann, M.

14.20 – 14.50 Coffee break

• 14.50 – 15.30 BODY COMPOSITION AND METABOLIC RATE IN YOUNG ALTRICIAL (EUROPEAN SHAG, PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS) AND PRECOCIAL (PEKIN DUCK, ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS) BIRDS
  Bech C., Langseth, I. & Østnes, J.E.
  
• 15.30 – 16.10 ONTOGENETIC CHANGES IN CATABOLIC ENZYME PROFILE IN SKELETAL MUSCLES OF TWO SPECIES OF SHOREBIRD, THE DUNLIN AND WHIMBREL
  Olson, J.M., Krijgsveld, K.L., & Ricklefs, R.E.
  
• 16.10 – 16.50 THE EARLY VENTILATORY RESPONSE TO COLD EXPOSURE IN PEKIN DUCKLINGS (ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS)
  Langseth, I. & Bech, C.

17.00-18.00 Dinner

SESSION 3: HYPOMETABOLIC STATES
Chair: Claus Bech

09.00 – 11.40 Oral presentations

• 09.00 – 09.40 USE OF TORPOR BY FREE-RANGING AUSTRALIAN OWLET-NIGHTJARS (AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS)
  Brigham, R.M., Körtner, G. & Geiser, F.
  
• 09.40 – 10.20 ENERGY METABOLISM AND BODY TEMPERATURE IN THE BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD (UROCOLIUS MACROURUS) DURING TORPOR
  Schaub, R. & Prinzinger, R.

10.20 – 11.00 Break

• 11.00 – 11.40 THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOUR AND TORPOR OF FREE-RANGING AUSTRALIAN TAWNY FROGMOUTHS (PODARGUS STRIGOIDES)
  Körtner, G. & Geiser, F.

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

SESSION 4: THERMOREGULATION: EFFECTOR ORGANS AND THERMAL SENSITIVITY
Chair: Ahti Pyörnilä

13.00-16.10 Oral presentations

• 13.00 – 3.40 A HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTANCE FACILITATES EXOGENOUS HEAT ABSORPTION, BUT NECESSITATES OBLIGATORY HUDDLING IN THE WHITE-BACKED MOUSEBIRD, COLIUS COLIUS.
  McKechnie, A.E. & Lovegrove, B.G.
  
• 13.40 – 14.20 HEAT THERMOSENSITIVITY OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD IN GREENFINCHES
  Sedunova, E.V.

14.20 – 14.50 Coffee break

• 14.50 – 15.30 ROLE OF THE SKIN IN AVIAN THERMOREGULATION
  Peltonen, L., Arieli, A. Pyörnilä, A. & Marder, J.
  
• 15.30 – 16.10 CUTANEOUS BLOOD FLOW IN THE PIGEON: A CRUCIAL COMPONENT IN CUTANEOUS WATER EVAPORATION?
  Ophir, E., Arieli, Y., Horowitz, M. and Marder, J.

17.00 – 18.00 Dinner

19.00 – City reception

 09.00 – 12.00 POSTER SESSION

1. ARE THE MAMMALIAN-LIKE UNCOUPLING PROTEINS EXPRESSED IN BIRDS?
Denjean, F., Lachuer, J., Cohen-Adad, F., Georges, B., Barré, H. & Duchamp, C.

2. VARIATION IN DAILY ENERGY-EXPENDITURE OF BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES (RISSA TRIDACTYLA) DURING THE CHICK REARING PERIOD
Fyhn, M., Gabrielssen, G.W., Nordøy, E.S., Langseth, I. & Bech, C.

3. THE ONTOGENY OF ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS IN THE PRECOCIAL DOMESTIC FOWL (GALLUS G. DOMESTICUS) - ALREADY AN EMBRYONIC PHENOMENON ?
Herbert, S. & Prinzinger, R.

4. NOCTURNAL HYPOTHERMIA AND THERMOREGULATORY LIMITS OF AUSTRALIAN SILVEREYES (ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS)
Maddocks, T.A. & Geiser, F.

5. SHIVERING THERMOGENESIS IN NESTLINGS OF DOMESTIC PIGEON (COLUMBA LIVIA)
Marjoniemi, K. & Hohtola, E.

6. CIRCADIAN PERSPECTIVE ON FEEDING, FASTING AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE EFFECTS IN THE ZEBRA FINCH (TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA)
Sedunova, E.V., Rashotte, M.E., Pastukhov, Iu. F., Pate, K.N. & Johnson, F.J.

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

SESSION 5: THERMOGENESIS
Chair: Seppo Saarela

13.00 – 14.20 Oral presentations

• 13.00 –13.40 QUANTIFYING SHIVERING
  Hohtola, E.
  
• 13.40 – 14.20 REGULATORY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF AVIAN MUSCLE NST
  Duchamp, C., Marmonier, F., Denjean, F., Lachuer, J., Eldershaw, T.P.D., Rouanet, J-L., Meister, G., Bénistant, C., Roussel, D., Cohen-Adad, F., Georges, B., & Barré, H.

14.20 – 14.50 Coffee break

15.00– ca. 18.00 Excursion to Liminka Bay wetland area

SESSION 6: CIRCADIAN ORGANISATION AND NONTHERMAL FACTORS
Chair: William R. Dawson

09.00 – 11.40 Oral presentations

• 09.00 – 09.40 CIRCADIAN VARIATION IN THE PIGEON’S BODY TEMPERATURE: ROLE OF DIGESTION, SHIVERING AND LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY
  Rashotte, M.E. & Chambers, J.B.
  
• 09.40 – 10.20 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BODY TEMPERATURES AND SLOW WAVE SLEEP IN FED AND FASTED PIGEONS
  Pastukhov, Iu.F., Rashotte, M.E., Poliakov, E.L., Sedunova,E.V., Henderson, R.P.,Yekimova, I.V., Guselnikova, E.A. & Zimin, A.L.
  
• 10.20 – 11.00 MELATONIN, A CANDIDATE SIGNALLING MOLECULE FOR ENERGY SAVING
  Saarela, S. Vuori, M., Eloranta, E. & Vakkuri, O.

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 – 14.20 Closing remarks

14.20 – 14.50 Coffee break

18.00 – Banquet