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5th August 2024, Monday
| Time | Event | Venue | Side Activity |
| 9:00am | Introductions | Great Hall, BCCK | Registration (all day) |
| 9:15am | Introductory speeches
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Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 9:45am | Multimedia presentation 1: Herpetofauna of Borneo (30 mins) Mr. Chien C. Lee |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:15am | Opening Ceremony | Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:35am | Research on Bornean Amphibians and Reptiles Prof. Indraneil Das |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:50am | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | |
| 11:20am | The Challenges and Successes in the Conservation of Coastal Nesting Turtles in Peninsular Malaysia Dato' Dr Dionysius S.K. Sharma Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 12:20pm | Multimedia presentation 2: Herpetologists Past and Present Prof. Aaron Bauer Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 1:00pm | Lunch | BCCK | |
| 2:00pm | Start of Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 4:30pm | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | |
| 5:00pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 6:00pm | End of Day’s Sessions and transport to town | BCCK meeting point |
6th August 2024, Tuesday
| Time | Event | Venue | Side Activity |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Housekeeping | Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 9:15am | Evolvability of the Explosive Sea Snake Radiation Dr. Emma Sherratt University of Adelaide, Australia |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:15am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 11:15am | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | Poster Session 1 |
| 11:45am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | Poster Session 1 |
| 1:00pm | Lunch / WCH Executive Committee and International Herpetological Committee Joint Meeting | BCCK | Poster Session 1 |
| 2:00pm | Decoding Frog Diversification: Cues from Old-World Tree Frogs Prof. Madhava Meegaskumbura Guangxi University, China |
Great Hall, BCCK | Poster Session 1 |
| 3:00pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | Poster Session 1 |
| 4:30pm | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | Poster Session 1 |
| 5:00pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 6:00pm | End of Day’s Sessions and transport to town | BCCK meeting point | Posters to be removed |
7th August 2024, Wednesday
| Time | Event | Venue | Side Activity |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Housekeeping | Great Hall, BCCK | Start of Silent Auction |
| 9:15am | The Challenges of Conserving Reptiles and Amphibians in Madagascar Ms. Julie Hanta Razafimanahaka Madagasikara Voakajy, Madagascar |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:15am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 11:15am | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | Poster Session 2 |
| 11:45am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | Poster Session 2 |
| 1:00pm | Lunch | BCCK | Poster Session 2 |
| 2:00pm | The Roles of Climate Change and Biodiversity in Mediating Amphibian Disease Risk and Declines Dr. Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame, USA |
Great Hall, BCCK | Poster Session 2 |
| 4:30pm | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | Poster Session 2 |
| 5:00pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | End of Silent Auction |
| 6:00pm | WCH General Assembly (bid presentations; vote for IHC+EC) | Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 7:00pm | End of Day’s Sessions and transport to town | BCCK meeting point | Posters to be removed |
8th August 2024, Thursday
| Time | Event | Venue | Side Activity |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Housekeeping | Great Hall, BCCK; also, Poster Sessions | |
| 9:15am | Desert Dynasties: Unraveling the Tales of Arabian Reptiles Through Systematics, Biogeography and Evolution Dr. Salvador Carranza Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona, Spain |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:15am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | Wildlife Acoustics Workshop Sharon Camm |
| 11:15am | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | |
| 11:45am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 1:00pm | Lunch / WCH Committee Meeting (Voting for 11WCH and other matters) | BCCK | |
| 2:00pm | Telmatobius Water Frogs: An approach to the knowledge and conservation of the most threatened amphibians in Bolivia Dr. Teresa Camacho Badani Universidad Católica del Ecuador |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 4:30pm | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | |
| 5:00pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 6:00pm | End of Day’s Sessions and transport to town | BCCK meeting point | |
| 7:30pm | Gala Dinner | To be announced |
9th August 2024, Friday
| Time | Event | Venue | Side Activity |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Housekeeping | Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 9:15am | Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Amphibians Prof Jian-Ping Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 10:15am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 11:15am | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | |
| 11:45am | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 1:00pm | Lunch | BCCK | |
| 2:00pm | Concurrent Scientific Sessions | Great Hall and relevant rooms, BCCK | |
| 4:30pm | Coffee Break | Main Lobby, BCCK | |
| 5:00pm | Closing Ceremony: Results of Student Talks and Poster Competitions Voting Results for 11 World Congress of Herpetology |
Great Hall, BCCK | |
| 6:00pm | End of Day’s Sessions and transport to town | BCCK meeting point |
4th August 2024, Sunday
| Time | Event | Venue |
| 01:00pm- 5:00pm | Registration | Buffet Room, Riverside Majestic Hotel (Astana Wing) / Grand Margherita Pool Side |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Cocktail Reception | Buffet Room, Riverside Majestic Hotel (Astana Wing) / Grand Margherita Pool Side |
Programme is subject to changes