Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: From Ecology to Genomics: Unifying Studies of Speciation
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Eco-Evolutionary Modeling of Diversification and Speciation"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Speciation and Adaptive Radiation"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Hybridization and Speciation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Macroevolutionary Patterns and Speciation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"The Metapopulation Bridge to Macroevolutionary Speciation Rates"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Species Interactions and Speciation Dynamics: Signatures at the Macroevolutionary Scale?"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Is Speciation a Cause of Macroevolutionary Patterns of Trait Evolution?"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bridging Macroevolutionary Patterns and Microevolutionary Processes
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
"How Did the Butterfly Get Its Colour? Using Intraspecific Variation to Understand Macroevolution"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"The Origin and Spread of Pre-Mating Isolation Across Time, Space and Ecology"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Role of Biotic vs. Abiotic Factors in Ecological Speciation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"Pollinators and Herbivores as Factors Driving Divergent Evolution in Plants"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Environmental Stress, Physiological Adaptation, and the Origin of Species"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Can Parasites Drive Speciation in Their Vertebrate Hosts?"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
"The Role of Genetic Coupling in the Evolution of Perfume-Mediated Reproductive Isolation in Orchid Bees"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sexual Conflict and Sexual Selection as Drivers of Speciation
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
"The Evolution of Hybrid Male Sterility in House Mice"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Genomic Signatures of Selection on Genes Involved in Pollen Competition"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Comparing the Genetic and Genomic Factors that Underlie Pre- and Post-Zygotic Isolation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"The Genomics of Adaptation and Speciation in Monkeyflowers"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Analyses of Hybrid Zones Show an Intimate Relationship Between Pre- and Post-Zygotic Isolation"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Pre- and Post-Zygotic Isolation in House Mice"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Unifying Theoretical and Empirical Approaches
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
"Modeling Divergence with Gene Flow in Fire Salamanders"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Rate of Species Creation by Geographic Isolation and Recurrent Migration"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Moving Along the Speciation Continuum
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:50 am
"Seventy Years of Speciation Through Experimental Evolution"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
"Natural Selection Shapes the Evolution of Hybrid Genomes and Populations"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"The Hopeful-Monster Factory: Effect of Whole-Genome Duplication on the Evolutionary Rescue of Sterile Hybrids and the Instantaneous Origin of Species"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
"Monkey Flower Genomes Reveal the Tempo of Genomic Landscape Evolution During the First Million Years of Speciation"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: New Directions in Speciation Research
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
"Shifting Impacts of Reproductive Barriers to Gene Flow During Habitat Divergence: The Neglected Importance of Dispersal in Mediating Isolation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Beyond Metaphors: Evaluating the Information Content of Genome Scans in the Context of Speciation"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
General Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure