Publié le 20 octobre 2025 – Mis à jour le 20 octobre 2025

This student course (in person or online participation) is offered to students and young researchers (Master students, PhD students, Post docs) in behavioural sciences and related disciplines by the Institut Francilien d‘Ethologie IFE.

Date(s)

du 17 novembre 2025 au 18 novembre 2025

de 8h30 à 21h (lundi) >br> de 9h à 13h5
Lieu(x)

Centre des colloques, Visioconférence

Conference program

All times given are in Central European Time (Paris time).

Monday, 17 November 2025

  • 08:30am – 09:00am Conference registration (only in-person participants)
  • 09:00am – 09:30am Opening ceremony and welcome address
  • 09:30am – 10:30am Evolution of learning and memory in Heliconius butterflies Dr. Stephen Montgomery (University of Bristol, UK)
  • 10:30am – 11:00am Coffee break
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Cognitive neuroscience in miniature brains – dissecting higher-order learning in honey bees Dr. Martin Giurfa (Sorbonne University, France)
  • 12:00pm – 02:15pm Lunch
  • 02:15pm – 03:15pm The evolution of polygyny in ants Dr. Claudie Doums (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études-PSL, France)
  • 03:15pm – 06:30pm Student poster presentation (only for in-person participants, no access via ZOOM)
  • 06:30pm – 09:00pm Dinner

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

  • 09:00am – 09:15am Announcements
  • 09:15am – 10:15am Birds in space and time: the role communication and movement in understanding animal societies Dr. Marc Naguib (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
  • 10:15am – 11:15am Short- and long-term consequences of disturbances during the early developmental period Dr. Raquel Monclús (University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France)
  • 11:15am – 11:45am Coffee break
  • 11:45am – 12:45pm Round table discussion: AI and behavioural biology: what are the stakes? Moderator: Dr. Christophe Féron (Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord, France)
  • 12:45pm – 13:15pm Closing session with final discussion and awarding of poster prizes