International Geobiodiversity conference: October 1st - 3rd, 2017 in Frankfurt (Main), Germany www.senckenberg.de/geobiodiversity-conference
This is the last chance to register for the first international conference on "Geobiodiversity - An Integrative Approach Expanding Humboldt's Vision". The conference is hosted by Senckenberg in cooperation with Yale University and Stanford University. Plenary speakers are: Page Chamberlain (Stanford University), Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL), Gerald Haug (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry), Pincelli Hull (Yale University), Walter Jetz (Yale University), Georgina Mace (University College London), James Mallet (Harvard University), Jonathan Payne (Stanford University), Susanne Renner (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), and Klaus Töpfer (IASS Potsdam). We will cover a wide range of topics in four symposia: - Human-environment interactions: past and present. Keynote presentations by Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou (Senckenberg & University of Tübingen) and Rebecca Bliege Bird (Penn State University). - Bridging the past and the present: new data, new methods, new insights. Keynote presentations by Susanne Fritz (Senckenberg & Goethe-University Frankfurt) and John (Jack) Williams (University of Wisconsin). - The power of natural history collections - archives of nature for science in the past, present and future. Keynote presentations by Angelika Brandt (Senckenberg & Goethe-University Frankfurt) and Aaron Bauer (Villanova University). - Biodiversity science in support of policy and sustainability. Keynote presentations by Anne Larigauderie (IPBES) and Neville Ash (UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre). Plenary presentations will be given on Science & Society challenges, paleoenvironment and evolution, the value of natural history collections, and past and present ecology. Registration is still opened on https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/senckenberg2017. The final deadline for poster submissions is Sept 17th (note that spaces are somewhat limited and are assigned on first-come, first-serve basis). If you have any questions please contact our organization team: geobiodiversity-confere...@senckenberg.de. With best wishes on behalf of the scientific committee, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Volker Mosbrugger and Andreas Mulch
