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*** ALTER-Net final conference - Inter-disciplinary Challenges for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research ***
Event Start date: 04 Mar 2009
Event End date: 06 Mar 2009
Summary:  Conference to mark the completion of the ALTER-Net project 2004-2009
Name:  ALTER-Net final conference
Venue:  Leipzig, Germany
Description: 

Speakers' presentations

The ALTER-Net final conference - Inter-disciplinary Challenges for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research - will take place from 4-6 March 2009, in Leipzig. We also anticipate other side events taking place at the same venue around this time. The event will be open for ALTER-Net participants and invited guests.

Venue

Leipziger KUBUS, Leipzig, Germany www.leipziger-kubus.de

Programme

The conference was organised around 3 main sessions:
  1. Understanding the challenges
  2. Changing our thinking
  3. Providing solutions to the challenges
The programme is available here. [updated 26/2/09]

Further information about the conference is given below.



Call for papers and posters

Poster contributions are welcome for any of the sessions. Titles and abstracts (up to 150 words) should be submitted by 20th February 2009 using the correct online form. Note: posters should be in portrait format. An ALTER-Net poster template is available for use.

Conference Sessions 1 and 3 will consist of invited speakers. For Session 2 - Changing our thinking - there was a call for papers. The session will provide a forum for ideas that have emerged over recent years and have the potential to change the way we think about biodiversity and ecosystems research, policy, management or communication. We are interested in offers of oral papers and suggestions for alternative formats such as panel discussions. The deadline for paper abstracts (up to 300 words) was 10th January 2009. Abstracts should be submitted only through this website, using the correct online form.

Additional meetings/events

(Note: all additional events will take place at the KUBUS conference centre in Leipzig - as per the main conference - unless otherwise stated)

Tuesday 3 March

  • ALTER-Net Council meeting - for ALTER-Net Council members. More details will be sent direct to Council members. Contact: Nicola Thompson
  • Communicating with the public about biodiversity (organised by WP I4). A short meeting to consider future work in relation to public communication, in conjunction with external partners. Further details. Contact: Andrew Sier
  • Training session How to manage a dialogue session. Further details. Contact: Andrew Sier
    • Note: There is a limit of 20 places for this course
  • NAC-Science Policy Think Tank meeting(for Network Advisory Committee members). 10:00 to 16:00. Further details from Aysegul Cil

Conference dinner

The conference dinner will take place in the Bayerischer Bahnhof ('Bavarian Station') on March 5, 2009. See http://www.bayerischer-bahnhof.de/

Registration

*** Registration has now closed ***

Reimbursement of expenses

1. Delegates from ALTER-Net partner institutes

A single payment will be made to each partner institute to cover the costs of travel to the conference of all its delegates, as well as any additional reasonable expenses. Therefore, you should claim reimbursement of expenses from your employer and NOT from the ALTER-Net Coordination team. Hotel bills at the hotels selected for use by conference delegates will be paid centrally, so you will not need to pay these yourself. Please see note [3] below about valid dates.

2. Delegates from non-ALTER-Net partners

A case for ALTER-Net support should be made at the time of registration (using the 'Comments' field of the registration form). If accepted then, provided you use one of the hotels selected for the conference, your hotel accommodation will be paid centrally. Please see note [3] below about valid dates. We regret we are unable to cover travel and subsistence costs.

3. All delegates - Valid dates for hotel accommodation

Please note that ALTER-Net will pay for your accommodation from March 3 to 6 inclusive. In addition, if you are attending one of the extra meetings on Tuesday 3 March and need to stay overnight on Monday 2 March, ALTER-Net will also cover this night's accommodation cost. If you stay any additional nights you will need to pay for these yourself and claim the costs from your employer, not from ALTER-Net.

Hotel accommodation

When you register for the conference, we will automatically book your hotel room. We will send you confirmation of this shortly after receiving your registration.

Further details

Please see the programme and delegate information.

Please direct enquiries about the conference to: ALTER-Net Administration (Andrew Sier and Nicola Thompson, CEH Lancaster).

Online Conference Forms

Registration has now closed, so these forms have been removed.
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