Past events
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: November 2024
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on November 6th, 2024, at 4 pm CET (please note we are switching back to standard time), where the topic is “switching GBIF’s taxonomic backbone to the extended Catalogue of Life (xCOL)”.
Catalogue of Life is [...]
GBIF Metabarcoding Data Toolkit community call
GBIF nodes participating in the Metabarcoding Data Programme are invited to this initial community call to learn about functionalities of theMetabarcoding Data Toolkit (MDT)
Africa region Webinar: GBIF Hosted Portals: The experience of the South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
The next Africa region webinar will take place October 30 3:00-4:00 PM (Central Africa Time) / 4:00-5:00 PM (East Africa Time) / 2:00-3:00 PM (West Africa Time).
This webinar will introduce GBIF Hosted Portals
Understanding and monitoring insect diversity - the environmental DNA revolution
Insect diversity science is undergoing transformative changes thanks to the introduction of cheap and effective DNA-based methods (so-called DNA metabarcoding) for species identification. This symposium highlights the new insights into the structure of insect communities generated by these methods and the new opportunities for biodiversity monitoring that they open up! [...]
COP-16 Side Event: Establishing collaborations on science, technology and capacity building for biodiversity data between the GBIF network and CBD regional support centres
This GBIF-hosted side event
2024 Nordic Symposium for Biodiversity Across the Natural and Social Sciences
Applications are now open to participate in the 2024 Nordic Symposium for Biodiversity Across the Natural and Social Sciences, to be held on 22-23 October 2024 in Trondheim, Norway.
Through two days of collaborative discussion, workshops, and writing, participants will together explore one big question: How can the revolution in [...]
COP 16: Sixteenth meeting of the Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity
Official conference page
Side events <> | Exhibit booth <> | GBIF delegation <>
Side events
All events are Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)
Mon, 21 October
* Updates on the indicator for Target 21.1 on biodiversity information and knowledge GEO Pavilion #23, Plaza Three, Blue Zone 13:15 Tue, [...]
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: October 2024
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on October 2nd, 2024, at 4 pm CEST (UTC+2), where the topic is GBIF’s vocabulary server.
The GBIF Secretariat is transitioning its interpretation pipeline for controlled occurrence core fields fromJava enums
GB31: 31st Meeting of the GBIF Governing Board
The 31st meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated events will take place in Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal, on 30 September - 4 October 2024.
30 September - GBIF committee meetings
Data Use Club practical sessions: cloud computing services
Utilizing cloud computing services
ICTMM2024: The 21st International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria
The 21st International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria (ICTMM) is one of the largest tropical medicine conferences in the world, bringing together thousands of researchers, experts, policy-makers, stakeholders and international authorities in the field of tropical medicine and malaria.
GBIF will participate in the Congress as an exhibitor and [...]
Africa region Webinar: Introduction to flags and issues in GBIF datasets
The next Africa region webinar will take place September 13 3:00-4:00 PM Central Africa Time / 4:00-5:00 PM East Africa Time.
GBIF identifies common data quality problems and labels them issues and flags to records with common data quality problems. Prior knowledge of these issues and flags is important to [...]
Oceania Regional Nodes Meeting | Engagement meeting for BID Pacific
The Biodiversity Information for Development <> (BID) programme is entering a new phase (August 2024 to July, 2029) that will include actions in the Pacific region, such as capacity development workshops and calls for project proposals, aimed at standardizing and publishing biodiversity data via GBIF. The programme seeks to support [...]
IUCN ROWA 10th Regional Conservation Forum
The RCF aims to provide IUCN Members (governments, NGOs, indigenous peoples’ organizations) with a platform to engage with each other, discuss and debate key conservation issues, and prepare for effective program planning and membership business. It also serves as an opportunity to initiate discussions on regional participation in the next [...]
9th International Barcode of Life Conference
GBIF and the new data model serve for barcoding/metabarcoding data storage and use
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9th International Barcode of Life Conference
Join GBIF Secretariat at the following sessions during the 9th International Barcode of Life Conference —or seek us out elsewhere during the conference.
Monday, 2 September 2024: 14:00-15:30 Maximize your impact by getting your metabarcoding data on GBIF.org
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SPNHC and TDWG Joint Conference
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections SPNHC
Biodiversity Information Standards TDWG
Asia Nodes meeting 2024
The Asia nodes meeting will aim to:
* Strengthen the Asia GBIF community * Provide a forum for GBIF nodes in Asia and the GBIF Secretariat to share latest updates and best practices * Explore opportunities for synergies between existing and/or upcoming related regional initiatives and the GBIF network, [...]
XXVII International Congress of Entomology ICE2024
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Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl) community call
Join us for an update on the Global Registry of Scientific Collections
In this community call, we will discuss the progress of the GRSciColl roadmap implementation
Agenda:
* Update on the latest GRSciColl developments * Discuss [...]
ISME19
Organized every two years, the ISME symposia are the largest not-for-profit international meetings addressing the wide range of topics in Microbial Ecology. With an average delegate number of 2200 people representing over 50 countries worldwide we are truly international.
The next meeting, ISME19, will be held in Cape Town, South [...]
International Mycological Congress IMC12
The main aims of the International Mycological Congress are to:
* Engage the youth
* Facilitate face-to-face meetings
* Organize hands-on workshops in mycology
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Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: August 2024
This August session of the Technical Support Hour for Nodes, we will show you how to publish data on GBIF via theregistry API
ESA2024 - Ecological Society of America 2024
This year’s meeting will emphasize the society’s mission of supporting ecologists throughout their careers. The emphasis recognizes the need for us to continually invest in all the people who advance the science and practice of ecology. Among many aspects of professional development, we are planning programming and invite contributions that [...]
International Conference on Mycorrhizas (ICOM 12)
The theme of ICOM12 is “Bridging gaps in form, function and diversity”.
Alongside showcasing some of the most exciting and cutting-edge mycorrhizal research, the conference will address this theme through conversation, culture, gastronomy, and fun.
The plenary themes are supported by parallel sessions that will cover topics such as: Mycorrhizas [...]
Africa region Webinar: Best Practices for Mobilizing and Publishing Biodiversity data on GBIF
The GBIF Africa Regional Support Team invites you to participate in the third webinar for the region. This session aims to enlighten participants across Africa on the best practices for mobilizing and publishing data on GBIF, focusing on key aspects such as data quality, metadata, licensing, standardization, and the use [...]
Evolution 2024 | Third Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology
The Congress merges the traditions of the participating societies: the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB); the American Society of Naturalists (ASN); the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB); and the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE). The sextennial Congress takes the place of the ESEB and Evolution Meetings [...]
IBC 2024 XX International Botanical Congress
The IBC 2024 XX International Botanical Congress in Madrid will address the following main topics:
* Systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography and evolution * Ecology, environment and global change, including invasive species and plant-animal interactions * Biodiversity and conservation * Structure, physiology and development, including Evo-Devo * Genetics, genomics and [...]
Virtual Data Use Workshop for Asia 2024
As part of our continuous mission to capacity development in the region, GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is organising a virtual data use workshop to share knowledge of using GBIF data infrastructure. This course is designed for individuals who work as researchers or technicians in biodiversity research or policy institutions. [...]
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: July 2024
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on July 3rd, 2024, where the topic is API SQL downloads.
Would you like to be able to generate custom summary views of GBIF occurrence data? This is now possible as an experimental feature withAPI SQL [...]
Africa region Webinar: An Overview of GBIF Data Publishing Tools
The GBIF Africa Regional Support Team is pleased to provide an overview of the GBIF Data Publishing Tools. This webinar will serve as an update to the latest GBIF tools for data management, and their functionalities. The aim is to help participants understand how to effectively use these tools to [...]
2024 Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Asia
The GBIF Asia Regional Support Team is organizing a data mobilization workshop to address capacity needs and to promote data publication in the region. Based on theGBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization curriculum
12th North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC)
The North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC)
Webinar #2 for the Americas: OBIS-GBIF Joint Strategy and Action Plan
Following its announcement <> on 28 May, learn more about the OBIS-GBIF joint strategy
We encourage that participants post questions to the topic on the discourse forum
Agenda
* GBIF and Marine Biodiversity Data [...]
Webinar #1 for Asia, Africa and Europe: OBIS-GBIF Joint Strategy and Action Plan
Following its announcement <> on 28 May, learn more about the OBIS-GBIF joint strategy
We encourage that participants post questions to the topic on the discourse forum
Agenda
* GBIF and Marine Biodiversity Data [...]
Webinar #1 for Asia, Africa and Europe: OBIS-GBIF Joint Strategy and Action Plan
Following its announcement <> on 28 May, learn more about the OBIS-GBIF joint strategy
Final agenda to follow
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Latin America and Caribbean Nodes meeting 2024
Will be available soon Agenda and meeting overview
Contact Leslie Melisa Ojeda Cabrera
Questions on the logistics please contact Victor Sánchez Chocho
8th Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference: Synthesizing & Harmonizing Data for Integrated Biodiversity Research
iDigBio
Europe and Central Asia Nodes meeting 2024
The 16th meeting of the GBIF Europe and Central Asia nodes is hosted by the GBIF Croatia
Open question and answer session for CESP2024 call for proposals
Expected audience: Node managers, Node staff and potential project partners
The GBIF Secretariat will be holding an open question and answer session in English, for persons interested in knowing more about the2024 CESP call for proposals
The aim is to provide an opportunity to raise any questions about the [...]
Data Use Club practical sessions: accessing and downloading species information
Many users come to GBIF.org
Africa nodes webinar
GBIF is working with regional support teams in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and Central Asia. In this webinar, the regional support team in Africa will update the Node Managers and staff within the region, highlighting their ongoing efforts. There will be a deliberate emphasis to align these efforts with [...]
Unlocking Slovakias Biodiversity Through Data Publishing
This workshop is a part of CESP2023-005
Capacity enhancement workshop on biodiversity data mobilisation and use in support of sustainable development in West Africa
Organized as part of the Capacity Enhancement Support Programme project "Enhancing capacity to mobilize and use biodiversity data to support sustainable development in West Africa" (CESP2020-005)
Arab State Workshop on Biodiversity Data
Agenda
| Day 1 | Topic | | ----- | --------------------------------------- | |9.00 - 10.30 | Session 1: Welcome and Introductions| |11.00 - 12.30 |Session 2: What is GBIF and what is its relevance?| |13.30 - 15.00 |Session 3: How can GBIF support countries to meet the Kunming - Montreal [...]
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: May 2024
May 1st, 2024, we will convene for the next GBIF technical support hour for nodes where the topic is how to detect and solve formatting issues in your DwC-A. The session will occur on May 1st, 2024, at 4pm CEST (UTC+2).
Publishers and nodes occasionally encounter errors that are not [...]
Joint regional meeting kick-off and CESP community webinar
Expected audience: Node Managers and Node staff
Note this webinar will be run twice to accommodate different time zones. Please register to the one that works best for you below.
Register for the event (evening CPH time)
Register for the event (morning CPH time)
Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl) community call
Join us for an update on the Global Registry of Scientific Collections
In this community call we will discuss the progress of the GRSciColl roadmap implementation
Agenda
* Review of the data schema: output of the survey, changes being implemented and mapping to Latimer Core * Support [...]
Biodiversa+ GBIF joint symposium
Symposium organized jointly by Biodiversa+ and GBIF, to discuss the requirements for national biodiversity monitoring hubs in the context of proposals for a European Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre.
The symposium, which follows a similar event in Brussels in October 2022
UN Ocean Decade Conference
The conference will be a key moment for governments, leaders, maritime sectors, philanthropy, universities, private sector, NGOs and more, to take stock of the achievements of the first three years of the Ocean Decade and define a collective vision for the coming years. Participants will benefit from concrete examples and [...]
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: April 2024
The topic for the next Technical Support Hour for nodes is A general introduction to GBIFs technical documentation. Last year the GBIF Secretariat released the first version of the technical documentation and work is ongoing to improve and enrich the documentation. We will give you an introduction to what information [...]
ECSA 2024 conference: Change
Be part of one of the leading citizen science events in Europe, to discuss and network with citizen science practitioners, researchers, activists, scientists, policymakers, artists, and more.
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Hacking Biodiversity Data Cubes for Policy
B-Cubed’s hackathon is planned as a 4-day event, bringing together biodiversity informaticians, researchers, and practitioners who are passionate about leveraging biodiversity data for impactful solutions.
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ARISE day 2024
The ARISE project
On March 27 the ARISE day will provide updates on ARISE, keynote speeches, workshops, entertainment, meet old friends, make new ones. All lectures and activities will be in English.
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Empowering Biodiversity Research III (EBR III)
This conference will focus on utilizing biodiversity data to bridge the gap with Policy.
Meet GBIF Secretariat deputy director Tim Hirsch
Monday, 25 March 2024: 10:40-11:10 GBIF’s role in empowering biodiversity research and policy
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Celebrating 10 Years of US MBON -2024 Annual All-Hands Workshop
MarineBon meeting to strengthen links between national MBON teams and partners and identify or develop common activities and outputs. Followed by a species distribution modelling workshop to trace a roadmap to move from research to operations in the ability to map distributions of species and habitats using ‘Species Distribution Models’ [...]
Webinar: Data4Nature: An Introduction to GBIF Data Publishing
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: March 2024
The theme for the March 2024 session of the Technical Support Hour for Node is GBIF’s data quality workflow. We will go through how published data is processed regarding quality checks, show how you can get an overview of the flags and issues of datasets, how users provide publicly accessible [...]
WEBINAR POR EL DIA MUNDIAL DE LA VIDA SILVESTRE 2024 Conectividad Digital para la Conservacion de la Biodiversidad
Desde el 2013, cada 3 de marzo, se celebra el Día Mundial de la Vida Silvestre con el objetivo de crear conciencia sobre el incalculable valor de la fauna y flora silvestres para la naturaleza y el bienestar humano, la urgente necesidad de combatir los delitos contra el medioambiente [...]
Data Use Club seminar: Biosecurity alerts
During the next Data Use Club <> webinar, three speakers from the Science and Decision Support Team at theAtlas of Living Australia
Transforming Australia's biological collections to open data
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CROMENT Workshop on biodiversity data and the GBIF network 2024
This workshop, organized in Croatia as part of the CESP project “CroMent” (CESP2023-006)
Joint OBIS-GBIF meeting
The two organisations will come to together to develop a joint GBIF-OBIS action plan to further support collaboration between the two infrastructures.
Participation by invitation only.
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Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: February 2024
The theme for February session of the Technical Support Hour for Node, is DNA
Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Knowledge Exchange Webinar
As the BID programme
The knowledge exchange webinar will:
* Provide a platform for BID project teams to showcase key achievements and impacts of their BID-funded projects. * [...]
SBDI Days 2024: Towards Data-driven Ecology
SBDI Days: Towards data-driven ecology is hosted by the Swedish Biodiversity Data Infrastructure and will take place on January 24th-25th 2024 at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.
The event will offer keynotes and presentations, posters, demonstrations, and time to mingle and exchange ideas about data driven [...]
BioDT Hackathon: Bring Your Own Data (BYOD) - Second End-Users Workshop
A transformative three-day hackathon titled Harnessing Digital Twinning for Sustainable Agriculture: Predictive Characterisation and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives, takes place from January 23rd to 25th, 2024 in Oslo, Norway.
The event, promises to unravel the immense potential of digital twinning in revolutionizing global agricultural practices.
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Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: January 2024
This January, we celebrate one year of Technical Support Hour for Nodes
In the first session of 2024, Paloma Shimabukuro
Data Use Club seminar: 2023 Graduate Researchers Award winners
The 2023 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award winners will present their work to theGBIF Data Use Club <> community.
Dorothy Akoth
BES 2023 - British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2023
Join ecologists from around the world in December 2023 for Europe’s largest and most welcoming conference dedicated to ecology.
Each year our Annual Meeting attracts over 1200 delegates and provides opportunities to meet new colleagues, develop your career, learn new skills, and share your science with the global ecological community.
AGU 2023: Annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union
Join GBIF Secretariat communications manager Kyle Copas
Monday, 12 December 2023: 17:05-17:15 How Biodiversity Data Supports Research on Climate-driven Changes in Patterns of Human Diseases
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: December 2023
In the December session, we will explain the new features of Integrated Publishing Toolkit Version 3.0 (IPT3).
For some background information, you can read our release information here
Mikhail Podolskiy
Global Registry of Scientific Collections (GRSciColl) community call
Join us for an update on the Global Registry of Scientific Collections. In this community call we will focus on the first item of the GRSciColl road map: the review of the data schema.
Agenda:
* Welcome and introduction * Data Schema and Road Map Update * Q&A and [...]
Asia-Pacific Conference on Mosquito and Vector Control (AMV) 2023
In collaboration with Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Thailand and the Thailand Pest Management Association (TPMA) as co-organizations, Prof. Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap from Kasetsart University (KU), is planning to host the Asia Pacific Conference on Mosquito and Vector Control (AMV) held in Chiang Mai between 27 and [...]
NBN Conference
Join GBIF Secretariat communications manager Kyle Copas
The theme of the conference will follow the NBN Trust Strategy 2022-2027 “Making data work for nature” with each [...]
EC-ESA JOINT EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE INITIATIVE
This event focuses on: Reviewing the latest advances in EO and Earth System Science across domains and specially to showcase the latest ESA and EC funded results, projects (e.g., ESA Science Clusters), and initiatives as a basis for networking and interdisciplinary science.
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Mastering Data Citation: Insights from GBIF
Why is data citation crucial for biodiversity data?
Data citation is a fundamental step in promoting transparency, credibility, and collaboration in the field of biodiversity research. It ensures that the hard work of data collectors and curators is recognized and facilitates the sharing and integration of valuable biodiversity datasets.
This [...]
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: November 2023
In this November session, we will explain how we identify related occurrence records on GBIF (which is sometimes referred to as the GBIF "data clustering" feature). For some background information, you can read our blogposthere
International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data
Organized by the International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), International Data Week brings together a global community of data scientists and data stewards; researchers from all domains; data, interoperability and informatics experts from all fields; industry leaders, entrepreneurs [...]
GB30: 30th Meeting of the GBIF Governing Board
The 30th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board and associated events will take place in Canberra, Australia, on 15-20 October 2023.
15 October - Nodes Training - Day 1
Global Conference on Biodiversity and Monitoring
The Global Conference on Biodiversity and Monitoring is organized by GEO BON and its partners between 10-13 October 2023 in Montreal, Canada.
One year after COP15 of the UN CBD and the landmark agreement of a Global Biodiversity Framework, the GEO BON global conference will focus on the grand challenge [...]
TDWG 2023
The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) annual conference in 2023 will be a hybrid meeting, hosted in Hobart, Tasmania by theAtlas of Living Australia, ALA
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Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: October 2023
In the October issue of the support hour, the Data Products team will explain what the current routine is to improve the stability of occurrence urls (IDs).See this news item for some background.
Biodiversity Information for Development showcase
Enhancing capacity to mobilize and use biodiversity data effectively to support the Global Biodiversity Framework
This GBIF- and EU-hosted symposium brings together key stakeholders, including representatives from funded projects, funders, aligned initiatives, and policymakers to reflect on the progress to date of theBiodiversity Information for Development <> (BID) programme. The [...]
New data model: Exploring interactions data on plant pollination
Our next community webinar will explore another example of how the new data model <> expands the possibilities for evolving and enriching the Darwin Core standard, this time taken from theWorldFAIR
GBIF and Embrapa
2023 Global Nodes Events Launch
During this Zoom event, you will have an opportunity to preview the agendas for the Global Nodes Training and Global Nodes Meeting to be held inCanberra Australia 15-17 October
Even if you are unable to attend the events in Canberra, we encourage you to attend thisvirtual event
Technical support hour for GBIF nodes: September 2023
The GBIF technical support hour for Nodes is back!
For this session, we have a guest, Daniel Noesgaard
Simposio internacional sobre colecciones biologicas y datos abiertos de biodiversidad (in Spanish only)
El objetivo de este evento es dar a conocer el estado del arte de la gestión y uso de las colecciones biológicas y la implementación de sistemas de datos abiertos de biodiversidad en Latinoamérica mediante el intercambio de experiencias internacionales (Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, México y Chile).
El simposio se [...]
European Conference on Ecological Modelling
In a world where biodiversity and ecosystem services are at high risk, business as usual is no longer possible. Transformation of how societies deal with natural resources is much needed, but requires a better understanding of how ecological and social-ecological systems respond to change and human intervention. Ecological Modelling thus [...]
IPBES 10 (Tenth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)
IPBES 10 will be preceded by regional consultations and a Stakeholder Day on 27 August 2023. Further information on these events will follow in due course.
At IPBES 10, the Plenary will consider, among other items, the thematic assessment of invasive alien species, as well as requests, inputs and suggestions [...]
Hosted Portals Community Call
A community call with network members who are running GBIF's hosted portal service <> will provide an opportunity for introducing some new teams, sharing updates on progress, and discussing potential new features.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker | | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------| | 14:00–14:05 |Welcome and [...]
2023 Virtual Data Mobilization Workshop for Asia
One of the challenges to open access biodiversity data in Asia is the lack of technical skills among data holders to mobilize it and make it available. The GBIF Biodiversity Data Mobilization workshop trains data holders in project management, data capture, data management and data publication, with a focus on [...]
ESA 2023 - Ecological Society of America 2023
The Ecological Society of America advances the science and practice of ecology and supports ecologists throughout their careers. The field of ecology has much to offer in addressing pressing ecological problems at all scales. Ecologists working in the private sector (e.g., as consultants, for industry, or in NGOs) and public [...]
International Congress for Conservation Biology
ICCB is the premier global meeting for conservation scientists and professionals, including researchers, students, agency personnel, environmental educators, practitioners, and other conservation stakeholders. Attendees gather for lively discussions and scientific presentations on the nexus between biodiversity conservation and genetics, ecology, biogeography, anthropology, history, psychology, economics, conservation marketing, religion, and more.
SMBE2023 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Call for Symposia Proposals - Deadline 31, October, 2022
Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS 13)
The Freshwater Biological Association FBA will be hosting SEFS13 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.