| EcoSummit 2016
Ecological Sustainability: Engineering Change
29 August – 1 September 2016
Le Corum, Montpellier, France The 5th International EcoSummit Congress, EcoSummit 2016, will centre on the ecology of terrestrial ecosystems and all habitats that are integrated within those ecosystems, including river networks, wetlands and coastlines.
| Call for Session and Side Event Proposals
Proposals to be submitted by 31 July 2015 A Summit needs to find solutions for today’s problems and the success of EcoSummit 2016 will be due to the creative input of its participants. Therefore, EcoSummit 2016 will be structured not only around sessions, but will rely on workshops, forums, round tables and discussions to unite attendees in finding solutions. >From these events we would like to establish concrete deliverables in the form of white papers, scientific essays and new ideas for policy makers and stakeholders.
The Scientific Committee invites submissions of session proposals and side events. In keeping with the spirit of the conference title ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY - ENGINEERING CHANGE, the Scientific Committee is developing a programme that will highlight the advances made to address the current environmental problems facing our changing world.
Sessions and side events will be considered that address one or more of the conference topics. Proposals should be submitted by 31 July 2015, using the online Session & Side Event Proposal Form. Full details and to submit a proposal >
| EcoSummit 2016 will bring together the world’s most respected minds in ecological science. Plenary Speakers include: 
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| Giovanni Bidoglio,
Joint Research
Centre of the
European Commission,
Italy | Sandra Díaz,
Córdoba National University, Argentina | John Philip Grime,
University of Sheffield, UK | | | | 
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| Stephen P. Hubbell,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA | Blanca E. Jiménez Cisneros,
UNESCO, France | Sandra Lavorel,
CNRS, France | | | | 
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| Bai-Lian
(Larry) Li,
University of California,
Riverside, USA | William J.
Mitsch,
Florida Gulf Coast University, USA | Peter
Vitousek,
Stanford University, USA | | | |
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Abstract submission opens in October 2015
An open Call for Abstracts will be issued in October 2015, with online abstract submission until 29 January 2016, and acceptance decisions until 11 March 2016. |
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| Important Dates | 31 July 2015
Session and Side Event Proposal Deadline | 30 September 2015
Session and Side Event Acceptance Decision | October 2015
Open Call for Abstracts | 29 January 2016
Abstract Submission Deadline | EcoSummit 2016
Co-Chairs | Sébastien Barot
IRD, France
William J. Mitsch
Florida Gulf Coast University, USA Alexia Stokes
INRA, France | Scientific Committee | Guillermo Angeles, Mexico Richard Bardgett, UK Kunfang Cao, China Laurent Cournac, France/Senegal Blanca Jimenez-Cisneros, France Robert Costanza, Australia Alan P. Covich, USA Rudolf S. De Groot, The Netherlands Brian Fath, USA Eeva Furman, Finland Sven Erik Jørgensen, Denmark John Kim, Germany Kokou Kokou, Togo Hans Lambers, Australia Bai-Lian (Larry) Li, USA Xuehua Liu, China Sandra Luque, France Ülo Mander, Estonia Somaiah Sundarapandian, India Florencia Trama, Peru Maciej Zalewski, Poland |
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