SymposiumSK2015-2nd announcement

Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy
Academy of Sciences
Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Slovak Ecological Society by the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Landscape and Landscape Ecology
17th International Symposium
27 – 29 May, 2015
Nitra, Slovakia
2nd announcement
September 2014
Topics / Sections
1. Theoretical issues of landscape ecology: current concepts and trends
2. Methods in landscape research
3. Landscape and ecosystem services: concepts and applications
4. Landscape governance and management
5. Environmental awareness and education in landscape ecology
Workshops (see the website)
A) The landscape, the European Landscape Convention and the law
Chair: Prof. László Miklós (Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Ecology and
Environmental Sciences, UNESCO Department, Slovakia)
B) Ecosystem Services in Changing Landscapes: How to assess tradeoffs and land
use options?
Chairs: Dr. Sandra S. Luque (IRSTEA - National Research Institute of Science and
Technology for Environment and Agriculture, France)
Dr. Peter Bezák (Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Slovakia)
C) Implementation of the EU Danube Region Strategy
Chairs: Prof. Miroslav Vesković (to be confirmed) (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of
Sciences, Serbia)
Dr. Július Oszlányi (Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Slovakia)
D) Family farming or industrial farming
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Bas Pedroli (Wageningen University, Land Use Planning Group,
Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Scientific Board
Prof. Emer. Milan Ružička (honorary member) - Constantine the Philosopher University in
Nitra, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Slovakia
Dr. Zita Izakovičová - Institute of Landscape Ecology, SAS - Slovakia
Prof. Juraj Hreško - Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Department of Ecology
and Environmental Sciences - Slovakia
Dr. Olaf Bastian - Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development in
Dresden - Germany
Dr. Slávka Gałaś - Academy Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica, Department Analiz
Środowiskowych, Kartografii i Geologii Gospodarczej, Kraków - Poland
Prof. Felix Kienast - Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf - Switzerland
Doc. Jaromír Kolejka - Masaryk University, Faculty of Education, Department of
Geography, Brno - Czech Republic
Prof. Dénes Lóczy - University of Pecs, Institute of Geography - Hungary
Dr. Sandra Luque - National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment
and Agriculture - France
Assoc. Prof. Bas Pedroli - Wageningen University, Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen
- the Netherlands
Prof. Wolfgang Sulzer - Karl Franzens University Graz, Institute for Geography and
Regional Sciences - Austria
Organising Committee
ILE SAS: Dr. Andrej Bača (Committee Chair), Dr. Jana Borovská (Deputy Chair), Dr. Peter
Gajdoš, Dr. Ľuboš Halada, Dr. Peter Bezák
CPU: Prof. František Petrovič (Deputy Chair), Doc. Ivan Baláž (Deputy Chair), Dr. Katarína
Baťová, Dr. Regina Mišovičová, Dr. Filip Tulis
Venue
The Symposium will take place at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra,
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences.
Address: Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 74, Nitra, Slovak Republic (N 48.308239, E 18.091289)
(approx. 90 km from Bratislava).
Symposium programme
26 May 2015 (Tue)
– start of registration at the venue (from the afternoon)
27-29 May 2015 (Wed-Fri)
– registration, paper and poster sessions, workshops,
a dinner banquet, sightseeing in Nitra
30 May 2015 (Sat)
– post-symposium excursion (facultative) – potential
destinations (some to be combined): The Mlyňany
Arboretum, Topoľčianky (stud farm, castle, European
bison farm), wineries of Sebechleby, Banská Štiavnica,
short walk to Žibrica Mt., etc.
Detailed programme will be provided later in 2014.
Deadlines
1 September 2014
31 October 2014
15 December 2014
30 January 2015
29 May 2015
– start of registration
– deadline for submission of abstracts
– announcement on acceptance of contributions (papers/posters)
– deadline for regular fee (and excursion) payments
– deadline for submission of full papers
Registration
Registration by e-mail is compulsory for all conference participants (including the
members of the scientific board, organizing committee, invited speakers and workshop
chairs).
To register please fill in the registration form available at the Symposium website and submit
it to the address [email protected]. You will receive an acknowledgement within
the following 10 days. Your registration will be completed and valid after having paid the
symposium fee. Participation to the Symposium is not conditioned by a presentation or a
poster, only by a valid registration. The deadline for the fee transfer (money received at the
account) is 30 January 2015.
Abstracts and Proceedings
Language of the Symposium and proceedings is English.
Please prepare an abstract and a full version of your paper following the templates at the
Symposium website. Please submit them within due deadlines to the Symposium e-mail
address.
Abstract can be of max. 2,500 characters including spaces.
Full text paper can be of max. 7 pages format A4.
Maximum poster size: width 60 cm, height 100 cm.
Publication of abstracts and full papers will be possible only for an author with valid
registration. The Scientific Board reserves the right to accept the contributions for oral or
poster presentation and publication within the due deadline. Full texts of papers and posters
presented at the Symposium will be published in a peer-reviewed book of proceedings. Its
first volume will contain selected contributions and will be applied for indexing in the Web of
Science (Thomson-Reuters).
Contact details
Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences - branch Nitra
Akademická 2, POB 22
949 10, Nitra
Slovak Republic
website: www.uke.sav.sk (Symposium website here)
e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Andrej Bača (Organising Committee Chair)
Dr. Jana Borovská (Deputy Chair)
– tel. 00421 2 2092 0350
– tel. 00421 2 2092 0368
Symposium fee and payment details
Symposium fee received until 30 January 2015:
Symposium fee regular: 180 €
Symposium fee for students: 100 €
Late Symposium fee (received after 30 January 2015):
Symposium fee regular: 220 €
Symposium fee for students: 120 €
The Symposium fee includes: entrance to all sessions and workshops, book of abstracts,
book of proceedings, conference package, dinner banquet, 3x lunch and coffee breaks,
sightseeing trip in Nitra.
Post-conference excursion fee: (to be calculated later)
Please make the payment for the post-conference excursion together with the Symposium
fee. Destination(s) will be specified later (see the programme).
We are working on obtaining sources for Symposium grants. If they are available, we will
inform you on the website.
Payment details:
Bank:
Address:
Account number:
IBAN:
SWIFT:
Account holder:
Information for the account holder:
Statna pokladnica
Radlinskeho 32, 810 05 Bratislava 15
7000009488/8180
SK30 8180 0000 0070 0000 9488
SPSRSKBA
Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS
Symposium 2015 + participant’s full name (!!!)
The participant will receive invoice at on-site registration.
Cancellation policy and refunds:
Cancellation before 31 March 2015:
Cancellation between 1 – 30 April 2015:
Cancellation after 30 April 2015:
full refund (minus bank charges)
50 % refund
no refund
Accommodation
The participants will be kindly asked to book and pay the accommodation individually. At the
Symposium website the organisers will provide an indicative list of accommodation options
(without special reservation for the event).
Transport
Transport to and from the Symposium venue will not be organised.
Frequent bus lines employ 1 – 1:30 hrs. to reach Nitra from the Bratislava central bus station
or the Bratislava airport, trains about 2 hrs. (check at http://cp.atlas.sk/vlakbus/spojenie/).
From the bus or train station (nearby) take the city-transport buses nr. 2, 4, 12, 14, 15, 25,
94 to reach the bus stop “Univerzity” (check the Google Maps or schedules and maps at
http://imhd.zoznam.sk/nr/public-transport.html). The venue is across the avenue. The ticket is
sold by the bus driver.
The taxi from the bus/train stations in Nitra to the University costs 2-3 €.
Please check the Symposium website (here) for further updates of all kind of information.

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