Cool event for students!
SCCS Hungary – Connecting Eastern and Western Europe in conservation
biology Tihany (Lake Balaton), Hungary 29th August – 1st September, 2017
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS EXTENDED UNTIL 7 JUNE!
Dear Early Career Conservation Biologist,
After the successful SCCS Hungary in 2015 and in 2016, we are delighted
to invite you to the third SCCS Hungary in 2017, organised by the MTA
Centre for Ecological Research. SCCS Hungary offers young
conservationists, students and early career researchers the opportunity
to meet renowned plenary speakers, to attend career-enriching trainings,
workshops and field trips and to have fun at the largest lake in Central
Europe, Lake Balaton at a student-friendly low price.
We proudly introduce our prominent keynote speakers:
- Teja Tscharntke from Göttingen - Landscape moderation of biodiversity
patterns, pollination and biological control
- Péter Szabó from Brno, Czech Republic - Historical ecology:
connecting the natural sciences and the humanities to understand
ecosystem change
- Andrew Balmford from Cambridge - Reasons to be cheerful (or why
#EarthOptimism is so important)
- György Pataki from Hungary - Diverse values and multiple ways of
valuation as different approaches to constructing human-nature
relationships
Abstracts and CVs are on the website http://sccs.okologia.mta.hu/
There will be a series of workshops, networking opportunities, fun, and
of course, the possibility to present your research results.
The all-inclusive conference fee will be around only 270 Euro -
including conference registration, accommodation and catering (three
meals per day) during the conference, evening socials like wine tasting,
and a half-day trip to the Tihany Peninsula, a World Heritage site of
UNESCO. Some photos from last year are here:
http://sccs.okologia.mta.hu/node/165. We are looking forward to welcome
you in the heart of Europe! Join SCCS Hungary in 2017!
SCCS Hungary organisers
Contact: sccs@okologia.mta.hu
SCCS Hungary 2017 | Student Conference on Conservation Science
SCCS is the largest international conference in conservation science,
where students and early career scientists are welcomed and have the
chance to present their research, learn from each other and meet with
experts of the field who can offer them guidance in their future
careers.
SCCS.OKOLOGIA.MTA.HU
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Prof. Bengt Gunnar Jonsson
Avdelningen för Naturvetenskap
Mittuniversitetet
851 70 Sundsvall
010 1428941
Dept of Natural Sciences
Mid Sweden University
SE-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden
+46 10 1428941
