EcoSummit 2012 4th International EcoSummit Ecological Sustainability: Restoring the Planet's Ecosystem Services 30 September - 5 October 2012 Columbus, Ohio, USA www.ecosummit2012.org
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - DEADLINE 20 January 2012 Please remember to submit your abstracts for poster and oral (general session and invited symposium) presentations by 20 January 2012. Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system on the EcoSummit 2012 website. Abstracts are invited on the following topics: - Sustainability and Resilience - Ecosystem Creation and Restoration/Ecological Engineering - Global Change - Ecosystem Services - Ecological Indicators - Biodiversity and Biological Conservation - Climate Change - Ecological Complexity - Ecotoxicology - Ecological Economics - Ecological Modelling - Biological Invasions - Ecosystem Health - Environmental Policy - Ecological Knowledge - Coastal Problems Caused by Upland Pollution Sources - Watershed/River Catchment Management - Ecohydrology To submit your abstract go to http://www.ecosummit2012.org/submit-abstract.html EcoSummit 2012 will bring together the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems. Plenary Speakers: Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute, USA Robert Costanza, Portland State University, USA Jared Diamond, UCLA, USA Olafur R. Grimsson, President, Republic of Iceland Sven E. Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Wolfgang Junk, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University, USA Simon A. Levin, Princeton University, USA William J. Mitsch, The Ohio State University, USA Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, USA E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, USA Symposia and Workshops: 70 symposia and 11 workshops with almost 600 participants from over 55 countries have been tentatively accepted for the EcoSummit 2012 Program. The symposia and workshops cover a wide variety of ecological topics, including ecological restoration, ecosystem services, climate change issues, and lake, wetland, and river management and will be presented over the entire week of the conference in parallel sessions. For further information on submitting an abstract, and symposia and workshops visit the EcoSummit 2012 website: www.ecosummit2012.org
