Dear colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that we announce today's opening of the Call
for Session and Workshop Proposals for the 14th International Coral Reef
Symposium (ICRS 2020) in Bremen, Germany, 5-10 July 2020.
We want ICRS 2020 to be as diverse as coral reefs and we invite everyone
to contribute to this unique global event.
Submit your proposals for sessions and workshops under the ICRS 2020
theme ‘Tackling the challenging future of coral reefs’!
Online submission will be open until 31 January 2019.
Please find all information concerning this call and how to submit your
proposal(s) here: http://www.icrs2020.de/program/call-sessions-workshops/
- the wording of the call is also attached below in this email -
We look forward to developing the ICRS 2020 scientific program based on
your contributions and inspiring ideas.
For further information and all updates, please visit www.icrs2020.de!
Apologies for any cross-postings.
Kind regards,
Malik Naumann
on behalf of the ICRS 2020 organising committee
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14th INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF SYMPOSIUM (ICRS 2020)
CALL FOR SESSION & WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
The “14th International Coral Reef Symposium” (ICRS 2020) is the leading
international conference on coral reef science, conservation and
management that every 4 years brings together more than 2.500
participants from over 90 countries. ICRS 2020 will be the first ICRS
held in Europe and will take place in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
(Germany) from 5-10 July 2020. The University of Bremen as the host of
ICRS 2020 cordially invites your participation.
Coral reefs are at a critical junction due to a variety of stressors,
casting doubts on the future of reef health globally. It is becoming
increasingly clear that by the end of this century the structure,
function, and services of most coral reef ecosystems will be drastically
altered from their current state. Research over the past decades has
been dedicated to developing predictive models of reefs and their
environments. This involves responses of coral reefs, from the microbial
to the ecosystem level, to projected changes and interactions with human
societies. It is therefore timely to systematically take stock of the
accumulated knowledge on coral reef composition and function with an eye
towards the future. This outlook has to consider the socio‐economic and
governance aspects in decisions that need to be taken for effective reef
management.
The ICRS 2020 scientific program will therefore cover a wide range of
subject areas and disciplines concerning coral reefs of the past, the
present, and the future. ICRS 2020 will feature contributions ranging
from geological, palaeontological, and geobiological subjects to
contemporary descriptions of reef status, processes and changes
including mechanisms of coral bleaching and diseases. Predictive models
of reef functions, emerging technologies, conservation, restoration, and
management of novel reef ecosystems are also in the thematic focus of
ICRS 2020.
The overarching theme of ICRS 2020 is “TACKLING THE CHALLENGING FUTURE
OF CORAL REEFS”.
Under this umbrella, ICRS 2020 aims to address key scientific questions,
such as:
• What can we learn from the past in order to understand future reefs
and their functioning?
• Which are the underlying processes driving present changes
including coral bleaching, diseases, resilience, and community shift
patterns in reefs?
• With increasing dominance of other functional groups, how do we
renew our understanding of reef systems?
• Which novel data and observations must we capture from reefs at a
wide-scale to improve our predictive understanding?
• What kinds of adaptive management, conservation, and restoration
measures need to be developed for future reefs?
The ICRS 2020 organising committee invites proposals for sessions and
workshops of interest to researchers, economists, policy makers,
resource managers, educators/teachers and students. Session or workshop
proposals will address themes from coral reef science, conservation,
management, policy or education. Proposals should manifest a particular
question. This question will be formulated in the title to encourage
interdisciplinary contributions towards various aspects of that
question. Proposals for sessions and workshops addressing temperate or
cold-water corals and their ecosystems are also welcome.
All submitted proposals will be reviewed by the scientific organising
committee and considered for inclusion in the ICRS 2020 scientific
program. Besides scientific quality, final selection of session and
workshop proposals will consider that the full width of disciplines
within the coral reef community is well represented.
GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:
1. Include an informative title – formulated as a brief question –
and a short abstract of no more than 2000 characters. Abstracts
exceeding this limit cannot be considered.
2. Identify one principal chair as the lead contact for the ICRS 2020
organising committee. Only one session proposal and only one workshop
proposal can be submitted by a principal chair. Identify at least two,
but no more than four, co-chairs and provide their name(s),
affiliation(s) and contact information. Co-chairs are limited to one
session and one workshop. Proposals submitted in the name of an
organisation or enterprise cannot be considered.
3. Submit via the dedicated online submissions system on
www.icrs2020.de. Therein, please include information about expected
audience in terms of size and discipline(s). For workshop proposals,
please also indicated the expected duration and if the event will be
open to all registered delegates or closed (“by invitation only”).
4. Proposals received after 31 January 2019 11:59:59 pm CET cannot be
considered.
5. Please do not submit a proposal if you are uncertain that you will
be able to organise and run the session or workshop as this may cause
severe disruption to conference planning.
FURTHER INFORMATION AND FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURE AFTER PROPOSAL SUBMISSION:
1. Decision on acceptance of session and workshop proposals will be
taken by the ICRS 2020 organising committee during a retreat in spring
2019. Interdisciplinary session proposals by co-chairs from different
countries and/or institutions will be given precedence. The organizing
committee may merge proposed sessions that have highly similar themes.
2. Decisions will be communicated to the principal session chairs by
30 April 2019 so that abstract submission is open between 1 July 2019
and 1 September 2019. Session chairs will need to complete the abstract
selection by 31 October 2019.
3. While session chairs are encouraged to invite contributions to
their sessions through their networks, all abstract submissions will be
handled through the ICRS 2020 Online Submission System. All sessions
will be publicly open for submissions.
4. Chairs review abstracts within their session and accept
submissions as oral or poster presentations. The number of oral
presentations presented by any particular institution should not exceed
2 talks per session. In their selection, session chairs consider gender
issues and keep a balanced share of student presentations.
5. Sessions consist of oral and/or poster presentations. Oral
presentations will likely last for 12 min, followed by 2 min for
questions, and 1 min for transfer to the next speaker. It is further
planned that recent ISRS awardees are invited to give key note
presentations in appropriate sessions.
6. Session chairs are encouraged to reserve a dedicated slot (15 min)
at the end of their session to summarize, discuss, and conclude key
session findings. Active participation of session speakers in this
discussion should be facilitated by the chairs.
7. Chairs are also encouraged to publish synopsis papers in the ICRS
2020 conference proceedings. Synopsis papers should be submitted by 10
September 2020.
8. Workshops intended as contributions to the ICRS 2020 scientific
program and open to participation by any registered delegate will be
free of room rental fees. For closed events (workshops/meetings) beyond
the scientific program, fees for room rental, depending on event
duration, and additional booked services will be charged. Please contact
us for your specific requirements. Participants of closed events are
also required to register for ICRS 2020.
9. ICRS 2020 organisers cannot provide financial support towards
session or speaker costs. Chairs of accepted sessions or workshops fund
their own registration, travel and accommodation costs.
10. For all queries, please contact: off...@icrs2020.de
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*Dr. Malik Naumann*
ICRS 2020 Conference Secretariat / Konferenzsekretariat
The University of Bremen / Universität Bremen
UFT, Leobener Str. 6, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
T +49-(0)421-218-63303
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