ECOLOGY AT THE INTERFACE SCIENCE – BASED SOLUTIONS FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING

21/25 SEPTEMBER 2015 | ROME

SItE

The 13th European Ecological Federation (EEF) and 25th Italian Society of Ecology’s (SItE) joint conference will take place in Rome from 21st – 25th September 2015.

“Ecology at the Interface” focuses on interactions at all biological levels, from membrane ex-changes to food web dynamics, in addition to physical ecotones, from deep sediment-bottom water to land-atmosphere, and disciplinary ecotones linking ecology to sociology, economics, law, technology and other fields of knowledge concerning daily human life. In this expanded field of interest, Ecology is called to boost the exchanges at the interface of fields of knowledge defining context and thresholds of both ‘development’ and ‘sustainability’.

We believe that in order to organize a successful event and start profitable and innovative dis-cussions, it is necessary to base the build up of this event on a multi stakeholders’ approach, involving scientists together with representatives of the private sector and Public Institutions.

Symposia, Workshops & Contributed Sessions

The Congress

Ecology at the interface will take place in the Con-gress Centre of Rome.The Programme is structured into Plenary and Con-tributed Sessions, Symposia, Workshops and Round Tables.

Important Dates

Would you like to actively participate to the 2015 EEF/S.It.E. Conference?

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Symposia - the call for proposals will open on 1 Jan-uary 2014 and close on 30 June 2014.Symposia are basically limited to half-day sessions (3.5 hours) and any timely and coherent subject of broad interest will be considered. Proposals shall in-clude: - a 100 - 150 word abstract on your Symposium - the list of perspective speakers - the indicative title of each speaker’s contribution to your symposium.

Workshops - the call for proposals will open on 1 March 2015 anc close on 30 June 2015.Workshops are basically limited to1 or 2 hour ses-

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sions and shall focus on Training: Communication and outreach or Policy. Proposals shall include: - the title of your workshop- a 100 - 150 word abstract on your workshop- the names of promoters and the list of contributors, and sub-contributors if any.

Contributed sessions - abstracts’ submission will open on 1 September 2014 and close on 31 March 2015. These contributions will constitute the back-bone of the conference and address all topics of interest of ecology in its broadest sense. According to the Conference theme ‘Ecology at the Interface’ all contributions exploring interdisciplinary connec-tions with areas of social and natural sciences are particularly welcome. Proposals shall include:- the title - a 100 - 150 word abstract All important dates, including deadlines for Sympo-sia and Workshop proposals, abstract submissions and early/late registration, and other key informa-tion are available on our website www.ecologyat-interface.eu

The Scientific Committee

Prof Alberto Basset - University of Salento (Chair), ItalyDr Stefan Klotz - Helmholtz Centre for Environmen-tal Research (Chair), GermanyProf James Bullock - Centre for Ecology & Hydrol-ogy, UKDr Roland Bobbink - B-Ware Research Centre, The NetherlandsProf Adrian Escudero - University Rey Juan Carlos, SpainProf Roberto Danovaro - Polytechnic University of Marche, ItalyProf Serena Fonda-Umani - University of Trieste, ItalyProf Cristina Maguas - University of Lisbon, Portu-galProf Antonio Mazzola - University of Palermo, ItalyProf Christophe Thébaud - University of Toulouse, France