VI edition of Symposium: Perspectives in biodiversity protection

The aim of the Symposium is to exchange scientific and practical experiences and to integrate the community of researchers and practitioners – environmental specialists.

This will be VIedition of the Symposium, during which we will talk about the protection of biodiversity, the relationship between human and free-living fauna, its protection and, on the other hand, its use of wild animal as a research model.

The Symposium is organised in partnership between the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn and Białystok and the Mazurian Natural Landscape Park.

Framework programme for the Symposium

22 October 2024
09:30	Registration
10:00	Opening of Symposium
10:30	Sesion I Mazurian Natural Landscape Park
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Sesion II Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
16:30	Coffee break
17:00	Sesion III – Presentation of reports selected from the submitted abstracts
19:30	Gala dinner
23 October 2024
09:00	Workshop on observation and photography of free-living fauna on the Popielniański Peninsula
12:00	Lunch and closing of the symposium

Sesion I and III will be held in Polish and Sesion II in English.

Registration

Registration for the VI edition of the Symposium ‘Perspectives in Biodiversity Conservation’, takes place by sending a declaration of participation by e-mail to: symbios@pan.olsztyn.pl.

Registration is now open and runs until 10 October 2024.

Participants who plan to give a talk (10-15 min.) are required to send an abstract (max. one page, font Times New Roman 12, leading 1.5) by 10 October 2024 to the following email address: symbios@pan.olsztyn.pl).

Participation is free of charge, participants cover their own travel and accommodation costs.

The symposium will be held at the House of Creative Work of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wierzba.

Due to the planned field workshop on 23 October, please remember to wear appropriate footwear and clothing.

Organizers

Prof. dr hab. Anna Korzekwa
Research Team of Biodiversity Protection, the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Krzysztof Wittbrodt
Director of the Mazurian Natural Landscape Park in Krutyń

Joanna Sadowska
Research Team of Biodiversity Protection, the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Olga Sułecka-Piotrowska
Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn and Białystok