The programme is almost ready!
Programme at a glance
There will be an offer of an accompanying person program in parallel with the scientific sessions.
Monday August 18 (all times are preliminary):
Registration opens at 13:00
Conference opening at 16:00
Ice-breaker event for new people at 20:00
| Mon Aug 18 | Tue Aug 19 | Wed Aug 20 | Thu Aug 21 | Fri Aug 22 | |
| 9:00-10:30 | Conservation Biology | Phylogeny & Evolution | Species distribution | General Ecology | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee | Coffee/Posters | Coffee | Coffee | |
| 11:00-12:20 | Conservation Biology | Phylogeny & Evolution | Species distribution | General Ecology/Taxonomy & Discoveries | |
| 12:20-14:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Physiology & Chemistry/3-min talks | Conference excursion 1 | Taxonomy & Discoveries | Genomics | |
| 15:00-16:00 | Registration | Posters/Coffee | Conference excursion 2 | Posters/Coffee | Posters/Coffee |
| 16:00-17:30 | Registration, Start 18:00 | (Afro-)Tropical research | (cont.) | General meeting | Taxonomy & Discoveries |
| 19:00 | Welcome talks, 19:30 dinner | Dinner | Conference Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
Congress Session (chairs)
(Afro-)Tropical research (David Agassiz, Michal Rindoš)
Conservation Biology (Matthias Dolek, Vladimír Vrabec)
General Ecology (Martin Konvička)
Genomics (Kyung Min Lee, Niklas Wahlberg)
Indo-Australian studies (Théo Léger, Jatishwor Irungbam)
Morphology & Evo-Devo (Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric)
Phylogeny & Evolution (Maria Heikkilä, Reza Zahiri)
Physiology, Ecophysiology & Chemistry (Irena Klečková)
Species distribution (Thomas Schmitt, Leonardo Dapporto)
Taxonomy & Discoveries (Hossein Rajaei, Marcin Wiorek)
Symposia
The full conference program will be announced after closing the standard registration during May 2025.
Accompanying persons program
We will have accompanying persons program, the program is organised by Hana Konvičková with help of Klára Hájková & Jan Walter. The program will cover the trip to the destinations, guide, entry and also a lunch, which will be served in the conference venue after return (Tuesday, Friday) or in the trip place (Pilsen). The program will start at 9:00 AM at the congress venue and it will end in ca 13:00-14:00. We do not plan the accompanying person program for Wednesday as there will be congress excursion for all congress participants.
Tuesday – Prague, the Castle and historic city centre
Thursday – Pilsen, undergrounds and brewery
Friday – Nižbor, the glassworks and castle