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NAEM 2025

Call for conveners and topics for the parallel and workshop sessions

The NAEM 2024 organising committee invites those interested to organise / convene a parallel session or a workshop, to fill in the details of what you propose below. The conference does not have a dedicated theme this year, but a variety of ecological topics will be covered during the parallel sessions. The deadline for submission of parallel session proposals is Thursday 12 September 2024 EXTENDED TO TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2024. 

NOTE: The registration for NAEM 2024 will be open from September onwards.

Three different options are available: 

  1. Pre-determined session topics The Organising Committee has listed a number of relevant topics in ecology for the parallel sessions (see below). Conveners of pre-determined topics will receive the submitted session abstracts and develop the scope of the session “bottom-up” (from the presentation abstracts chosen to represent the session). When you want to convene one of these sessions please indicate the topic and a list of all conveners during the registration.  
  2. Conveners for non-listed sessions When you find that a relevant session topic is not listed and you would want to convene such a session, please submit a session title, a short highlight (max 75 words) and a list of all conveners. More general topics will have a priority compared to the narrow topics. 
  3. Conveners for workshop sessions Please submit a workshop session title, a short highlight (max 75 words) and a list of all conveners.

Pre-determined session topics

  1. Community ecology
  2. Spatial ecology
  3. Behavioural ecology
  4. Restoration ecology
  5. Theoretical ecology
  6. Macroecology and biogeography
  7. Agro-ecology

Please note:

  • Per session we need 2-3 conveners. 
  • Conveners of a session must have a diverse background in terms of institute, gender and age balance 
  • The registration and call for abstracts for NAEM 2025 will be open from September onwards.

For an overview of the specific parallel or workshop sessions that have been proposed so far, please click here. 

Set-up of Parallel Sessions

  • Each parallel session consists of one overarching presentation and four more specific presentations on in-depth research topics;
  • The overarching presentation, highlighting the topic of the parallel session, is generally given by one of the conveners or a senior scientist;
  • Presentations last 15 minutes, followed by 5 minutes discussion;
  • After the parallel session programme has been determined there will be a call for the actual presentation early in October (with a deadline for submissions around mid-November).

Responsibility of the session organisers / conveners (generally 2 per session)

  • Defining the scope of the session and formulating this in a short highlight;
  • Filling the sessions with 5 presentations. This involves selecting presentations based on presentation abstracts (submitted in response to the call for presentations) and possibly inviting potential speakers directly;
  • Informing the NAEM office regarding titles of the presentations, speakers and their affiliation and abstract of each presentation (max 75 words);
  • Collecting the presentations on the day of the session, preparing the session, and coordinating the session itself (keeping track of time, moderating discussion, supporting the speakers, etc.)

Set-up of Workshops

  • The set-up and time allotted to a workshop has many degrees of freedom but normally lasts as long as one parallel session (2 hours).
  • One can think of workshop sessions in which demonstrations are given, discussions are held on a specific topic or a short course is given