The conference provides the opportunity to present the state of the art of our scientific field, to interact with other research groups, and to stimulate synergies between the different disciplines. We will compile a comprehensive and interesting program that covers the variety of topics of our scientific community.

For all sessions, researchers and students will be welcome to submit oral and/or poster presentations.
Session themes and chairs will be selected by the scientific committee after 15 February 2018.
The call for presentations will then follow.
Speakers will be selected by the session chairs, in collaboration with the scientific committee.
Attendees not giving an oral presentation will have the opportunity to present their research in the form of a poster.
Efforts should be made to be specific and to avoid presenting overviews, summaries, or material that is already widely known.

The goal of the conference is to stimulate novel ideas by presenting new information. 

Keynotes

• Pedro Beja, CIBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Portuga
• Nina Buchmann, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute of Agricultural Sciences at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
• Stefan Dullinger, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Austria.
• Claudio Gratton, Department of Entomology, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, USA
• Stephan Hättenschwiler, Centre of Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (CEFE), CNRS, University of Montpellier, France
• Kerry Naish, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Public talk
Klement Tockner, Präsident des Österreichischen Wissenschaftsfonds und Professor für Aquatische Ökologie an der Freien Universität Berlin

Important dates
15 February 2018 Deadline for call for sessions
23 April 2018 Start online registration and submission for talks and poster
31 May 2018 Deadline for early registration fee
31 May 2018 Deadline for submission of abstracts
02 July 2018 Accepted contributions will be announced
19 July 2018 Full program announcement

Conference website
https://www.gfoe-conference.de/