2021. május 10., hétfő

Registration and abstract submission opened

 XIII. Advances in research of the flora and vegetation in the Carpathian Basin

 1st Circular


Dear colleagues,

 

On behalf of the Centre for Ecological Research, the Department of Botany at University of Debrecen, the MTA Debrecen Regional Botanical Working Committee, and the Hortobágy Nature Conservational Association, we cordially invite every inquiring to the international conference entitled

 

XIII. Advances in research of the flora and vegetation in the Carpathian Basin,

 

 which will be held between the 11th and 14th of November 2021 in the headquarter of MTA-TABT (4032 Debrecen, Thomas Mann str. 49., 47.5495°, 21.6152°).

 

The conference entitled "Advances in research of the flora and vegetation in the Carpathian Basin " started from Debrecen in November 1997. This conference has been held 12 times since then, and it has become the largest event of thy Hungarian botanist in the last 22 years, while it also has outgrown itself to an international conference. 

 

The purpose of the conference

The event will continue to provide an opportunity for participants to get a comprehensive overview of the latest results of flora and vegetation research in the Carpathian Basin. While preserving the traditions of previous conferences, we would like to promote the presentation and discussion of the recent floristic, coenological, taxonomic, scientific and landscape historical researches, as well as their ecological and nature conservation aspects.

The event would like to offer a special opportunity to young researchers of universities and research institutes to present their results to the general public. To this end, the programme is customized as a young-oriented event.

 

Topics of the conference

There will be no parallel sessions at the conference. Sections which will feature oral presentations and posters are:

1. FLORA MAPPING AND TAXONOMY (Plenary speaker: Zdenek Kaplan, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, CZ).

2. PLANT COMMUNITIES AND VEGETATION SCIENCE (Plenary speaker: Milan Chytrý, Masaryk University, Brno, CZ).

3. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ETHNOBOTANY (Plenary speaker: Lukasz Luczaj, Department of Botany, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, PL).

4. PLANT ECOLOGY AND PLANT INVASIONS (Plenary speaker: Róbert Pál, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, USA).

 

Each section will be opened with the presentation of an invited plenary speaker. After the plenary speaking, standard lectures will follow, while the sections will be closed with short and poster presentations.

 

Language of the conference

Lectures and posters can be presented in Hungarian and English language at the conference. Please note that captures of the presentations need to written in English, while the language of the presentation either can be Hungarian or English.

 

The venue of the conference

The event will be held at the headquarters of the MTA-TABT (Debrecen Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; 4032 Debrecen, Thomas Mann str. 49, 47.5495 °, 21.6152 °). A limited number of free parking spaces are available on site. For those arriving by train, the easiest way to get there is tram line Nr 2 from the Debrecen train station, which stops at the conference venue.

 

Programs of the conference

In addition to the lecture and poster sections, the event will also help to develop and deepen professional relationships between participants, including discussion evening, photo competition, best poster competition, botanical exhibition, evening and daytime social programs. Ádám Boros 2020 awards will also be handed over at the conference.

 

Presentations at the conference

The conference is expected to accept a total of 35 oral presentations. On the basis of the received abstracts, the organizing committee will invite the speakers and order them in sections. The organizers reserve the right to transfer lectures from the oral presentation to the poster section.

Standard oral presentations last 15 minutes (+5 minutes of discussion). In addition to the standard presentations, we would like to give you the opportunity to give short talks (5 minutes with discussion) and poster presentations. You can apply for oral presentations by October 15, 2021, with a 1000-1500-character summary in English or Hungarian. The summary should not include figures, tables, and references.

 

Roundtable discussion

As in the past, we will organize a thematic workshop at this event. The topic of the discussion will be Our Eurasian view of the Pannonian vegetation. The private workshop at this title will be held and presented in the form of a presentation to the interested parties. This will be followed by a wider roundtable discussion on the topic, where every participant can share their views and ideas.


Workshop

How to measure the success of restoration? - For nature conservation practitioners and anyone interested

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2021–2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration that aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean. However, the short- and long-term success of restoration interventions need also to be considered. Unfortunately, both the monitoring, the assessment and the publication of the results has shortcomings in the restoration practice. This is an international challenge due to financial and planning issues. Thus it is a challenge to identify which indicators are relevant for nature conservation throughout Hungary.

There are three main basic groups of indicators in the international literature measuring the success of restoration: biodiversity or composition, structural characteristics of the vegetation, and characteristics of the ecological functioning. The Society for Ecological Restoration adds to these the need of comparison with a reference ecosystems using the above indicators. They also stress the indicator function of indigenous plants, the sustainability and resilience of the restored state, and that the ecosystem is appropriately integrated into its larger landscape.

The current workshop will focus on the aspects that motivate practitioners in Hungary in assessing restoration success. We aim at identifying success indicators which will assist both research and actual restoration practices by integrating the above aspects of success characterisation. We hope that the workshop will help to make the choice of success indicators more conscious and draw attention to the importance of identifying these already at the planning phase. At the same time, the conclusions from the workshop will help researchers to understand the motivation of practitioners in detail. Relying on the consensus reached at the workshop, in collaboration with the participants, we plan to synthetise the knowledge on success indicators used in case studies and field surveys.


Participation fees

Participation fees include attendance at conference events, lectures and / or poster presentations, attendance at the Saturday dinner, continuous availability of conference buffet and free WiFi, the e-conference flash drive including summaries of lectures, posters, and the program, participation in a botanical quiz, and also free admission to the Botanical Garden of the University of Debrecen throughout the conference.

 

 

Basic fee

Reduced fee (3)

Supporting fee

Preferential (1)

17.000 HUF

13.000 HUF

40.000 HUF

At the conference venue (2)

22.000 HUF

18.000 HUF

40.000 HUF

 

(1) The preferential fee is payable by transferring the amount to the Hortobágy Conservation Association (bank account number: 11738008-20060415) by October 15, 2021, with the abbreviation "Afvk" and the name of the participant.

(2) Participants who do not transfer their registration fee by October 15, 2021, may pay cash at the conference venue.

(3) Full-time university students and retirees can participate in the event for a reduced registration fee.

 

Information for the transfer:

Account owner: Hortobágy Természetvédelmi Egyesület

IBAN: HU39 1173 8008 2006 0415 0000 0000

Bank account number: 11738008-20060415

Swift/BIC: OTPVHUHB


Please do not make any financial transaction  until we open this possibility in September.


Participation grant for young researchers

Organizers are offering participation grant for two young researchers (aged under 30) to attend in the “13th Advances in research of the flora and vegetation in the Carpathian Basin” conference in Debrecen. These grants can cover the participation fee of the Conference. Grant holders have to give a privileged oral presentation in an appropriate section. You can apply for the grant by submitting an article about your presentation to the Journal of Kitaibelia until July 15 2021.

 

Applying to the conference

You can apply for the conference by filling out the application form through the http://afvk2020.blogspot.hu/ website (click to the ’Registration’ button). To submit an Abstract plese click to the separate ’Abstract’ button in the website. Registration and abstract submission will be open in May 2021.

 

Additional information

Further details of the event can be found on the conference website (http://afvk2020.blogspot.hu/). Please send your questions to afvk2020@unideb.hu. We appreciate the forwarding the present circular also to potentially interested parties.

 

On behalf of the conference organizing committee,

 

Best regards:

 

Dr Balázs Lukács & Dr Attila Molnár V.