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Ecology in a Changing Climate
Two Hemispheres - One Globe

Program timeline

Call for Symposia: February - August 2008
Program Committee accepts Symposia proposals: August 2008
Symposium Proposal acceptance letters send to Symposia Chair: August 2008
Call for Abstracts: 15 September 2008 – March 2009
Symposia Chairs have access to view Abstracts: February - March 2009
Program committee has access to reviewed Abstracts: March 2009
Abstract Acceptance letters sent: April 2009
Early Bird Registration closes: June 2009

Call for Symposia Proposals now open!

The Scientific Program Committee is calling for proposals for symposia. Proposals will be considered until August 2008.

INTECOL will have a broad theme of Ecology in a changing World, two hemispheres one globe, and we encourage symposia that reflect those themes. But INTECOL is also a gathering of ecological scientists, practitioners, policy makers and educators and we encourage any symposia that will stimulate debate in these different areas. The structure of most symposia will be for 13 slots each of 15 minutes.

If you have any proposals or enquiries, please contact the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee Michael Bull at michael.bull@flinders.edu.au

Please click here to submit a Symposium Proposal

Program Overview

INTECOL holds international meetings every four years. An INTECOL meeting is the major forum for the global community of ecological scientists and practitioners.

The tenth INTECOL meeting in Brisbane in 2009 has a theme of Ecology in a Changing Climate, Two Hemispheres, One Globe. Ecologists from around the world will explore how global climate change has impacted, and will further impact, ecosystems and their vital services to human communities. They will explore unique features of ecosystems in the southern and northern hemispheres but look for common elements in a search for solutions to this looming problem.

Symposia will represent all scales of ecology from individual organisms to landscapes, and report on a diversity of ecosystems from marine to freshwater aquatic systems and terrestrial ecosystems from arid to rainforest and from polar to tropical.

The meeting will bring expert ecological commentary on a range of vital processes including land and water use, sea level change, restoration of ecosystems, biotic invasions, changing water patterns, urban ecology and fire ecology. It will include discussions on long term monitoring of ecosystems, on incorporating ecological knowledge into policy, on integrating indigenous knowledge into conventional science, and on communicating ecological information to a broader community.

While the meeting will attract an international attendance the ecological research of the two host countries, New Zealand and Australia will be on display, and visiting delegates will have the opportunity to appreciate both the unique biotas of these two countries and the strong basic and applied research effort applied to regional ecological issues that could be translated to other regions

Program at a Glance

Sunday 16 August 2009	Monday 17 August 2009	Tuesday 18 August 2009	Wednesday 19 August 2009	Thursday 20 August 2009	Friday 21 August 2009
Registration 1200 - 1700	Opening and Plenary Session 0830 – 1000	Concurrent Sessions 0830 – 1000	Concurrent Sessions 0830 – 1000	Plenary Session 0830 – 1000	Concurrent Sessions 0830 – 1000
	Morning coffee & tea 1000 - 1030	Morning coffee & tea 1000 - 1030	Morning coffee & tea 1000 - 1030	Morning coffee & tea 1000 - 1030	Morning coffee & tea 1000 - 1030
	Concurrent Sessions 1030 – 1215	Concurrent Sessions 1030 – 1215	Concurrent Sessions 1030 – 1215	Concurrent Sessions 1030 – 1215	Concurrent Sessions 1030 – 1215
	Lunch 1215 – 1330	Lunch 1215 – 1330	Lunch 1215 – 1330	Lunch 1215 – 1330	Lunch 1215 – 1330
	Concurrent Sessions 1330 – 1500	Concurrent Sessions 1330 – 1500	Concurrent Sessions 1330 – 1500	Concurrent Sessions 1330 – 1500	Concurrent Sessions 1330 – 1500
	Afternoon coffee & tea 1500 – 1530	Afternoon coffee & tea 1500 – 1530	Afternoon coffee & tea 1500 – 1530	Afternoon coffee & tea 1500 – 1530	Afternoon coffee & tea 1500 – 1530
	Poster Viewing 1530 - 1700	Poster Viewing 1530 - 1700	Poster Viewing 1530 - 1700	Poster Viewing 1530 - 1700	Plenary and Closing Session 1530 - 1700
Welcome Reception 1700 - 1830

Plenary Speakers

More information coming soon.

International Advisory Board 

Christy Fellows	Australia
Julio R. Gutierrez	Chile
Malcolm C. Press	UK
Harald G. Zechmeister	Austria
Sandor Bartha	Hungary
Cliff Dahm	Australia
Gerrit Schüürmann	Germany
Sun-Kee Hong	Korea
Bijoy Nandan	India