On behalf of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and The Editors of the Zoologica Scripta, you are kindly invited to Zoologica Scripta Symposium on ’The Role of Systematics for Understanding Ecosystem Functions’

Time: 25.08.2022 09.30 – 25.08.2022 17.00

Place: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Drammensveien 78, 0271 Oslo

Confirmed keynote speakers are:

• Dr. Cecilia Lindblad, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
• Dr. Hugo de Boer, University of Oslo, Natural History Museum
• Dr. Veronika Johansson, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics
• Dr. Torsten H. Struck, University of Oslo, Natural History Museum
• Dr. Niklas Wahlberg, Lund University
• Dr. Maarten Vanhove, Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences
• Dr. Dieter Piepenburg, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research
• Dr. Paula Pappalardo, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
• Dr. Bente Edvardsen, University of Oslo, Department of Biosciences, Section for Aquatic Biology and Toxicology

The symposium will end with a dinner including a wrap-up address ’The End of Evolution’ 
by Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht, Centre of Natural History, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Hamburg

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Earlier this year it was announced that due to the pandemic the next International Botanical Congress will be delayed one year and held in Madrid, Spain, in July 2024. The dates for the rescheduled Botanical Congress are as follows:

• Nomenclature Section, July 15-19, 2024 
• Congress, July 21-27, 2024 

The officers of the IBC Organizing Committee are Gonzalo Nieto Feliner (President), Juan Carlos Moreno (Vice-President) and Marcial Escudero (General Secretary). The organizing team has been working hard to form the necessary planning committees, hire the conference venue and conference management team, and prepare a website to provide details on the upcoming Congress. The Congress website is now live and additional details about the Congress will be added as they become available (https://ibcmadrid2024.com/). Information about the members of the Organizing Committee, Scientific Program Committee, and Advisory Committee can be found on the website. 

The organizers look forward to welcoming everyone to Madrid in July, 2024!

Patrick Herendeen, Chair
Jiří Kvaček, Secretary
International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies