Systematikdagarna 2024

Systematikdagarna 2024 will take place at the University of Gothenburg 18–19 November. The conference is jointly arranged by:

Financial support to Systematikdagarna is also usually generously provided by SLU Artdatabanken (SLU Swedish Species Information Centre).

For whom?

Systematikdagarna is the yearly conference on systematics arranged by the Swedish Systematists Association. The meeting is open for anyone interested in systematics; amateurs, working systematists, and users of systematics in any form.

The conference will be held in English so that non-Scandinavian participants also can benefit from the conference.

Conference location

The conference will be held at the Conference Centre Wallenberg located at Medicinaregatan 20, Gothenburg. The connections from Gothenburg Central station are numerous and fast. The conference dinner will be served at the Gothenburg Natural History Museum after a short mingle in Botaniska, all within walking distance of each other.

Keynote speakers

  • Ilia Leitch, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: “The remarkable genome size diversity in plants and why it matters”
  • Thomas Pape, University of Copenhagen: ”How flies flourish – 250 million years of dipteran evolution”
  • G. Anthony Verboom, University of Gothenburg: “The spatial dimension of diversification: a neglected topic?”
  • R. Henrik Nilsson, University of Gothenburg: “What I feel taxonomy should do, that taxonomy doesn’t”

Oral and poster presentations

We hope that as many as possible will be able to give an oral or poster presentation during the conference. Oral presentations will be 10–15 minutes. When registering, please specify the title of your presentation, the author list, and a short abstract (maximum 1000 characters). Preference will be given to early career researchers if more people wish to speak than time allows

Registration

Registration deadline is 4 November. The cost for participation in this year’s Systematikdagarna is:

  • Full participation: 800 SEK per person, which includes conference fee, ”fika”, lunch and conference dinner in the evening of 18 November.
  • Limited participation: For those who do not wish to participate in the dinner, the conference cost is 400 SEK.
  • Bachelor and Master students can register for 400 SEK (including dinner).
  • Early Career stage participants are welcome to register for the Early Career Systematists in Sweden event on Sunday 17 November (0 SEK), see below.
  • You are also very welcome to pay the yearly membership fee to Svenska Systematikföreningen (100 SEK). Check the correct box in the registration form and add the appropriate amount to the conference fee when paying. You can also pay the membership fee separately if you prefer. Paying the membership fee allows us to continue organising our annual meeting and expanding it to related events, such as the Early Career Systematists meeting.

-> Please register here to participate in Systematikdagarna 2024

Related events

Early Career stage participants are welcome to the half day event Early Career Systematists in Sweden event on Sunday 17 November. By Early Career we mean anyone who feels early career. This event will include short presentations by and mingling with other early career systematists. More details to follow.

Systematikdagarna will be followed by a Swedish Taxonomy Initiative and ForBio course: Nomenclature codes in biology (20–22 November).

Hotels/hostels in the area

Contact

If you have any questions about Systematikdagarna, don’t hesitate to contact henrik.nilsson@bioenv.gu.se. If you have problems with the site, or the registration, please contact webmaster Anja (webmaster@systematikforeningen.se).

We are looking forward to meeting you all in Gothenburg!

Photos provided by Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre