6th Annual International ESP Conference 2013

Don’t miss your chance to interact and exchange ideas with the rapidly growing network of ESP members, practitioners, educators, policy-makers, researchers, and many others from all continents.  Be part of special sessions and working-groups producing outcomes ranging from journal articles, white papers, book chapters, grant proposals, database structures, websites, and much more.
The emphasis of this 6th International ESP conference will be on the practical application of the ecosystem services concept in planning, management and decision making, and the development of case studies.
 
Deadlines
  • 1 March 2013: deadline for submission of workshop ideas (ESP members have priority)*
  • 1 May 2013: deadline for submission of abstracts (for all types of sessions) (see our abstract page)
  • 15 June 2013: deadline ‘early bird’ registration (see our registration page)
* for workshop-suggestions please send an email to ESP Support
# Information how to submit abstracts, and how to register will follow soon
 
Program
Like the previous ESP-conferences, the program will consist of a mix of plenary sessions, workshops (organized by the ESP-working groups), Open Topic sessions (proposed and organized by all participants) and Special Sessions devoted to specific topics proposed by the co-organizers, ESP partner organisations and sponsors.  
 
The conference is scheduled for 4.5 days (Monday-midday – Friday-afternoon) with a mid-term excursion to experience Ecosystem Services in practice at one of the ICRAF-CGIAR field sites.  

Read more about the event here.