Veröffentlicht am Announcement: 18th Conference of Goose Specialist Group

We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission and registration is open for the 18th Conference of Goose Specialist Group which will take place on 27 – 30 March 2018 in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The event will be hosted by the Klaipeda University and Baltic Valley, on behalf of the Goose Specialist Group.

The conference program will include three days of plenary talks by leading goose experts, oral and poster presentations, symposia and round tables. Mid-conference excursion will be organized to Nemunas River delta which is one of the most important staging area for geese on migration route from Western Europe towards the Russian Arctic.

Participants are invited to submit their oral and poster contributions from the following topics related to geese:

  • Migration, reproduction and wintering ecology.
  • Species interactions, population dynamics and management.
  • Eco-physiology, diseases.
  • Impact of global change and anthropogenic activities.

Please note that abstract submission and registration are separate processes. You do not need to pay the registration fee for GSG2018 to submit your abstract, however if you are the presenting author you are kindly expected to registered and pay the fee before the payment deadline. If you are co-author or coming without presentation you should register as well.

Early bird registration fee of 200 EUR (student fee of 150 EUR) valid till 15 January 2018.

Proposals for organizing special workshops and round tables as well as sponsorship initiatives and special sessions initiated by potential sponsors are welcome (please contact to ).

Official conference website is http://apc.ku.lt/geese

We ask you kindly to spread this message to the interested colleagues.

We look forward to seeing you in Klaipėda 2018!

Organizers of the 18th Conference of Goose Specialist Group