The Congress will be hosted in Santo Stefano di Camastra (Italy) from 7 to 10 October 2020. The objective of the congress is to shed new light on critical issues concerning the exploitation of ecosystem services, conservation of cultural heritage and to assess new perspectives to the future development of the cultural landscapes in the context of the European Green Deal.
The Congress is open to scientists, students, educators, managers, policy and decisionmakers. It will consist of invited lectures, scientific sessions with oral and poster presentations, and a scientific and cultural excursion.
https://www.ecocycles.net/essc2020
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7 October 2020 Wednesday | afternoon | ESSC and EURECYS Council meetings Registration Welcome Cocktail at the venue of the Congress |
8 October 2020 Thursday | morning | Registration Opening ceremony Invited Lecture Oral and poster session Light lunch |
afternoon | Oral and poster session Social dinner | |
9 October 2020 Friday | morning | Invited Lecture Oral and poster session Light lunch |
afternoon | Oral and poster session Closing ceremony | |
10 October 2020 Saturday | Full day | Scientific and cultural excursion |
11 October 2020 Sunday | Departure |
Scientific Sessions
The scientific sessions of the 1st International ESSC-EURECYS joint Congress are organized into the following main topics:
1. A way forward: changing the soil paradigm to spread the soil awareness
2. Management of soil functions and services
3. Sustainable Land Management in a changing environment
4. Soil care and food security
5. Soil pollution/contamination and remediation practices
6. Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
7. Policies supporting soil care and soil ecosystem services
8. Actuality of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
1. Multifunctional Agriculture
2. Sustainable agricultural production
3. Viticulture, sustainable wine production and viticultural landscapes
4. Food Safety: quality, supply, protection of origin
5. Management of Natural Resources
6. Wildlife ecology, forestry and rural planning
7. Persistent Organic Pollutants: prevention, remediation, mitigation
8. Water resources: conservation, use and remediation
9. Effects of climate change on agriculture and cultural landscapes
10. Geoinformatics and nanotechnology in precision agriculture
1. Scenario Analysis: Strategy vs Vision
2. Cultural web, paradigm and changes of paradigm
3. Participatory Approach in Regional Planning
4. Classification of resources and Resource Audit
5. Strategic Planning and Feedback Mechanisms
6. How to handle extreme urbanisation and depopulation of the countryside?
7. Environmental, economic, and social carrying capacity
8. Benefit of Circular Economy in the environmental management
9. Natural and Anthropogenic Ecocycles
10. Waste management: waste to energy systems
1. Cultural Landscapes: new concepts
2. European Landscape Convention: implementation and barriers to implementation
3. The built heritage
4. Intangible Cultural Heritage in landscape management
5. Sustainable tourism and conservation of cultural heritage
6. Ecomuseums: new concepts in heritage conservation
7. Preservation vs conservation: re-defining concepts from an evolutionary perspective
8. Traditional trades and crafts: active conservation of intangible cultural heritage
9. Landscape Observatories and Decision Support Systems
International organizations of landscape management: legal background and agreements
| Early Registration (Before/On 31st May 2020) | Regular Registration (Before/On 30th June 2020) | Late Registration (After 1st July 2020) | Scientific and cultural excursion*** |
Regular participant | 150€ | 200€ | 250€ | free |
ESSC and EURECYS Members* |
100€ |
150€ |
200€ |
free |
Students/PhD student** | 50€ | 75€ | 100€ | free |
Accompanying person | 25€ | 25€ | 25€ | free |
Social Dinner | 35€ | 35€ | 35€ |
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* Only for those members up-to-date with the 2020 fee.
** Proof of the student status must be provided by a relevant certificate signed by the tutor and must be sent by email to Prof. Giuseppe Lo Papa (giuseppe.lopapa@unipa.it) and in cc to Prof. Sandor Nemethy (sandor@conservation.gu.se) soon after the registration.
Payment of registration fees:
BANK NAME | Raiffeisen Bank, Hungary |
BRANCH | Head Office |
BENEFICIARY | European Ecocycles Society |
BENEFICIARY ADDRESS | Matrai ut 36, 3200 Gyongyos, Hungary |
ACCOUNT NUMBER (EURO) | 01388933 00200003 |
IBAN (EURO) | HU54120320060138893300200003 |
SWIFT CODE (International) | UBRTHUHBXXX |
Description: | Please describe the Fee is paid for the International ESSC- EURECYS joint Congress and write your name and surname |
The registration fee includes:
· Welcome Cocktail at the venue on Wednesday 7th October 2020.
· Access to the opening and closing ceremony.
· Admission to all scientific sessions.
· Congress materials (Congress bag, Name badge, Printed Programme)
· USB flash drive of Abstracts
· Coffee breaks and self-service lunches at the Congress venue.
· Scientific and cultural excursion
· A Certificate of Attendance.
Accompanying persons:
· Welcome Cocktail at the venue on Wednesday 07 October 2020
· Scientific and cultural excursion
The registration fee does not cover hotel accommodation in Santo Stefano di Camastra.
· Cancellation before 30 June 2020: 80% of paid sum will be refunded.
· Cancellation between 30 June to 31 July 2020: 50% of paid sum will be refunded.
· After 31 July 2019: cancellation of participation will not be refunded.
· All refunds will be made within two weeks after the completion of the Congress.
Deadlines:
1 March 2020 | Abstract submission | Start of online registration and abstract submission |
31 May 2020 | Abstract submission | Deadline of abstract submission |
20 June 2020 | Abstract submission | Confirmation of acceptance and inclusion of abstracts in the scientific programme of the Congress |
30 June 2020 | Registration fees | Deadline for regular registration fee payment |
30 June 2020 | Registration fees | Deadline for cancellation of participation with 80% refund of the registration fee pays (except bank charges) |
31 July 2020 | Registration fees | Deadline for cancellation of participation with 50% refund of the registration fee pays (except bank charges) |
31 July 2020 | Registration fees | After this date, cancellation of participation will not be refunded |