Invitation, dates & venue

Dear colleagues, dear friends,

On behalf of the local organizing committee, we are pleased to invite you to the 30th Conference of the European Vegetation Survey (IAVS Working Group), which will be held on May 9 – 13, 2022 in Bratislava (Slovakia). The venue will be Hotel Saffron.

The program will include both oral and poster presentations. Not only professional researchers but also young scientists and students are warmly welcome. Students and young scientists can participate in the competition for the best presentations, and prizes will be awarded at the social dinner.

Thanks to the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), the members may apply for financial support to participate in this annual meeting.

Local Organizing Committee (Plant Science & Biodiversity Center SAS, Slovak Botanical Society & Geobotany):

Jozef Šibík, Mária Šibíková, Iveta Škodová, Monika Janišová, Katarína Vantarová, Jana Májeková, Milan Valachovič, Ivan Jarolímek, Denisa Bazalová, Lucia Čahojová, Simona Klačanová, Michaela Michálková and others.

Scientific Committee:

Fabio Attorre, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Idoia Biurrun, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.

Milan Chytrý, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

Anna Kuzemko, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Joop Schaminée, Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Emiliano Agrillo, Italian Institute of Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy