100 Year Jubilee
Thanks to Cesc Borràs Sayas for poster design
November 9, 2023
To celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the SVS, we will hold a full-day symposium with the theme "Past, present, and future of plant ecology and geography in the Nordic region". The event will feature invited speakers, interesting discussions, and fun activities including a celebratory dinner at Upplands Nation.
In-person venue: Friessalen, Uppsala University
Zoom: Register here to join the webinar
Symposium Program
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
9:15 - 10:30 Historical Perspectives
A brief history of the SVS (Ingvar Backéus, Uppsala U.)
Historical perspectives of plant geography and ecology in the Nordic region (Lars Ericson, Umeå U.)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:00 Scientific Symposium on Plant Ecology & Geography
Signe Normand (Aarhus U., Denmark) "Cross-scale integration for understanding biodiversity dynamics"
Anna-Liisa Laine (U. Helsinki, Finland) "How does plant diversity affect disease"
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:15 - 14:15 Scientific Symposium on Plant Ecology & Geography
Inger Alsos (The Arctic U., Norway) "Fennoscandian ecosystems through time as revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA"
Sara Cousins (Stockholm U., Sweden) "Erosion of plant diversity across landscapes – How much, how soon?"
14:15 - 14:45 Fika (The formal SVS Fall meeting will take place 14:15-14:30)
14:45 - 15:30 Students / Postdocs speed talks
15:30 - 16:30 Panel discussion
Past, present, and future of plant geography in the Nordic region
18:00 - 21:00 Dinner (Upplands Nation)