8th SCCS Europe
13-16 September 2023, Balatonvilágos, Hungary
Detailed program
13th September (Wednesday)
afternoon, until 17:30 – Arrival to Balatonvilágos
17:30 – 18:30 Dinner
19:00 – Evening get-together
To make this event more international, we would like to ask you to bring your local food and/or drink specialty for the get-together evening to increase the diversity of choices :-)
14th September (Thursday)
08:00 – 08:45 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:15 Opening ceremony
09:15 – 10:00 Plenary
- Ante Vujić: The wonderful world of hoverflies
10:00 – 10:45 Student session: Protection and conservation of insects I.
- Áron Domonkos Bihaly: Local and landscape-scale effects of diverse, large-scale wildflower plantings on cavity-nesting hymenopterans
- Hardeep Kaur: Identification of unknown samples of honeybee wings from India using geometric morphometrics
- Botond Magyar: Do drainage canals support Orthoptera assemblages in European lowland region?
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 Workshop by Ante Vujić: “Conservation in practice – hoverflies as example”
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 Plenary
- Mark Brown: Parasites, pesticides, and (wild) pollinator conservation
14:30 – 15:15 Student session: Protection and conservation of insects II.
- Aletta Márta Erikné Ősz: Nontarget catches of trap with chemical lures reveal bush crickets' (Tettigoniidae) flower visitation, pollination, and feeding
- Kata Pásztor: How weather and body size affect survival, senescence and detectability in a natural butterfly population
- Kitti Révész: Leave uncut strips on hay meadows to support arthropods
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:30 Workshop by Mark Brown: „Communicating science to stakeholders”
17:30 – 18:30 Dinner
19:00 – 19:30 Poster session
20:00 – Beer tasting at the local brewery (free and optional)
15th September (Friday)
08:00 – 08:45 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:45 Plenary
- Balázs A. Lukács: Unifying research underwater and land for effective freshwater conservation
09:45 – 10:30 Student session: Landscape - Microclimate – Vegetation
- Kata Frei: Microclimate and soil resource availability may support climate-change-sensitive plant species in potential microrefugia
- Gábor Li: Geomorphological diversity and canopy cover: the effects of canopy gaps on the microclimate and species composition of dolines
- Gabriella Süle: The functional organisation of sandy forest-steppe transition zone in Hungary
- Chiara Dragonetti: Effect of human disturbance on the density of meso and macro mammals in the central Apennines
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:15 Student session: Occurrence and protection of vertebrates
- Ioannis Kalaitzakis: Assessment of land-based threats to Atlantic seabirds
- Gergő Rák: Effects of different grassland management regimes on the density of the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)
- Ádám Tisza: A geometric morphometric approach to identify snake prey vertebrae from raptor bird nests and pellets
- Tímea Németh: From global conventions to national actions: mobilizing local expertise to support the Global Biodiversity Framework
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 13:45 Break
13:45 – 14:30 Plenary
- Tamara Mitrofanenko: Facilitating biodiversity protection and implementation of Agenda 2030 in the Carpathian Region
14:30 – 14:45 Student session
- Davide Mirante: Wildlife Burnout: Patterns of stress levels in response to anthropogenic disturbance in reptiles, birds and mammals
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 Poster session
16:00 – 17:30 Workshop by Tamara Mitrofanenko: "Linking between biodiversity conservation with other aspects of sustainable regional development"
17:30 – 18:30 Dinner
18:45 – Closing
19:00 – Dance party
16th September (Saturday)
06:30 – 07:30 Breakfast
07:30 –13:00 Optional field trip to the Kis-Balaton on the area of the Balaton Uplands National Park
The field trip starts after breakfast at 7:30 and ends around 13:00/14:00 (exact details can be arranged during previous days) with return to Balatonvilágos. The impressive area of the Kis-Balaton is part of the Balaton Uplands National Park, where wetland reconstruction was conducted which led to a rich avifauna. It is a 14 745 hectares Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), with the following bird species: Ixobrychus minutus; Nycticorax nycticorax; Ardeola ralloides; Egretta alba; Ardea purpurea; Platalea leucorodia; Anser fabalis; Anser albifrons; Anser anser etc.; See more: https://www.bfnp.hu/en/latogatohely/dias-island-fenekpuszta)
Recommended clothing: comfortable urban clothes and shoes for walking, rainy weather may occur.
See more:
Birdlife Hungary - Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület: https://www.mme.hu/en
Homepage of the Balaton Uplands National Park: https://www.bfnp.hu/en
Details about the Kis-Balaton: https://www.bfnp.hu/en/tajegyseg/kis-balaton-en
Image film of the Balaton Uplands National Park with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY8ardJGHZU