Detailed programme

All activities took place at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School unless stated.

Start End Duration Activity
Sunday
12:00 19:00 7:00 Registration
19:00     Restaurants & pubs
Monday
07:00 09:00 2:00 Registration
09:00 10:00 1:00 Tea and coffee at Manchester Town Hall
10:00 12:00 2:00 Plenary at Manchester Town Hall
12:00 14:00 2:00 Posters, lunch and registration
14:00 15:40 1:40 Symposia 1
The 10-year anniversary of landscape genetics: current status, remaining challenges and future potential of genetic approaches in landscape ecology
Social theory and empirical findings in European landscape ecology
Ecological networks in real landscapes
Changing Mediterranean landscapes
Land system change impacts on European landscapes
15:40 16:05 0:25 Tea and coffee
16:05 17:45 1:40 Symposia 2
The 10-year anniversary of landscape genetics: current status, remaining challenges and future potential of genetic approaches in landscape ecology
Social theory and empirical findings in European landscape ecology
The new forests of Europe
Ecological networks in real landscapes
Changing Mediterranean landscapes
Land system change impacts on European landscapes
17:45 19:30 1:45 Posters
17:45 18:45 1:00 ialeUK AGM
19:30     Restaurants & pubs
Tuesday
07:00 08:30 1:30 Early field trips depart
08:30 17:30 9:00 Field trips
17:30 19:30 2:00 Free time
19:30     Conference dinner at The Palace Hotel
Wednesday
08:00 09:00 1:00 Registration
09:00 10:40 1:40 Symposia 3
Greater Manchester landscapes
The role of geographic location in the operationalisation of the concepts of Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital
Earth Observation for biodiversity surveillance: technology for policy implementation
Integrated local landscape management in a globalised world: practices and pathways
10:40 11:05 0:25 Tea and coffee
11:05 12:45 1:40 Symposia 4
Changing urban areas using landscape scale ecological processes and thinking
Diversity, function and impairment in freshwater ecosystems: consequences for conservation and ecosystem services
Changing cultural landscapes
The role of geographic location in the operationalisation of the concepts of Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital
Earth Observation for biodiversity surveillance: technology for policy implementation
Integrated local landscape management in a globalised world: practices and pathways
12:45 14:00 1:15 Posters & lunch
14:00 15:40 1:40 Symposia 5
Changing urban areas using landscape scale ecological processes and thinking
Agent based models of landscape scale socio-ecological systems
Landscape ecology education in a changing world
Climate change adaptation and landscape planning
Linking social indicators across scales: upscaling and downscaling - the state of the art and challenges ahead
Exploring the landscape ecological implications of the land sparing or sharing debate
15:40 16:05 0:25 Tea and coffee
16:05 17:45 1:40 Symposia 6
Greater Manchester landscapes
Agent based models of landscape scale socio-ecological systems
Linking social indicators across scales: upscaling and downscaling - the state of the art and challenges ahead
Collaborative research for the European Landscape Convention
Adaptive forest management approaches: A landscape ecology holistic view
17:45 19:30 1:45 Posters
17:45 19:30 1:45 IALE-Europe AGM
19:30     Buffet reception
Thursday
08:00 09:00 1:00 Registration
09:00 10:40 1:40 Symposia 7
      Ecosystem Services: building informed policies to orient landscape dynamics
      Biocultural landscape conservation in the framework of landscape ecology: a European perspective
      Land use change in Europe: new understanding, better modelling, and roadmapping to a desired future
      Scaling climate change models for the assessment of landscape systems
      From survey to monitoring of landscapes and biodiversity
10:40 11:05 0:25 Tea and coffee
11:05 12:45 1:40 Symposia 8
Ecosystem Services: building informed policies to orient landscape dynamics
Biocultural landscape conservation in the framework of landscape ecology: a European perspective
Land use change in Europe: new understanding, better modelling, and roadmapping to a desired future
Community-based planning with landscape services
From survey to monitoring of landscapes and biodiversity
12:45 14:00 1:15 Posters & lunch
14:00 16:00 2:00 Plenary at Manchester Town Hall
16:00 21:00 5:00 Post Congress Excursion
Friday
09:00 18:00 9:00 Post Congress Excursion