Macedonian Ecological Society reannounces the 6th Congress of Ecologists of the Republic of North Macedonia, with international participation

Following the international success of the 5th Congress in 2016, the planned 6th Congress is also foreseen to be an international meeting, with editorial board comprised of scientists from twelve countries from the Balkan region and Central Europe. During the years, this Congress grew in the largest gathering of its type in the Balkan region. It provides a platform for presentation of the scientific research, exchange of experience and knowledge among ecologists and practitioners from different disciplines and countries.

 

The presentation will be distributed into eight sections, covering broad topics reflecting the wide range of research done over the last several years.

Official language of the Congress will be English.

 

Congress sections

Populations, Communities and Ecosystems

Hydrobiology, Water Management and Monitoring

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Forestry and Agriculture

Natural Resources Management

Air, Water and soil Pollution

Environmental Change

Ecological Education

 

Other events (might be changed later):

  • Symposium of Biology Students, organized by Biology Students’ Research Society, Skopje
  • Symposium on Nature conservation in Bregalnica watershed
  • Symposium on Prespa Lakes
  • Symposium on Protected Areas

Scientific and Editorial Committee

Members

Trajče Stafilov (Chair) (North Macedonia)

Aleksandar Trendafilov (North Macedonia)

Andraž Čarni (Slovenia)

Diana Zlatanova (Bulgaria)

Dražen Kotrošan (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Elizabeta Veljanovska-Sarafilovska (North Macedonia)

Franc Janžeković (Slovenia)

Georgos Fotiadis (Greece)

Goran Anačkov (Serbia)

Halili Ibrahimi (Kosovo)

Hasan Huseyin Dogan (Turkey)

Jürgen Blasser (Switzerland)

Ljiljana Tomović (Serbia)

Mitko Karadelev (North Macedonia)

Robert Šajn (Slovenia)

Rosen Tsonev (Bulgaria)

Snežana Vuksanović (Montenegro)

Sonja Ivanovska (North Macedonia)

Spase Shumka (Albania)

Valentina Slavevska-Stamenkovic (North Macedonia)

Vlado Matevski (North Macedonia)

Zlatko Levkov (North Macedonia)

Zoltan Barina (Hungary)

 

Organizing Committee

Metodija Velevski (Chair)

Daniela Jovanovska

Dejan Dimidzievski

Dragan Arsovski

Fidanka Trajkova

Besnik Rexhepi

Marija Trenčeva

Nikolčo Velkovski

Orhideja Tasevska

Renata Ćušterevska

Robertina Brajanoska

Slavčo Hristovski

Slave Nakev

Svetlana Pejović

Vladimir Džabirski

 

Registration

Registration is possible as a congress participant or a congress visitor.

Please register by filling in the Registration form, no later than September 15th 2022. Fees can be paid at later date.

 

Congress Fees

Participants

Regular payment (before 30th September 2022)

– Regular fee: 100€

– Master and PhD students: 75€ (Please attach a confirmation document issued from your university)

– Undergraduate students: (Please attach a confirmation document issued from your university)

      20€ – Symposium of biology students

      75€ – Congress of ecologist

 

One registration covers: publishing of your abstract(s) in the Abstract book, Congress materials, coffee breaks, the official social event and publication of the paper in the Congress Proceedings.

One fee covers the expenses for maximum of two presentations, but registration is obligatory for every presentation.

Late payment (between 1st – 10th October 2022) will be charged additional 25€, for all categories. 

All members of Macedonian Ecological Society get 10% discount.

Symposium of biology students is organized by Biology Student Research Society and payment should be made on the bank account given here.

 

Visitors

Payment (before 30th September 2022)

– Regular fee 50€

 

Visitor registration covers: Congress materials, coffee breaks and the official social event.

Payments of the fees will not be possible at the Congress desk. The payment is possible online via this link, or by bank transfer using the information at the end of this page.

Instructions for preparation of abstracts

Abstracts should be submitted electronically, using the form at the Registration tab. Following the preliminary review process, they will be compiled in a Congress Abstract book.

Limit you abstracts to 500 words. Organize the abstract in a way that it follows a structure of a full article: few introductory sentences, objective of the work, a short methodology, main results, short discussion and conclusions. Provide 3-5 key words, that are not contained in the paper title.

Citations, references, tables and figures should not be included.

Technical editing of the abstracts will be done by the Organizing Committee.

 

Publications

All of the accepted abstracts will be published in an Abstract book (October 2022).

The presented papers that will be approved for publication by the Scientific and Editorial Committee will be published in the Congress Proceedings (February 2023). Guidelines will be provided in the Second announcement (May 2022).

Authors are also welcome to submit their papers for publication in the “Macedonian Journal of Ecology and Environment” (www.mjee.org.mk), which offers double peer-review and is edited by an international board.

 

Venue

Hotel Bellevue – Metropol Lake Resort

Participants should organize their own accommodation.

Hotel reservations are available via the following link, or directly on the hotel website.

At this moment the room prices for the congress are as follow:

  •  Single room – 52€ (half board)
  • Double room – 78€ (half board)

These prices are per room, per night with minimum two nights stay, for only one night, additional 5€ are charged. Payments for accommodation are made directly to the hotel.

 

Once again, important dates

May 5th, 2022 – Second Announcement with instructions for writing papers

September 15th, 2022 – Registration and Abstract submission deadline

September 30th, 2022 – Final day for payment of the regular Congress fee

October 1st – 10th, 2022 – Payment of late registrations

October 15th – 18th, 2022 – Congress days

February 28th, 2023 – Publication of the Proceedings

 

Payment instructions :  

Online payment platform is available via this link.