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Below is the complete list of confirmed symposia, alphabetically by title. Full details of speakers and abstracts will be posted soon.

A critical study of biodiversity studies
Organiser - Christopher Lortie , York University, Canada
Organiser – Nathan Sanders, University of Tennessee, USA
Organiser – Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University, Denmark

Altitudinal patterns of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world: time for synthesis
Organiser - Vojtech Novotny, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic/ Czech Ecological Society
Keynote - Professor Robert Colwell, University of Connecticut, USA

Applying ecological science to increase agricultural yield and sustainability
Organiser - Jacob Weiner, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Chair -   Kelly Lyons, Trinity University, Texas, USA
Keynote - Jacob Weiner, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Applying the newest synthesis to understand how fast populations will respond to climate change
Chair – Dr Yngvild Vindenes, University of Oslo, Norway
Co- organiser – Dr Martijn de Pol, Australian National University
Keynote - Professor Tim Coulson, University of Oxford, UK

Biodiversity, ecosystem services and multifunctional landscapes
Organiser - Professor Jan Bengtsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Co-organiser – Dr Lars Gamfeldt, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Keynote - Professor Teja Tscharntke, Georg August University, Germany

Biological invasions: how to reconcile science, management and policy
Organiser – Professor Peter Pyšek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic/ Czech Ecological Society
Co-organiser - Professor David Richardson, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Keynote Speaker - Professor Mark Lonsdale, CSIRO, Australia

Climate change and African mountain ecosystems: modelling ecological change at different scales
Chair - Dr Christine B Schmitt, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg, Germany
Co-organiser - Prof. Dr Neil Burgess, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Keynote - Dr Christian Hof, Senckenberg Museum, Germany

Community ecology for infectious diseases
Organiser - Dr Jo Lello, Cardiff University, UK
Chair – Professor Mike Begon, University of Liverpool, UK
Keynote - Professor Robert Poulin, University of Otago, New Zealand

Eco evolutionary dynamics and the contemporary convergence of ecology and evolution
Organiser - Dr Richard P Shefferson, University of Georgia, USA
Co-organiser – Dr Rob Salguero – Gómez, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany
Keynote - Dr Thomas Schoener, University of California, USA

Ecological consequences of evolutionary changes
Organiser - Patrick Bergeron, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Co-organiser – Dany Garant, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Co-organiser - Fanie Pelletier, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Keynote - Dr Douglas Morris, Lake Head University, Canada

Ecological research and public policy in southern mega diverse countries: lessons from successes and setbacks
Organiser - Professor Thomas M Lewinsohn – Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation

Ecosystem services contributing to poverty alleviation
Organiser - Professor Georgina Mace, University College London, UK
Co-Organiser – Dr Caroline Howe, Imperial College, London, UK
Keynote - Professor Katrina Brown, University of Exeter, UK

Emphasising the importance of basic science in ecology
Organiser - Professor Michael E Hochberg, Université de Montpelier, France
Co-organiser –Professor Christophe Thébaud, Université Paul Sabatier, France 
Co-organiser - Dr Frank Courchamp, Université Paris Sud, France
Keynote - Professor Robert May, University of Oxford, UK

Evolution in ecological communities – how evolutionary processes shape ecological communities and communities determine the direction on evolutionary change
Organiser - Dr Jennifer Rowntree, University of York, UK
Co-organiser – Dr Jordi Moya- Laraňo, CSIC, Spain
Keynote - Professor Marc Johnson, University of Toronto, Canada

Evolutionary management: sustainable food, health and biodiversity for the next 100 years
Organiser - Peter Søgaard Jorgensen- University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Co-organiser - Scott Carroll, University of California, USA
Keynote - Professor Scott Carroll, University of California, USA

Forest resilience, tipping points and global change processes
Organiser  - Christopher Reyer – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Co-organiser – Niels Brouwers, Murdoch University, Australia
Co-organiser – Anja Rammig, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Keynote - Professor Marten Scheffer, Wageningen University, Netherlands  

Global change and ecosystem ecology: beyond the study of nutrient cycling
Organiser - Dr Diana Wall, Colorado State University, USA
Co-organiser - Alan K. Knapp, Colorado State University, USA
Keynote - Professor David Raffaelli, University of York, UK

Global change and multispecies systems: from understanding to prediction
Organiser - Dr Guy Woodward- Queen Mary, UK
Chair – Dr Eoin O’Gorman, University of London, UK
Chair – Dr Lee Brown, University of Leeds, UK
Chair – Dr Bjorn Rall, University of Göttingen, Germany
Keynote - Professor John Harte, University of California, USA

How can we transform predictive ecology to better meet scientific and societal demands?
Organiser - Dr Matthew Smith – Microsoft Research, UK
Co-organiser – Dr Dylan Z Childs, University of Sheffield, UK
Co-organiser - Dr Attila N Lazar, University of Reading, UK
Co-organiser - Dr Rick Stafford, LIRANS Institute of Research in the Applied Natural Sciences, UK
Keynote - Professor Simon Levin, Princeton University, USA

Integrative island biogeography: new perspectives on a classic theory
Organiser - Dr Ana MC Santos – Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Co-organiser – Richard Field, University of Nottingham, UK
Alan Gray, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
Keynote - Professor Robert Whittaker, University of Oxford, UK

International perspectives from long term research on ecosystem carbon budgets
Organiser & chair - Dr Tiffany Troxler, Florida International University, USA
Organiser – Dr Guanghui Lin, Institute for Global Change Studies, China
Keynote - Dr Rodrigo Vargas, CICESE, Mexico

Island biocultural diversity and traditional ecological knowledge
Organiser: Prof. Sun-Kee Hong – Mokpo National University, Korea
Co-Organiser: Prof. Gloria Pungetti – University of Cambridge, UK
Co-Organiser: Prof. Hiroyuki Matsuda - Yokohama National University, Japan
Endorsement: East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies

Light pollution in an urbanised world: ecological and evolutionary consequences
Organiser & chair - Professor Dr Marcel Visser, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Co-organiser – Dr Jesko Partecke, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany
Co-organiser - Dr Kamiel Spoelstra, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Keynote - Professor Kevin Gaston, University of Exeter, UK

Long term urban ecological studies: linking pattern, process and ecosystem services towards sustainable cities
Organiser - Professor Zhiyun Ouyang, Research Center for Eco Environmental Services CAS, China
Co-organiser - Prof. Dr. Steward Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, , USA

Maintaining top predator populations in the 22^nd century: ecological channels and opportunities
Organiser - Dr Philip Riordan- University of Oxford, UK
Co-organiser – Dr Claudio Sillero, University of Oxford, UK
Co-organiser - Dr Amy Dickman, University of Oxford, UK
Co-organiser - Dr Andrew Loveridge, University of Oxford, UK
Keynote - Professor David Macdonald, University of Oxford, UK
Keynote - Dr Alan Rabinowitz, Panthera, USA

Mechanisms of plant competition
Organiser - Professor David Robinson,  University of Aberdeen, UK
Co-organiser – Dr Rob Brooker, James Hutton Institute, UK
Co-organiser  - Dr Claire Trinder, University of Aberdeen, UK
Keynote - Dr Liesje Mommer, Wageningen University, Netherlands

Multilevel transmission processes in disease transmission: blending models and data
Organiser - Professor Mike Boots, University of Exeter, UK
Co-organiser – Professor Ken Wilson, University of Lancaster, UK
Co-organiser - Professor Stephanie Godfrey, Murdoch University, Australia
Keynote - Professor Peter Hudson, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Natural forest succession in the tropics – lessons and implications for tropical forest restoration
Organiser - Daisy Dent, University of Stirling, UK
Chair – Simon Queenborough, Ohio State University, USA
Keynote - Professor Robin Chazdon, University of Connecticut, USA

New insights from new methods in ecology and evolution
Organiser - Rob Freckleton, University of Sheffield, UK
Keynote - Professor Walter Jetz, Yale University, USA

Not just for geeks: broadening scope and participation in predictive ecology
Organiser - Dr Matthew Smith, Microsoft Researc,h UK
Co organiser - Dr Dylan Z Childs, Univeristy of Sheffield, UK
Co organiser - Dr Attila N Lazar, University of Reading, UK
Co organiser - Dr Rick Stafford, LIRANS Institute of Research in the Applied Natural Sciences, UK
Keynote - Dr Gareth Russell, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Phenology and climate change: perspectives from ecosystems across the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)
Organiser - Jianwu Tang- Marine Biological Laboratory, USA
Chair – Kristen Vanderbilt, University of New Mexico, USA
Keynote - Dr Stephen Thackeray, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK

Plant functional ecology and vegetation modelling in a new data rich world
Organiser - Jens Kattge, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany
Chair – Sandra Lavorel, CNRS, France
Co-organiser – Sandra Díaz, Universidad de Cordoba, Argentina
Co-organiser - Franziska Schrodt, University of Minnesota, USA
Co-organiser - Cornelia Krug, DIVERSITAS & Université Paris Sud, France
Keynote - Professor Colin Prentice, Macquarie University, Australia

Plant invasion success: trait based analyses and prediction
Organiser - Professor Dr Ming Dong, Hangzhou Normal University, China
Co-organiser - Professor Dr Wei-Ming He, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Co-organiser - Professor Dr Feihai Yu, Beijing Forestry University, China
Keynote - Professor Dr Ming Dong, Hangzhou Normal University, China

Putting applied ecology into practice: knowledge and needs for the 21^st century
Organiser - Professor Philip Hulme, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Co-organiser – Professor EJ Milner-Gulland, Imperial College, UK
Keynote - Professor Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy, USA

Reinvigorating macroecology with process based approaches
Organiser - Dr Sally Keith, James Cook University, Australia
Co-organiser – Professor Sean R Connolly, James Cook University, Australia
Keynote - Professor Brian McGill, University of Maine

Soil biodiversity and ecosystem function: recent advancement and new challenges
Organiser - Richard Bardgett, The University of Manchester, UK
Co-organiser – Wim van der Putten, Netherlands Institute for Ecology
Keynote - Professor John Crawford, University of Sydney, Australia
Keynote - Professor Louise Jackson, University of California Davis

The effects of large scale manipulations of tropical forests on arthropod assemblages
Organiser - Yves Basset, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Co-organiser – Tom Fayle, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Keynote - Dr Robert M Ewers, Imperial College, UK

The Forest Microbiome: how microbes shape the structure and function of forest ecosystems in a changing world
Organiser - Jenny Talbot – University of Minnesota, USA
Co-organiser – Emma J Sayer, Open University, UK
Keynote - Professor Teri Balser, University of Florida, USA

The future of ecological possibilities in citizen science
Organiser - Jennifer Shirk – Cornell University, USA
Co-organiser – Jonathan Silvertown, Open University, UK
Keynote - Professor Jonathan Silvertown, Open University, UK

The tree of life in ecosystems: evolution of plant effects on carbon and nutrient cycling
Organiser - Professor Dr Johannes Cornelissen, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Co-organiser – Dr William K Cornwell, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keynote - Professor Peter B Reich, University of Minnesota, USA

Threats to an ecosystem service: evaluating multifactorial pressures on insect pollinators
Organiser - Dr Adam J Vanbergen, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Co-organiser – Professor Simon G Potts, University of Reading, UK
Co-organiser - Dr Matt S Heard, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Keynote - Professor Claire Kremen, University of California, USA

Tools to enhance landscape resilience to human impact
Organiser - Professor Andrzej Kedziora, Polish Academy of Sciences
Co-organiser - Professor Andrzej Mizgajski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland