Conferences

You can meet the editors of Nature Ecology & Evolution and other Springer Nature journals at some of the conferences below.

Please email ecoevo@nature.com with details of any conferences that you would like to be included on this list or to arrange to meet with an editor at a conference.

Ancient Biomolecules of Plants, Animals & Microbes (WGC) online 29-31 March 2021 Registration closes 19 March
Biology & Genomics of Social Insects (CSHL) online 30 March-1 April 2021  
American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting online 7-28 April 2021  
Society for American Archeology Annual Meeting online 15-17 April 2021 Advance registration closes 10 March
Icelandic Ecological Society Annual Meeting online 16-17 April 2021  
Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology online 19-20 April 2021 Abstract deadline 15 March; Registration closes 12 April
Communicating Climate Change Ecology and Nature-Based Solutions (BES) online 21 April 2021 Registration closes 31 March
World Biodiversity Forum online Six weekly events May/June 2021  
The Identity and Evolution of Cell Types (EMBO) online 4-7 May 2021 Abstract deadline 10 March; Registration closes 14 April
Oikos Norway Conference online 5-6 May 2021 Abstract deadline 1 April
The Biology of Genomes (CHSL) online 11-14 May 2021  
International Meeting of Early-Stage Researchers in Palaeontology online 18-21 May 2021 Registration closes 16 March
Species and Ecological Processes - Taxonomy and Traits (BES) online 28 May 2021  
Cultural Evolution Society Conference Sapporo, Japan 9-11 June 2021  
Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases Montpellier, France 11-14 June 2021 Decision expected early March on whether meeting is in-person or online
Mathematical & Computational Evolutionary Biology Porquerolles, France 13-17 June 2021  
EcoSummit 2021 online 14-15 June 2021 Registration closes 12 Junes
Evolution 2021 online 21-25 June 2021 Abstract deadline 30 April
Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference online 28 June-1 July 2021 Early registration closes 25 March
Our Ocean Conference 2021 Palau 1 July 2021 Date is tentative
SMBE 2021 online 3-8 July 2021  
European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists online 6-9 July 2021  
International Society for Evolution in Medicine & Public Health 2021 online 15-16 July 2021 Abstract and early registration deadline 30 April
International Coral Reef Symposium 2021 online 19-23 July 2021  
Botany 2021 online 19-23 July 2021 Abstract deadline 1 April
Plant Biology 2021 online 19-23 July 2021  
Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions online 25-30 July 2021  
International Congress on the Origins of Life Quito, Ecuador August 2021  
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting online 2-6 August 2021 Early registration deadline 24 June
Animal Behavior Society Conference online 3-6 August 2021  
American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting online 9-14 August 2021  
Society of Africanist Archaeologists Biennial Meeting Oxford, UK 15-20 August 2021  
Congress of the International Society of Limnology Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea 22-27 August 2021  
Molecular Origins of Life Munich, Germany 26-27 August 2021 Abstract deadline 20 July; Registration closes 15 August
GfO Annual Meeting Brunswick, Germany 30 August-3 September 2021 Abstract and early registration deadline 17 May
International meeting for Phytolith Research online 8-11 September 2021  
Virus Genomics & Evolution (WGC) online 13-15 September 2021 Abstract deadline 20 July; Registration closes 6 September
European Society for the study of Human Evolution Annual Meeting Aarhus, Denmark 22-26 September 2021 Decision on whether to proceed in-person due early 2021
Early Career Biogeographers Conference Amsterdam, the Netherlands 22-24 October 2021 Early registration deadline 22 August
Euro Evo Devo Naples, Italy 26-29 October 2021  
Entomology 2021 hybrid: online and Denver, USA 31 October-3 November 2021 Abstract deadline 14 June
Human Evolution - From Fossils to Ancient & Modern Genomes (WGC) online 2-4 November 2021 Abstract deadline 7 September; Registration closes 5 October
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting Minneapolis, USA 3-7 November 2021  
IUCN World Conservation Congress Marseille, France 3-11 November 2021  
Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference Darwin, Australia 22-26 November 2021  
Plant Genome Stability and Change (EMBO) Leiden, The Netherlands 5-8 December 2021 Abstract deadline 20 September; Registration closes 15 November
British Ecological Society Annual Meeting Liverpool, UK 12-15 December 2021  
International Congress for Conservation Biology Kigali, Rwanda 12-16 December 2021 Registration opens June 2021
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting Phoenix, USA 3-7 January 2022  
International Biogeography Society Biennial Conference Vancouver, Canada 8-12 January 2022 Registration opens August 2021
Origins of Life GRC Galveston, USA 23-28 January 2022 Registration closes 26 December
Predator-Prey Interactions GRC Lucca, Italy 30 January-4 February 2022 Registration closes 2 January
Geobiology GRC Galveston, USA 30 January-4 February 2022 Registration closes 2 January
Evolutionary Systems Biology Hinxton, UK 9-11 February 2022  
Ocean Sciences Meeting Honolulu, USA 27 February-4 March 2022  
Marine Reptiles Conference Kimmeridge, UK May 2022  
Ocean Biogeochemistry GRC Castelldefels, Spain 1-6 May 2022 Registration closes 3 April 2022
The Interconnected Microbial Ocean GRC Les Diablerets, Switzerland 29 May-3 June 2022 Registration closes 1 May 2022
EcoSummit 2022 Gold Coast, Australia 30 May-4 June 2022  
Biology of Winter GRC Andover, USA 5-10 June 2022 Registration closes 8 May 2022
International Society for Evolution in Medicine & Public Health 2022 Lisbon, Portugal 2022  
Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology & Conservation Cartagena, Colombia July 2022  
IUSSI International Congress San Diego, USA 3-7 July 2022  
International Coral Reef Symposium 2022 Bremen, Germany 3-8 July 2022  
International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 4-8 July 2022  
Nature-based Solutions Conference Oxford, UK 5-7 July 2022  
International Congress of Entomology Helsinki, Finland 17-22 July 2022  
Ocean Change Biology GRC Waterville Valley, USA 17-22 July 2022 Registration closes 14 June 2022
Botany 2022 Anchorage, USA 24-27 July 2022  
East African Association for Palaeoanthropology & Palaeontology Biennial Conference Arusha, Tanzania 31 July-4 August 2022  
Unifying Ecology Across Scales GRC Manchester, USA 31 July-5 August 2022 Registration closes 3 July 2022
European Society for Evolutionary Biology Congress Prague, Czech Republic 14-19 August 2022  
International Symposium on  Microbial Ecology  Cape Town, South Africa 21-26 August 2022  
International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress Melbourne, Australia 11-16 September 2022  
International Conference on Biological Invasions Tartu, Estonia 13-16 September 2022  
Conference on Mediterranean Ecosystems hybrid: online and South Africa 15-19 September 2022 Early registration deadline 15 May 2022