British Ecological Society Centenary 2013
Celebrating ecological science and research
27 March 2013 The British Ecological Society celebrates its centenary with a public marine symposium organised by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) in association with the National Museum of Scotland. This symposium will run as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.
8 – 9 April 2013 Global Change and Biosphere Interactions is a major international scientific meeting to mark the centenary of the British Ecological Society and the launch of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute. Focussed on sustainable solutions to global environmental change, the conference will feature major international speakers covering current advances in our understanding of the past, present and future consequences of human impacts on the earth system.
12 April 2013 Launch of 100 Influential Ecological Papers – published in 100 years of BES journals. Printed and online resource in which 100 ecologists were asked to nominate the paper from the BES journals that they felt most influenced them or or the science of ecology
17 May 2013 Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease to highlight a number of ways in which ecology impacts on the evolution of and evolutionary implications of infectious disease, and how evolution may further impact on ecological dynamics. The day will finish with a discussion of future directions and how a better understanding of the evolutionary ecology of parasites will allow us to manage disease effectively in human, agricultural and natural populations.
25 June 2013 Parliamentary reception and launch of two new Ecological Issues on tree health and the impact of extreme events on freshwater ecology
18-23 August 2013 INTECOL - a major international ecological conference taking the theme advancing ecology and making it count. Registration and abstract submission is now open
For the public and schools
Festival of Ecology
The Festival which runs from 15 June – 4 August 2013 aims to engage the public with the science of ecology through over 100 events across the UK. These range from exploring a forgotten Scottish peat land, a marine science festival on the seashore, learning more about the avian life of Wales and many more! Please visit the new Festival of Ecology website for details of events near you!
Education wall charts and competitions
We’ve developed four educational wall charts Food, food and more food, The competition for life on earth, How diverse is life on earth? & Is there life beyond earth? Accompanied by competitions these wall charts are proving very popular!
Submit a video diary of your daily working life!
We are looking for videos from Members of the British Ecological Society reflecting 24 hours in their working life. The films will form a web based project illustrating the myriad ways that ecological research is conducted throughout the day.
Centenary Membership Competition
Encourage your friends and colleagues to join the BES in our centenary year and you (and your friend) could win free membership for life! We also have £20 gift vouchers to give away to any BES member who gets two friends to join. For full details see our competition page.