Science Day 2026 ¶
The SwissForestLab Science Day will take place on January 16, 2026 at the University of Bern We will meet at:
Institute of Geography (GIUB)
Room: EG-001
Hallerstrasse 12
3012 Bern
This year's theme is "Understanding the carbon balance at the organ, tree and forest ecosystem level".
The one-day event will bring together researchers to investigate the factors and processes that influence carbon (C) balance dynamics at multiple scales. The focus of the event is on understanding the carbon budget from tree organs and individual trees to whole forest ecosystems. Contributions that either deal in depth with a single level or combine several levels are welcome.
The SwissForestLab ScienceDay 2026 will serve as a platform to showcase the breadth of science within the SwissForestLab community and unite diverse efforts in basic and applied research through a common interest in forest productivity, sensitivity, resilience, biodiversity and carbon balance. It will bring together contributions from all areas of forest research aimed at identifying, quantifying, monitoring and modeling past, current and future environmental stresses on trees and forests, as well as applied research for forest management and restoration in the face of advancing climate change.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Sebastiaan Luyssaert from the Systems Ecology Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as keynote speaker. More details about the event will follow in the upcoming updates.
The SFL ScienceDay is designed as a platform for young scientists (PhD students and postdocs) to present and discuss their research within the SwissForestLab network. In addition, it offers members a good opportunity for exchange and networking within the SFL community.
As every year, you will have the opportunity to submit your contribution (poster or talk) to a competition in which the two most outstanding contributions will be published in the Swiss Forest Journal (SZF).
Program
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome | ||
| Session 1 | |||
| 09:30-10:30 | 1.1 | Session 1.1 | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break & poster session | ||
| 11:00-11:45 | 1.2 | Session 1.2 | |
| 11:45-13:15 | Lunch break | ||
| Session 2 | |||
| 13:15-14:30 | 2.1 | Session 2.1 | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:00-16:00 | 2.2 | Session 2.2 | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Apéro and poster session |
Registration is now open and closes on January 1, 2026. You have the option to submit your contribution in the form of a talk or poster or simply attend the conference. The participation fee for members of SwissForestLab is CHF 50, non-members pay a fee of CHF 100 (a rich vegetarian lunch, coffee during the breaks and an aperitif are already included in the registration fee). You will find the link to the registration form below.
Registration link:
Registration link for the ScienceDay 2026:
If you would like to give a poster presentation or oral presentation, please send the corresponding abstract with a maximum length of 250 words to the e-mail address below. Once the review process has been completed, you will be informed of the decision in a separate e-mail. The deadline for the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations is also December 15, 2025.
Link forabstract submission:
We look forward to welcoming you soon at SFL ScienceDay 2026.
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