Summer School FORBIODIV

Biodiversity, a key element for temperate forest ecosystems

Start: August 21, 2022, 00:00 a.m

End: August 27, 2022, 10:00 a.m

Location: Davos, Hotel Shima

Organized by: WSL Biodiversity Center / SwissForestLab / NFZ.forestnet

Language: English

Type of event: Courses

Target group: PhD students, Master students in their final year and postdocs from all over the world

The goal of the WSL Biodiversity Center/SwissForestLab/NFZ Summer School 2022 is to provide an in-depth understanding of how and why biodiversity is a key element in the forest ecosystem. While focusing on temperate forests, we will highlight how biodiversity links to ecosystem functioning and to the benefits to people (ecosystem services). State-of-the-art knowledge and approaches will be presented and discussed considering the expectations of current and future forests from a scientific, forest management, and socio-economic perspective. The participants will reflect on their own scientific work with respect to other disciplinary methods and discuss possible benefits of interdisciplinary approaches in their field.

 

The preliminary list of speakers : Dr. Peter Bebi (WSL), Dr. Kurt Bollmann (WSL), Dr. Benjamin Dauphin (WSL), Dr. Claudio de Sassi (Swiss Federal Office of Environment FOEN), Dr. Claude Garcia (BFH), Dr. Felix Gugerli (WSL), Dr. Tessa Hegetschweiler (WSL), Dr. Frank Krumm (Forest Biodiversity Working Group of Swiss Forestry Society, WSL), Dr. Eike Lena Neuschulz (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre SBiK-F, Germany), Dr. Martina Peter (WSL), Dr. Christian Rellstab (WSL), Sabine Brodbeck (WSL), Prof. Dr. Andreas Rigling (WSL), Dr. Georg von Arx (WSL), Dr. Florian Zellweger (WSL).

 

Application and registration

  • The Summer School is open to PhD students, MSc students in their last year and PostDocs in forest research and related disciplines from any country in the world.
  • Registration (deadline is1st May 2022)

  • For registration, please provide your CV, a motivation letter (one A4 page) and your PhD thesis abstract.

     

Costs

Fees: 700 Swiss Francs (exclusive of VAT). This includes accommodation (shared rooms) at the Hotel Shima(https://www.shima-davos.ch/) and meals from dinner on 21 August to breakfast on 27 August, course materials and excursions. Accepted participants are expected to bear travel costs to Davos.

COVID

Due to the uncertain situation because of COVID-19, the program may slightly change and some presentations may occur virtually. We are closely monitoring the development for Switzerland and apply the rules issued by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. In case of cancellation, participation fees will be fully refunded.

Further information

Organizing committee

 

Venue

Hotel Shima
Dischmastrasse 63
7260 Davos village
Phone +41 81 410 12 00

www.shima-davos.ch

Davos is approx. 2.5 hours away from Zurich Airport. Take the train connection via Landquart to Davos Dorf.

By train:

With the "Rhätische Bahn" to Davos Dorf (one stop before Davos Platz). The train always arrives at X.50.
Bus Nr. 13, destination "Teufi" leaves at X.05 and X.40 from 08:05 until 18:05. The stop "Duchli" is about 20 m from our hotel.

By car:

After the train station Davos Dorf continue direction Davos Platz on the Promenade, passing Parsenn-Mountain-Railway on the right and the Migros supermarket on the left. Approx. 200 m after Migros, turn left into Dischmastrasse. Follow that road outside of town ca. 1.5 km to "Künzli Holzbau" (carpenter's store). U-Turn to our parking lot directly in front of our hotel.

For further information on public transport connections see

 

Contact

Rafi, Julia, Stefan, Susanne

 

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