Paleonet: WBF2024: CALL FOR ORAL AND POSTER CONTRIBUTIONS

[Catalina Pimiento Hernandez]

Dear Colleagues,

Contribute to the 3rd World Biodiversity Forum - Special session: Insights from the past for a better future
16 - 21 June 2024
Davos Congress Centre, Switzerland

We invite you to contribute to the third edition of the World Biodiversity Forum. More than 60 thematic sessions bring together international researchers, practitioners and policy makers of a variety of disciplines. This time, we will have a special session on palaeontology.

The World Biodiversity Forum 2024 offers the following exciting possibilities


  *   Sunday, 16 June 2024: Workshops, Panel Debates and Training Sessions (detailed program will follow)
  *   Monday, 17 June - Thursday, 20 June 2024: Oral and poster sessions with abstract submission, workshops and social events.
  *   Friday, 21 June 2024: Excursions on a variety of themes in the stunning alpine environment around Davos (detailed program will follow).

Important dates and links

  *   The sessions are online, read them HERE <https://worldbiodiversityforum2024.org/session-program/>
  *   The abstract submission is open, the submission deadline is on 19 November 2023. Submit your contribution HERE<https://worldbiodiversityforum2024.org/abstract-submission/>
  *   Access the abstract submission guidelines HERE<https://worldbiodiversityforum2024.org/abstract-submission/abstract-submission-guidelines/> to help with your oral or poster abstract submission

Special session: BEF_1.5 Insights from the past for a better future
Species are going extinct at an accelerated rate. Despite some success stories, current conservation efforts have not been sufficient to halt extinctions, with more species threatened every year. However, these extinctions do not occur randomly in the tree of life, with some species being more vulnerable than others. What determines this extinction selectivity can provide key clues to target conservation actions. Given that 99% of species that have ever lived are already extinct, the fossil record can offer unique insights to better understand extinction mechanisms. For example, the study of past extinctions can provide clues on the intrinsic traits of species that make some species more prone to extinction than others, and on the long-term responses of species to environmental perturbations. This session focuses on the use of the fossil record to better understand extinction mechanisms and its potential applicability to inform conservation today. We welcome contributions from early career researchers and hope to assemble a diverse group of presenters. We encourage both near-time and deep-time perspectives on ecological and evolutionary processes during periods of environmental change (natural and anthropogenic) from disciplines such as paleoecology, paleontology, and historical ecology.

Conveners
Catalina Pimiento, University of Zurich, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4 8001 Zurich, catalina.pimientohernandez at pim.uzh.ch<mailto:catalina.pimientohernandez at pim.uzh.ch>
Gregor Mathes, University of Zurich, gregor.mathes at pim.uzh.ch<mailto:gregor.mathes at pim.uzh.ch>
Kristina Kocakova, University of Zurich, kristina.kocakova at pim.uzh.ch<mailto:kristina.kocakova at pim.uzh.ch>
Jack Cooper, Swansea University, jackacooper33 at gmail.com<mailto:jackacooper33 at gmail.com>

We are very much looking forward to your contribution!

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