Registration
Click the button below for more information on registering for the 2019 SOTM Conference. Registrations are availiable in AUD, USD, EUR & RAND.
Poster Submissions
Abstract submissions are still open for Poster Presentations. Poster submissions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Travel Grant Applications
Applications are open for travel grants for early career researchers and practitioners to support attendance at the 2019 SOTM Conference.
Species on the Move 2019
International Conference Series
Monday 22 to Friday 26 July 2019
Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre
Skukuza Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Following the successful inaugural conference in 2016, the 2019 Species on the Move conference will be held in Kruger National Park from Monday 22nd to Friday 26th July 2019.
The global redistribution of our planets’ species is widely recognised as a fingerprint of climate change, however, the mechanisms that underpin such range shifts are poorly understood. Additionally, the pervasiveness of range shifts, from poles to the equator, and depths of oceans to tops of mountains, provides us with unique opportunity to advance our theory of biogeography, evolutionary ecology and macroecology.
Our move into the ‘anthropocene’ allows unprecedented opportunity to understand the mechanisms that drive species distributions across ecosystems and address the fundamental tenet of ecology: what lives where and why? However, such dramatic changes also pose significant challenges for sustainable management of our natural resources.
The conference brings together scientists and natural resource managers working in the disciplines of global change, biogeography and evolution, and relevant in contexts of natural resource management, biodiversity management and conservation, and theoretical ecology.
Species responses to climate change is a rapidly evolving research field, however, much of our progress is being made in independent research areas: e.g. understanding the process vs responding to the implications, terrestrial vs marine ecosystems, global meta-analyses vs in depth species-specific approaches. This interdisciplinary conference develops connections between these parallel streams, and across temporal and spatial scales.
Professor Warwick Sauer & Professor Gretta Pecl
Conference Co-Convenors
Travelling to Kruger National Park
Attendees are able to fly directly into Kruger National Park from both Johannesburg and Cape Town. Many flights from Australia, Europe and the US arrive in the early morning to Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport allowing a connection directly to Skukuza Airport in Kruger National Park. More information.
Sustainability Journal
Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre
The 2019 Species on the Move Conference will be held in Kruger National Park in north-eastern South Africa. The Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre is in Skukuza, the largest rest camp and administrative centre for Kruger National Park. The rest camp is situated in the southern part of the park on the bank of the Sabie river. The Skukuza camp has a range of accommodation options, including camps, huts and a hotel.
All the Big Five game animals (Lion, Leopard, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Cape Buffalo) are found in Kruger National Park, which has more species of large mammals than any other African game reserve (at 147 species). The park is safe for travellers – all the people you’ll meet are either tourists or staff working for the tour operators, accommodations or park authorities. Skukuza rest camp is fenced and gated, so you can walk to and from the conference centre, accommodation and restaurant.
Supporting SOTM 2019
Species on the Move is an interdisciplinary conference series crossing many research areas that are focussed on climate-driven changes in biodiversity and human well-being. As such, the conference is not supported by an individual association or organisation. If you or your association or organisation would like to support the conference, including broadening the participation of early career attendees and researchers from lower income countries, please see our Supporting SOTM 2019 page formore information.
Important Dates
30 October 2018
Proposals for workshops or additional sessions due.
6 December 2018
Travel Grant Applications Open
20 December 2018
Abstract Submissions Close
20 January 2019
Travel Grant Applications Close
Early February
Notification of Travel Grant Results
15 February 2019
Notification of Review Results
Late February 2019
Program Live
15 March 2019
Presenter Registration Due
15 April 2019
Early Bird Registration Closes
If you have any queries please contact Conference Design by email at mail@conferencedesign.com.au.
Conference Sponsors
We acknowledge the generous support of the following sponsors.
MDPI Diversity Journal Student Poster Prize
Committee Members
Co-Convenors
Warwick Sauer
Head of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science Department, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Gretta Pecl
Director, Centre of Marine Socioecology & Professor, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, UTAS, Tasmania, Australia
Early Career Committee
Curtis Champion
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), UTAS & CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Nicola Downey-Breedt
Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa
Carla Edworthy
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Raquel Garcia
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Phillipa McCormack
Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Shane Morris
D.E.E.P. University of Tasmania
April Reside
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland
Peter Søgaard Jørgensen
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
Stockholm University, Sweden
Organising and Scientific Steering Committee
Amy Angert
University of British Columbia, Canada
I-Ching Chen
Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Birgitta Evengård
Umeå universitet, Sweden.
Roger Griffis
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, USA
David Obura
CORDIO, Kenya
Elvira Poloczanska
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Warren Potts
Rhodes University, South Africa
Morgan Tingley
University of Connecticut, United States
Nikki Breedt
University of Capetown, South Africa
Omar Defeo
Titular Professor, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.
Michelle Greve
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Tero Mustonen
Snowchange, Finland
Nathalie Pettorelli
Zoological Society London, U’K
Katya Popova
National Oceanography Centre, U.K.
Neville Sweijd
ACCESS, South Africa
Bruce Webber
CSIRO, Australia
Themes for 2019 Species on the Move
1. Detection, attribution & prediction of changes in species distributions
2. Understanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms facilitating or hindering range shifts
3. Impacts of climate change on community structure and patterns of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity
4. The paleo-ecological perspective: reconstructing species distributions over multiple millennia
5. Conservation paradigms & management strategies for a shifting future
6. Governance, legal and ethical issues for shifting species and changing ecosystems
7. Cultural, social and economic dimensions of changes in species distributions
8. Indigenous knowledge and species on the move
9. Implications of species on the move for human and animal health
10. Changes in species distribution and climate feedbacks (e.g. greening of the Arctic)
11. The impacts of species on the move for global strategies and policies (SDGs, Biodiversity & Climate Change)
12. Ecological impacts of species redistributions on recipient ecosystem function and resilience.
13. Interactions between multiple stressors and range shifts
14. Protected Areas Planning for Species on the Move: Lessons from the tropics and marine opportunities
Environmental Practices
To minimise the environmental impact of hosting the conference:
- we will avoid the use of single-use items
- we encourage attendees to include a carbon offset in their flights
- please bring a water bottle, we will have filling stations
- please bring a reusable coffee cup
- we will be minimising printed material before and during the conference
- catering will be supplied on reusable plates
- lanyards and name badge pouches will be collected for reuse at other events
- registration will be online and confirmations will be sent by email
- updates prior to the conference will be sent by email
- presentations and handouts will be provided on the conference website
Social Media
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Over 300 abstracts from 40 countries received for #SpeciesOnTheMove at Kruger National Park this July!!
Watch this space for announcements on invited speakers 🙂
Abstracts still open for Species on the Move for another 30 hours, and we already have an AWESOME stack of abstracts submitted!! Submit your abstract here: www.speciesonthemove.com/home/presentations and don't forget we have $1000AUD travel grants that ECR's and scientists from typically under-represented groups/countries can apply for here: www.speciesonthemove.com/2019-travel-grants
TRAVEL GRANTS for Species on the Move 2019!!!!
Apply at the link with a short application by Jan 20. Abstract submission due December 20.
www.speciesonthemove.com/2019-travel-grants
Could the movement of species from one place to another be attributed evident for climate change impact on biodiversity?
