EcoSummit 2020

Building a sustainable and desirable future:

Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape

21 - 25 June 2020 | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

The 6th International EcoSummit Congress - EcoSummit 2020 – Building a sustainable and desirable future: Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape , will take place at The Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast, Australia, from 21st – 25th June 2020.

This conference series was founded in 1996 in Copenhagen, as a forum for scientists, practioners, and policy-makers working across disciplines to solve the integrated environmental, social, and economic problems facing the world today. Since 1996, EcoSummits have occurred around the world (Canada, China, USA and Europe), with EcoSummit 2016 hosting 1400 participants from 87 countries in Montpellier, France.

EcoSummit 2020 will have a focus on coastal and marine ecosystems including adjacent terrestrial ecosystems and all habitats that are integrated within those ecosystems, including river networks, wetlands and catchments. We expect all aspects of environmental modelling, engineering, science, and policy to be covered under the focus of climate adaptation and the need for developing socio-economic and environmental resilience and sustainable prosperity around the world. Further focus will be placed on fragile systems that are more likely to suffer the consequences of climate change and anthropogenic pressure such as islands, coastal communities and arid landscapes.

In the current context of an increasing world population, in particular in coastal regions, it is evident that building sustainable cities and using resources sustainably is inevitable. It is envisaged that the Summit will produce a declaration encompassing its vision and policy recommendations.

The topics covered in EcoSummit 2020 will include, but are not limited to:

Coastal development and engineering
Beaches
Coral reef stressors
Coastal conservation
Fisheries and aquacultures
Oceanography
Coastal marine habitats
Marine ecology
Rivers, catchments and wetlands
Sea level rise and ocean warming
Pacific Island Resilience
Ecosystem services
Environmental policies and frameworks
Citizen Science and local actors (NGOs)
Ecotourism
Aboriginal rights and land use
Ecosystem creation and restoration
Ecological economics
Biological invasions
Anthropogenic pressure
Sustainability and resilience
Integrating socio-economics and ecology
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Fragile ecosystems and hotspot management
Ecosystem health
Ecological indicators
Ecological modelling
Ecotoxicology
Biodiversity and biological conservation
Disturbance ecology
Ecological complexity
Scaling from genomes to ecosystems
Innovative technology for ecological sustainability
Deep-sea as new frontier

Speakers

Plenary speakers include:

Emma Johnston, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Jacqueline McGlade, University College London, UK
Jigmi Y. Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan (2008-2013) / World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid / Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council
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Committee

EcoSummit 2020 Co-Chairs

Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Griffith University, Australia
Robert Costanza, Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University, Australia
B. Larry Li, University of California, Riverside, USA

EcoSummit 2020 Scientific Committee

Paul Burton, Griffith University, Australia
Robert Costanza, Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University, Australia
Brian Fath, Towson University, USA
Christine Fürst, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; President, International Association for Landscape Ecology
B. Larry Li, University of California at Riverside, USA
Brendan Mackey, Griffith University, Australia
Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Griffith University, Australia
William Mitsch, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
Felix Müller, University of Kiel, Germany
Zhuyun Ouyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; President, Chinese Society of Ecology
Sergei Petrovskii, University of Leicester, UK
Alexia Stokes, INRA, France
Hao Wang, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China; President, Chinese Society for Sustainability

Local Organising Committee

Ida Kubiszewski, Australian National University, Australia
Serena Lee, Griffith University, Australia
Daryl McPhee, Bond University, Australia
Johanna Nalau, Griffith University, Australia
Anya Phelan, University of Queensland, Australia
Russell Richards, University of Queensland, Australia
Oz Sahin, Griffith University, Australia
Kylie Scales, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Nathan Waltham, James Cook University, Australia