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Who and what?

SIL-AUSTRIA invites master and phd students, post docs and whoever feels close enough to a bottom-up driven, limnology-oriented interuniversity meeting to:

• contribute a presentation
• share ideas
• establish contacts
• widen perspectives
• join a national interuniversity initiative of young scientists in limnology

Background idea and organisation

With the FBFW initiative SIL-AUSTRIA addresses young researchers in limnology (MSc and PhD students and Post-docs) and offers them:

• a possibility to present planned studies as well as finished research in the form of an oral presentation or a poster,
• a platform for the discussion of scientific work in any stage it may be,
• training and preparation for future scientific life (manuscript writing, grant application, international presentations),
• professional and social networking opportunities
• a chance to gain knowledge about national and international research facilities in the field of limnology,
• an overview about perspectives of post-study employment in science and applied research professions.

The meeting is organised by SIL-AUSTRIA in collaboration with the International Training Programmes in Limnology IPGL, the WasserKluster Lunz and the Institute of Limnology Mondsee. The responsible organizing committee consists of students and post-docs of the Wassercluster Lunz, the Department of Limnology of the University of Vienna, the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna and the Danube University Krems.

Program

The program represents today's science frontiers in aquatic ecology and its applications. The meeting will inform upcoming limnologists about perspectives in basic and applied limnological research, will offer training workshops targeting manuscript and grant writing skills, and feature training lectures about international mobility and research grants for young scientists (e.g. Marie-Curie Actions within FP 7 of the EC).

The key-lectures of this year's program will be given by Dr. Birgit Sattler (University Innsbruck) and Dr. Robert Ptacnik (Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany) representing the science perspective of limnol ogy. Further highlight speakers are Dr. Georg Wolfram (DWS Hydro-Ökologie, Vienna), successfull limnological freelancer, and Mag. Therese Lindahl (FFG) informing about European research programs.

Dr. Birgit Sattler from the Institute of Ecology at the University of Innsbruck is a specialist on subzero aquatic ecosystems and will bring latest news from the cryosphere.

Dr. Robert Ptacnik works at the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, and will report about state-of-the-art research on plankton diversity.

Dr. Georg Wolfram is CEO of DWS Hydro-Ökologie, a technical bureau for applied freshwater ecology, and is an experienced independently working limnolog ist.

Mag. Therese Lindahl is working at the Austrian Agency for National and International Grant Application (FFG). She is head of the section for European and International Research Programs and is a knowledgeable source of information for European and International Grant Applications at the FFG.

Participants are invited to contribute their own presentations of student-driven research in limnology. Presentations of planned studies - asking for feedback when it is still usable - are as welcome as talks and poster contributions about finished publication-ready research results.

A BBQ and the Blues Brewery will take care of setting an appropriate atmosphere for successful professional and social networking.

The offical meeting language is English and we especially invite international participants to come to Lunz to share ideas, knowledge as well as some fun!

Download the latest program here

Contribute an oral or poster presentation!

Participants are invited to contribute poster presentations telling about personal or group research (anything from research plans to intermediate results to publication-ready work is welcome). Poster presenters should prepare a 2 minute talk supported by a maximum of 2 slides as a short summarizing presentation of their poster.

Participants presenting finished research are welcome to do this in the form of a 10 minutes talk (+ 2 minutes discussion) instead of a poster.

Please supply a title, an abstract of not more than 250 words and the planned format of your presentation on the registration form. If you are already registered and wish to add a presentation, write to: fresh@wkl.ac.at

Extended Registration Deadline!!

Please register by filling the registration form and sending it to fresh@wkl.ac.at. We ask you f or a registration fee (payable by bank account) of € 45,- covering the meeting program, food and all social events. SIL-members are entitled to a reduced registra tion fee of € 40,-. Please state your name and the acronym FBFW2010 in the purpose of use field of the payment form. Upon request we have extended the early registration deadline until 31st of May 2010. Late registrations will still be accepted until 14th of June, but a penalty of &eu ro; 10,- applies (total registration costs € 55,-/50,- for non-members/members). Registration fees are required to be paid befo re the deadline, registration is not valid before entry of fee into the bank account.

Download registration form here

Contact the organizing committee (fresh@wkl.ac.at) if you miss the deadline or have any questions. Depending upon sponsorship and number of participants we will be able to partly refund registration fees at show-up.

How to get there

Lunz can be reached by car or public transport (train and bus).

Individual transport:

Highway A1 (Vienna - Salzburg), exit Ybbs, B25 via Wieselburg, Scheibbs, Gaming to Lunz am See (Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See.

Public Transport:

From Vienna: Austrian Federal Railway (OEBB) from Wien Westbahnhof in direction of Linz /Salzburg. Change in Pöchlarn to the local line to Scheibbs. In Scheibbs change to the OEBB-Postbus to Lunz am See.From Salzburg: Austrian Federal Railway (OEBB) from Salzburg main-station in direction of Linz /Vienna. Change in Amstetten to the local line to Waidhofen/ Ybbs. In Waidhofen/ Ybbs change to the local line to Gstadt bei Waidhofen. In Gstadt bei Waidhofen change to the OEBB-Postbus to Lunz am See .