The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference

In this context, the major challenges are associated with the uncertainty in the predictions of management outcomes. This uncertainty may stem from incomplete control of management actions, errors in measurements and sampling, environmental variability, or incomplete knowledge of system behavior. Failure to recognize and account for these sources of uncertainty may lead to catastrophic environmental and economic losses.

Accordingly, there has been a growing interest in the policy practice of adaptive management, which is an iterative implementation strategy that is recommended to address the uncertainty associated with ecological forecasts and to minimize the impact of inefficient management plans. Adaptive implementation or “learning while doing” augments initial forecasts of management actions with post-implementation monitoring, and the resulting integration of monitoring and modelling provides the basis for revised management actions.

ISEM 2023 aims to provide insights into the current state of the field of ecological modelling, and also highlight the major challenges in supporting adaptive management implementation.

Conference topics

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  Dynamic ecosystem models

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  Uncertainty analysis

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  Ensemble modelling

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  Data assimilation and optimization techniques

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  Machine learning and (big) data

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  Model integration, metamodels

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  Individual-based modelling

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  Software and tools

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  Bioenergetics: Dynamic energy budget models

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  Network modelling

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  Models of socio-ecological systems

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  Models of global, climate and land-use change

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  Sustainability and resilience

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  Ecosystem services

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  Biodiversity and conservation

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  Community models

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  Marine ecology and fisheries

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  Forests

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  Freshwaters (lakes and rivers)

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  Models of epidemics

Conference deadlines

Symposium submission deadline – 16 September 2022

Abstract submission system open – 5 October 2022

Abstract submission deadline – 9 December 2022

Early registration deadline – 27 January 2023

Author registration deadline - 27 January 2023

Symposiums

1. 1. Applications of a SWAT model to evaluate the contribution of the Tafna catchment (north-west Africa) to the nitrate load entering the Mediterranean Sea

2. 2. Prototype of a predictive Pyrodinium bahamense monitoring system for Eastern Visayas Philippines

3. 3. Zoning criteria of Samar Island Natural Park (SINP): a GIS-aided protected area zoning

4. 4. Assessment of the factors affecting the existence of wetlands: The case of Cheleleka wetlands, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

5. 5. Modelling approaches for the biomonitoring and assessment of environmental stress

6. 6. Review of prediction models application in surface water quality

7. 7. Measuring the resilience of exploitation systems from agricultural water based on good governance principles

8. 8. Investigating the effects of urban expansion on the conservation of coastal vegetation environments: Case of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

9. 9. Novelty predictors for shrub (and climbers) ecological niche modelling, based on their succession stage

10. 10. Future of process-based ecological models for lakes

11. 11. Ecological and environmental impacts modeling in renewable energy utilization

12. 12. Networks: A symposium on (socio-)ecological connectivity

13. 14. Model of socio-ecological system including questions of poverty, inequality, ethics and justice in the societies of low income countries

14. 15. Climate change effects on shrimp’s distribution of commercial importance in the Gulf of California

15. 16. Population invasion, dispersal and assessment under stressful environmental conditions

16. 17. Emergence and stability of mutualistic interactions

17. 18. Machine learning for wildlife ecological conservation

18. 19. Dynamic biogeographic models– forecasting the effects of global changes for biodiversity conservation and environmental management

19. 20. Watershed ecosystems services modeling for assessment, management, and economic valuation

20. 21. Formalize description of regional sustainable development – theoretical basis

21. 22. Multispecies models informing management of aquatic systems

22. 23. Modelling and forecasting the impacts of climate change on host-parasite dynamics and disease

23. 24. Determination and comparison of urban heat islands with landsat data analysis and urban cooling model, case study of Edirne District

24. 26. Modelling approaches to support social-ecological system interactions in a changing environment

25. 28. Model of coastal social-ecological system governance

26. 29. Bayesian modelling and uncertainty analysis in ecology

27. 30. Environmental modelling and adaptive management implementation in the Great Lakes and elsewhere

28. 31. Strengthening the resilience of coastal communities and ecosystem through land use planning

29. 32. Future perspectives of ecological modelling in the Great Lakes

30. 33. Systems biological modeling of ecological interactions

31. 35. Integrated coastal wetland models: Scientific tools for restoration and management

32. 37. Reclaimed water for landscape water replenishment: Thresholds of nitrogen and phosphorus

33. 38. Modeling wildlife under climate change and human disturbance

34. 39. Modelling coastal ecosystems – environmental change and resource use

35. 40. Old-growth forests through the lenses of the complex system theory

36. 41. Advances in water quality modeling & their management implications

37. 43.  Using Machine Learning Models (MLM) in freshwater snail biomonitoring: An application to a polluted urban streams-system in Douala-Cameroon

38. 44.  Application of Hydraulic and Water Quality Models in Support for Ecosystem Management and Restoration

39. 45.  Bird-habitat relationships in riparian forests of Medjerda River, North-eastern Algeria: a synecological model for conservation management

40. 46. Integrated Large Lake/Coastal Ocean-Watershed Water Quality Modelling:  Present State, Emerging Trends and Future Directions

41. 48.  Predictive Models of Invasive plant species Population Growth in Natural and Established Forest Ecosystem

42. 49.  Hybrid SWMM and particle swarm optimization model for urban runoff water quality control by using green infrastructures (LID-BMPs)

43. 50.  Individual Bioenergetics in Ecological Modelling

44. 51.  A sufficiency approach between producers and consumers: A configurational analysis

45. 52.  Positive tipping points in socio-ecological modelling for reduced conflict, environmental and migration fragility

46. 53.  Advances in forest modeling utilizing new frontiers in data technology

47. 54.  Making lemonade out of lemons: Overcoming ecological data limitations through predictive modelling

Conference history

Title: The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2016

Location: Towson University, Baltimore, MD

Date: 8 – 12 May 2016

Invited speakers:

J.P.M. Syvitski,  University of Colorado, USA

V. Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

B. Xu, Tsinghua University, China

K.A. Rose,  Louisiana State University, USA

L. Parrott,  The University of British Columbia, Canada

V. Grimm,  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany

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Title: The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2017

Location: Jeju, South Korea

Date: 17-21 September 2017

Invited speakers:

Brian Fath, Towson University, USA

Ulf Dieckmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

Deok-Sun Lee, Inha University, Republic of Korea

Yoh Iwasa, Kyushu University, Japan

Xi Ji, Peking University, China

Axel Timmermann, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea

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Title: The International Society for Ecological Modelling Conference 2019

Location: Salzburg, Austria

Date: 1 – 5 October 2019

Invited speakers:

Rupert Seidl, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

Uta Berger, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

George Perry, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Tatjana Filatova, University of Twente, the Netherlands & University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Josef Strobl, University of Salzburg, Austria

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