The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2023: Ecological Models for Tomorrow’s Solutions
2-6 May 2023 | University of Toronto, Scarborough, Canada
The International Society for Ecological Modelling Global Conference 2023 (ISEM 2023), under the theme ‘Ecological Models for Tomorrow’s Solutions’, will bring together scientists from all professions and applications that deal with the use of ecological models and systems ecology.
Toronto shall be the inspiring space for the Ecological Modelling community to meet, discuss and share ideas. In this conference, ecological modellers will join in their ongoing effort in advancing the concepts and methods of ecological modelling to develop ecological theory in a wide range of topics and modelling approaches.
The rigorous analysis of decision problems in environmental management requires specification of criteria to evaluate alternative management strategies; predictive models formulated in terms of variables relevant to management objectives; a finite set of management actions, including any constraints on their use; and monitoring programs to follow ecosystem responses to management.
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
- Dynamic ecosystem models
- Uncertainty analysis
- Ensemble modelling
- Data assimilation and optimization techniques
- Machine learning and (big) data
- Model integration, metamodels
- Individual-based modelling
- Software and tools
- Bioenergetics: Dynamic energy budget models
- Network modelling
- Models of socio-ecological systems
- Models of global, climate and land-use change
- Sustainability and resilience
- Ecosystem services
- Biodiversity and conservation
- Community models
- Marine ecology and fisheries
- Forests
- Freshwaters (lakes and rivers)
- Models of epidemics
Symposiums
2. Prototype of a predictive Pyrodinium bahamense monitoring system for Eastern Visayas Philippines
3. Zoning criteria of Samar Island Natural Park (SINP): a GIS-aided protected area zoning
5. Modelling approaches for the biomonitoring and assessment of environmental stress
6. Review of prediction models application in surface water quality
10. Future of process-based ecological models for lakes
11. Ecological and environmental impacts modeling in renewable energy utilization
12. Networks: A symposium on (socio-)ecological connectivity
16. Population invasion, dispersal and assessment under stressful environmental conditions
17. Emergence and stability of mutualistic interactions
18. Machine learning for wildlife ecological conservation
20. Watershed ecosystems services modeling for assessment, management, and economic valuation
21. Formalize description of regional sustainable development – theoretical basis
22. Multispecies models informing management of aquatic systems
23. Modelling and forecasting the impacts of climate change on host-parasite dynamics and disease
26. Modelling approaches to support social-ecological system interactions in a changing environment
28. Model of coastal social-ecological system governance
29. Bayesian modelling and uncertainty analysis in ecology
30. Environmental modelling and adaptive management implementation in the Great Lakes and elsewhere
31. Strengthening the resilience of coastal communities and ecosystem through land use planning
32. Future perspectives of ecological modelling in the Great Lakes
33. Systems biological modeling of ecological interactions
35. Integrated coastal wetland models: Scientific tools for restoration and management
37. Reclaimed water for landscape water replenishment: Thresholds of nitrogen and phosphorus
38. Modeling wildlife under climate change and human disturbance
39. Modelling coastal ecosystems – environmental change and resource use
40. Old-growth forests through the lenses of the complex system theory
41. Advances in water quality modeling & their management implications
50. Individual Bioenergetics in Ecological Modelling
51. A sufficiency approach between producers and consumers: A configurational analysis
53. Advances in forest modeling utilizing new frontiers in data technology
Before travelling to the conference, please familiarise yourself with the Covid-19 requirements for Canada, which Elsevier will be following. The current country guidelines can be found here.
We still request that anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19 or is under any self-quarantine orders does not attend the conference.