Ecopath 40 Years
The Ecosystem Continuum:
From Knowledge to Decisions
Conference and Courses
3-8 June 2024, Ostend, Belgium
Register here and receive Early Bird discount*
*by 15 April 2024
Apply here for the ECR Travel Grant*
*by 15 December 2023
Welcome
The “Ecopath 40 years – The Ecosystem Continuum: From knowledge to decisions” conference and workshops will be held in Ostend, Belgium from 3-8 June, 2024. The conference will showcase four decades of progress of using the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) approach in different fields: e.g., fisheries management, marine conservation, ecosystem dynamics, climate impacts, and ecosystem-based management (EBM), as well as introduce new facilities for the approach. The gathering will be an international scientific reunion of ecosystem modelers using the EwE modelling framework and software (www.ecopath.org).
We welcome speakers covering the full ecosystem continuum from knowledge to decisions, though we will especially appreciate contributions that demonstrate progress on making EBM operational. This includes studies/projects that bring ecosystem modelling to the fora where management and policy decisions are made. Fisheries management can be part of that, but the aim is the ecosystem, and with it processes that focus on the spectra of activities that are of importance for management of ecosystems (be they marine, freshwater or terrestrial). It's about ecosystem-based management.
The EwE40 Conference will be hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, VLIZ) and the European Marine Board, at the InnovOcean campus in Ostend, Belgium. Find out more
The conference and courses/workshops will be arranged under the auspices of the Ecopath Research and Development Consortium, the official cooperative body that oversees the EwE development and cooperation. Find out more
The schedule for the conference and training courses is:
Conference, 3-5 June, 2024; More info
Courses/workshops on 6 and 7 June from 8.00-17.00 CEST and on 8 June from 8.00-12.00 CEST; More info
General Assembly of the Ecopath International Research and Development Consortium, 8 June 13.00-18.00 CEST. Representatives from Consortium member institutions are invited, while others are encouraged to contact Villy Christensen re participation.
Register here by 15 April 2024 to receive Early Bird discount.
Thanks to the support of The Sea as a Good Cause, early career scientists from the Global South can apply for the a travel grant by 15 December 2023.
We thank you for your interest.
The EwE40 Years Organizing Committee
Sheila Heymans & Villy Christensen