Dear Colleagues,
the Forest Invasion Synthesis Centre, Prague (FISC) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague is pleased to invite you to the „Biological Invasions in Forest“, an Inaugural Symposium that aims to gather an interdisciplinary team of international experts to summarize the current state of scientific knowledge on biological invasions in forests. Along with other participants, we plant to brainstorm on opportunities for future synthetic socio-environmental research. We invite interested parties to attend the symposium in person or remotely and participate in the process. This is your chance to be part of the FISC effort and chart future research. We welcome new ideas for projects addressing any topics related to forest invasions.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at fisc@fld.czu.cz
Yours faithfully,
Andrew „Sandy“ Liebhold, PhD
FISC Chief Scientist and ERA Chair Holder
prof. Ing. Róbert Marušák, PhD.
Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences CZU Prague
| Day | Time | Program |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 6 May | Room: | HighTech Pavilion HT001 |
| 12:00–13:30 | Registration, meet, greet and eat lunch | |
| 13:30–13:45 | Welcome remarks, prof. Róbert Marušák (Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences), prof. Tomáš Hlásny (Chair of the Forest Risk Research Centre) | |
| 13:45–14:15 | Andrew M. Liebhold (Chief Scientist, Forest Invasion Synthesis Centre, Prague), “Overview of the Forest Invasion Synthesis Centre, Prague and objectives of the Symposium” | |
| 14:15–14:45 | Prof. Petr Pyšek (Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences), “Macroecology of woody plants invasions” | |
| 14:45–15:30 | Dr. Martin A. Nunez (University of Houston, USA), “Forest tree invasions” | |
| 15:30–15:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:50–16:35 | Thomas Wohlgemuth, (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland), “Role of non-native trees in future European forests” | |
| 16:35–17:00 | Discussion – Brainstorming research challenges about plants in forests | |
| 17:00–18:00 | Reception | |
| 19:30 | Dinner at restaurant Základna (Dlouhá 36, Old Town, Prague) | |
| Wednesday, 7 May | Room: | HighTech Pavilion HT001 |
| 9:00–9:45 | Prof. Michael Wingfield (University of Pretoria, South Africa), “Forest health challenges in planted forests” |
The widening gap in research capabilities across many EU countries, necessitates measures to accelerate research at institutions in newer member countries and better connect this research abroad. The Forest Invasion Synthesis Centre, Prague (FISC) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague seeks an improved understanding of the ecology and management of biological invasions in forests. It is being established through the HIVE project (project no. 101187384) under Horizon Europe, the EU‘s primary funding program for research and innovation. FISC adopts the “synthesis centre” model that focuses on the use of existing data and models to develop new approaches to socio-environmental research. The Centre focuses on biological invasions of plants, insects and tree pathogens in forest and interactions with socioeconomic factors. FISC will host scientific working groups that meet at the Centre to develop collaborations on breakthrough ideas in the field of invasion science.
We recommend accommodation in the Grand Hotel International Prague – address Koulova 1501/15, 160 45 Prague 6, www.hotelint.cz.
Public transportation in Prague is very good and inexpensive. To access to the hotel from the airport, take Bus No 119 from Terminal 2, stop Nádraží Veleslavín (15 min) – change to metro Line A from Nádraží Veleslavín to station Dejvická (2nd Metro station, 10 min) – change to bus line No 107 from Dejvická to station Čínská (1st Bus station, 5 min)). Instead of taking the bus from Dejvická to the Hotel you can alternatively walk (10-15 minutes).
You can purchase short-term ticket
For more visit https://www.dpp.cz/en/fares/cashless-payment-of-fare
Option 1: Eduroam
Option 2: CZU-guest (login: 2709, password: 255VR88K)
Andrew Liebhold: +01 724 317 8668, aliebhold@gmail.com, liebhold@fld.czu.cz
Jiri Hajek: +420 608 727 889, hajekjiri@fld.czu.cz
Project HIVE 101187384. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
