Welcome to the Spring Symposium next week!

Hey！
the 32nd LUOVA Spring Symposium will take place next week, Mon 6th – Wed 8th March in the main auditorium of the Viikki library building, Infocenter Korona (Viikinkaari 11).  This email has two important announcements for anyone planning to attend the symposium, so keep your eyes peeled!
  1. You can find the abstract book and programme on this website
  2. The registration for the Grande Finale event is now open, with a limit of maximum 100 participants. Please snatch your ticket and register here!
1. Programme and attending
 
The symposium is organized by LUOVA (Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology), but open to everyone who takes interest in ecology, evolutionary biology, conservation, taxonomy, or other related topics. You can come and follow the sessions freely, no registration needed. However, registration is required for the Grande Finale event.
 
Ahead of us are three days filled with fascinating talks and posters about the most recent research from different doctoral and master’s programmes. We are also extremely happy to announce our keynote talks for this year:
Attila Hettyey (6th March, 9:30 am) – Phenotypic plasticity in chemical defences of a vertebrate: responses to predators, competitors and pathogens
 
Kristiina Tambets (7th March, 9:30 am) – Human archaeogenomics and population dynamics (full title TBA)
 
Pol Capdevila (8th March, 9:30 am) – Bringing resilience on board: marrying the theoretical concept with empirical data across ecological systems
 
2. Grande Finale registration

The registration for the Grande Finale party, ending the LUOVA Spring Symposium, is now open! This year, Grande Finale will be held in the legendary setting of the Natural History Museum (LUOMUS) on Wednesday, March 8th from 6pm to 11pm. Please join us to toast among the dinosaurs, have food and drinks with the skeletons, and enjoy live music and good company! The award ceremony for talk-prize winners will also take place at the event. Don’t miss out, since the number of guests is limited to the first 100 registrants.

What: Grande Finale event of the 32nd Spring Symposium

Where: Natural History Museum (Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, Helsinki)

When: Wednesday 8th March, 6pm – 11pm

Price: 5€

Registration link: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/122623/lomake.html

Registration is required to make sure that there’s enough snacks and drinks for everyone. We collect an entrance fee of 5€ per guest, including all food and drinks. You will be sent payment details after your registration.

For food, we serve a menu of cocktail bites (one of each menu item / person). All the cocktail bites are vegetarian and low-lactose or lactose free. Additionally, three of them are vegan, two of which also gluten free. Please find the full list below and feel free to bring additional food if you feel like the menu doesn’t accommodate you.

Beetroot tsatziki brioche bun (low-lactose)

Small vegetable samosas (lactose free, vegan)

Ginger glazed tofu & lime aioli (lactose free, gluten free, vegan)

Forest mushroom quiche (lactose free)

Blackcurrant chocolate kisses (lactose free, gluten free, vegan)

Welcome and hoping to see you all there!

The Spring Symposium people,

Deryk Tolman, Josephine Couet, Nora Bergman, Thomas Merrien, and Yuhan He

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