The first eLTER Science Conference brings together scientists across disciplines who are striving for the holistic approach to understand the complex interactions between living organisms, humans, and their physical environment in the critical zone. The conference will nurture disciplinary and multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary dialogue of researchers and science stakeholders, to enable actionable knowledge for maintaining conditions of habitability and wellbeing of current and future generations on our planet.
The program is composed of scientific sessions, focused on: multiple drivers of change (climate change, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, pollution and unsustainable resource use) and their compounded impacts; linkages between biophysical, ecological and socio-ecological concepts in place-based research; the spatial and temporal integration of environmental observations and modelling across disciplines; innovative technologies and algorithms for observing environmental change in-situ or remotely; evidencing the value of multivariable long-term place-based observation; methods for responsible and actionable research; and the development of environmental and socio-ecological sciences.