AnaEE-ERIC’s 2nd International Science Conference brings together researchers and policymakers to tackle critical ecosystem challenges through 7 thematic sessions featuring distinguished speakers listed below. The conference spans experimental approaches to global change ecology, forest and agricultural resilience, aquatic-terrestrial interactions, and innovative data integration methods.
LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH: Contributions, Challenges and Future Perspectives (LTER-BG)
October 14 – October 17
About THE CONFERENCE
Varna, 14–17 October 2026
The LTER-BG International Scientific Conference 2026 will bring together scientists, environmental experts, practitioners, decision- and policy-makers, stakeholders, and LTER site and platform coordinators and team members. Basing on the whole system approach characteristic for the Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI), the conference aims to share findings, explore challenges to the future of long-term ecosystem research, as well as to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and strengthen the science–policy–society interface. The conference will provide a platform to reflect on past achievements, discuss current challenges, and explore future perspectives for long-term ecosystem research in the context of global environmental change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability transitions. Contributions addressing terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, critical zone, and socio-ecological systems are welcome. Particular emphasis will be placed on studies that leverage long-term data to examine ecosystem dynamics, resilience, and responses to environmental change.
The conference is organised by the Bulgarian Long-Term Ecosystem Research network (LTER-BG), which celebrates 20 years of coordinated long-term ecosystem observation and research, with the support of eLTER RI and Pensoft Publishers.
LTER-BG receives funding from the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructure, coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
- Monitoring and Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics: Long-term evidence of ecosystem change, resilience, and functioning under changing climate. Standardized observations, whole-system research and monitoring of pressures.
- Ecosystem Services and Stakeholder Engagement in Long-Term Ecological Research: What We Lose When We Win: Trade-offs, synergies, and socio-ecological implications of ecosystem use. Co-creating knowledge, building trust, and linking science with decision-making.
- Ecosystem Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions: From degraded landscapes to resilient futures: scientific foundations and practical pathways to alleviate biodiversity loss.
- Emerging Technologies in Ecosystem Research, Data Management, and Open Science in eLTER: Remote sensing, sensors, AI, semantics, and other innovative tools. Standards, FAIR principles, interoperability, and the future of ecological data infrastructure