► The official Heineken Lecture by Prof.Dr. Stuart Pimm: Does the variety of life have a future?
► Prof.dr. Marten Scheffer (Wageningen UR): Thresholds for catastrophic shifts in nature and society
► Dr. Jan Roelofs (RU Nijmegen): The Fundamental Science of Applied Ecology
► Prof.dr. Theunis Piersma (RuG/NIOZ): Worldwide conservation connectors: the large role of amateurs in shorebird ecology
► Debate with Pieter van Geel (State Secretary for Environment), André van der Zande (Director General Ministery LNV), Marc Argeloo (Vogelbescherming), and WUR scientist Rik Leemans on future conservation policy within the economic framework
Costs: € 25 for the whole day including lunch / € 12,50 for (PhD) students, for journalists free
Organisation: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen University (WUR), Netherlands Ecological Research Network (NERN), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Language: English
Complete programme + signing up: www.nioo.knaw.nl/events/pimm/