SURE World Conference in Berlin, Germany (25 – 27 July 2013)
Date: July 25 to 27, 2013
Venue: Department of Geography, Humboldt University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Organizers: SURE
Local organizer: Prof. Dagmar Haase, Department of Geography, Humboldt University Berlin
Conference Webpage: http://www.surecongress2013.org/
Awards: Springer and the Journal Urban Ecosystems supported the conference with an award for the best student presentation(s).
Protocol of the SURE General Assembly in Berlin
Proposed theme:
Progress in urban ecology and ecological challenges in urban development
Motivation:
Why holding a SURE Congress? Urban ecology has matured over the past decades and has become an organized and modern discipline. Enough research and application in urban ecology is occurring to justify an international congress that is independent of other conferences. In the past 10 years, smaller symposia and conferences have been held at the World Congress of Landscape Ecology in 2007 and 2011, etc as well as at conferences of the National IALE Chapters.
Why having the Congress in Berlin? Berlin is the city where urban ecology emerged especially under the inspiration and direction of Hubert Sukopp. To understand how urban ecology will advance, the Congress was held in the place where urban ecology emerged as a discipline. Moreover, more than 20 years after the political transition in Germany, Berlin offers a lot to be seen and to be studied, from project to city level. This is an invitation to study processes and patterns of both urban development and urban ecology at “living places” during field trips. The local host, the Institute of Geography of the Humboldt University of Berlin (in personae Wilfried Endlicher), was the coordinator of a nearly 10-year graduate school about “Urban Ecology”.
Chairs:
- Jürgen Breuste (SURE President)
- Dagmar Haase (Co-Chair)
Honorary President:
- Herbert Sukopp (TU Berlin, Germany)
Secretary:
- Salman Qureshi (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
Local organizing Committee:
- Dagmar Haase (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Stephan Pauleit (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
- Nadja Kabisch (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Neele Larondelle (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Wilfried Endlicher (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
Scientific Committee:
- Jürgen Breuste (University Salzburg, Austria)
- Dagmar Haase (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Stephan Pauleit (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
- Jari Niemelä (University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Sarel Cilliers (North-West University, South Africa)
- Junxiang Li (East China Normal University, China)
- Glenn R. Guntenspergen (US Geological Survey, USA)
- Clas Florgard (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
- Salman Qureshi (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Maria Ignatieva (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
- Laura Musacchio (University of Minnesota, USA)
- Richard Coles (Birmingham City University)
- Robert F. Young (University of Oregon, USA)
Symposia:
Here are some symposia topics:
- The theory of urban ecology
- The challenges of urban development for urban ecology and its application to build ecocities
- Multifunctional green infrastructures
- Socio-ecological complexity of urban areas Ecosystem services Urban sustainability and urban resilience Modelling of urban ecosystems – new approaches
- Urban biodiversity and municipal governance
- Young Researchers/Student Symposium: Future of urban ecology
Welcome note:
- Herbert Sukopp – History of urban ecology (requested)
Address by SURE President/Conference Chair:
- Jürgen Breuste – Urban development and urban ecology in 2020
Address by Conference Co-chair:
- Dagmar Haase – Modelling of urban ecosystem services in cities
Keynote speakers:
Some leading urban ecologists of the world were invited to deliver the keynote speeches.
Exhibition:
Important publishers were invited.
Conference proceedings:
All presenters submited short papers (about 3-5 pages) that could be extended and submitted for special journal issues.
Student awards:
Best paper by doctorate students, Best poster by doctorate students, Best paper/poster masters students.
Winners were given registration fee waiver, a certificate and 2 years free membership of SURE.
Excursions:
Several excursions to sites in Berlin important for urban ecology and its application in planning and design were offered.
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