Call for Symposia

Call for Submission of Symposium Proposals for ESEB 2025

One of the distinctive features of ESEB congresses is the «bottom-up» approach to  determining the scientific content of each meeting. Most of the scientific programme is organised into symposia on topics suggested by ESEB members.

Symposium organisers play a key role in selecting oral and poster presentations from the submitted abstracts. Topics can be on any subject related to evolutionary biology, whether specific or broad, emerging, or well-established.

A symposium typically consists of around 5-12 oral presentations, with 1-2 being invited talks, and the remaining abstracts presented during poster sessions. Invited speakers usually have their congress registration fee covered (excluding travel and accommodation) and are allotted extended speaking time.

Deadline for Submission

The deadline for submission is 21 November 2024.

Symposium Proposal Requirements

You will be asked to provide:

  • The names and email addresses of the primary organiser (for correspondence) and 1-2 co-organisers, who must commit to attending the entire meeting.
  • The proposed symposium title.
  • A justification between 100 and 300 words explaining why your proposed topic is important and relevant for a symposium at the congress.
  • The names of two potential invited speakers (please confirm their availability in advance). You may also submit titles of potential invited talks (optional).

Balance in terms of gender, nationality, and career stage of invited speakers and symposium organisers will be considered by the scientific committee when selecting symposia. Successful symposium organisers are expected to maintain this balance when selecting oral presentations. ESEB also supports diversity through conference attendance aid grants.

How to Submit a Symposium Proposal

  • Submit your symposium proposal exclusively via the online platform accessible at the top of this page
  • Proposals sent by email will not be considered.
  • The symposium proposal must be submitted by the primary organiser, who will act as the contact person.
  • At least one of the organisers must be an ESEB member at the time of the acceptance of symposia, and we encourage all organisers to become members if they are not. The organisers will be required to prove member status at a later time, upon registering for the congress.

Evaluation

Proposals will be double-blind reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The selected list will be announced in December 2024.

Contact

Technical enquiries can be addressed to eseb2025barcelona@aimgroup.eu. In case of any scientific concerns, please turn to ESEB2025_scientific@irbbarcelona.org. We will be happy to assist you.

Call for submission of symposium proposals for ESEB 2025

A defining feature of ESEB congresses is the «bottom-up»approach to determining the scientific content of each meeting. The vast majority of the scientific program is arranged in symposia topics that are suggested by ESEB members, and the symposium organisers then also play a major role in selecting the oral and poster presentations from the submitted abstracts. Symposia topics can be on any theme related to evolutionary biology: specific or broad, emerging or well established. A symposium normally consists of around 5-12 oral presentations, 1-2 of which are invited, with remaining abstracts in the theme being presented together in the poster sessions. Invited speakers typically have their congress registration covered (but not travel or accommodation), and have extended speaking time.

Deadline

The deadline for submission is November 21, 2024.

Symposium proposal

You will be asked to provide:

  1. The names and email addresses of the primary organiser (for all communication) and 1-2 co-organiser(s), who must be committed to attend the whole meeting.
  2. Optional – Links to the professional web pages of organisers and short biographies of organisers (maximum 150 words each biography).
  3. The proposed symposium title.
  4. A maximum 200 word explanation justifying why you feel your proposed topic warrants a symposium at the conference.
  5. The names of two potential invited speakers (please check beforehand whether they are indeed available). You can also submit titles of potential invited talks (optional).

Balance, in terms of gender, nationality and career stage of invited speakers and symposium organisers will be included as one criterion used by the scientific committee when selecting symposia, and successful symposium organisers are expected to do the same when selecting oral presentations. ESEB also supports diversity via conference attendance aid grants.

How to submit a symposium proposal

• Please submit your symposium proposal only via the online form that is accessible in the User zone (not yet available)
• Proposals sent by e-mail cannot be considered.
• Symposium proposal has to be submitted by a primary organiser of the symposium.
• A primary organiser of the symposium is considered to be a contact person.
• At least one of the organisers must be an ESEB member at the time of the «final date for presenters and symposia organisers to register». The organisers will be required to prove member status at a later time, upon registering for the congress.

Evaluation

Proposals will be double-blind evaluated by the Scientific Committee, and the selected list will be communicated in December 2024.

Contact

Enquiries can be directed to eseb2025barcelona@aimgroup.eu. We will be happy to assist you.