2021: SER2021 – The 9th World Conference on Ecological Restoration

SER2021, the 9th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, will take place on virtually from June 19 – 24, 2021.

SERO is participating in the conference organization through the following committees:

Ontario Representation:

The duties of the Field Trip and Tour Committee of an event are:

to work in conjunction with the LOC/PCO to ensure that clear and correct instructions are included in the Circulars and Call for Papers for persons who want to participate to field trips, excursions, and tours;
to make all arrangements for field trips, excursions, and tours (name of the participants, itineraries, reservations, bus, hotels, meals, snacks, drinks, guides etc.);
to provide a field guide with maps of the route and short summary & other written material of all sites that will be visited;
to manage all aspects of the field trips, excursions, and tours;
to provide budgets and final financial reports for the field trips after the event.

Ontario Representation:

The duties of this Committee of an event are:

to make arrangements for commercial exhibitions
to check if there are any regulations that pertain to this activity, e.g. commercial sales;
to solicit vendors, e.g. peat producers, and other companies, book dealers, publishers, non-profit or professional organisations;
to rent exhibition spaces
to rent or provide stand building material, decorations, staff, guards etc. if agreed on
to make custom regulations of the host country known
to provide information on how material can be shipped to and from the venue
to provide storage space, if needed

Ontario Representation:

The duties of the Scientific Committee(s) are:

to provide information for the Circulars and Call for Papers
to define deadlines for submission of abstracts;
to approve and schedule special sessions (symposia, workshops, plenary lectures, invited papers, etc.);
to receive abstract submissions and send the acknowledgement letters;
to receive the student award applications and forward them to the Student Award Committee;
to accept or reject submissions for places on the Scientific Program;
to determine the schedule and arrangement for the scientific sessions;
to select session chairs;
to coordinate activities during the event to ensure that the scientific program is carried out in a timely and efficient manner;
to approve scientific invited speakers;
to submit program material to the PCO on schedule;
to arrange and coordinate the conduct of the Scientific Program (session chairs, projectionists, etc.).