Participation
All members of CBA and BioGov are cordially invited to this two-day event. Kindly indicate via the registration form whether you will participate on one or both days, and whether you would like to contribute with a presentation. The registration deadline is April 18, 2025. The program will be updated on a ongoing basis.
Goals
Goals of the BioGov and CBA Meeting
Program
Wednesday, 11 June – Drøbak Research Station (Tollboden)
BioGov Annual Meeting
- 10.00–10.20 Dag Hessen: Welcome, status, budget and purpose; way forward
- 10.20–10.40 Frans-Jan Parmentier: Can soil carbon content explain inter-site differences in ecosystem respiration?
- 10.40–11.00 Sebastian Westermann: How can we simulate the carbon dynamics of thawing peat plateaus?
- 11.00–11.20 Jacqueline Knutson: Hydrological and biogeochemical updates from Iskoras
- 11.20–11.40 Mats Ippach: Thermodynamics of soil organic matter degradation
- 11.40–12.00 Discussion: Follow up on presentations
12.00–13.00 Lunch
- 13.00–13.20 Anfisa Pismeniuk: Greenhouse Gas Emission Potentials from Thawing Permafrost Peatlands in Northern Regions
- 13.20–13.40 Eira Carlsen: Redox and microbial metabolism
- 13.40–14.00 Discussion: Follow up on presentations
- 14.00–14.20 Elisabeth Woerner (via Zoom): Beyond the Surface: Simulating Soil Carbon Dynamics and Mycorrhizal Fungi in Boreal Forests under Climate Change
- 14.20–15.00 Discussion: Follow up on presentations
15.00–15.20 Coffee break
- 15.20–16.00 Breakout groups: (i) Experiments (ii) Field surveys (iii) Models — papers (authorship, data sharing), spin-offs
- 16.00–16.20 Heleen de Wit: Langtjern Carbon Budget
- 16.20–16.40 Dag Hessen: Summing up and the big picture
- 16.40–17.00 Discussion: Review and perspective paper
- 17.00–18.30 Open discussion / recovery: Next experiments and field surveys; data acquisition and analyses; planned papers and conferences; budget and possibilities
19.00– Dinner at Reenskaug Hotel (map for Reenskaug Hotel)
Thursday, 12 June – Drøbak Aquarium
CBA Annual Meeting
08.00–09.30 Breakfast
- 09.30–09.50 Alexander Eiler: Welcome and report from the leader group (CBA evaluation, budget, SSF and future (GSC, other large applications) — synergy grant on ancient ocean analogs, convergence LS and EE)
- 09.50–10.10 Xiang Lu: Langtjern
- 10.10–10.30 Alexander Delver: Carbon from catchment to water column
- 10.30–10.50 Christine Riis-Pedersen: A scientific dive into meromictic lakes — Microbes and stratification as determinants
- 10.50–11.10 Franck Lejzerowicz: Microbiome diversity and resources for boreal lake studies: a meta-analysis
11.10–11.20 Coffee break (follow up on lake presentations)
- 11.20–11.40 Adriana Lopes: Invisible Connections: How Marine Protists Drive Ocean Processes
- 11.40–12.00 Sanne Boessenkool: Reconstructing past biodiversity through palaeogenomics
12.00–13.00 Lunch
- 13.00–13.20 Kjetil Schanke Aas: Nature, net-zero and Norwegian climate modeling
- 13.20–13.40 Sigrid Trier Kjær: Assessing carbon sequestration along a natural carbon gradient impacted by short-term drought
13.40–14.00 Sabrina Schultze: SICKsoil- 14.00–14.30 Discussion: Follow up on presentations
- 14.30–15.00 Alexander Eiler: Wrap-up
Accommodation
Accommodation at Tollboden (map) is available for participants attending both days (maximum 24 people).
Transport
Taking the bus is a good option.
Language
The event will be held in English.
Organizers
- Alexander Eiler, Department of Biosciences
- Sebastian Westermann, Department of Geosciences
- Dag Olav Hessen, Department of Biosciences