Belgian Bid for organising the next SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Biology Symposium in Brussels (July 2017)

1. XIIth SCAR Biology
Symposium
Brussels, 10-14th July 10-14

2. Theme:
“Antarctic Biology: it’s all a matter of scale”

3. About the symposium
• highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary approaches
• help the SCAR community improve its understanding of the
processes underlying the structure and function of Antarctic living
systems, from gene to ecosystem, with an emphasis on spatio-temporal
trends
• opportunity to consolidate the community, and create new bindings
between SCAR biologists and the society (outreach)
• show the results of the new SCAR programmes, AntEco and AnT-ERA
• strong implication of the Belgian Association of Polar Early Career
Scientists (APECS Belgium)

4. Brussels, Royal Academy of Sciences
…a palace built in the beginning of the 19th century for the
Prince of Orange, in the middle of downtown Brussels.
The meeting rooms were very recently refurbished.

5. Local committee
• Ann Vanreusel (UGent)
• Annick Wilmotte (ULg)
• Chantal De Ridder (ULB)
• Maaike Vancauwenberghe (BELSPO)
• Anton Van de Putte (RBINS)
• Bruno Danis (ULB)
• Claude De Broyer (RBINS)
• Philippe Dubois (ULB)
• Wim Vijverman (UGent)
• Ines Tavernier (APECS)

6. Easy
accomodation
for all budgets

7. Science
Musea
History

8. The treats !