10th European Malacological Congress

• Ecology and Palaeoecology of non-marine molluscs

• Malacology: from ecosystem services to one health promotion

• Mollusca in Museum Collections: from sampling to storing

Fees for senior scientists

• Early Bird Registration (until 30 June 2024): 250 €
• Late Registration (after 30 June 2024): 300 €

Fees for Students

• Early Bird Registration (until 30 June 2024): 150 €
• Late Registration (after 30 June 2024): 170 €

Registration for the Congress covers the following:

• Access to the sessions
• Congress gift package
• Coffee and snacks during the breaks
• Welcome Icebreaker with drinks and snacks

The registration fees do not include the Congress Dinner, which is not compulsory and for which there will be a separate charge.

On desk payments during the conference will be available but should be made either in cash or through the on-line registration platform.

Guidelines for the submission of abstracts

The deadline for abstract submission is unfortunately over. In case you still wish to submit an abstract please send it via email at euromal2024@gmail.com and your request will be strictly examined by the Organizing Committee.

Before submitting an abstract, the submitting author has to register at the congress.

You should use this file as a template for submitting your abstract.

Each registered congress attendee is allowed to submit up to two abstracts (of course, they can participate in many more – there is no limit). However, if he/she participates in more than two presentations, then another author must be registered to submit them. Authors are responsible for the quality of the abstracts they submit, as they will be published exactly as sent and there will be no editing or proofreading of the texts after submission.

Authors may indicate their preference for oral or poster presentations as well as for the thematic section. All abstracts will be submitted via the electronic submission form. All abstracts will be subjected to a scientific review by the Scientific Committee which will decide on their acceptance. If there are comments and suggestions from the Committee, they will be sent to the authors of the abstracts who will be invited to submit the final version of their abstracts within ten (10) calendar days. All abstracts will be included in the Book of Abstracts of the Congress, which will be published under the coordination of the Scientific Committee and posted on the Congress website.

Awards

The three poster and the three oral presentations for early career malacologists selected by the congress attendees as the best will be awarded. All communications are eligible for an award unless the authors indicate that they do not wish to participate in the competition.

Oral Presentations

Regarding oral presentations, the slot for each communication will be up to 15 minutes (10-12 minutes for presentation and 3-5 minutes for questions).

Invited talks and Special Session talks will be of duration as per the programme.

Speakers should bring their presentation (both in pptx and pdf format) to the Congress Secretariat, at the Congress venue, either when registering on 15 September or at least one day before their talk. Alternatively, they can send their presentation electronically to euromal2024@gmail.com in order to be entered into the central presentation management system.

The file name of your presentation must be in roman characters and have the following format: Name_euromal2024_Number of presentation (1 or 2) (e.g., Smith_euromal2024_1).

Speakers presenting videos may use MPEG-4 (MP4) as the encoding format. They should ensure that their video files play well with either MS-Windows Media Player or VLC (www.videolan.org/vlc), which is available free of charge on all current operating systems.

A computer with PDF reader and Microsoft PowerPoint will be available. Personal laptops cannot be used for the presentation

Poster Presentations

The required poster size is A0, portrait orientation. Poster authors are expected to present their posters to the scientific community at the dedicated poster sessions. The Poster Session will be held on September 19, in the afternoon. Lunch and coffee breaks could also be opportunities to present the posters. Please take the opportunity to read other posters and exchange contact information. Poster presenters may want to have A4 copies of their posters and their business cards available for distribution.

Poster Mounting

All posters shall be mounted ahead of the poster session, in a numbered position. The list of poster numbers will be also available in the conference room. Please check that your poster is located on the correct board. Materials for mounting posters will be provided at the poster session venue. Posters shall be dismounted by the end of the congress, those that have not been removed will be disposed-off.

Printing your poster in Heraklion

If you would like to print your poster in Heraklion, you can choose the stationery store “KYVOS – The Copy Shop”, which is located at Leof. Dimokratias 91, Iraklio 713 06, 15 minutes walking distance from the venue. You can choose between two material types: Plastic material – PVC (27 €) or glossy paper (33 €). You will need to send a pdf version of your poster by 10/09/2024 at info@thecopyshop.gr using “EUROMAL 2024” in the subject of the email and informing the store about the selected printing paper type. As soon as your poster is printed, you will receive email notification by the store in order to receive it from the store at your convenience. The payment of the poster will be completed at the store.

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Join us on our field trips

Ηere is the updated list of the scientific committee in alphabetical order. The list is subject to change until we confirm all the speakers and sessions so make sure to check regularly for any updates.

• Sthefane D’Ávila (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brasil)
• Marija Bošnjak (Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia)
• Celia Bueno (Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
• Radovan Coufal (Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia)
• Stefanos Dailianis (Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece)
• Chrysa Doxa (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece)
• Elisavet Georgopoulou (Natural History Museum of Crete – University of Crete, Greece)
• Issaad Kawther – Ezzine (Laboratoire de Génétique, Biodiversité et valorisation des Bio-ressources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Monastir, Tunisia)
• Paraskevi Niki (Penny) Lampri (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavyssos, Greece)
• Océane Lapauze (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
• Maria Lazaridou (Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
• Janine Mazenauer (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
• Vasilis Michailidis (Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
• Sonia Barbosa dos Santos (Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
• Lenita de Freitas Tallarico (Laboratório de Parasitologia – Malacologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brasil)
• Danae Thivaiou (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
• Katerina Vardinoyannis (Natural History Museum of Crete – University of Crete)
• Quentin Wackenheim (Laboratoire de Géographie Physique, CNRS- Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne -UPEC University, France)
• Argyro Zenetos (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece)