| British Ecological Society Annual Meeting | Belfast, UK, 10-13 December 2019 | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/annual-meeting-2019/ | Onsite registration only |
| Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting | Valencia, Spain, 15-21 December 2019 | https://www.palass.org/meetings-events/annual-meeting/2019/annual-meeting-2019-valencia-spain-overview | Waiting list only |
| Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2020 | Austin, USA, 3-7 January 2020 | https://burkclients.com/sicb/meetings/2020/site/ | Early registration deadline 4 December 2019 |
| PopGroup 53 | Leicester, UK, 5-8 January 2020 | https://www.populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk/ | Registration deadline 10 December 2019 |
| GRC Origins of Life | Galveston, USA, 19-24 January 2020 | https://www.grc.org/origins-of-life-conference/2020/ | Application deadline 22 December 2019 |
| Royal Society meeting on Dissolved Organic Matter in Freshwater | Newport Pagnell, UK, 20-21 January 2020 | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2020/01/dom-freshwaters/ | |
| GRC Predator-Prey Interactions | Ventura, USA, 26-31 January 2020 | https://www.grc.org/predator-prey-interactions-conference/2020/ | Application deadline 29 December 2019 |
| Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting | Lunteren, The Netherlands, 11-12 February 2020 | https://www.nern.nl/NAEM2020 | Poster and early bird deadline 21 January 2020 |
| Ocean Sciences Meeting | San Diego, USA, 16-21 February 2020 | https://www.agu.org/Ocean-Sciences-Meeting | Early registration deadline 8 January 2020 |
| World Biodiversity Forum 2020 | Davos, Switzerland, 23-28 February 2020 | https://www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/ | Early bird deadline 13 December 2019 Standard registration deadline 17 January 2020 |
| The Organism and its Environment | Heidelberg, Germany, 1-4 March 2020 | https://www.embo-embl-symposia.org/symposia/2020/EES20-01/ | Abstract deadline 5 January 2020 Registration deadline 19 January 2020 |
| Workshop on Plasmids as Vehicles of Antimicrobial Resistance Spread | Trieste, Italy, 2-6 March 2020 CANCELLED |
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9142/ | Registration deadline 15 January 2020 |
| Nordic Oikos Society: Ecology in the Anthropocene | Reykjavik, Iceland 3-5 March 2020 | https://www.oikos2020.org/ | Registration deadline 1 December 2019 |
| Evolutionary Dynamics in Carcinogenesis and Response to Therapy | Denver, USA 12-15 March 2020 POSTPONED |
https://www.aacr.org/meeting/evolutionary-dynamics-2020/ | |
| European Conference of Tropical Ecology | Leipzig, Germany, 24-27 March 2020 POSTPONED |
https://www.soctropecol-conference.eu/ | Early registration and abstract deadline 9 January 2020 |
| American Association of Physical Anthropologists | Los Angeles, USA, 15-18 April CANCELLED |
https://physanth.org/annual-meetings/89th-annual-meeting-los-angeles-california-2020/ | Reduced room rate deadline 18 March 2020 Free childcare deadline 22 March 2020 |
| Early Careers Biogeographers Conference | Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 17-19 April 2020 POSTPONED |
https://www.biogeography.org/meetings/amsterdam-2020/ | Abstract deadline 1 January 2020 Early registration deadline 15 January 2020 |
| Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology 2020 | Ede, The Netherlands, 21 April 2020 | http://nlseb.nl/nlseb2020/ | |
| The Allied Genetics Conference (including Population, Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics meeting) | Washington DC, USA, 22-26 April 2020 CANCELLED |
https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2020/ | Abstract deadline 5 December 2019 Early bird deadline 20 December 2019 |
| The Biology of Genomes | Cold Spring Harbor, USA, 5-9 May 2020 CHANGED TO VIRTUAL MEETING |
https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=GENOME&year=20 | Abstract deadline 14 February 2020 |
| Aboveground and Belowground Interactions Conference | Marseille, France, 13-15 May 2020 | https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/event/aboveground-belowground-interactions/ | Registration deadline 30 April 2020 |
| Collective Animal Behaviour Through Time | London, UK, 18-19 May 2020 | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2020/05/animal-behaviour/ | free registration |
| Pathway to Increase Standards and Competency of eDNA Surveys (PISCeS) International Conference | Guelph, Canada, 28-29 May 2020 POSTPONED |
https://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/PISCeS_2020 | Earlybird deadline 31 January 2020; regular registration deadline 30 April 2020 |
| Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution | Edmonton, Canada, 28-31 May 2020 CANCELLED |
http://www.csee-scee2020.ca/ | Registration opens February 2020 |
| Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Biology | St-Martin-de-Londres, France, 1-5 June 2020 | http://www.lirmm.fr/mceb2020/ | |
| Progressive Palaeontology | Yorkshire, UK, 11-13 June 2020 | https://www.palass.org/meetings-events/progressive-palaeontology/2020/progressive-palaeontology-2020-yorkshire-uk-overview | |
| IUCN World Conservation Congress | Marseille, France, 11-14 June 2020 | https://www.iucncongress2020.org/ | |
| Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases | Montpellier, France 14-17 June 2020 CANCELLED |
https://www.eeidconference2020.org/ | Early bird deadline 31 March 2020 |
| Virus Genomics & Evolution | Hinxton, UK, 15-17 June 2020 POSTPONED |
https://coursesandconferences.wellcomegenomecampus.org/our-events/virus-genomics-and-evolution-2020/ | Early bird deadline 24 March 2020; Registration deadline 19 May 2020 |
| SIBIC2020 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 15-19 June 2020 | https://www.sibic2020.org/ | Early registration deadline 10 March 2020 |
| Evolution 2020 | Cleveland, USA 19-23 June 2020 CANCELLED |
https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/ | Registration opens February 2020 |
| EcoSummit 2020 | Gold Coast, Australia, 21-25 June 2020 PARTICIPANTS CAN CANCEL FREE OF CHARGE |
http://www.ecosummitcongress.com/ | Abstract deadline 6 December 2019 Early bird deadline 27 March 2020 |
| SMBE 2020 | Quebec City, Canada, 28 June-2 July 2020 CANCELLED |
http://smbe2020.org/ | Abstract deadline 20 Jan 2020 Early bird deadline 1 April 2020 |
| LACA 2020 | Puebla, Mexico, 1-3 July 2020 | https://www.laca-scb.org/laca2020 | |
| International Coral Reef Symposium | Bremen, Germany, 5-10 July 2020 | https://www.icrs2020.de/ | Early bird registration deadline 31 March 2020 |
| GEO BON Open Science Conference | Leipzig, Germany, 6-10 July 2020 | https://conf2020.geobon.org/ | |
| Nature-based Solutions | Oxford, UK, 7-9 July 2020 | https://www.naturebasedsolutionsoxford.org/ | Registration deadline 30 April 2020 |
| Euro Evo Devo | Napoli, Italy, 7-10 July 2020 | https://www.evodevo2020.eu/ | |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Society of Turkey International Symposium | Istanbul, Turkey, 8-10 July 2020 CANCELLED |
http://eebst.org/ | |
| Molecular Origins of Life | Munich, Germany, 8-9 July 2020 | https://indico.physik.uni-muenchen.de/event/24/overview | Registration deadline 21 June 2020 |
| Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation | Cartagena, Colombia, 12-16 July 2020 | https://atbc2020.org/ | Call for symposia deadline 20 December 2019 |
| Reunion Argentina de Ecologia | Tucuman, Argentina, 14-17 July 2020 | https://asaeargentina.com.ar/rae/ | |
| International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health | Athens, USA, 15-18 July 2020 REGISTRATION HALTED |
https://isemph.org/2020-Meeting | Registration opens late 2019 |
| Botany 2020 | Anchorage, USA, 18-22 July 2020 | http://2020.botanyconference.org/ | Early registration deadline 31 May 2020 |
| International Congress of Entomology | Helsinki, Finland, 19-24 July 2020 | https://ice2020helsinki.fi/ | Early registration deadline 31 December 2019 |
| GRC Ocean Global Change Biology | Waterville Valley, USA, 19-24 July 2020 | https://www.grc.org/ocean-global-change-biology-conference/2020/ | Application deadline 21 June 2020 |
| International Association for Vegetation Science Annual Symposium | Vladivostok, Russia, 20-24 July 2020 | http://geobotanica.ru/symposium_2020/ | Abstraact deadline 30 March 2020 Early registration deadline 15 May 2020 |
| Plant Biology 2020 | Washington DC, USA, 25-29 July 2020 | https://plantbiology.aspb.org/ | Talk abstract deadline 20 February 2020 Poster abstract deadlines 19 June 2020 (with poster number) or 17 July 2020 (without psoter number) |
| GRC Unifying Ecology Across Scales | Manchester, USA, 26-31 July 2020 | https://www.grc.org/unifying-ecology-across-scales-conference/2020/ | Application deadline 28 June 2020 |
| North American Congress for Conservation Biology | Denver, USA, 26-31 July 2020 | https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/naccb-2020/ | Call for abstracts opens 10 December 2019 Registration opens February 2020 |
| Ecological Society of America | Salt Lake City, USA 2-7 August 2020 | https://www.esa.org/saltlake/ | Abstract deadline 20 February 2020 Early bird deadline 18 June 2020 Regular registration deadline 9 July 2020 |
| XIX International Conference on the Origin of Life | Quito, Ecuador, 2-7 August 2020 | https://www.usfq.edu.ec/eventos/issol2020/Paginas/default.aspx | |
| ISME18 | Cape Town, South Africa, 9-14 August 2020 | http://isme18.isme-microbes.org/ | Abstract deadline 6 March 2020 Early bird deadline 29 May 2020 |
| European Conference on Behavioural Biology | Zurich, Switzerland, 16-19 August 2020 | https://www.ecbb.uzh.ch/ | |
| European Congress of the IUSSI | Toulouse, France, 24-26 August 2020 | http://www.iussi.org/meetings.html | |
| International Marine Conservation Congress | Kiel, Germany, 24-27 August 2020 | https://conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc6 | Abstract submission opens 13 January 2020 |
| SCB Oceania | Honolulu, USA, 31 August-3 September 2020 | http://scboceania.org/hawaii2020/ | Presenter registration deadline 15 July 2020 |
| European Conference on Ecological Restoration | Alicante, Spain, 31 August-4 September 2020 | https://sere2020.org/index.php | Earlybird registration deadline 3 July 2020 |
| Conference on Mediterranean Ecosystems | Club Mykonos, South Africa, 7-11 September 2020 | http://medecos2020.org/ | Abstract deadline 1 February 2020 Registration deadline 1 August 2020 |
| International Meeting for Phytolith Research | Kiel, Germany, 9-12 September 2020 | http://www.12impr.uni-kiel.de/en | Abstract and early bird deadline 15 May 2020 |
| International Palynological Congress and International Organization od Palaeobotany Conference | Prague, Czech Republic, 12-19 September 2020 | https://www.prague2020.cz/introduction.php | |
| Neobiota 2020 | Vodice, Croatia, 15-18 September 2020 | https://www.neobiota.eu/neobiota-2020-vodice-croatia/ | |
| Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy | London, UK, 16-18 September 2020 | http://www.svpca.org/years/2020_london/ | |
| The Molecular Basis and Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism | Heidelberg, Germany, 20-22 September 2020 | https://www.embo-embl-symposia.org/symposia/2020/EES20-09/ | Abstract deadline 29 June 2020 Registration deadline 10 August 2020 |
| Reuniao da ABECO | Praia do Forte, Brazil, 20-23 September 2020 | https://abeco.org.br/noticias/3rabeco7set/ | |
| Cultural Evolution Society | Hokkaido, Japan 21-23 September 2020 POSTPONED UNTIL 9-11 JUNE 2021 |
https://culturalevolutionsociety.org/story/Conferences | DATES MAY CHANGE DUE TO OLYMPICS |
| Society of Africanist Archaeologists 2020 | Oxford, UK, 21-24 September 2020 | https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/safa-2020 | |
| European Society for the study of Human Evolution | Tubingen, Germany, September 2020 | https://www.eshe.eu/ | |
| International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress | Melbourne, Australia, 27 September-2 October 2020 | https://www.isbe2020.com/ | Registration opens February 2020 |
| Society of Vertebrate Paleontology | Cincinnati, USA, 14-17 October 2020 | http://vertpaleo.org/Annual-Meeting/Future-Past-Meetings.aspx | |
| Entomology 2020 | Orlando, USA, 15-18 November 2020 | https://www.entsoc.org/event-calendar/entomology-2020 | |
| BES-SFE Joint Meeting | Edinburgh, UK, December 2020 |
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MEDECOS 2020, Mediterranean Ecosystems Conference combined with the Fynbos Forum, Langebaan (Cape Town), South Africa, 7-11 September, http://medecos2020.org/
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