| EcoEvo Seminars | online | Wednesdays at 5pm GMT | |
| Ecology Live (BES) | online | 4 March-5 May 2021 | Register for free weekly talks |
| Ecology Webinar Recordings | online | archive talks | Add suggestions to this database using this form |
| Linnaeus, Race and Sex (Linnaean Society) | online | 12 March 2021 | Registration closes 24 hours in advance |
| Ancient Biomolecules of Plants, Animals & Microbes (WGC) | online | 29-31 March 2021 | Registration closes 19 March |
| Biology & Genomics of Social Insects (CSHL) | online | 30 March-1 April 2021 | |
| American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting | online | 7-28 April 2021 | |
| Society for American Archeology Annual Meeting | online | 15-17 April 2021 | Advance registration closes 10 March |
| Icelandic Ecological Society Annual Meeting | online | 16-17 April 2021 | |
| Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology | online | 19-20 April 2021 | Abstract deadline 15 March; Registration closes 12 April |
| Communicating Climate Change Ecology and Nature-Based Solutions (BES) | online | 21 April 2021 | Registration closes 31 March |
| World Biodiversity Forum | online | Six weekly events May/June 2021 | |
| The Identity and Evolution of Cell Types (EMBO) | online | 4-7 May 2021 | Abstract deadline 10 March; Registration closes 14 April |
| Oikos Norway Conference | online | 5-6 May 2021 | Abstract deadline 1 April |
| The Biology of Genomes (CHSL) | online | 11-14 May 2021 | |
| International Meeting of Early-Stage Researchers in Palaeontology | online | 18-21 May 2021 | Registration closes 16 March |
| Species and Ecological Processes - Taxonomy and Traits (BES) | online | 28 May 2021 | |
| Cultural Evolution Society Conference | Sapporo, Japan | 9-11 June 2021 | |
| Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases | Montpellier, France | 11-14 June 2021 | Decision expected early March on whether meeting is in-person or online |
| Mathematical & Computational Evolutionary Biology | Porquerolles, France | 13-17 June 2021 | |
| Predicting Evolution (EMBL) | online | 14-16 June 2021 | Abstract deadline 5 April; registration closes 16 May |
| EcoSummit 2021 | online | 14-15 June 2021 | Registration closes 12 June |
| Progressive Palaeontology | online | 17-19 June 2021 | Abstract deadline 30 April; registration closes 10 June |
| Systematics, Biogeography & Evolution Meeting | online | 19-23 June 2021 | |
| Evolution 2021 | online | 21-25 June 2021 | Abstract deadline 30 April |
| Evolution 'On Purpose': Teleonomy in Living Systems (Linnaean Society) | online | 28-29 June 2021 | Registration closes 26 June |
| Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference | online | 28 June-1 July 2021 | Early registration closes 25 March |
| Our Ocean Conference 2021 | Palau | 1 July 2021 | Date is tentative |
| SMBE 2021 | online | 3-8 July 2021 | |
| European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists | online | 6-9 July 2021 | |
| Society for Open, Reliable and Transparent Ecology & Evolutionary Biology inaugural conference | online | 12-16 July 2021 | Exact dates tbc |
| International Society for Evolution in Medicine & Public Health 2021 | online | 15-16 July 2021 | Abstract and early registration deadline 30 April |
| International Coral Reef Symposium 2021 | online | 19-23 July 2021 | |
| Botany 2021 | online | 19-23 July 2021 | Abstract deadline 1 April |
| Plant Biology 2021 | online | 19-23 July 2021 | |
| Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions | online | 25-30 July 2021 | |
| International Congress on the Origins of Life | Quito, Ecuador | August 2021 | |
| Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting | online | 2-6 August 2021 | Early registration deadline 24 June |
| Animal Behavior Society Conference | online | 3-6 August 2021 | |
| American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting | online | 9-14 August 2021 | |
| Society of Africanist Archaeologists Biennial Meeting | Oxford, UK | 15-20 August 2021 | |
| AsiaEvo Conference | online | 16-19 August 2021 | |
| Congress of the International Society of Limnology | Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea | 22-27 August 2021 | |
| Molecular Origins of Life | Munich, Germany | 26-27 August 2021 | Abstract deadline 20 July; Registration closes 15 August |
| GfO Annual Meeting | Brunswick, Germany | 30 August-3 September 2021 | Abstract and early registration deadline 17 May |
| International meeting for Phytolith Research | online | 8-11 September 2021 | |
| Virus Genomics & Evolution (WGC) | online | 13-15 September 2021 | Abstract deadline 20 July; Registration closes 6 September |
| European Society for the study of Human Evolution Annual Meeting | Aarhus, Denmark | 22-26 September 2021 | Decision on whether to proceed in-person due early 2021 |
| Early Career Biogeographers Conference | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | 22-24 October 2021 | Early registration deadline 22 August |
| Euro Evo Devo | Naples, Italy | 26-29 October 2021 | |
| Entomology 2021 | hybrid: online and Denver, USA | 31 October-3 November 2021 | Abstract deadline 14 June |
| Human Evolution - From Fossils to Ancient & Modern Genomes (WGC) | online | 2-4 November 2021 | Abstract deadline 7 September; Registration closes 5 October |
| Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting | Minneapolis, USA | 3-7 November 2021 | |
| IUCN World Conservation Congress | Marseille, France | 3-11 November 2021 | |
| Ecological Society of Australia Annual Conference | Darwin, Australia | 22-26 November 2021 | |
| Plant Genome Stability and Change (EMBO) | Leiden, The Netherlands | 5-8 December 2021 | Abstract deadline 20 September; Registration closes 15 November |
| British Ecological Society Annual Meeting | Liverpool, UK | 12-15 December 2021 | |
| International Congress for Conservation Biology | Kigali, Rwanda | 12-16 December 2021 | Registration opens June 2021 |
| Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association | Manchester. UK | 18-20 December 2021 | |
| Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting | Phoenix, USA | 3-7 January 2022 | |
| International Biogeography Society Biennial Conference | Vancouver, Canada | 8-12 January 2022 | Registration opens August 2021 |
| Origins of Life GRC | Galveston, USA | 23-28 January 2022 | Registration closes 26 December |
| Predator-Prey Interactions GRC | Lucca, Italy | 30 January-4 February 2022 | Registration closes 2 January |
| Geobiology GRC | Galveston, USA | 30 January-4 February 2022 | Registration closes 2 January |
| Evolutionary Systems Biology | Hinxton, UK | 9-11 February 2022 | |
| Ocean Sciences Meeting | Honolulu, USA | 27 February-4 March 2022 | |
| Marine Reptiles Conference | Kimmeridge, UK | May 2022 | |
| Ocean Biogeochemistry GRC | Castelldefels, Spain | 1-6 May 2022 | Registration closes 3 April 2022 |
| The Interconnected Microbial Ocean GRC | Les Diablerets, Switzerland | 29 May-3 June 2022 | Registration closes 1 May 2022 |
| EcoSummit 2022 | Gold Coast, Australia | 30 May-4 June 2022 | |
| Biology of Winter GRC | Andover, USA | 5-10 June 2022 | Registration closes 8 May 2022 |
| International Society for Evolution in Medicine & Public Health 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | 2022 | |
| Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology & Conservation | Cartagena, Colombia | July 2022 | |
| IUSSI International Congress | San Diego, USA | 3-7 July 2022 | |
| International Coral Reef Symposium 2022 | Bremen, Germany | 3-8 July 2022 | |
| International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | 4-8 July 2022 | |
| Nature-based Solutions Conference | Oxford, UK | 5-7 July 2022 | |
| International Congress of Entomology | Helsinki, Finland | 17-22 July 2022 | |
| Ocean Change Biology GRC | Waterville Valley, USA | 17-22 July 2022 | Registration closes 14 June 2022 |
| Mathematical Models in Ecology & Evolution | Reading, UK | 18-22 July 2022 | |
| Botany 2022 | Anchorage, USA | 24-27 July 2022 | |
| East African Association for Palaeoanthropology & Palaeontology Biennial Conference | Arusha, Tanzania | 31 July-4 August 2022 | |
| Unifying Ecology Across Scales GRC | Manchester, USA | 31 July-5 August 2022 | Registration closes 3 July 2022 |
| European Society for Evolutionary Biology Congress | Prague, Czech Republic | 14-19 August 2022 | |
| International Symposium on Microbial Ecology | Cape Town, South Africa | 21-26 August 2022 | |
| International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress | Melbourne, Australia | 11-16 September 2022 | |
| International Conference on Biological Invasions | Tartu, Estonia | 13-16 September 2022 | |
| Conference on Mediterranean Ecosystems | hybrid: online and South Africa | 15-19 September 2022 | Early registration deadline 15 May 2022 |
Ecology & Evolution Conferences 2021-22
Our list of conferences for 2021 and 2022 includes both online and in-person meetings. Please help us to make the list comprehensive and up-to-date by suggesting additions.
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Patrick joined Nature Publishing Group in 2005 as an Assistant Editor at Nature Reviews Genetics and Nature Reviews Cancer. In 2008 he moved to Nature, where he served as Senior Editor covering ecology and evolution, before becoming Chief Editor of Nature Ecology & Evolution in 2016. He has handled primary manuscripts and review articles across the entire breadth of ecology and evolution, as well as advising and writing for other sections of Nature. Patrick has a degree in genetics from the University of Cambridge, did his DPhil in experimental evolution at the University of Oxford, and did postdoctoral work on evolutionary and ecological genetics at University College London in association with Imperial College London at Silwood Park.
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