Programme
Initial Programme
27 August (Wednesday)
11:00 – Participant registration
14:00–14:15 – Opening remarks
14:15–15:15 – Plenary talk
15:15–17:55 – Oral presentations
18:00 – Welcome reception and dinner
28 August (Thursday)
9:00–10:00 – Plenary talk
10:15–12:45 – Oral presentations
13:00–14:00 – Lunch at the venue
14:15–15:15 – Plenary talk
15:15–17:55 – Oral presentations
18:00–19:00 – Poster session
19:00 – Social dinner
29 August (Friday)
9:00 – Plenary talk
10:15–12:45 – Oral presentations
13:00–14:00 – Lunch at the venue
14:15–16:55 – Oral presentations
17:00–18:00 – Poster session
18:00–19:00 – General Assembly of the CE section of the IUSSI
30 August (Saturday)
9:00–17:00 – Postworkshop trip to Tőserdő (lunch included)
Field Excursion (30 August, Saturday)
The field excursion will take place in Tőserdő, a small natural reserve that is part of the Kiskunság National Park. The wildlife of the area recalls the conditions before the 19th-century river regulations in Hungary. Its diversity is provided by the Szikra and Alpár oxbow lakes of the Tisza River, and the gallery and swamp forests, floodplain marshes, and marsh meadows that accompany the oxbows.
Tőserdő reserve, with an oxbow lake of the Tisza River.
Nature trails and marked hiking paths offer excellent opportunities to explore the surrounding nature. The most striking of them is the 3.5 km long ʻKontyvirág Nature Trailʼ, which we will visit during the excursion. The trail’s higher terrain preserves the rare oak–ash–elm hardwood gallery forests that once lined the Tisza River. In the undergrowth thrives the rare lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum), while tree trunks and canopies are home to grey-headed and black woodpeckers. In lower-lying, flood-prone areas, remnant softwood forests composed of willows and poplars serve as habitats for owls and rare bat species.
A section of the Kontyvirág Nature Trail.
The open water surfaces and backwaters of the oxbow lakes are adorned with beautiful aquatic plants, such as white water lilies. A rare and ancient inhabitant of these areas is the weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis), now a protected species due to the drastic reduction of its natural habitat following historical river regulations in Hungary.
Regarding social insects, the high density and diversity of habitats support a wide variety of wasps, bees, and ants, making the area an ideal destination for insect collection. To facilitate this, we will provide Eppendorf tubes filled with ethanol prior to departure.
What to bring: boots, hat, sunscreen, mosquito repellent, plenty of water, and good mood.
Lunch will be served on site at a local restaurant.
