ISSM2020 postponed
Due to health concerns and travel restrictions being put in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, we have decided to postpone The International Society of Subsurface Microbiology ISSM 2020 Conference in the Netherlands from June 14-19 to spring/summer 2021. The exact date is not yet set.
The accepted presentations and poster remain accepted.
Possibly we will reopen abstract submission later this year.
If you are a selected presenter (including key note speakers), and you are declining, please, let us know.
We do apologize for this inconvenience in these crazy times and thank you for your understanding.
By moving the conference date, we hope to alleviate any health concerns, as well as avoid current travel restrictions. Obviously, we keep on following developments of the COVID-19 coronavirus carefully.
INTRODUCTION
The International Society for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM) is made up of microbiologists, ecologists, geoscientists, and other researchers around the world fascinated by the various aspects of subsurface microbiology, a rapidly expanding field that focuses on microbial life below the surface of the earth. ISSM has organized numerous symposiums on subsurface microbiology in locations as diverse as Germany, Japan, New Zealand, USA and the UK. These symposia are meant to showcase the latest technologies and research in subsurface microbiology, including microbial ecology.
The International Society of Subsurface Microbiology is honoured to invite you to its 11th international conference in Ermelo (The Netherlands) in
June 2020.
AIM AND SCOPE
The programme of events will focus on a wide variety of topics, like (provisional, suggestions welcome and not limited to):
Related to these topics, but from a fresh perspective
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
The programme will be constructed around presentations and papers that are submitted in relation to the conference topics. Scientific papers, as well as documented case studies and general review papers are encouraged for submission.
PLANNING
November 2017
31 December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
31 March 2020
14-19 June 2020
First Announcement at ISSM2017, Rotorua, New Zealand
Deadline for submission of abstracts for oral presentations
Second Announcement
Evaluation of papers by the Programme committee
Deadline for submission of abstracts for poster presentations
Conference
November 2017
First Announcement at ISSM2017, Rotorua, New Zealand
1 December 2019
Deadline for submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations
January 2020
Second Announcement
February 2020
Evaluation of papers by the Programme committee
14-19 June 2020
Conference
Special issue ISSM 2020
Just like in ISSM2019, Rotorua, New Zealand, we aim to publish a thematic issue of contributions to ISSM2020 in FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
The guest editors of this issue will be Professor Kirsten Küsel of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and Professor Fengping Wang of the Shanghai JiaoTong University
For more information click on the following links:
FEMS journal website:
https://academic.oup.com/femsec
Previous Subsurface microbiology thematic issue:
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/pages/subsurface_microbiology
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND POSTERS
All abstracts should be written in English. An international Programme Committee will review the abstracts. Only papers and posters presented in person by the author(s) will be accepted. Authors must be able to cover their own expenses and registration fee. When submitting your proposal online, you will find a more detailed list of keywords that we will use to categorise your submission, and match it with appropriate reviewers. Authors should submit an abstract of maximum 250 words using an abstract submission form and in which to denote the topic and type of presentation.
Please note that the submission for oral presentations is closed! Poster abstracts can be submitted until March 31st!
Platform Presentations
Proposals for platform presentations on current issues and developments concerning biobased colourants are especially welcomed. Submissions (platform and poster) must be in the form of an outline paper (halve page of text, plus maximum two additional pages of tables and figures).
Please note that the submission for oral presentations is closed! Poster abstracts can be submitted until March 31st!
Poster Presentations
If you present a poster paper it will be on display for two days and eligible for a best poster award which will be announced at the congress closing ceremony. Oral and poster presentations are accorded equal status. The difference from a platform presentation is that you should let your poster do the ‘talking’; i.e. the material presented must convey your key points. If you prefer to present a poster please note this when you submit your proposal (100 words and title).
| Jack Schijven | UU/RIVM |
| Suzanne Wijker | IWC |
| Jens Aamand | Geological Survey Denmark & Greenland |
| Murray Close | Institute Environmental Science & Research |
| Frederick Colwell | Oregon State University |
| Annette Engels | University of Tennessee |
| Danielle Fortin | Ottawa University |
| Ji Dong Gu | Hong Kong University |
| Ronald Harvey | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Ian Head | Newcastle University |
| Fumio Inagaki | Jpn Agency Marine-Earth Science & Technol. |
| Rainer Meckenstock | University of Duisburg- Essen |
| Tamara Nazina | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Richard Smith | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Nathalie Tufenkji | McGill University |
| Bo-Zhong Mu | East China University of Science and Technology |
| Julia Derx | TU Vienna |
| Paul Blaschke | TU Vienna |
| Alex Chik | University of Waterloo |
| Inge van Driezum | RIVM |
| Rainer Meckenstock | University of Duisburg- Essen |
| Ronald Harvey | U.S. Geological Survey |