Federation of European
Biological Systematic Societies

BioSyst.EU 2013 comming up! — biosysteu.univie.ac.at

BioSyst.EU represents European scientists dealing with topics of systematic biology. It considers itself as a collaborative counterpart to the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) where European Natural History Institutions have joined, whereas in BioSyst.EU individual scientists are to be represented via their national or regional societies.

The first joint European conference took place from August 11–14, 2009 in Leiden, the Netherlands, organized by the National Herbarium of the Netherlands and the National Museum of Natural History (Naturalis).

On 14 August 2009 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed, regulating the collaboration of the national societies.

The second joint meeting BioSyst.EU 2013, is organized by NOBIS Austria and will take place in Vienna from February 18–22, 2013. The conference is hosted by the University of Vienna and the Natural History Museum Vienna. Within its frame the annual meetings of GfBS and NOBIS Austria will be held.

Goals

BioSyst.EU aims to provide a European platform to:

• hold joint meetings on a regular basis;

• promote research, teaching, and training in all areas of systematic biology, including phylogenetic, taxonomic, and biodiversity research;

• encourage collaboration and interchange among researchers, both individually and through their respective societies and institutions;

• coordinate national and international efforts without infringing on the autonomy of the member societies;

• encourage formation of additional national systematic societies, while continuing to represent systematists in countries still lacking formal societies;

• increase the profile and funding of systematic biology in the European parliament.

Current member societies (and their delegates)

• Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Germany (Gerhard Haszprunar, Michael Ohl)

• Network of Biological Systematics Austria, Austria (Helmut Sattmann, Dominique Zimmermann)

• Société Française de Systématique, France (Thierry Bourgoin, Sophie Nadot)

• Svenska Systematikföreningen, Sweden (Livia Wanntorp, Bengt Oxelman)

• Swiss Systematics Society, Switzerland (Seraina Klopfstein, Reto Nyffeler)

• The Systematics Association, UK (Juliet Brodie, Eve Lucas)

• As observer: Italy (Sandro Minelli)  

• As observer: Netherlands (Eric Smets)  

Contact: Helmut Sattmann

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Berlin · 24. Jannuary 2012