European ISRS Meeting: Reefs, Science and Society Dec 13-17, 2010
The next European International Society of Reef Studies “Reefs, Science and Society” will be held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, on December 13-17, 2010.
Information can be found at: http://www.isrs2010.org/home/ or by contacting Dr Ronald Osinga of the Wageningen University ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
About the Organizers
Dr. Ronald Osinga is a research scientist at Wageningen University. He has been involved for more than 10 years in the aquaculture of marine invertebrates (corals and sponges) and organised conferences on this topic in 1998 and 2001.
Dr. Jaap Kaandorp (University of Amsterdam) is a leading scientist in the field of "in silico" biology of marine benthic organisms. He published a book about this subject (The Algorithmic Beauty of Corals, Seaweeds and Sponges) and organized a series of annual meetings on Bioinformatics in Amsterdam.
About the Venues
Cinemec is a new, modern venue that includes both conference facilities and cinemas. It hosted already several meetings organized by Wageningen University.
Burgers' Zoo is one of the oldest and largest zoo' s in the Netherlands. It has a brand new, comfortable conference facility located next to the aquarium section, which holds one of the largest indoor live coral displays in the world.