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2026 Nordic-Baltic Diatomists’ Meeting 2026

• Registration for the Nordic-Baltic Diatomists’ Meeting 2026 is now open! The meeting will be held on June 8–12, 2026, at Oulanka Research Station, Finland.
• You can register via the following link: To the registration
• Registration is open until March 31, 2026.
• The program will include scientific presentations by participants, a taxonomic workshop by Prof. Bart van de Vijver (Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium) focusing on the genera Punctastriata, Pseudostaurosiropsis, Distrionella, Stauroforma and Fragilariforma, an inspiring keynote talk by Dr. Maria Kahlert, a field trip to Lake Julma-Ölkky, and much more. Detailed information about the meeting is available in the information letter here.
• We encourage colleagues from all fields of diatom research to present their work. Abstract submission is open until April 15, 2026. Abstract template is available here.
• If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us at nordicdiatomists2026@gmail.com.
• We warmly welcome all interested diatomists to join the meeting. Participants from outside the Nordic and Baltic countries are also very welcome.
• Please feel free to share this invitation within your networks.
  

  Best regards,
  the organizers
  Sanna Atti (University of Helsinki),
  Aino Juutinen (Finnish Environment Institute), and
  Annika Vilmi (Finnish Environment Institute)
  in collaboration with
  NorBAF (Nordic-Baltic Network for Benthic Algae in Freshwaters),
  Suomen Kasviplanktonseura ry / Finnish Phytoplankton Society, and
  Oulanka Research Station (University of Oulu)

  
  

  2013

  • 2013 is the next Nordic Diatomists' Meeting – all interested experts are welcome!
  • At Norr Malma field station, Lake Erken, 20.-22. November 2013, directly after the NORBAF intercalibration 2013 workshop, held from 18.-20. November 2013 at the same place.

  2012

  • Workshop Benthic Diatoms Identification for Monitoring Streams (connected to the Third Nordic-Baltic diatom intercalibration/harmonization exercise 2011, extended with a general diatom part): February 2012, more information to be announced soon. Contact: maria.kahlert (at) slu (dot) se
  • Society for Freshwater Science SFS (former NABS) Meeting in Louisville, KY (May 20-24, 2012); specific lake benthic algal session S02
  • Central European Diatom Meeting in Innsbruck from 23rd to 25th March 2012
  • 22nd International Diatom Symposium to be held in Ghent (Belgium) from the 26-31st August 2012 XX Nordic Diatomists' Meeting, 23-25 May 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark

  2009 XIX Nordic Diatomists' Meeting, 27-30 April 2009, Övik, Porvoo, Finland

  2008 Dubrovnik International diatom meeting, IDS

  
  
  
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