Conferences, Workshops and Symposia

The International Peat Society regularly holds Symposia, Workshops and other meetings in many parts of the world. An International Peat Congress is organised every 4th year. Moreover, the IPS encourages its members to attend conferences and meetings of other organisations dealing with peat and peatland research.

In case you would like to have your event included into this list, please contact susann.warnecke (at) peatsociety.org. 

Events of the International Peat Society

2012

IPS Executive Board and Scientific Advisory Board meeting
Dublin, Ireland, 9-11 March 2012

German Peat Society (DGMT)
Peloid therapy in outpatient and inpatient
medical care – expiricism and evidence
Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 9 - 10 March 2012
More info: www.dmtev.de

German Peat Society (DGMT)
Seminar and Exkursion on Peat and Peatlands
Zeven, Rotenburg/Wümme, spring 2012
More info: www.dmtev.de

14th International Peat Congress - Peatlands in Balance
Stockholm, Sweden, 3 - 8 June 2012
More info: www.ipc2012.se (times below not definite yet)

IPS Executive Board
Sunday 3, 14 - 16 and Friday, 8 June 2012, 13 hrs

IPS Scientific Advisory Board
Sunday, 3 June2012, 10 - 16 hrs

Commission I
in connection to related sessions, Tuesday morning

Commission II
Sunday, 3 June, 16:00 to 18:30

Commission VII: Forestry
Tuesday, 5 June 16:20 - 18:00

Commission IX: Tropical Peatland 
Tuesday, 5 June 16:20-18:30
Round Table meeting: Impacts of Deforestation and Drainage on Tropical Peatland and Possible Mitigation Measures

German Peat Society (DGMT)
Rewetting of Raised Bogs II
Schneverdingen, Germany, 27- 28 June 2012
More info: www.dmtev.de

Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanien National Committees
Baltic Peat Forum 2012
Estonia, August/September
More info: www.turbaliit.ee

German Peat Society (DGMT)
Mires and their catchment areas
Schorfheide-Chorin, Werbellinsee, Germany
6 - 8 September 2012
More info: www.dmtev.de

Mires and peat as a raw material
GeoHanover 2012
Hannover, Germany, 1 - 3 October 2012
More info: www.dmtev.de

Industrieverband Garten
German Peat and Humus Day
Bad Zwischenahn, 18 October 2012
More info: www.ivg.org

ISHS-IPS “International Symposium on Growing Media and Soilless Cultivation” 
17-21 June 2013 in Delft, the Netherlands
More info: www.grosci2013.nl

Lithuania Peat Association
Baltic Peat Producer Forum 2013
Lithuania 2013
More info: www.asocdurpes.lt/en

15th International Peat Congress
Kuching, Malaysia, 2016

Events of Related Organisations

2012

International conference Fuels of the future 2012
Berlin, Germany, 23 - 24 January 2012
More info: www.fuels-of-the-future.com

International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean – From Grado
to Agadir: The next twenty years
Agadir, Marocco, 6 - 8 February 2012
More info: http://agadir2012.medwet.org

2nd Asia Forum on Carbon Update (AFCU 2012) new!
Bandung, Indonesia, 15 - 17 February 2012
More info: www.tiny.cc/zmjmq

Mire Protection in Germany - Moorschutz in Deutschland
Braunschweig, Germany, 27 - 28th February
More info: www.organische-boeden.de

AFN National water conference and tradeshow new!
Edmonton, Canada, 5 - 7 March 2012
More info: www.afn.ca/index.php/en/news-media/events/national-water-conference

Association of Finnish Peat Industries (AFPI) new!
Spring seminar
Jyväskylä, Finland, 12 April 2012
More info: www.turveteollisuusliitto.fi

European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly
Wien, Austria, 22-27 April 2012
More info: www.meetings.copernicus.org/egu2012

International Conference Tackling Climate Change: the contribution of forest scientific
knowledge  new! 
Tours, France, 21 - 24 May 2012
More info: www.gip-ecofor.org/tours2012

9th INTECOL Wetlands Conference
Wetlands in a Complex World
Orlando, Florida, USA, 3 - 8 June 2012 (same as International Peat Congress!)
More info: www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/intecol

AEBIOM Focus 2012: EU legislation, sustainable feedstock supply and market opportunities”
Brussels, Belgium, 25-26 June 2012
More info: www.aebiom.org

Joint BES IUCN Symposium 2012
Investing in Peatlands – Demonstrating Success
Bangor University, United Kingdom, 26 - 28 June 2012
More info: www.tiny.cc/r5l51

BIOGEOMON 2012
7th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior  new! 
Maine, USA, 15 - 20 July 2012
More info: www3.villanova.edu/conferences/biogeomon

Ramsar COP11
Bucharest, Romania, 6 - 13 July 2012
More info: www.ramsar.org

5th International Meeting on the Biology of Sphagnum new!
Estonia and Latvia, 10-19 August 2012
More info: http://natmuseum.ut.ee/Sphagnum2012

Nordic Water 2012
Catchment Restoration and Water Protection
XXVII Nordic Hydrological Conference
Oulu, Finland, 13 - 15 August 2012
More info: http://nhc2012.oulu.fi

Bioenergy from Forest Conference and Exhibition new!
Jyväskylä and Jämsä, Finland, 27 - 31 August 2012
More info: www.bioenergy.finbioenergy.fi

IMCG Field Symposium 2012
Andes, September 2012
More info: www.imcg.net

International conference of the LIFE Project SEMEAU
How to combine Forest Management, Local Development and Protection of Surface and Groundwater
France, October 2012
More info: www.life-semeau.eu

INTECOL 2013: Into the next 100 years
London, United Kingdom, 18 - 23 August 2013
More info: www.intecol.org