DATE/TIME
Start: Monday, September 22
End: Tuesday, September 23
REGISTRATION
The registration fee is € 50.00 for the physical meeting (entry, snacks, drinks, coffee breaks, lunches) and € 10.00 for online participation. The fee for the optional Social Event is € 45.00 per person. Please make all payments using PayPal, Credit Card or Bank Transfer. Due to limited financial support, participants will NOT be reimbursed for travel and accommodation. Everyone who contributes a poster should indicate their student status in the registration process.
TOPICS
Annual conference to provide updates, stimulate discussions and provide future research and policy directions. Hybrid options for all activities except poster session. Annual General Assembly: Presentations of sponsors and stakeholders of COLOSS Election of the new Executive committee COLOSS Annual report, budget and discussion.
PRESENTATIONS
The presenting author can submit a poster abstract on any COLOSS relevant topic. The posters will be presented in person at the poster session. Poster dimensions: portrait format A0 (84.1 cm (width) x 118.9 cm (length)). The best student poster will receive the “COLOSS Best Student Poster Prize” if the student is the corresponding author and willing to participate in the competition, as indicated in the registration. The winner of the prize will be announced at the conference, at the COLOSS website and on social media. Oral presentations can be given by the awardees, the invited speaker, the sponsors and the chairs of the CPs/TFs, the rest are posters only!
WHO CAN REGISTER
Only COLOSS members can register and participate in the 2025 COLOSS Conference.
COLOSS is open to any scientific professional (e.g. researcher, veterinarian, extension agent) interested in the well-being of bees. COLOSS membership is free. To request membership, please click HERE; please note that the approval process may take several days, so request membership well in advanced of the conference registration deadline.
LOCATION
Physical:
Bella Center Copenhagen,
Center Blvd. 5,
2300 København,
Denmark
Online:
Zoom – (links to specific sessions will be distributed to registered participants)
MAP
ACCOMMODATION
Group accomodation / hostels
City hub Copenhagen
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Danhostel
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2* Hotels:
CABINN Copenhagen
11 min by car
35 min by public transportation
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CABINN Metro
4 min by car
13 min walk
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Wakeup Copenhagen, Borgergade
19 min by car
25 min by public transportation
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Wakeup Copenhagen, Carsten Niebuhrs
9 min by car
25 min by public transportation
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3* Hotels:
Ibis Styles Copenhagen Orestad
12 min by car
37 min by public transportation
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TRAVEL
Bella Sky Conference & Event, ENTRANCE 3, Martha Christensens Vej 10, 2300 Copenhagen
The Bella Center is Scandinavia’s largest conference and exhibition center. One of the world’s most experienced venues for large-scale events and with more than 50 years of experience with conferences and events. Bella Center Copenhagen features a central location in Copenhagen. Just 6 kilometers away from Copenhagen Airport and 8 kilometers away from Copenhagen city center. Plenty hotels of all categories (from high class 5-star hotels to quality budget hotels) are situated within short walking distance from the Bella Center. The Metro brings you from the Bella Center to the city Center or the airport in less than 15 minutes at a price of 3 €.
SOCIAL DINNER
Updates coming soon.
AGENDA
Sunday, September 21 |
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| Time | Session 1 – Executive Committee Meeting 1 |
| 19:00-20:30 | Final organizational issues |
Monday, September 22 |
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| Time | Session 2 – Welcome & Key Note |
| 08:30-09:00 | Sign-in & coffee |
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome by President and Local Organizing Chair *Peter, Flemming |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote Prof. Dr. Gard Otis “Hornets (Vespa spp.): Worldwide Invasive Pests of Honeybees” (30+30 min) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break, with drinks / snacks (possibility to visit posters) |
| Time | Session 3 – COLOSS Updates |
| 11:00-12:30 | Core Projects (N = 3), Task Forces (N = 9), invasive species & climate change (up to 5 min each) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch (covered) (possibility to visit posters) |
| Time | Session 4 – General Assembly I |
| 13:30-15:00 | Gen. Presentations, financial planning, changes of statutes, optional (Presentations of sponsors and stakeholders of COLOSS, Presentations of COLOSS Panuwan Chantawannakul Awardees 2025), EC election *all important decisions in Gen. Assembly I |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break, with coffee / snacks (possibility to visit posters) |
| Time | Session 5 – COLOSS TF/CP – General Discussions 2 |
| 15:30-16:30 | CORE PROJECT 1 // TASK FORCE 1 // TASK FORCE 2 |
| 16:30-17:30 | CORE PROJECT 2 // TASK FORCE 3 // TASK FORCE 4 |
| 17:30-18:30 | CORE PROJECT 3 // TASK FORCE 5 // TASK FORCE 6 |
| 19:30-open | Social event |
Tuesday, September 23 |
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| Time | Session 6 – Poster session & General Discussions 2 |
| 08:30-09:30 | TASK FORCE 7 // TASK FORCE 8 // TASK FORCE 9 |
| 09:30-10:30 | Poster session and/or 2nd time slot for TF/CPs and/ore climate change / invasive species |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break, with drinks & snacks |
| Time | Session 7 – Poster session & Parallel Discussions 2 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Poster session and/or 2nd time slot for TF/CPs and/ore climate change / invasive species |
| 12:00-13:00 | Poster session and/or 2nd time slot for TF/CPs and/ore climate change / invasive species |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| Time | Session 8 – Updates & Plans |
| 14:00-15:00 | Updates & plans Core Projects & Task Forces (5 min each) *without Powerpoint, or just one PP for all |
| Time | Session 9 – COLOSS General Assembly II |
| 15:00-16:00 | Discussions, final plans, & budget binding decision making; ceremony of Best Poster Prize & farewell |
ORGANIZER CONTACTS
Elise Maria Keller
COLOSS association
elise.keller@coloss.org
Linde Morawetz
AGES, Austria
linde.morawetz@ages.at
Aslı Özkırım
Hacettepe University, Turkey
ozkirim@hacettepe.edu.tr
Victoria Soroker
Volcani Centre, Israel
sorokerv@volcani.agri.gov.il
Flemming Vejsnæs (Local organizer)