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
- Presentations of COLOSS Panuwan Chantawannakul Awardees 2024
- COLOSS Annual report, budget and discussion
DATE/TIME:
Start: Tuesday, November 12
End: Wednesday, November 13
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 Dinner is € 45.00 per person. Vegan, vegetarian and meat options will be provided, incl. 3 drinks.
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.
Each participant can indicate a topic for discussions during registration, which should be related to honey bee health and wellbeing.
Everyone who contributes a poster should indicate their student status in the registration process.
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 2024 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.
DEADLINES:
Registration and abstract submission deadline: Friday, September 6
Hotel reservation deadline: Friday, September 6
LOCATION:
Physical
Wageningen University
- Reception room to start the congress: HUGO tech zaal.
- Three Session rooms: Expert street 2&3 combi room; Expert street 5&6 combi room; last room will be Success Avenue or the HUGOtech zaal.
- Poster rooms are Expert Street 4&5, and maybe HUGOtech zaal.
- (immediately following is the B-GOOD meeting on November 14th)
Online
Zoom – (links to specific sessions will be distributed to registered participants)
MAP:
TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION:
Map & Arrival from from airport, train station and by car:
Hotel WICC, Lawickse Allee 9, 6701 AN in Wageningen
By train from Schiphol Airport:
From Schiphol Airport, take the Intercity train from platform 3 towards Nijmegen. Get off the train at Ede-Wageningen Station. From there, take bus 86 from Station Ede-Wageningen Central bus station to Wageningen Bus Station. From Wageningen Bus Station, it is a 6 min walk to the Hotel WICC.
Current travel times:
Information can be found on 9292.nl
By car:
Set your navigation to: Lawickse Allee 9, 6701 AN Wageningen. The parking lot is on the left side of the hotel’s entrance.
Accommodation in Wageningen
100 rooms available for November 11 – 12. Options in three different rooms, all-inclusive breakfast and exclusive tourist tax à €3,00 p.p.p.n.)
- Single room € 105.00 – Block code 358030
- Twin room € 135.00 – Block code 503237
- Plant Leaf Twin € 142.50 – Block code 123038
Participants of the meeting who want to book a room have to use a Block code.
How does this block code works:
- Go to this website using this link www.wicc.nl/online-boeken. Then you have to enter your details and the given block code for the following:
- The above block codes are then activated on named room types with corresponding number of persons for room reservations on 11 and 12 November 2024.
- The block codes are active until 6 September 2024, after which the block will be released and it is only possible to book a room by mail based on availability. To book a room for a different period or room type, you can email info@wicc.nl with reference 2 Day Course WUR.
- If you prefer to book cheaper rooms, we suggest using Booking.com. Some cheaper options in Wageningen are Fletcher Hotel De Wageningsche Berg or Nol in ‘t Bosch.
- The organizer has made a block booking reservation for the participants of COLOSS 2024 with an option until 6th September 2024. After this date, reservations will only be possible upon availability.
AGENDA:
11 November 2024 |
|
| Time | Session 1 – Executive Committee Meeting 1 |
| 19:00-20:30 | Final organizational issues |
12 November 2024 |
|
| Time | Session 2 – Welcome & Key Note |
| 08:30-09:00 | Sign-in & coffee |
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome by President and Local Organizing Chair, Topics for open discussion |
| 09:30-10:30 | Key Note on Tropilaelaps spp. (30+30 min) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break, with drinks & snacks |
| Time | Session 3 – COLOSS Updates |
| 11:00-12:30 | Core Projects (N = 3) & Task Forces (N = 8) state-of-the-art (ca. 6 min each) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch (covered) & poster set-up |
| Time | Session 4 – Parallel Discussions 1 |
| 13:30-14:30 | 1. Varroa control, 2. Small Hive Beetle, 3. Vespid |
| 14:30-15:30 | 1. World Bee Health, 2. B-RAP, 3. RNSBB |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break, with drinks & snacks |
| Time | Session 5 – Parallel Discussions 2 |
| 16:00-17:00 | 1. Viruses, 2. APITOX, 3. Nutrition |
| 17:00-18:00 | 1. BEEBOOK, 2. Monitoring |
| Time | Session 6 – Posters & Social Dinner |
| 18:10-19:15 | Poster session with drinks & snacks |
| 19:30-open | Social dinner |
13 November 2024 |
|
| Time | Session 7 – General Discussions |
| 08:30-10:30 | To be voted upon bottom-up / 2nd time slot for CP/TF |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break, with drinks & snacks |
| Time | Session 8 – Parallel Open Discussions |
| 11:00-13:00 | To be voted upon bottom-up / 2nd time slot for CP/TF |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| Time | Session 9 – Parallel Open Discussions |
| 14:00-16:00 | Updates & plans Core Projects & Task Forces (10 min each) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break, with drinks & snacks |
| Time | Session 10 – COLOSS General Assembly |
| 16:30-18:30 | Discussions, Presentations of sponsors and stakeholders of COLOSS, final plans, & budget binding decision making; ceremony of Best Poster Prize & farewell |
| Time | Session 11 – Executive Committee Meeting 2 |
| 20:00-21:00 | Debrief and follow-up |
SOCIAL DINNER:
The Social Dinner will be held in restaurant H41 (Herenstraat 41, 6701 DH Wageningen).
There will be a buffet including desert. Every person gets 3 coins for drinks.
This is for a total of € 45.00 per person.
If you wish to participate in the social dinner, please tick the social dinner box and give your preferences (meat, fish, vegetarian, vegan, etc.) in the registration form.
PAYMENT:
Please make all payments either by PayPal, credit card or bank transfer.
If you do not have a PayPal account or a credit card, you can also transfer the amount directly to our bank account. No on-site payments allowed!
Account: Prevention of Honey Bee Colony Losses (COLOSS)
IBAN: CH07 0079 0016 9280 1864 8
Address: Berner Kantonalbank AG, Bundesplatz 8, 3001 Bern, Switzerland
Due to limited financial support, participants will NOT be reimbursed for travel and accommodation.
ORGANIZER CONTACTS:
Silvio Erler
Julius Kühn Institut
silvio.erler@julius-kuehn.de
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
Elise Maria Keller
COLOSS association
elise.keller@coloss.org
Local organizers
Trudy van den Bosch, Helen Goossen, Séverine Kotrschal, Delphine Panziera
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
bijen@wur.nl