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Date, timeCherno more hallVarna hallGalata hall
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13.10.2026
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14.00-17.00Registration
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14.10.2026
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8.00-9.00Registration
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9.00 - 10.30Plenary session. Opening - Svetla Doncheva. Keynote talks Michael Mirtl, Steffen Zacharias
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10.30-11.00Coffee break
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11.00-12.00Plenary session (contd.) Keynote speakers: Jaana Bäck, Marco Ferreti
Forest ecosystems
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12.00-13.00Thematic session 1 Monitoring and Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics.

Forest ecosystems
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13.00-14.00Lunch break
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14.00-15.30Thematic session 1 Monitoring and Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics

Aquatic ecosystems. Other ecosystems.		Special session: Rethinking generational change in Long-Term Ecological Research - from mentorship to partnership
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15.30-16.00Coffee break
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16.00-17.30Special session: Rethinking generational change in Long-Term Ecological Research - from mentorship to partnershipPoster session 1: Monitoring and understanding ecosystem dynamics
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19.30-21.00Welcome reception
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15.10.2026
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8.00-9.00Registration
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9.00-10.00Plenary session. Keynote talks Katalin Török, Miglena Zhiyanski
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10.00-10.30Thematic session 2 Ecosystem Services and Stakeholder Engagement in Long-Term Ecological Research: What We Lose When We WinThematic session 3: Ecosystem Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions
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10.30-11.00Coffee break
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11.00-13.00Thematic session 2 Ecosystem Services and Stakeholder Engagement in Long-Term Ecological Research: What We Lose When We WinThematic session 3: Ecosystem Restoration and Nature-Based Solutions
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13.00-14.00Lunch break
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14.00-15.30Special session: Enhancing regional and local collaboration among European Environmental Research Infrastructures and their partners

Presentations by Svetla Doncheva, Natalie Cools, other RIs
Discussions		SPF Forum, day 1: Information and networking


eLTER news 
SFP future & TC Interoperability
Networking - get know other Sites and SPCs
Site presentations (by participants)
New projects and opportunities (ST4RIS)
Additional functionalities/features of the eLTER CI
Thematic session 2 Ecosystem Services and Stakeholder Engagement in Long-Term Ecological Research: What We Lose When We Win

Thematic session 3: Ecosystem restoration
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15.30-16.00Coffee break
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16.00-17.00Special session: Enhancing regional and local collaboration among European Environmental Research Infrastructures and their partners (contd., incl. break-out groups)SPF Forum (contd.)Special session: Enhancing regional and local collaboration among European Environmental Research Infrastructures and their partners (contd., incl. break-out groups)
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17.00-18.30Poster session 2: Restoration, ecosystem services, new technologies
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16.10.2026
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8.00-9.00Registration
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9.00-10.00Plenary session. Keynote speakers: Thomas Rebok, Nikolas Nikolaidis
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10.00-10.30
Thematic session 4 Emerging Technologies in Ecosystem Research, Data Management and Open Science in LTER		SPF forum, Day 2: Standard Observations and labeling

SO protocols - for exchange of experience
Habitats
Design at the sites  
Piloting SOs 
SO data workflows
Labelling 
AOB		Special session: eLTER RI National coordinators meeting - Strengthening eLTER in Southeastern Europe
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10.30-11.00Coffee break
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11.00-13.00
Thematic session 4 Emerging Technologies in Ecosystem Research, Data Management and Open Science in LTER		SPF Forum (contd.)Special session: eLTER RI National coordinators meeting (contd.)
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13.00-14.00Lunch break
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14.00-16.00Plenary session: Conclusions and closing remarks
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17.10.2026
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8.00-17.00
Field trips (exact schedule tbd depending on interest). Options: Black Sea coast, Srebarna site
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