Dear Carabidologists,

I have the pleasure to inform you that the issue No.3 (Volume 118) of Periodicum Biologorum Journal, with the papers presented at the 17th ECM, has been published and is available on-line.
Also, the hard copy of this issue will be sent to the regular participants of the meeting.
Looking forward to meeing you again, in Rennes, France, in September 2017!

With kindest regards,
On behalf of the Editorial team of the Periodicum Biologorum journal
Lucija Šerić Jelaska

Dear Carabidologists,

Let’s get this new year started with the submission of your nice papers for the 17th ECM proceedings in Periodicum Biologorum journal. Gentle reminder for those who haven’t submitted yet, the deadline is in January 15, 2016. The manuscripts can be submitted using online submission system. Plese e-mail me in case you find it difficult to use. The instruction for authors can be found here.

Looking forward to receive your papers and wish you once again a very successful 2016,

Best wishes,

Lucija

Dear Carabidologists,

Thank you once again for participating at the meeting in Primošten where we enjoyed many interesting presentations on diverse topics. Accordingly, we expect to receive many manuscripts about your interesting studies for the 17th ECM proceedings. All participants who presented oral and/or poster contributions are invited to submit their papers to the proceedings.

As already announced the options for the official 17^th ECM publication have changed to Periodicum Biologorum in order to keep as many carabidological papers as possible together in one issue.

Periodicum Biologorum is published by Croatian Society for Natural Sciences established in 1885. It is indexed in ISI Web of Science, publishing all aspects of biology. You can see online back issues here.

If you decide to send your paper to be published in PB, on the issue concerning 17^th ECM, please use online editorial system here. Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact the editor of the journal, Dr. Sven Jelaska.

IMORTANT NOTES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION IN THE PB

While preparing your manuscripts please follow the instructions for authors and indicate in the cover letter that your MS should be placed within the issue concerning the 17^th ECM. Only original work which has not been published before can be considered. After publication each of the students and regular participants will receive one free paper copy of the issue.

I’m sure we will read in 2016 many interesting and high quality papers out of the 17th ECM.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

We have decided to extend the deadline for submission of your manuscripts to January 15, 2016.

The pdf of the Book of Abstracts can also be downloaded from our website.

Best wishes,

Lucija

I am very pleased to announce that the 17th ECM has obtained patronage of the The President of the Republic, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. The president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović sends us a her greetings and welcome you all to Croatia.

The opening session of the workshop, for those who are able to attend it, will be held at 7:00-9:00 p.m. on Sunday 20th.

Prof. Dr. Gabor Lövei will share with us some introductory thoughts on a) why is it a good idea to identify a target journal before we start writing? b) how to do that?.

The registered participants will be contacted by Dr. Stephen Venn, the workshop instructor.

For those who plan to travel by car, the traffic flow, road conditions and border crossing can be checked at HAC – Croatian Traffic Info. Regarding the current refugee crisis, please check the latest info about Croatian border crossings.

I wish you a safe and pleasant trip!

See you soon,

Lucija

Dear participants,

Please find the 17^th ECM latest news:

• The final programme of the 17^th ECM with list of poster presentations have been added to the web site of the meeting. Instructions how to prepare the presentations can be checked here. Please ensure that your poster is displayed on the board with the same number as indicated in the programme (note that numbers may have changed since the draft programme appeared online).
• I’m glad to announce that the registration for the Workshop on Scientific Communication and Publishing is now open and full details of the workshop programme have been added to the web site.
• For those who plan to travel by car, the traffic flow, road conditions and border crossing can be checked at HAC – Croatian Traffic Info. “How to reach Primošten” and other information that may be useful for your trip to Croatia have been added in 3rd circular and can be printed. Regarding the current refugee crisis, there haven’t been any problems or delays at the Croatian border crossings.
• Watch us on Croatian National TV – HRT (in Croatian) in “Društvena mreža” show from 00:35:20, broadcasted on September 10th, 2015. We promoted the 17th ECM and CES. Many thanks to Prof. Dr. John Spence for his statement for HRT TV.

You can expect pleasant temperatures in Primošten (from 18°C / 64°F to 26 °C / 79 °F on Sunday 20^th of September, with hope to be continued). Sea temperature was 24°C this morning (nice for swimming in the sea).

Download 3rd circular.

I wish you a pleasant trip and look forward to seeing you soon!

Lucija

Dear carabidologists,

Please let me remind you that the Early-bird Registration fee deadline is
May 31, 2015.

I am glad to announce that the very first list of participants registered so
far has been posted. The list will be updated regularly.

Immediately upon registration you should receive an automatic reply with the
hotel booking code. In case you do not receive confirmation e-mail, please
contact me on [email protected]

Through registration please double check your e-mail address that will be
used for an automatic reply.

Visit our donators on the 17th ECM web pages and share us from Nature Events
Directory (Nature Publishing Group).

On behalf of the organising committee,

Best regards,

Lucija

Dear colleagues,

Please let me remind you that the Early-bird Registration deadline is May 31, 2015. All important dates for the 17th ECM have been listed on our web page.

I am pleased to announce that the 17th ECM has obtained patronage of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia.

Furthermore, our extra ordinary meeting is listed on Nature Events Directory (Nature Publishing Group), as well as on the home and news pages of the:

• Daugavpils University Institute of Systematic Biology
• Baltic Journal of Coleopterology
• Croatian Ecological Society
• Association BIOM
• Department of Biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
• Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
• Croatian Entomological Society

The Invitation to the 17th European Carabidologist Meeting has been published also in Entomologia Croatica 18 (1-2): 85-86.

The organiser of the 17th ECM receiving a carabid beetle sculpture at the 16th ECM closing ceremony in 2013 in Prague (Pavel Saska at the left and Lucija Šerić Jelaska at the right side of the photo). The sculpture is work of Tale Vermeulen from the Netherland and was handed to the ECM organisers in 2009, at the 14th ECM in Netherland. Carabus arvensis was used as a model. The above side is made of copper and the rest of the zinc. The sculpture will be handed to the next organiser in Primošten, Croatia.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
See you in Primošten!

Cheers,

Lucija

Dear participants,

we are pleased to announce that the 17th European Carabidologists Meeting is supported by the Faculty of Science at the University of Zagreb. So far, our donators are “Sladorana D.D.” Županja and Školska Knjiga Publisher. We would like to remind you, that the abstract submission and the early registration for the 17th ECM are open. Also, the list of our invited lecturers has been updated.

We wish you a Happy Easter!

Lucija

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to announce that registration and abstract submission now open for the 17th European Carabidologists Meeting (http://17ecm.biom.hr/), to be held in Primošten, near Šibenik, Croatia, from September 20-25, 2015. Please visit the conference home page for registration process and abstract submission.
Furthermore, the hotel Zora booking is now available!

Please note that the venue of the meeting has been changed from the previously posted one. As organizers, we decided to change the venue of the 17th ECM to be held at the Zora Hotel in order to provide the best possible conditions regarding conference facilities and the accommodation options. Please visit the conference home page for accommodation options and booking. We believe that this change will bring us all excellent value for better prices, as well as the conference canter fully adapted to needs of the 17th ECM.

Sincerely,

Lucija

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce first two invited speakers of the conference. Jean-Yves Rasplus, France, will talk about reconstructing biogeographical and evolutionary history of the genus Carabus, from multiple genes to pangenomic markers, and Achille Casale, Italy, will talk about diversity of subterranean carabid beetles in the Dinaric chain.

Lucija