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IDS 2025 South Africa – Registration Extended

by Jonathan Taylor |

The organizing committee for the International Diatom Symposium in the Kruger National Park from 03-08 August 2025 extended the early bird registration until 15 May 2025.

Please note that accommodation for the Skukuza Lodge, which is the International Diatom Symposium venue,  can be booked using the conference registration form.

For more information, refer to the conference website or feel free to contact Asanda.Tsholela@nwu.ac.za or Jonathan.Taylor@nwu.ac.za

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Jonathan Taylor Jonathan.Taylor@nwu.ac.za
Anatoliy Levanets (NWU Botany)
Ashleigh Pieterse (NWU Dean’s Office)
Asanda Tsholela (NWU Botany)
Moira Muller (web designer)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Katerina Kopalová (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Sarah Spaulding (INSTAAR, University of Colorado, USA)
Marina Potapova (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA)
Roksana Majewska (Nord University, Norway)
Somayyeh Kheiri (Research Inst. of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran)
Nora Maidana (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Carlos E. Wetzel (Luxemburg Institute for Science and Technology, Luxemburg)
Paul B. Hamilton (Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)
Bart Van de Vijver (Meise Botanic Garden & University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Shigeki Mayama (Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan)
Patrick Rioual (Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
Jakub Witkowski (University of Szczecin, Poland)

We look forward to seeing you in South Africa!

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