The deadline to submit abstracts was September 30, 2023. Submissions will still be accepted for poster presentation, or for oral presentation if there is an opening in an appropriate session. Please contact the Conference Administrator for details of how to submit.
The International Scientific Committee invites the submission of 300-word abstracts for oral and poster presentations addressing invasive species issues in freshwater, marine and estuarine environments, with preference given to the topics listed above. The language of the conference is English. Abstract submissions pertaining to a commercially-oriented product or service must include at least one co-author representing academia.
Submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed and selected for presentation based on the quality and rigor of the abstract, novelty, and relevance to ICAIS themes and objectives. At least one of the authors listed on abstracts must register and pay the applicable fee to participate in the conference and make their presentation in-person on-site or provide a pre-recorded file for virtual presentation.
The theme of ICAIS 2024 is Meeting challenges with innovation, to explore AIS prevention and management through innovations in research, technology, communication, partnerships, strategies and policy.
Topics to be addressed during ICAIS 2024 include:
Innovative management tools in detection, prevention, risk assessment and mitigation
- Genomics
- CRISPR
- AI and machine learning
- Modelling
- Disruptive technologies
- Satellite imaging
Social sciences/psychology
- Societal impacts
- Indigenous ways of knowing
- Human behaviour as a driver of species invasions
- Effective communication of AIS messaging
- Sportfishing and anglers – social dimensions on the landscape
- Economic impacts
- Community science
- Education – public schools, media, general public, government
- Environmental racism
- Community-based social marketing, behavioural marketing, and social economics
Policy
- International approaches to policy
- Interdisciplinary approaches to policy, including industry and Indigenous knowledge integration
- Biosecurity
- Closing loopholes
- United Nations sustainable development goals
- Policy on bait
- Organisms-in-trade, including national perspectives on zebra mussels in moss ball products
Industry adaptations
- Shipping
- Aquaculture and fisheries
- Sportfishing
Geography and migration
- Species movement
- Vectors
- Range expansions
- The Arctic and Northwest Passage
- Storms as drivers for AIS introductions
- Pollution as drivers for AIS Introductions
Environmental and ecosystem impacts
- Ecosystem resilience
- Food web disruption
- Biological invasion synergies
- Risk for pathogen spread along invasion routes
- Innovations in response and control methods
- Climate and invasive species intersections
Rising threat species, and Atlantic Canada-focused species (list is not exhaustive)
- Spartina alterniflora
- Tunicates
- Pickerel
- Goldfish
- Carps
- Zebra mussels
- Crabs
- Microorganisms
Abstract submission
Abstracts must be submitted online and the deadline for submissions has been extended to September 30, 2023.
Call for Special Sessions and Workshops
The International Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of outlines of proposed special interest sessions and workshops pertaining to the theme and topics being addressed during the conference.
Outlines must include:
- Title for the session or workshop
- Names and email addresses of the primary organizers
- 300-word maximum description of what will be covered, who will present, and the amount of time requested.
Outlines must be submitted online and the deadline for submissions has been extended to September 30, 2023..
Conference Proceedings
ICAIS is cooperating with the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Species (INVASIVESNET) for publication of ICAIS 2024 conference proceedings in special issues of the INVASIVESNET open access journals Aquatic Invasions (for academic papers) and Management of Biological Invasions (for applied papers). Full research articles based on presentations made during ICAIS 2024 can be submitted for consideration.
For more information about these open access journals please visit the INVASIVESNET website.
Information Contact: icais@invasivespeciescentre.ca
