The delegates for EMPSEB 19 have now been selected and all applicants should have received an email from the organising committee. We’ll be updating the site in May with further details on travel and the conference programme, and delegates will shortly receive a welcome pack email. If you have any questions, please contact secretary@empseb19.com

Where?

Located in the south-west of Great Britain on a peninsula tumbling into the vast Atlantic Ocean, Cornwall is home to captivating fishing harbours, spectacular beaches and world-renowned surf.

The event will be hosted by the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus (recently named University of the Year in the Sunday Times University Guide 2013), a leading research institute exploring the factors that influence biodiversity and complexity in the natural world.

Delegates will be welcomed at the Cornwall Campus's new state-of-the-art Exchange building, a teaching and research hub boasting excellent and flexible spaces for talks and networking. Accommodation will be in comfortable flats on site, allowing interaction, collaboration and socialising to continue throughout the meeting.

Who?

We are an international, dynamic and welcoming group of PhD students who will bring you talks from researchers at the forefront of scientific discovery, and to top it off a taste of everything that life on the Cornish peninsula has to offer!

What?

EMPSEB provides a platform for PhD students studying Evolutionary Biology to present their work and to meet their peers from all over Europe. Whilst delegates will primarily be PhD students, a selection of senior academics from across Europe will attend to give plenary talks and run workshops. It takes place in a different European city each year and is organised by current PhD students in that country.

Don't worry if you've only just started your PhD and haven't got any results under your belt yet, delegates are more than welcome to present the background to their PhD and their research goals. The main purpose of the meeting is to share ideas, practice your oral presentation skills in a less intimidating environment than a major conference, and to have fun!

Digest what you have learnt by joining us sea kayaking, paddle boarding, climbing and surfing, in this World Heritage Site and hotspot for impressive wildlife encounters!

Any questions please contact secretary@empseb19.com