Call for symposia/papers
The ECBB 2026 organising committee is now accepting submissions for symposia, with submissions for oral/poster presentations invited from 31 January 2026.
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The ECBB 2026 theme is Animal Behaviour in the Anthropocene. Suggested topics for symposia and presentations include, but are by no means limited to:
- Human-wildlife interactions
- Communication and cognition
- Conservation and behaviour
- Animal training, welfare, and management
- Movement and migration
- Urban wildlife and behavioural adaptation
- Climate change and behavioural shifts
- Behavioural evolution in a rapidly changing world
- Cognition, learning, and problem-solving in the Anthropocene
- Methodological advances in studying behaviour in the Anthropocene
Call for symposia
To submit a symposia proposal, please complete our Symposia Submission Form (Word doc) and email it to [email protected] by 31 January 2026.
Please title your form as follows: Symposia Submission - surname (affiliation) – for example Symposia Submission - Smith (Anglia Ruskin University)
Each symposium should have a chair and co-chair, both of whom should be registered for the conference and be attending in person.
Each symposium should be of 60-120 minutes duration. The symposium organisers can choose to have up to two invited talks (25 + 5) min, followed by contributed talks (12 + 3) min. All speakers need to register for the conference and attend in person.
We encourage proposers to allow for additional contributed talks to be submitted to the symposium, and plan their invited talks accordingly.
Upon selection of a symposium proposal, the proposers would be required to ensure that the speakers submit their abstracts and register on time. Speakers should submit the abstract within the deadline in order to be considered as a speaker for the symposium.
The abstract submission deadline will allow proposers whose symposia have not been selected, to submit abstracts for contributed talks.
The organisers of ECBB 2026 will not be able to bear the financial responsibilities for the registration, travel or local accommodation of the symposia organisers and speakers.
We urge all symposia proposers to be aware of the need for diversity and inclusivity while selecting the speakers for their symposia. This will be an important criterion in selecting the proposals.