
The sixth European Congress on Odontology (ECOO 2022), held from 26th to 30th June in city Kamnik, Slovenia, has ended. It embraced 44 oral presentations and 14 poster presentations with published abstracts in the ECOO 2022 Abstract book. Altogether, 74 odonatologist or other nature enthusiasts participated at the ECOO 2022. Participants came from 25 countries from Europe and around the world – Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Slovenia.


Grants to participate at the ECOO 2022 were given to 15 participants due to the help of the supporters. With their help also a few awards for young scientists were given by the ECOO (best poster award and best presentation awards). Best poster awards, selected by the ECOO participants, for young scientists were given to Eva Bilkova and Olena Kushnirenko et al. Awards for best oral presentation by young scientist, selected by the Scientific Committee, were given to Floris van Geest & Wouter van Der Voort, Loan Arguel, Cecilia Díaz-Martínez, Vanessa Amaya-Vallejo and Sara Schloemer.

The one-day mid-congress field trip was made to Ljubljansko barje Nature Park, where 37 odonate species were recorded (report is here). After the congress, a 6-full day post-congress field trip was also organized at which participants observed 51 odonate species altogether (report in is preparation).

The 6th European Congress on Odonatology was organised by the Slovene Dragonfly Society (in Slovene language Slovensko odonatološko društvo), a voluntary NGO focusing on the conservation of the dragonfly fauna and its habitats in Slovenia.


Additional information about the ECOO 2022 is available here at FAQ section.
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The ECOO 2022 was supported by (in alphabetical order): Association Hyla (Croatia); Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora (Slovenia); Cyprus Dragonfly Study Group (Cyprus); Diversity Editorial office (Switzerland); Dutch Dragonfly Society (the Netherlands); Flemish Dragonfly Society (Belgium); Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (Germany); International Dragonfly Fund (Germany); The Italian Society for the study and conservation of dragonflies – ODONATA.IT (Italy); The Mekinje Monastery – a public institution (Slovenia); Osmylus Scientific Publishers (Germany); OŠ Frana Albrehta Kamnik (Slovenia); Scientific and Research Association for Art, Cultural and Educational Programmes and Technology EPEKA, Social Enterprise (Slovenia); Slovene Dragonfly Society (Slovenia); Spaceship earth (Slovenia); Swedish Dragonfly Society (Sweden); Zavod ŠOLT (Slovenia); Quelle & Meyer Verlag GmbH & Co. (Germany); and was a part of the projects “SDGYOU: Sustainable digitalization goals with youth”, co-financed by the European Commission under the Erasmus + program and whose Slovenian partner is the Fundacija Študentski tolar, ustanova ŠOU v Ljubljani (Slovenia), project leader: Knowledge Infusion (Serbia) and “Kačji pastirji in podnebne spremembe”, implemented by SOD within the Plan B za Slovenijo network (the climate program of the Plan B for Slovenia network is co-financed by the Eco Fund, Slovenian Environmental Public Fund and the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning with funds from the Climate Change Fund; all Slovenia). We thank all supporters and volunteers for making this congress possible!
More about the ECOO 2022 is available also here.
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