Events – Molluskenforschung Austria (MoFA)

Events of mollusc research

nationally and internationally

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26 - 29 May 2023

Annual Meeting of the German Malacozoological Society (DMG)
The 62nd Spring Meeting of the German Malacozoological Society is scheduled to take place in Hattersheim, Germany, at Pentecost 2023.
18 - 19 August 2023
3rd Meeting of the Society Mollusc Research Austria (MoFA)
We are very pleased to announce the 3rd MoFA meeting! It will take place from 18-19 August 2023 in Lunz/See, Lower Austria. On Friday, 18.8., the scientific part of the meeting will take place in the lecture hall of the Wassercluster Lunz. On Saturday, 19.8., there will be a malacological excursion around the area of Lake Lunz, details will follow.

We are already looking forward to a diverse program of talks and to seeing many familiar and also new faces. The MoFA Junior Awards will also be presented for the third time during the conference.

Please register as early as possible, registration deadline is 15 June 2023.

Details on accommodation and the excursion program will follow soon on the conference page.

18 - 19 August 2023
5 - 8 September 2023

Bivalves 2023 - Where Are we Going?
The conference on bivalved molluscs takes place at the University of Cambridge (UK).

Conference website: https://bivalves.esc.cam.ac.uk/

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Previous field trips organized by MoFA

Events organized by MoFA

23. – 24. September 2021

2nd Meeting of the Society Mollusc Research Austria (MoFA)
Further information on the meeting page.
14. February 2020
In the course of the DARWIN-DAY 2020, the Biology Center Linz invites to a lecture presented by Elisabeth Haring, Natural History Museum Vienna:
“Strategies of the Slow – Evolution Research on Alpine Land Snails”

Friday, February 14, 2020, 7 p.m.
In German
Venue: Schlossmuseum Linz, Festsaal

Free entry

14. February 2020
11. October 2019

Was Sie schon immer über Schnecken wissen wollten ... Österreichs Schneckenexperten geben Einblicke und Auskunft
Friday, 11 October, 18:00, Biology Center Linz (in German)

Representatives of MoFA will provide information on mollusks, mollusk research in Austria and will be available to answer questions in a discussion with the audience.

Accompaning program to the exhibition: “Stretch out your feelers!” – Snails in all their glory
Biologiezentrum Linz / 17. May. 2019 till 01. Mar. 2020
11. October 2019
MoFA lecture in the course of the exhibition “Stretch out your feelers!” – Snails in their full splendor” in the Biology Centre in Linz, Upper Austria
Program:

2:00 pm Guided tour through the mollusc collection in the depository of the Upper Austrian Museum in Linz
Meeting point in front of Lindengasse 7 in 4040 Linz

4:00 pm Biology Centre Linz, visit of the current exhibition “Stretch out your feelers! Snails in their full splendor” in the exhibition rooms and in the ecopark of the Biology Centre

6:00 pm Evening event in the Biology Centre

„Was Sie schon immer über Schnecken wissen wollten – Österreichs Schneckenexperten geben Einblicke und Auskunft“ (in German), see also our blog post
Representatives of MoFA will provide information on molluscs and on research on molluscs in Austria and will (be available to) answer questions in a discussion with the audience. A new database for the determination of European molluscs will be presented.
Participation is free.
Registrations until 4th October under team@molluskenforschung.at
For exact directions or further questions please contact team@molluskenforschung.at

11. October 2019
26. – 27. June 2019

1st Meeting of the Society Mollusc Research Austria (MoFA)
detailed informations on the meetingpage

Other events

1.-5. August 2022

World Congress of Malacology (WCM) in Munich
21.-22. May 2021
Annual Meeting of the German Malacozoological Society (DMG)

21.-22. May 2021
6.- 10. September 2020

EUROMAL 2020
9th EUROMAL Congress in Prague, Czech Republic
17. May 2019 – 01. March 2020
"Stretch out your feelers!" - Snails in all their glory
Exhibition about biology, ecology and systematics of snails at Biologiezentrum Linz

http://www.landesmuseum.at/en/exhibition/exibitions/detail/streck-die-fuehler-aus-schnecken-in-ihrer-vollen-pracht.html

17. May 2019 – 01. March 2020
11.-16. August 2019

World Congress of Malacology Asilomar conference grounds, Pacific Grove, CA, USA