No.
Session
Title of plenary lecture
Lecturer
Local chairperson
ISSLR chairperson
1
(1) Geology (salt deposits, salt mineralogy, brine resources)/Physical geography. (9) Inland lakes in a changing world: anthropogenic and climate change effects on hydrology, chemistry and ecology
Promote a community of shared future in salt lakes and create a large salt lake scientific project.
Mianping Zheng
Hongwei Yin (Monday)
2
(2) Chemistry and chemical engineering of salt lakes
Mineral precipitation sequences and brine evolution of Asian saline lakes
Marina N. Kolpakova (winner of the best paper award)
Tianlong Deng
3
(3) Biology
Quantifying nutrient inputs by gulls to a fluctuating lake, aided by movement ecology methods
Víctor Martín Vélez (winner of the best paper award)
Francisco Robledano
Peter Hudson
4
(4) Microbiology
Carbon cycle and green house gases exchange in saline lakes: insights to microbiota
Antonio Camacho
Aharon Oren
5
(5) Ecology and biodiversity
Research across scales to understand impacts of salinization on ecology of inland freshwater lakes
Meryem Beclioglu
Rosa María Martínez
Zsófia Horváth
6
(6) Related natural resources and ecosystem services (agriculture, aquaculture, leisure, recreation and sustainable tourism, health and wellness in saline lakes, etc.)
Natural resources and ecosystem services of salt lakes in southeast Spain: from conventional uses to innovative solutions in the face of persistent and emerging threats
Francisco Robledano
Mª del Carmen Rodríguez & José Álvarez
Egor Zadereev
7
(7) Conservation, management and heritage. (8) Historical aspects of saline lakes. (12) Cultural and artistic aspects of saline lakes.
The future of Salt Lakes is in our hands: A diverse and dynamic approach to study and protect Mar Chiquita, an immense lake in the heart of Argentina.
Lucila Castro
Katia Hueso
8
(13) Mar Menor saline coastal lagoon
Katia Hueso
Zsófia Horváth