25^th August 2025 (Monday)

• 11:00 – 18:00 Badge Pick-Up and Registration
• 12:30 – 13:00 Welcome Note and start of the meeting
• 13:00 – 14:30 Regular Session and Discussion (“Chemical and multiple anthropogenic stressors”)
• 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
• 15:00 – 16:00 Plenary Session with Mark Gessner („Next steps in leaf decomposition research: Look back- and forwards”)
• 16:00 – 20:00 Poster Session and Welcome Reception

26^th August 2025 (Tuesday)

• 8:00 – 18:00 Badge Pick-Up and Registration
• 9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Session with Martin Zimmer (“Leaf decomposition in mangrove ecosystems”)
• 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
• 10:30 – 12:00 Regular Session and Discussion (“Using molecular biological tools in litter decomposition research”)
• 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
• 13:00 – 14:30 Regular Session and Discussion (“Nutritious quality, Resource-consumer relationships & Food-web regulations”)
• 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
• 15:00 – 16:00 Plenary Session with Marcelo Moretti (Tentative topic: “Consequences of degradation of riparian vegetation for detrital food webs in streams”)
• 16:00 – 18:00 Poster Session and Get Together

27^th August 2025 (Wednesday)

• 9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Session with Carry LeRoy (Tentative topic: “Influence of terrestrial factors like land use and plant sex on litter decomposition”)
• 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
• 10:30 – 12:00 Regular Session and Discussion (“Structural and functional diversity & Carbon and energy budgets”)
• 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
• 13:00 – 14:30 Regular Session and Discussion (“Ecological restoration and ecosystem services”)
• 14:30 – 15:30 Coffee break, Poster Session and Get Together
• 16:30 – 17:00 Closing Ceremony and Awards
• 19:00 – 22:00 Congress Dinner

28^th August 2025 (Thursday)

• 9:00 – 16:00 Field Trip