Foreword

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Fribourg for Biology2012.

You will notice an important change compared to former years: the event will last for three days. In the recent past, the Wednesday was dedicated to Conservation Biology (PACE), the Thursday and Friday to "classical" ecology and evolution. We found unfortunate that few students attended both events, in effect creating segregation between these domains. For this reason, we decided to merge both events. We hope that this new format will be appreciated and, if it is the case, be renewed in the future.

Our Keynote Speakers are :

Malika Ainouche

Hans Peter Comes

Ilkka Hanski

Myriam Heuertz

Mathieu Joron

Stuart Pimm

the Darwin's Birthday Party will take place on Thursday evening, in the restaurant Le Quai.  It will by enlivened by a talk of

Paul Schmid-Hempel

and by music of the Khumasie Blue Orchestra, and of DJ Buébo and DJ Alyoba after the dessert (let's dance!)

The organizers
Sven Bacher, Louis-Félix Bersier, Christoph Haag, Christian Lexer, Heinz Müller-Schärer