Call for abstracts: 17 - 20 June inVIVO 2020 9th Annual Conference

Rewilding Spaceship Earth: from Microbes to Mammoths, Music and More

Abstracts submission - online subimission.

The meeting theme 鈥淩ewilding Spaceship Earth: from Microbes to Mammoths, Music and More鈥 underscores the imperative for creative ecological solutions to the challenges of advancing global urbanization in all systems and all scales.

The focus lies on understanding and improving the complex relationships between human health and planetary health鈥攊ncluding the eco-biological interactions in our living environment (including urbanization, food systems, education, social inequity, climate change, biodiversity loss, and microbial ecology) impact  physical, mental and spiritual well-being, together with the wider community and societal factors that govern these. This will include a long-range vision to ensure trans-generational and 鈥榣ife-course鈥 approaches to disease prevention and environmental restoration.鈥

Goal is to change the conversation about health on all levels 鈥 and that includes how we have our own conversations! Our program is designed to create a dynamic community atmosphere, rather than a traditional conference dynamic. We aim to give all attendees an opportunity to share new ideas and/or present new data鈥攂ased on abstracts received. So please ! See the diverse topic categories below鈥攁nd we welcome other creative ideas.

  • Lifestyle health and Personal Ecology: including nutrition, activity, sleep, mindfulness, and other behaviors (and/or interventions) that influence personal ecology and wellness
  • The Health of Societies and Systems: including the wider social, cultural and economic determinants of health, epidemiology, anthropology, and public health. 
  • The Health of Environments on all scales: including natural and built environments, any and all dimensions of the 鈥榯otal exposome鈥 and interventions to improve these, including approaches to 鈥榬ewilding鈥.
  • Microbial Systems: Including microbiome ecosystems in humans, animals, diverse environmental systems, impact of human activity, antibiotics, and possible restorative interventions.
  • Developmental Origins: including work that specifically focus on developmental approaches, early interventions, life course trajectories and transgenerational perspectives 
  • Value Systems and Ideologies: including pathways, programs, philosophies, enablers, perspectives, mindsets and/or actions that promote personal, community, and/or planetary health
  • Tools and Platforms: including technology platforms, novel tools, statistics or models to facilitate research and/or health initiatives in any sector. 
  • Creative work: if you would like to share or display something you have created to inspire the group please do!

Deadlines:

1. General abstracts: DEADLINE: February 28th 2020
2. Early Career Researchers (ECR): DEADLINE: January 15th 2020

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