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Dear Members of the EED,

We are excited to announce the 10th meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EuroEvoDevo) scheduled from 9th -12th June 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland.

The EED Scientific Committee warmly invites Symposium proposals for the Glasgow conference. We are committed to stimulating interdisciplinary dialogue and enhancing international collaboration. Therefore, we strongly encourage symposium proposals encompassing broad, integrative topics in evo-devo of potential interest to researchers from various fields such as developmental biology, genetics, paleontology, theoretical biology, ecology, genomics, comparative biology, with an evolutionary focus. Symposium proposals that address topics and synergize studies across kingdoms (i.e. animals, plants, fungi, protists), are also highly encouraged. As part of our commitment to promoting new voices and diverse perspectives in our field, symposium proposals exploring controversial or emergent topics will also be considered.

In our commitment to promote and maintain the dynamism and inclusivity of the EuroEvoDevo community, we will particularly consider symposium proposals from first-time applicants and early-career researchers (ECR: postdocs, junior PIs). Additionally, we are dedicated to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within our scientific community, and we strongly encourage proposals from researchers across various countries and diverse backgrounds.

Each symposium will consist of invited and contributed talks and contributed posters, and will accommodate four invited speakers. For Symposia selection, we will consider the relevance of the proposal, the diversity of topics and models covered by the four proposed speakers, the gender balance, the balance between early and later career researchers, and the diversity of the countries of origin including European representation. Please remember that speakers can only present in one symposium.

To facilitate the selection process, please complete this form NAME_symposium proposal EED2026 Glasgow, rename it and send it back to sylvie.retaux@cnrs.fr.

The form will ask for the following details:

1. Title of Symposium.
2. Name of Symposium organizers and additional information.
3. Provisional list of proposed invited speakers, and whether they have already accepted to participate in case your Symposium is selected.
4. Description of the symposium, including a brief indication of each speaker’s contribution to cover the topic.
5. Brief justification of why the symposium is appropriate for an EED meeting (e.g., timeliness, general interest, interdisciplinarity, integration of evo and devo)
6. Indicate whether you intend to seek external financial support for your symposium (Please note that while we don’t provide financial support for invited speakers, we strongly encourage symposium organizers to seek external support).
7. Feedback or comments for the Scientific Committee, if needed.

The deadline for symposium proposals is 15th October 2025.

Our selection process aims to be transparent and fair and is based on the criteria stated above and in the form. It is driven by our commitment to reflect the broad spectrum of interests and perspectives within our field and demonstrate a clear attempt to integrate Evolutionary and Developmental Biology.

We sincerely look forward to receiving your symposium proposals!

Also, please feel free to contact me in case you have any questions (sylvie.retaux@cnrs.fr).

On behalf of the scientific committee,

Sylvie Rétaux, Program Officer EED

Euro Evo Devo 2026

European Evolutionary Developmental Biology Society Meeting

June 9 – 12, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland

Jukka Jernvall has stepped down from his position as President of the Executive Committee due to personal reasons. Jukka’s leadership has been invaluable to our Society, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Annette Becker will serve as acting President, and Carlos Guerrero Bosagna will take on the role of Vice-president during this interim period.

The Election Committee is currently organizing new elections for a President, which are scheduled to occur within the next few months. We appreciate your understanding while we work towards ensuring a smooth transition process.

At our most recent meeting in Helsinki, Dr. Frietson Galis, senior researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, has received the distinction of distinguished Fellow. Distinguished Fellows are chosen for their research accomplishments and their service to evolutionary developmental biology.

From the nominations: “She is the main founding member of the society, in that she came with the idea and did most of the initial organisation. … In all her functions, from president to program officer she made sure that it stuck to its original ideals: maintaining a healthy balance between its blood groups: morphologically oriented developmental biologists, developmental geneticists, phylogeneticists and evolutionary population biologists, between plant, animal and theoretical biologists, as well as between nationalities and between genders, and this for all its activities, from committees to conference symposia. …She has made highly interesting connections between physical constraints on the machinery of early developmental processes to constraints on properties of the genotype to phenotype map, to consequent properties of indirect selection patterns in high dimensional trait spaces, and from there to the conservation of various aspects of early development over evolutionary time”.

Abstract submission for our Helsinki meeting in June is closed now. Currently, the number of abstracts is estimated to be close to 500, and we are reviewing the situation to see if we can accommodate more. Thank you for the enthusiastic response to the call and please check the Conference News page for updates. Invited and plenary speakers who have not yet submitted their abstracts may contact euro-evo-devo-2024@helsinki.fi for instructions on how to submit their abstracts.

The executive committee and the local organizing committee.