Plenary speakers

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Professor George Ball

University of Alberta, Canada
"Reminiscences about 20th  Century Carabidology"

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Assmann

University of Lueneburg, Germany
"From Latreille to DNA systematics - towards a modern synthesis for carabidology"

Prof. Dr. Erik Arndt

Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
"Carabidae as indicator group in the light of EU Natura 2000 (habitats directive)"

Dr. Andrey Matalin

Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia
"Evolution of biennial life cycles in ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the Western Palaearctic"

Dr. Gabor Lövei

University of Aarhus, Denmark
"The concept of indication and its misuse in carabid research"