Nordic Baltic Congress of Entomology

The XXVI Nordic-Baltic Congress of Entomology will be held in Latvia in 8th-13th July, 2003. The congress will be held in Ligatne Rehabilitation Centre what is located in Skalupes at the banks of Gauja river inside the Gauja National Park (Cesis district, Central Latvia). National Park provides excellent possibilities for collecting and observing arthropods in different types of biotopes, like typical for Latvia and also rare forests, meadows, steams and lake habitats. There are also interesting medieval historic monuments and sandstone caves, exellent recreation possibilities for the whole family. All Nordic and Baltic scientists and students, also our colleagues from other countries doing research in entomology are heartly welcomed to the Congress. Besides insects, the congress covers also other terrestrial arthropods: mites, arachnids etc. Plenary session, sections, poster presentation and excursions will be organised. Submission of abstracts: March 15th, 2003. Abstracts are required for all presentations, including posters. Abstracts should be prepared following the abstract preparation guidelines. Submission of articles of oral presentations for special issue of Latvijas Entomologs: at the Congress or until August 31th, 2003. Articles should be prepared following the instruction for authors. All articles will be reviewed.