Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce the fourth Call for registration and abstract submission for the upcoming 3rd conference of the International Association for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollution - IABEP2025, which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 15 October 2025 (https://iabep2025.bio.bg.ac.rs/).

Specific conference topics are:

• Biomonitoring techniques to monitor the spatial and temporal patterns of pollution and its impact, including biodiversity, pollutant accumulation, molecular markers, and magnetic analysis 
• Novel biomonitoring techniques and methodologies 
• Emerging pollutants and their impacts on ecosystems 
• Advances in bioindicators and biomarkers for pollution monitoring 
• Bioremediation and phytoremediation for pollution degradation and removal 
• Integrating biomonitoring data into risk assessment and decision-making processes

The important NEWS are:

• The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to September 15 !!!
• The list of plenary/keynote/invited/honorary speakers is updated (https://iabep2025.bio.bg.ac.rs/speakers) with the tentative titles and CVs:

- Prof. Marko Sabovljević, Bryophytes as biomonitors – from laboratory research to field application 

- Prof. Marina Frontasyeva, Monitoring long-term and large-scale deposition of air pollutants based on moss analysis: past, present, and future of the UNECE ICP Vegetation 

- Dr Marta Segura Roux, Metal concentration in moss in comparison to deposition and air particles PM10 measured at EMEP background stations, Sweden-50 years of moss monitoring

- Prof. Stefano Loppi, Interpreting lichen and moss biomonitoring data: hic sunt leones

- Prof. Roeland Samson, Magnetic biomonitoring using vascular plants and cryptogams

- Prof. Mark Aarts, Phytoremediation perspectives: The metal hyperaccumulation phenomenon in N. caerulescens

- Prof. Jörg Feldmann, Understanding the bioaccumulation and transformation of PFAS – the forever chemicals – in the marine and the terrestrial environment

- Dr habl. Stefan Jurjanz, Food of animal origin as a bioindicator of exposure to environmental pollutants

- Prof. Sílvia Lacorte Bruguera, Birds as biomonitors of legacy and emerging contaminants

The Organizing Committee of IABEP2025 invites participants in the conference to compete for awards for best regular and short-talk presentations for young researchers (up to 10 years after PhD): https://iabep2025.bio.bg.ac.rs/awards.

All conference abstracts for regular oral or short-talk (poster) presentations must be submitted via the Online Submission System: https://iabep2025.bio.bg.ac.rs/registration. Please note that in addition to the abstract(s), it is mandatory to upload an Excel file with the ORCID of all co-authors. Important deadlines and fees are:       

	Fees	Early registration				Late registration
		(up to July 15, 2025)				(up to October 1, 2025)
IABEP members	Regular	200 €				250 €
	Students	150 €				200 €
Not IABEP members	Regular	300 €				350 €
	Students	250 €				300 €
Conference dinner	All	60 €

The official technical organizer of the conference is the agency PanaComp (mice@panacomp.net). After you register, they will contact you, and with their assistance, you can arrange payment for the fee, accommodation, and transportation. Payment can be made by bank transfer:

Account holder: PANA COMP - ZEMLJA CUDA DOO

Address: 21000 Novi Sad, Bulevar Cara Lazara 96, Republic of Serbia

VAT No. 105957640

Bank Name: Banca Intesa AD, Beograd, SERBIA

Bank address: Milentija Popovića 7b, 11 000 Beograd, Republic of Serbia

IBAN: RS35160005390001200036

SWIFT /BIC: DBDBRSBG

Please indicate reference ID 004IABEP in the reference field

NOTE: All costs of bank transactions should be paid by the sender /option OUR/

We need to receive the full invoice amount

or by credit card, in which case a link for online payment of your invoice will be sent to you by the agency (the total amount for payment will increase by 3% for bank transaction costs).

   

We look forward to seeing you in Belgrade!

Best regards,

Mira Aničić Urošević

(On behalf of the Organization Committee of IABEP2025)