The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land
The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land
Land Entropy and Challenges for Restoration and Future Development
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Land series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
20th January 2025
20th February 2025
24th March 2025
9th April 2025
30th May 2025
Land Conflict, SDG, Land Governance, Climate Change, Nature Based Solutions
Welcome from the Chair
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure to announce the upcoming virtual conference “Land Entropy and Challenges for Restoration and Future Development”, which will take place from June 2nd to June 4th, 2025.
The conference will address the philosophy and key interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary methodological approaches of land system sciences. Considering the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we aim to discuss the state of the art in the nexus of land systems and global change, the intersection of food, land, water, energy, socioeconomic and political land issues, land–climate interactions, land use planning and architecture, ecosystem services, women's land rights, and the challenges posed by land entropy in the global South. Agreements such as the European Landscape Convention and their relevance in protecting and restoring cultural landscapes, the natural heritage, and the diversity of land systems are expected to be discussed. Other relevant governance instruments and governance mixes that translate land system science outputs into policies and conventions will be debated against their efficiency and success in order to assess how to further develop them.
This conference aims to bring together the LAND community in its widest sense to discuss these latest advances. Sessions on land system science advances and their societal relevance will be chaired by leading researchers. Additionally, we aim to select a significant number of oral presentations from early stage researchers based on their submitted abstracts.
We look forward to seeing you online!
Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi
Chair of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land
Event Chair
Department of Economics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
Keywords: climate-smart agriculture; land use policy; land governance; food security; sustainable agriculture
Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi obtained his first PhD in “Agriculture” and his second PhD in “Geography”. He has also worked as a post-doc at different universities around the world, including in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and the USA; at present, he is a full professor at the University of Liège. He has published +400 journal articles, and his publications have already received about 10,000 citations, with an h-index of 54 (Google Scholar). He also serves as an editorial board member for a number of international journals (including Land Use Policy and Land Degradation & Development) and a research project evaluator for several international councils and organizations.
Sessions
SESSION B. Nexus food-land-water-energy
SESSION C. Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues
SESSION D. Land–Climate Interactions
SESSION E. Land Planning and Architecture
SESSION F. Ecosystem Services
SESSION G. Women in Land Rights/ Access to Land and Women (ownership and tenure-ship)
SESSION H. Land Entropy and Challenges in Global South
SESSION I. SDGs- Future Challenges of Land towards SDG
Registration
When registering as an "Academic", please register with your academic email address, as this will accelerate the registration process. If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for understanding.
Participation to the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. The number of participants is limited: once the number of paid registrations reaches the maximum number of participants, unpaid registrations will be cancelled.
Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as the “Covering Author”, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. The “Covering Author” registration deadline is 9 April 2025. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not completed by this date.
Finally, only registered authors will be able to apply for the Conference Awards.
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Early Bird Until 24th March 2025 |
Regular Until 30th May 2025 |
Supported documents | |
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| Author, Reviewers, Topical Advisory Panel Members, Review Board Members, Guest Editors | 30.00 CHF | 50.00 CHF | |
| Student | 30.00 CHF | 50.00 CHF |
Please upload a valid proof of your student identify, e.g. Certificate of Study, Student ID card. |
| Non-Academic | 100.00 CHF | 150.00 CHF | |
| Chairs, Invited Speakers, Committee Members of the Conference, MDPI Guests, Editorial Board Members | Free | Free |
Cancellation policy
| > 2 weeks before the conference | Full refund |
| < 2 weeks before the conference | No refund |
Disclaimer
We will endeavour to present the program advertised. However, MDPI and its partners reserve the right to alter or cancel, without prior notice, arrangements, timetables, plans, or other items relating directly or indirectly to The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land. MDPI and its partners are not liable for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of such cancellation.
Beware of Unauthorized Registration
Note that Sciforum is the only official registration platform to register to IECL2025. Beware that entering into financial agreements with non-endorsed companies can have costly consequences.
Insurance
The organizers do not accept liability for personal accident, loss, or damage to private property incurred as a result of participation in the event.
Payment methods
Wire transfer, Paypal
Currencies accepted by this event
Swiss francs (CHF) , Euros (EUR) , US dollars (USD) and Singapore dollars (SGD)
Instructions for Authors
The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 20th January 2025.
2. Abstract Acceptance Notification: 20th February 2025 . You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Certificates of Participation are available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net, under “My certificates” after the conference.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 250–300 words in length.
2. All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land in Environmental Sciences Proceedings (ISSN 2673-4931); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
3. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
4. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
5. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be published on the website after the conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session. Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
To recognize the research contributions of participants, we are very pleased to announce that instead of limiting poster presentations to a live poster session, all participants have the opportunity to upload and display their research in the form of a poster at the Poster Gallery on the conference website.
Benefits of submitting to our poster gallery
Unlike a live poster session, the poster gallery would be ‘LIVE’ throughout and available for viewing during and permanently after the event:
i) Showcase your research to an international audience
This provides an excellent opportunity for participants to publicize and be recognized by a broader international audience for their research.
ii) Award and Poster Certificate Opportunities
All participants with poster submissions are now eligible for the Best Poster Award, where winners of outstanding poster submissions will receive a certificate and 200 CHF! Moreover, All participants with poster submissions to the poster gallery are also entitled to obtain a poster participation certificate in recognition of their contributions.
All authors with accepted submissions who wish to display a poster in the gallery are invited to email it to iecl2025@mdpi.com. Please be advised that all successfully submitted posters will be permanently displayed online in the poster gallery.
a. Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details, and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
b. File format: PDF (.pdf).
c. Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥20.
e. Maximum size: 250 M and update the size of your PPT template into 60*80 cm.
Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
Proceeding Paper Publication
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide six awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Hannah Tian
Ms. Patwira Boonjing
Email: iecl2025@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
