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Zagreb is a vibrant city, take the advantage of being in Zagreb to visit some of its highlights – see www.infozagreb.hr/en/ for more information. Since 2023, Croatia is using the EURO as currency. Credit cards are widely accepted.
The conference (including the welcome drink on Tuesday) will take place at the The Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology of the University of ZagrebAddress: Svetošimunska cesta 23, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/uJdqayFgVbrshdW28
The venue can be easily reached by public transportation. From the city centre it takes about 30 min by tram to reach the venue. Please use Google Maps to find your way to the venue.
These hotels are suggestions, but basically any hotel in or close to the city centre is well connected to the venue.
Your hotel booking can support EFUF – use one of the following links to enter Bookings.com or Hotels.com, and a small percentage of your expenses will be returned to EFUF.
Zagreb is well-connected to the rest of Europe by train, plane or bus.
🚆 Trains
Zagreb’s Main Railway Station in located in the city centre. Day and night trains connect Zagreb with Lubljana, Vienna, Zurich, Munich, Stuttgart, Budapest, Venice … The Man in Seat 61 is a great resource to plan your travel by train to Zagreb.
✈ Flights
Zagreb International Airport: https://www.zagreb-airport.hr/en
The airport is connected with the city center (Main Bus Station) by bus shuttle that leaves every 30 min. One-way ticket costs 8.00 EUR and can be bought online or on the bus. Travel lasts 35-40 min.
For more information and online tickets: https://plesoprijevoz.hr/en/zagreb-croatia/
Timetable: https://plesoprijevoz.hr/time-table/
🚍 Coach
There are many connections from all over Europe to Zagreb.
Zagreb is well-covered by public transportation (trams and buses).
You can buy paper tickets on any kiosk or from the driver (but please prepare coins or small bills). Ticket must be validated while on board (validators for paper tickets are located on the front or the back of the tram). 30-min ticket costs 0.53 EUR and 60-min ticket 0.93 EUR. It costs more when bought from the driver.
When in Zagreb, it is best to use Google maps where you can see public transportation lines in real time.
Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Agency https://meteo.hr/prognoze_e.php?section=prognoze_metp¶m=zgdanas
The Book of Abstracts for EFUF2023 is now available.
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The 26th European Forum on Urban Forestry (EFUF) invites researchers and professionals dealing with urban forests and green spaces to submit abstracts for a wide range of contributions. EFUF emphasises the connection of practice and scientific knowledge, encouraging a variety of possible formats to contribute to the conference. We welcome practice-oriented contributions, research contributions as well as proposals for workshops and demonstrations.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2024 23:59 CET (Brussels time) through this form: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EFUF2024_abstracts.
31 Jan 8:00 (CET) – Due to a technical problem with the provider of the submission platform, it is impossible to submit abstracts since 3:00 this morning. We apoligise for this and are monitoring the situation. If needed, the deadline will be extended with a few days.
Update 10:00 – the system is up and running again.
Contributions to the 26th European Forum on Urban Forestry will explore these aspects.
This theme will explore how urban forests and urban green spaces are important for people and society. Abstracts should cover the social aspects of urban forests and urban green space planning and management aimed at enhancing the happiness and health of citizens.
This Forum theme will explore how to achieve well-performing urban forests and urban green spaces. Abstracts to be submitted under this theme should focus on the assessment of environmental conditions of urban forests and urban green space to support their planning and managing, with long-term provision of benefits to ecosystems and society in mind.
Contributions under this theme will explore urban forests and urban green spaces as habitats – for people and other beings. The abstract submitted under this theme should look into the assessment and evaluation of urban biodiversity and the planning and management practices that aim to preserve and enhance it.
Abstracts (maximum 2000 characters, spaces included) are only accepted in English. They must not include figures, tables or attachment.
Deadline for submission is 31st of January 2024, 23:59 CET (Brussels time).
The programme committee will determine whether a work will be accepted for presentation, considering the significance and/or the innovative character of the contribution.
Authors will be informed on the acceptance of their contribution by the 23th of February 2024.
At least one of the authors should register for the conference, and should have their fee settled by 30 April 2024. If this is not the case, the organisers can withdraw selected contributions from the programme.
The language of the forum is English.
For any questions related to the abstract submission process, please contact rik . devreese @ efi . int.
