Monday 29 September 2025

16:00 Bus from Clariton Hotel Post Gothenburg to Nordens Ark

18:00 Dinner

Tuesday 30 September 2025

07:30–09:30 Breakfast

09:00 Intro + practical things -Mats Björkman

09:15 NJB Special Issue -Friederike Gehrmann

09:30–10:30 Nordens Ark intro (½ grp, 30 min) / Tiger tour (½ grp, 30 min)

10:30–11:00 Fika

Session 1 — Plant Traits & Functional Ecology Leader: Christian R

11:00 Borealization of plant communities in the Arctic is driven by boreal-tundra species -Mariana García Criado

11:15 Intraspecific functional trait responses to experimental warming vary with precipitation and growth form -Sonya R. Geange

11:30 Microtopography acts as alpine plant refugia in a warming climate -Ditte Marie Christiansen

11:45 How environment affects ontogenetic differences in leaf functional traits of woody plants -Ziyan Zhang

12:00 A 100-year vegetation changes in the Swedish Sub-Arctic: functional trait turnover towards taller but slow-growing species -Magnus Gundersen Lihn

12:15 Reshaping Alpine–Arctic ecosystems: how climate change is driving shifts in plant functional traits and community composition -Wouter Hantson

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:30 Excursion — Nordens Ark

15:30–16:00 Fika

Session 2 — Ecosystem Function & Productivity Leader: Cassandra

16:00 Fine scale remote sensing of tundra environments using UAVs -Matthias Siewert

16:15 How a peat bog responds to warming Niels -Gudmand Christiansen

16:30 Arctic Coastal Wetland and Tundra Reveal Similar CO₂ Sensitivity but Divergent CH₄ Responses to Warming and Flooding -Katharine Kelsey

16:45 Ecotypic variation and the timing of senescence in a changing arctic climate -Ned Fetcher

18:00 Dinner

Wednesday 1 October 2025

07:30–09:30 Breakfast

cont. Session 2 — Ecosystem Function & Productivity Leader: Cassandra

09:00 Winter icing and summer warming increase CO₂ emissions and prevent icing-induced decomposition decline in Arctic tundra -Matteo Petit Bon

09:15 Acclimation and adaptation led the response of Salix species leaf photosynthesis to environmental gradients in the High Arctic (Qarlikturvik glacier valley, Nunavut, Canada) -Vincent Maire

Session 3 — Biodiversity & Taxonomy Leader: Bob

09:30 Declining or thriving? Climatic affinity of Arctic plants explains their abundance trends -Jeremy Borderieux

09:45 Genome-wide changes associated with 24 years of warming in tundra plants -Cassandra Elphinstone

10:00 Thriving in the Shadows: Expansion of Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry) in the Arctic Tundra -Paulo C. Olivas

10:15 The influence of shrub-moss interactions on shrub growth responses to climate change -Alba Anadon-Rosell

10:30–11:00 Fika

11:00–12:30 Workshops

• ITEX and the science-policy interface: feeding scientific knowledge into policy-making Room: Tigerhuset / The Tiger house   Presentation   Summary
• Trait-Climate Connections Up Close: Manuscript Working Group Meeting Room: Skolhuset / The School house
• Mycorrhizal abundance and diversity across the ITEX network Room: Mangården / The Manor   Presentation   Summary

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–17:00 Excursion — Ramsvikslandet

18:00 Dinner

Thursday 2 October 2025

07:30–09:30 Breakfast

Session 4 — Soil & Belowground Processes Leader: Siri

09:00 Permafrost thaw and warming enhance decomposition in palsa peatland -Inge Althuizen

09:15 Flooding has little impact on soil respiration and methanogenesis responses to temperature in high latitude wetlands and tundra -A. Joshua Leffler

09:30 The hare and totoise of arctic methane -Jan Dietrich

09:45 Biocrust-plant interactions in a warmer Tundra: learnings from a 7yr ITEX site in Iceland -Alejandro Salazar

10:00 Warming-driven root decomposition in a shrubifying Arctic -Sarah Schwieger

10:15 The role of mycorrhizal type and plant dominance in regulating nitrogen cycling in Oroarctic soils -Robert G. Björk

10:30–11:00 Fika

11:00–12:30 Workshops

• ArcSeed: integrating seed traits into Arctic tundra research Room: Tigerhuset / The Tiger house Powerpoint  Summary  Website
• Winter Ecology + Carbon stuff Room: Skolhuset / The School house
• Small meetings

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00 Poster session and Fika

16:30–17:30 Excursion — Smögen

18:00 Dinner at Hamnen4 on Smögen

Friday 3 October 2025

07:30–09:30 Breakfast

cont. Session 4 Leader: Siri

09:00 Thaw slump at the snow fence -Elisabeth Cooper

09:15 Warming and Biotic Interactions Shape Soil Processes in Tundra Ecosystems -Sidonie Loiez

Session 5 — Species Interactions & Community Dynamics Leader: Alessandro

09:30 Hearing the grass grow: advances in alpine grassland phenology -Christian Rixen

09:45 Species-specific mechanisms underlie the rise of shrubs in a warming Arctic -Ruby An

10:00 Warming reversed the positive N effect on productivity through altering species richness and compensatory dynamics over nine years -Xiaoyi Wang

10:15 The winners and losers of Arctic and alpine plants in a warming world -Ragnhild Gya

10:30–11:00 Fika

11:00 Plant regeneration from seed in the changing Arctic -Sergey Rosbakh

11:15 The role of pollination in structuring plant community composition at high latitudes -Wilhelm Osterman

11:30–12:30 ITEX general things -Anne Bjorkman & Bob Hollister

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30 Bus from Nordens Ark to Clariton Hotel Post (arrive ~15:00)

Host: Mats Björkman, Camila Pacheco Riaño
Steering Group: Mats Björkman, Anne Bjorkman, Robert Björk, Camila Pacheco Riaño, Heather Reese
Local help: everyone above plus EDGE-Lab and APE group

Nordens Ark

Nordens Ark is a non-profit wildlife park with focus on endangered animals with beautiful surroundings in the heart of Bohuslän, Sweden. There's also a B&B with a café and we offer several exciting experiences.

By visiting us you're supporting the important work of saving endangered species.

What’s Included in the Price

• Round-trip bus transport: Gothenburg – Nordens Ark (29 Sep) and Nordens Ark – Gothenburg (3 Oct).
• Accommodation (shared rooms, 2–4 people).
• All meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Excursions and activities during the conference.

Fees

• Standard Rate: 3,800 SEK (4,750 SEK incl. VAT)
  For professionals and senior researchers attending in person.
• Reduced Rate: 2,200 SEK (2,750 SEK incl. VAT).
  For students, PhD candidates, postdocs, job seekers, and retirees.
• Online Participation: 500 SEK (625 SEK incl. VAT)
  For those attending remotely via livestream.

Transportation to Nordens Ark

A bus will depart from Clarion Hotel Post, Gothenburg at 16:00 on 29 September and return to the same location by 15:00 on 3 October.

If you’re not taking the arranged bus, you can get to Nordens Ark via Västtrafik public transport (bus stop: Nordens Ark).
Let us know if you’re arriving late or on your own.

The bus leaves from Nils Ericson Terminal next to Gothenburg Central Station. The ride takes about 2.5 hours.

Use the Västtrafik To Go app to plan your trip and buy a “Region ticket – ABC zone”.