The GLEON 2025 All Hands’ Meeting will be held at Taman Simalem Resort, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia on 17-21 February 2025 with pre-meetings and early arrivals on 15-16 February and departures on 21-22 February.
The GLEON 2025 Meeting will be hosted by BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia) and Deltares with support from local institutions and communities.
Important Dates and Checklist
- Pre-registration is now closed.
- Hotel reservations open on 16 December 2024. See the Travel and Meeting Venue page for information about how to reserve your hotel meeting package through the local organizers. Do not make reservations directly with the hotel.
- Registration and abstract submission opens on 16 December 2024. See the Registration page for information about how to register for the meeting.
- Registration and abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2025.
- Hotel reservations deadline: 15 January 2025 (after that it will be based on availability until 31 January 2025).
- GLEON 2025 All Hands' Meeting, 17-21 February 2025: See the Program Overview below for more information
Program Overview
A Program Overview is provided below and a detailed program will be available when registration opens.
The pre-meeting program includes a student activity and dinner on Saturday evening, workshops on Sunday with the main meeting beginning on Monday and continuing through Thursday. This schedule allows more meeting time for working groups and ad hoc groups and a group excursion during the week.
Plan travel and budget accordingly to arrive at Lake Toba by Saturday (for students and workshop attendees) or Sunday (if only attending the main meeting) and depart on Saturday, 22 February. See Travel and Meeting Venue for more information.
Saturday, 15 February
- Arrival day for students, workshop attendees and Steering Committee members
- Registration open
- Dinner for early arrivals
Sunday, 16 February
- Registration open
- Workshops
- Arrival day for all other attendees
- Working Group Facilitation Training (open to all attendees)
- Dinner
- Mixer and introduction to GLEON
Monday, 17 February
- Opening Plenary
- Panel Discussion on Local, Regional and Global Lake Research and Management topics
- Breakout Group Discussions
- Poster Session I
Tuesday, 18 February
- Working Group and Ad hoc group meetings
- Poster Session II
- Local activities
Wednesday, 19 February
- Working Group and Ad hoc group meetings
- Site News and Research Updates
- Local activities
Thursday, 20 February
- Working Group and Ad hoc group meetings and report back
- Steering Committee report back
- Next GLEON meeting presentation
- Meeting feedback
- Dinner
Friday, 21 February
- Early departures
- Day-long group excursion organized by the local host committee
Saturday, 22 February
- All other departures
Workshops
The following workshops are being planned for the GLEON 2025 Meeting. More detail will be posted here as it is available, so check back soon:
- Building and Running an Aquatic Ecosystem Model Ensemble in R by Tadhg Moore et al.
- Digital twin of aquatic ecosystem and its needs for FAIR data/model by Qing Zhan and Lisette de Senerpont Domis
- Community Engagement for Sustainable Lake Management (Presenter names still TBD)
- Ecosystem Restoration Design Challenge (presenter names still TBD)
Excursion
Our local host team is planning a day-long excursion to nearby sites of interest around Lake Toba. Check back soon for more details.
Updated: 16 December 2024