Monitoring and Management

12th International Conference on
Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas
Sept. 2-5, 2024
Camp Reinsehlen, Schneverdingen – Germany

We have received more than 160 submissions for this year’s MMV, including 16 organized sessions! Thank you for the overwhelming response. All authors have been notified and are now making last changes to their abstracts so they will be ready for the digital conference proceedings. After Easter, we will start building the detailed conference program to be relased during the month of April.

 

Arrival Day - Sunday, September 1st, 2024

15:00 - 18:00

Registration opens at Camp Reinsehlen / NNA Seminar Center

Tbd

Informal gathering for participants on site

Day 1 - Monday, September 2nd, 2024

09:00 – 16:00

Registration at Camp Reinsehlen / NNA Seminar Center

10:00 – 15:00

Pre-Conference Workshops and Trainings for early career scientists / field practitioners (planned: manuscript writing and editing, methods workshop on visitor monitoring)

16:00 – 18:00

Conference Opening followed by Ice-Breaker Activity

Day 2 - Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

08:30 – 10:00

Parallel Sessions 1

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15

Plenary Session: Germany’s National Natural Landscapes – Highly desired tourism destinations in tense relationships with multifaceted interests. Monitoring and consequences exemplified within the Wadden Sea National Park and World Heritage Site – Peter Südbeck

11:30 – 13:00

Parallel Sessions 2

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:00

Parallel Sessions 3

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

Parallel Sessions 4

19:00 – 21:00

Dinner

Day 3 - Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

08:30 – 10:30

Parallel Sessions 5

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00

Plenary Session: Introduction to Recreation and Tourism in Protected Areas in Ukraine: State and Challenges of War – Oksana Arion & Alona Varukha

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch

14:00 – 18:00

In-Conference Excursions in Lüneburg Heath Nature Park: Exploring you host region! We will offer different programs with conference-themed content, using different means of transportation: on foot (hiking), pedaling (bicycle) and even on horse carriages.

19:00 – 21:00

Dinner

Day 4 - Thursday, September 5th, 2024

08:30 – 10:00

Parallel Sessions 6

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:30

Parallel Sessions 7

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00

Parallel Sessions 8

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

Concluding Plenary: Closing Remarks, Invitation to MMV 13 (new host)

19:00 – 21:00

Final Dinner

Depature day - Friday, September 6th, 2024

No sessions, but if individual work groups or committees require meetings spaces, these could be provided