Dear participants of the 2024 Kostelecké Inspirování Conference,
Thank you for your support this year. The sixteenth annual conference was attended by 85 participants from 11 institutions. In total, you could see a total of 29 presentations and 24 posters.
This year, a scientific committee composed of academic employees from the Faculty of Environmental Sciences (FES) and organizers was established to evaluate presentations and posters. The committee selected the two best presentations and two best posters and awarded them with prizes provided by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Vesmír magazine, and Academia Publishing House.
The awards for the best presentations went to:
David Homoláč for his presentation "The effect of seasonality on resource use by large fauna in the Afrotropics"
Martin Franc for "Ecological Niches and Biogeography of European Mycoheterotrophic and Carnivorous Plants"
The awards for the best posters were given to:
Deborah Lemke for "Annual activity of the African forest elephant at Dibo bai, Republic of the Congo"
Veronika Ohainková for "Invertebrate biodiversity in bryophyte habitats: epigeic vs. epiphytic bryophytes"
Additionally, one outstanding presentation and one poster were recognized based on votes from all conference participants. Elisa Padulosi received the award for her presentation "Drones in wildlife research: advantages and limitations" and Tereza Pušová was awarded for her poster "Exploring the diversity of Acarosporaceae: two new species of Myriospora from Central Europe". Congratulations to all the awardees.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, under whose auspices this event was held, and to all sponsors and partners who supported this event, including Živa magazine, Vesmír magazine, Academia Publishing House, and the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic (AOPK).
We would greatly appreciate it if you could fill out our anonymous survey to provide us with feedback.
We look forward to seeing you again at the next Kostelecké Inspirování conference, which will take place in the fall of 2025.
On behalf of the entire organizing team of KI 2024 and the Faculty of Environmental Sciences (FES, CULS),
Lucie Pešková, Adéla Hemelíková & Karolina Mahlerová