Last week I attended for the first time the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan in Kyoto. It was a very interesting conference with many presentations ranging from theoretical ecology to biodiversity and conservation, and the latest findings on biodiversity-stability relationships.

The conference was held in 2 different venues, which was great to explore different parts of the city of Kyoto. The first part of the conference was held in the Yoshida-South Campus of the University of Kyoto. A very nice student-vibe atmosphere with lots going on in the surroundings and close to the Kyoto river.

Towards the end we moved to the Kyoto International Conference Centre, where the poster session took place and provided a great opportunity to chat to different students about their current projects and browse around many interesting projects going on across Japan.