Monday 28.09.2015

Opening
10:45-11:00K. SalchertVice-President BTU Cottbus-SenftenbergWelcome address
11:00-11:30R.F. HüttlBTU Cottbus-Senftenberg / GFZ Potsdam10 years Hühnerwasser / Chicken Creek catchment
11:30-12:00A. SchwarzETH ZurichTelling the biography of Chicken Creek - giving birth to an ecosystem

Lunch break

Ecosystem state transitions (Chair: C. Hinz)
13:00-13:30J. CrawfordRothamsted ResearchSpontaneous organization in soil and the consequences for natural fertility
13:30-14:00S. Schulz (1), T. Fischer (2) & M. Schloter (1)1 HMGU Neuherberg
2 BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Dynamics of microbial hotspots during initial ecosystem development at the Chicken Creek catchment

Coffee break and poster exhibition

14:30-15:00W. UlrichNicolaus Copernicus University TorunPattern identification in plant succession - from interaction neighbourhoods to species co-occurrence
15:00-15:30M.K. Zaplata (1), S. Winter (2) & A. Fischer (3)1 BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
2 HNEE Eberswalde
3 TU München
One decade like to play tag
15:30-16:00V. TempertonLeuphana Univerisät LüneburgCreating feedbacks between ecological theories and ecological restoration

Coffee break and poster exhibition


Next steps in Chicken Creek research (Chair: R.F. Hüttl)
16:30-16:45C. HinzBTU Cottbus-SenftenbergEcosystem state transition and landscape self-organization - general outline of the future research concept
16:45-17:30Members of the planned research groupShort introduction into project concepts

18:00-19:30

Internal meeting of research group members

20:00

Conference Dinner