Thursday 11 September 2025 – Mini Symposium

‘Using and producing science for seagrass ecology and restoration’.

Marjolijn Christianen and Laura Govers will follow Marieke van Katwijk‘s retirement lecture with a presentation each about the challenges and opportunities in future seagrass work.

15:30 – 16:15“Using and producing science for seagrass ecology and restoration”. Retirement lecture by Marieke van Katwijk (Senior Scientist Radboud University).

16:15 – 16:35 – “Challenges and opportunities for seagrass and sea turtle monitoring”. By Marjolijn Christianen (Associate Professor Wageningen University and Research).

16:35 – 16:55“Challenges and opportunities for seagrass restoration”. By Laura Govers (Associate Professor Rijksuniversiteit Groningen).

16:55 – 17:10 – Some words by Jan Hendriks (Professor Radboud University), Tjeerd Bouma (NIOZ and Professor Utrecht University) and Steef Hanssen (Assistant Professor Radboud University).

The minisymposium online; make sure to register at least half an hour in advance.