The "3rd Pan European IPBES Stakeholder Consultation (PESC-3)" will take place on 14-16 June 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. The event is organised as a bottom-up contribution of European and Central Asian experts to the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 

Objectives of the conference are to inform participants about current developments in and around IPBES, to strengthen the capacities for IPBES stakeholder engagement across the ECA region, and to deliver comments on the first order draft of the IPBES Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia to IPBES.

Among the presenters are:

• Marine Elbakidze, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, LA of ECA Assessment
• Joseph Settele, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, CLA of Pollination Assessment
• Laurence Perianin, IPBES Programme Officer at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Anna Varga, Centre for Ecological Research Vácrátót
• Cosmas Kombat, IPBES Young Fellow, University of Bayreuth
• Felice van der Plaat, Programme Management Officer, IPBES Secretariat
• Hilde Eggermont, IPBES National Focal Point of Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

For more details, please visit the conference website.