Five Thematic Sessions:

1. Biodiversity assessment through the study of environmental DNA. Promises and limitations of barcoding and metabarcoding approaches
2. Consequences of introgression on adaptive potential and conservation policies
3. Inference of population dynamics to identify conservation measures
4. Harnessing genetic diversity and evolutionary principles for population resilience and ecological restoration
5. Monitoring genetic diversity and effective population size.

Stakeholders’ session:

We are also organizing a half-day 6th session entitled "How to federate research assessing genetic diversity, from populations to ecosystems, among different institutions in Switzerland and beyond and establish connections with other stakeholders (policy makers, NGOs, etc.)" This session will take place in the form of a workshop on current and future perspectives in genetic diversity assessment in Switzerland (collaborative projects, communication portal, elaborating on a national association, etc). Outcomes from the workshop will be communicated in 2025 at to a largerbroader stakeholders’ event (more information to come).

Provisional agenda