Elms in a Changing World: Science, Conservation, and Management

We ask you to send your abstract for a possible presentation by April 7th and you can choose between the following options

• longer oral presentation (25 minutes)
• shorter oral presentation (10 minutes)
• poster presentation.

The conference scientific committee will make its decision by April 14th and will let you know personally by email.

Send your abstracts to Liina Jürisoo by email liina.jurisoo@lnu.se

DAY 1 2025-05-14

09:30-10:00 Registration, M-building, room M1088

10:00-10:05 Introduction: Prof. Johanna Witzell

10.05-10.15 Dr. Liina Jürisoo, Post Doc fellow LNU- About the Project: New approaches for conservation of threatened elm trees through holobiont concept

10.15-10.30 Mr./Forest Consultant Anders Clarhäll, FORMAS - Breeding for resilience: A new Swedish research program to tackle fungal diseases on trees

10.30-10.45 Dr. Giulia Attocchi and Dr.Thomas Kraft, Skogforsk - Breeding programme for resistance against Dutch elm disease in Sweden
                     
10.45-11.00 Dr. Åke Olson, Dr. Audrius Menkis, SLU - Persistence of elms in Swedish landscapes: implications for conservation and breeding

11.00-11.30 Coffe break

11.30-11:45 PhD Candidate Andreas Burger, University Greifswald, Germany - ElmNET project

11:45-12:00 Dr. Max Coleman, The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK -Recovery of native wych elm in Scotland is being assisted through a breeding and planting programme.

12:00-12.15 Dr. Sakari Välimäki, LUKE, Finland -  Ex situ protection of elm genetic diversity in Finland – dynamic field collections supplemented by static cryocollections

12:15-12:45 Mr. Thomas Struwe, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Forstwirtschaft, city administration of Stralsund, Germany - The European White Elm as a Resilient Companion Tree

12:45-13:45 Lunch
                    
13:45-14.00 Mr. Christoffer Ulfsparre, Skogsstyrelsen - Swedish Forest Agency’s management of dutch elm disease on Gotland
 
14.00-14.30 Prof. Juan Martin, Polytechnic University of Madrid -Ulmus minor clones resistant to Dutch elm disease show different defense mechanisms: implications for breeding

14.30-14.45 Phd. Sara Villa, Institute Sustainable Plant Protection, Firenze, Italy - Combining plastome phylogeography and climate change projections to unveil climatic refugia and conservation strategies for Ulmus glabra in Italy
                    
14.45-15.15 Coffe break

15.15-15:45 Mr. Ron Schraven, Netherlands - DutchTrig

15:45-16:00 Dr. Liina Jürisoo, PostDoc fellow LNU -Change of fungal composition in elms after the vaccination

16.00-16.15 Dr. Anna-Karin Arvidsson, senior lecturer LNU - The conversation tree - an artistic exploration of the loss of an elm tree (format Pecha Kucha)

16.15-16.30 Prof. Johanna Witzell - Closing the first day

DAY 2  2025-05-15

09:30-10:00 Coffe

10.00-10.15 Dr. Anne-Mareen Eisold and Dr. Ben Bubner, Thuenen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany -Pathogens beyond Ophiosthoma sp. – viruses affecting Ulmus laevis in Germany 

10.15-10.30 Prof. Dr. Kathrin Blumenstein and PhD candidate Yasin Korkmaz, University of Freiburg, Germany - Microorganisms in Elm Cankers in German Urban Forests – First Findings of Botryosphaeria Elm Canker and Diplodia spp.

10.30-11.00 Dr. Hans Hoenicka, Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany - Integrating Genetic, Epigenetic and Microbiomic Approaches to Combat Dutch Elm Disease

11.00-11.30 Louis Bernier, Emeritus Professor, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
 - Genomic tools for the conservation and propagation of Ulmus americana in the 21st century

11.30-12.15 Coffe break

12.15-12:30 Dr. Liina Jürisoo, PostDoc fellow LNU - Spread of Dutch elm disease in some Nordic and neighbouring countries

12.15-12.45 Presentations of Posters

12.45-13.00 PhD candidate Caroline Sunnerstam and Prof. Johanna Witzell - Fungal communities in Swedish elms: Implications for Dutch elm disease resistance

12:30-13:00 Prof. Johanna Witzell - Open discussion

In Person

Louis Bernier, prof, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Juan Antonio Martin, prof, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain,

Johanna Witzell, prof, Linnaeus University

Liina Jürisoo, PostDoc, Linnaeus University

There are a number of different ways to travel to Växjö. You can either take the train to Växjö Central or travel by air to Växjö Småland Airport.

If you travel by train to Växjö you will reach Växjö Central located in the city centre. Travelling by train from Stockholm Central to Växjö Central takes roughly 3.5 hours.

If you instead choose to travel by air, you can choose to travel either from Bromma Stockholm Airport or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Växjö Småland Airport. You can also reach Växjö via flight to Copenhagen Airport/Kastrup and connecting direct train to Växjö Central (roughly 2.5 hours).

Travel in Växjö
For travel from Växjö Central or Växjö Småland Airport to Linnaeus University we recommend either bus or taxi.

By bus
When travelling by bus from Växjö Central to Linnaeus University, bus number 3, direction “Universitetet”, is the best option. However, there are also other bus routes that pass by one of the university’s bus stops or bus stops nearby, for instance, route number 1 and 5, which take you to Teleborg Centrum, some 8–10 minutes’ walk from the university’s campus.

Bus number 4 will take you from Växjö Småland Airport to Växjö Central where you can change to bus to get to Linnaeus University.

Bus tickets are purchased either on the bus with a debit card or you can download the travel app “Länstrafiken Kronoberg” and purchase your ticket in the app, which will give you a 10% discount on your ticket. You use your debit card to pay in the app.

Click here to perform a search on Länstrafiken Kronoberg:
https://www.lanstrafikenkron.se/en

By bicycle
In case you prefer a bicycle, many hotels can offer this. It takes roughly 20 minutes with a bicycle from the city centre to Linnaeus University’s campus.

By taxi
Most taxi companies start from Södra Bantorget at World Trade Center which means you can find available taxis here.

By car
There is a relative shortage of parking spaces on campus and all are subject to a charge. Parking spaces are marked on the map below.

Here you will find a map of Linnaeus University in Växjö: https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/contact-and-visit-us/

If you need of hotel room during your stay in Växjö, we recommend that you contact one of the hotels/hostels below to make a reservation.

For Elite Stadshotellet, Elite Park Hotel, and Teleborg Slott Hotel please use booking code QIP26 to get a better price. Bookings to these three hotels are made via email directly to the hotels. Guests do not have the option to book with this code via the website. In that case, they will book at regular prices and not at agreed QIP26 price.

We strongly recommend you to book your room in advance. In June Växjö is often the place for various festivals and meetings and hotels capacity is not so high. 

Elite Stadshotellet 
Kungsgatan 6, Box 198
352 33 Växjö
Book by email: reservation.vaxjo@elite.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 134 00
Website: Elite Stadshotellet

Elite Park Hotel
Västra Esplanaden 10
352 31 Växjö
Book by email: reservation.vaxjo@elite.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 70 22 00
Website: Elite Park Hotel

Clarion Collection Hotel Cardinal
Bäckgatan 10
352 30 Växjö
Book by email: cc.cardinal@choice.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 72 28 00
Website: Clarion Collection Hotel Cardinal

Quality Hotel Royal Corner
Liedbergsgatan 11
352 32 Växjö
Book by email: q.royalcorner@choice.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 70 10 00
Website: Quality Hotel Royal Corner

Teleborgs Slott
Slottsallén
351 96 Växjö
Book by email: info@teleborgsslott.com
or by phone: +46 470 – 34 89 80
Website: Teleborgs Slott

Hotel PM & Vänner
Västergatan 10
352 31 Växjö
Book by email: reservations@pmhotel.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 75 97 00
Website: Hotel PM & Vänner

Hotel Esplanad
Norra Esplanaden 21 A
352 31, Växjö
Book by email info@hotelesplanad.com
or by phone: +46 470 – 70 22 00
Website: Hotel Esplanad

Hotel Värend
Kungsgatan 27
352 33, Växjö
Book by email: info@hotellvarend.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 77 67 00
Website: Hotel Värend

Hotel Scandic
Hejaregatan 19
352 46 Växjö
Book by email: vaxjo@scandichotels.com
or by phone: +46 470 - 73 60 00
Website: Hotel Scandic

Öjaby Herrgård
Öjabyvägen 113
352 50 Växjö
Book by email: info@ojabyherrgard.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 70 16 20
Website: Öjaby Herrgård

Are you looking for more affordable accommodations we suggest following hotels below:

Toftastrand Hotel & Konditori
Lenhovdavägen 72
352 71 Växjö
Book by email: hotell@villavik.seor by phone: +46 470 – 652 90
Website: Toftastrand Hotel & Konditori

Växjö Vandrarhem Evedal
L J Brandts väg 1
352 63 Växjö
Book by email: info@vaxjovandrarhem.se
or by phone: +46 470 – 630 70
Website: Växjö Vandrarhem Evedal

Skäraton
Väluddevägen 1
352 51 Växjö
Book by email: skaraton@skaraton.com or mattias@skaraton.com
or by phone: +46 70 378 00 95
Website: Skäraton

Bed and Breakfast Södra Lycke
Hagagatan 10
352 35 Växjö
You can book by a registration form via the website
or by phone: +46 70  676 65 06
Website: Bed and Breakfast Södra Lycke