24th International Congress of Biometeorology
The 24th International Congress of Biometeorology will be held at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences (Serbia) in the summer of 2026. Save that date to participate in ICB2026 and visit Novi Sad and Serbia. More information will be available in the following period, and the active preparation of the organization will begin in the spring of 2025.
We are looking forward to see you in Novi Sad (Serbia)!
CONGRESS VENUE | REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
| PRESENTATION INFORMATION | CONGRESS PROGRAM AND PLENARY SPEAKERS
|ICB2026 SCIENTIFIC BOARD |ICB2026 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE | TRAVEL/HOTEL INFO |
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences (Novi Sad, SERBIA)
Address: Trg Dositeja Obradovica 2-4, 21000 Novi Sad, SERBIA (EUROPE)
🗺️ Street view:
More info about city and Faculty in short videos:
Novi Sad city – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ftOkylwUw
Faculty of Sciences – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8fkK5D43Oo
REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Registration and abstract submission will be available exclusively through the online platform. More information will be provided in the coming months.
The Congress will be held from July 13th to 16th in 2026 using a hybrid format, which includes both onsite presentations/posters and online presentations. All session rooms are equipped for both onsite and online presentations, allowing for questions and discussions between onsite and online participants.
🎤 Oral presentation
Presentations are scheduled in 15-minute intervals. Speakers should prepare 10 minutes of remarks, followed by four minutes for questions and discussion, and one minute for transitioning to the next presentation. Speakers are invited to send their presentations in PowerPoint or PDF format via email (nsucl@pmf.uns.ac.rs) two days before the Congress begins or to bring a USB flash drive to upload their presentation onsite to a laptop in each meeting room before the session starts. Volunteers will be available during each session to assist in uploading the presentation to the laptop.
📊 Poster presentation
Poster session will be displayed in Wednesday, July 15, 2026 in the hall connecting the session rooms. The session will last 1-2 hours before or after the lunch break, with the final decision depending on the overall session schedule.
Presenters should set up their posters in the morning (by 9 AM) on the day of the session, remain near their posters during the official poster session time, and remove their posters by the end of the day (no later than 6 PM).
In the Final Circular, poster presenters will find the time and board number for their poster session. Additional technical details regarding poster size and visibility will also be included in the Final Circular.
Online poster presentations will not be possible at the Congress. Online poster presentations will not be possible at the Congress. Additionally, onsite poster printing services will not be available. However, volunteers can help by directing presenters to local printing services near the University of Novi Sad campus (there are a few options in and around the UNI campus).
💻Online presentation and joining virtually
Registered delegates are invited to view a live stream of all plenary and oral sessions if they are unable to attend in person. Online speakers will follow the same time guidelines for their presentations as onsite oral speakers (see Oral Presentation).
The University of Novi Sad holds an official license for Webex by Cisco, and Faculty of Sciences holds an official license for Zoom Meetings, which allows us to create separate links for each session room during the Congress. By logging into the specific link, online participants can present their own presentations or follow those of others in the session.
CONGRESS PROGRAM AND PLENARY SPEAKERS
Information will be defined in the following period.
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Scott C. Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA (President of the International Society of Biometeorology)
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Daniel Vecellio, University of Nebraska Omaha, College of Arts and Sciences, USA
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Angela Lees, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Animal Science Group, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
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Fabio Luiz Teixeira Goncalves, University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysic and Atmospheric Sciences, Brasil
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Jennifer Fitchett, University of the Witwatersrand, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, South Africa
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Shreya Banerjee, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
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Athanasios Damialis, Aristotle University, Greece
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Ivana Bajšanski, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia
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Alison Donnelly, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Pablo Fernández de Arróyabe Hernáez, University of Cantabria, Department of Geography, Urban Planning and Territorial Planning, Santander, Spain
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Peter Crank, University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Canada
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Sheila Nascimento, State University of Maringá, Brazil
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Adam Kalkstein, United States Military Academy West Point, Chair of Regional Dynamics, Center for Languages, Cultures and Regional Studies, USA
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Krzysztof Blażejczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Warsaw, Poland
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Marie Keatley, RMIT University, Scool of Science, Australia
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Robert Steiger, University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance, Austria
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Elena A. Grigorieva, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Zorana Jovanović Andersen, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Denmark
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Sandra Słowińska, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Matej Ogrin, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia
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Matt Smith, School of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK
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Pavel Konstantinov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Russia
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Andrea Vitali, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy
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Louis Kouadio, Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
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Ljiljana Tubić, Institute for Biology Research „Sinisa Stankovic“, Department of Plant Physiology, Serbia
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Tzu-Ping Lin, Department of Architecture, National Chen Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Rebecca Darbyshire, CSIRO – Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Dragan Milošević, Wageningen University and Research, Environmental Sciences Group, The Netherlands
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Magdalena Kuchcik, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
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Rong Yu, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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Michal Lehnert, Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Sciences, Czech Republic
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Tania Sharmin, Cardiff University, Welsh School of Architecture, UK
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Antonella Fioravanti, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
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Dubravka Milić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
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Steven Caluwaerts, Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Belgium
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Aleš Urban, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Simone Orlandini, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Rodrigo Arias, Instituto de Producción Animal, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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Lea Labeur, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
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Ulises Macías-Cruz, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico
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Ana Santurtún, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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David Hondula, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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Kathryn Conlon, M.P.H., Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine & Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Chung-Te Chang, Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Teng-Chiu Lin, Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pavlos Kassomenos, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Mark D. Schwartz, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Department of Geography, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Bo Hong, College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
ICB2026 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Dušan Mrđa, vice-dean for science, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Danijela Rajter Ćirić, vice-dean for finance, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Lazar Lazić, director of the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management
Danka Popov, manager of accoungint office
Kristina Radanović, technical associate (work on conference fees)
Ivan Gačević, technical associate (work on IT issues)
Stevan Savić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Ivan Šećerov, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Jelena Dunjić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Daniela Arsenović, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
Michael Allen, Towson University, USA
Milica Vasić, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
+ Volunteers
🚆 Transport from Belgrade/BG Airport „Nikola Tesla“ to Novi Sad ’by train’
From the BG „Nikola Tesla“ airport to the main train station in Belgrade (“Beograd centar”), the best option is to use the bus line 600.
Link for the Moovit app (Airport – the main train station): https://shorturl.at/Pu7qs
Link: https://www.bgprevoz.rs/linije/red-voznje/smer-a/600
Then from the main train station „Beograd Centar“ there are about 35 departures to Novi Sad between 5:30h to 23:30h. The trip lasts 36 minutes with Intercity train to 57 minutes with Regio train.
Link:https://w3.srbvoz.rs/redvoznje//direktni/BEOGRAD%20CENTAR/16052/NOVI%20SAD/16808/29.06.2025/0000/sr
Currently, public transport in Belgrade is free, and train ticket can be bought at the main station counter, by online (https://webapi1.srbvoz.rs/ekarta/app/#!/home) or on ticket machine inside the station building.
From the BG „Nikola Tesla“ airport to the main train station in Belgrade („Beograd centar“), the taxi service can be used. In the airport arrival zone is a taxi station, and the price from the airport to the main train station is about 20 EUR. Then the next step is to take the train to Novi Sad.
Link: https://serbiadriver.com/belgrade-airport-taxi/
🚖 Transport from Belgrade/BG Airport „Nikola Tesla“ to Novi Sad ’by taxi’
Here are some of the companies that you can contact for a shared or individual taxi: Link:https://www.autoturist-ns.com/en/airport-transfer/transportation-belgrade-airport-novi-sad-belgrade-airport/
Link: http://prevozdoaerodroma.org/en/
Link: https://www.genelex.co.rs/english.html
The prices and contacts are at the websites. The important thing is to book the car 2 days earlier, via e-mail or online form, so you can get the confirmation. Naturally, it is the most expensive if you rent a car alone (up to 60€), but if you manage to share it with your colleagues, it can be more affordable.
🚍Public transport in Novi Sad
Bus lines
At the following links you can find the timeline and map of the public transportation lines in Novi Sad. Tickets are available in the bus and the price is approximately 0.9 EUR (100 RSD).
Link: http://www.gspns.co.rs/red-voznje/prigradski
Link: http://www.gspns.co.rs/mreza
Taxi service
At the following link you can find taxi companies in Novi Sad and phone numbers.
Link: https://www.planplus.rs/novi-sad/taxi-sluzbe
🏨 Suggestions for accomodation
Novi Sad has about 330,000 inhabitants and plenty of hotels and apartments, but due to possible parallel events and the EXIT festival in July (https://www.exitfest.org/en), booking of accommodation has to be done a few months before ICB2026.
✅ Accessibility of entry into Serbia
No visa requires (30-90 days of stay): EU countries (27), Albania, Andora, Antiqua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belorusia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Georgia, Grenada, Iceland, Indonesia, Izrael, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea-Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Moldavia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zeeland, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Seychelles, Singapore, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, USA, Uruguay, Vatikan.
Updated information on the visa regime can be found at this link. Please follow the visa information provided and also check with the Serbian embassy in your country for any additional requirements!
Link: https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/citizens/travel-serbia/visa-regime
After registering on the ICB2026 portal, participants will receive an email within the next seven days containing an invitation letter to use for visa applications or conference funding requests.
