Dear colleagues,

The 10th International Conference on Ecological Informatics (ICEI) from 24 - 28 September, 2018 in Jena, Germany under the theme /*'Translating Ecological Data into Knowledge and Decisions in a Rapidly Changing World'*/ will provide a forum to address this question - both from an ecological and a computer science point of view.

We cordially invite special sessions on all aspects of eco-informatics and computational ecology including but not limited to: • Novel concepts and tools for the acquisition, management, analysis and synthesis of ecological data, including genomic and paleo-ecological data • Understanding and modeling ecosystem functioning, phenology and evolution • Informing decisions on environmental issues like sustainability, ecosystem services, climate change and biodiversity.

The call for */special session/* is open and proposals are invited till /*15th December 2017*/. The proposal should provide a title, brief scope of the session and details of the session’s organizer(s) along with the duration. Please submit your proposals via the submission system /*EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icei18*/.

Further information can be obtained from the ICEI conference website: /*http://icei2018.uni-jena.de/*/

In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. The conference organizers can be reached via icei2018@listserv.uni-jena.de. There is also a Twitter account: https://twitter.com/ICEIConf.

We are looking forward to your session ideas!

Kind regards,

Jitendra Gaikwad

On behalf of ICEI 2018 organizers,

Friedrich Recknagel (Scientific Chair) and Birgitta König-Ries (Local Chair)