SYMPOSIUM | Evolution, Ecology and Conversation of Alpine Flora

July 5, 2026

BOTANICAL GARDEN MUNICH-NYMPHENBURG

Welcome evening
5.00 pm

Public evening lecture (in German)
6.30 pm
„Die Welt der Alpen im Wandel“
Prof. em. Dr. Christian Körner (University of Basel)

July 6, 2026

BOTANICAL GARDEN MUNICH-NYMPHENBURG

Morning session – 5 talks
9.00 am
Keynote by Prof. Dr. Jake Alexander (ETH Zurich)
“Lags in mountain plant responses to climate
change“

Afternoon session – 4 talks
2.00 pm
Keynote by Dr. Felix Gugerli Künzle
(Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL)
“Genomic signatures of adaptation in plants in
response to environmental variation in space
and time“

July 7, 2026

SCHACHEN, WETTERSTEIN RANGE

Hiking tour to the Alpine Garden
7.00 am
Poster presentations along the way
and at the Alpine Garden

July 8, 2026

BOTANICAL GARDEN MUNICH-NYMPHENBURG

Morning session – 5 talks
9.00 am
Keynote by Dr. Lara Wootton
(Université Grenoble Alpes)
“The evolutionary origins of the Alpine sky-island
flora“

Lunch & Farewell
1.00 pm