INVITATION
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 7th Romanian Bat Research Conference, organized by the Centre for Bat Research and Conservation, which will take place 16–18th October 2026 in Cernat, Covasna County, Romania. The conference aims to present the latest results from bat research, monitoring, and conservation activities in Romania (through oral and poster presentations), while also providing a forum for discussing current challenges in bat conservation.
Conference venue: Hanna Guesthouse, Cernat, Covasna County, Romania. The venue has a maximum capacity of 40 people, in different types of rooms (single, 2–4 persons) and one 9-person dormitory. Accommodation will be allocated in the order of registration. In case of overbooking, additional accommodation options are available in the immediate vicinity of the guesthouse.
Registration and participation fees: Adults (participants, accompanying persons) 600 RON / person, children 300 RON / person. The fees include all conference-related costs at the guesthouse (2 nights’ accommodation, meals, coffee breaks, book of abstracts, etc.). Depending on the number of registered students, the organizers will cover 50–100% of their participation costs. Single room accommodation is available for an additional fee of 200 RON. Registration fees should be paid to the following account: Centrul pentru Cercetarea și Conservarea Liliecilor, Bank: Banca Transilvania SA, IBAN: RO87BTRLRONCRT0421689101.
Registration: Please complete the online registration using this link (you can Right-Click and translate the content to English).
The online registration process will also require uploading the presentation abstracts in Word format, therefore we kindly ask you to prepare them before starting the registration process. We can help in translating your abstract to Romanian, but we also accept them in English. The abstract must include the following elements: presentation type (oral presentation or poster), presentation title, authors, authors’ affiliations, contact details of the corresponding author only (address, email), abstract text (maximum 350 words).
Important deadlines:
- 4th October 2026: Online registration and abstract submission
- 4th October 2026: Registration validation through payment of the participation fee
After the deadline of 4th of October 2026, registrations without payment will be invalidated.
Presentations: We recommend using the PowerPoint format for presentations; duration: 15 min. + 5 min. for questions. For poster presentations, we recommend a portrait (vertical) format.
Awards: Based on the participants’ votes, we will present awards for the best presentations.
Programme:
Friday, 16 October
- 17.00–19.00: Arrival of participants, displaying posters
- 19.00: Dinner
Saturday, 17 October
- 08.00–09.30: Breakfast
- 10.00–10.20: Szilárd-Lehel BÜCS, Ildikó GÖNCZI VASS, Flaviu BODEA, Mihai SZIGETI, Mircea JUMANCA: Conservation of underground bat roosts in south-western Romania within the LIFE PODKOWIEC TOWERS project (2021–2026)
- 10.20–10.40: Oana C. VASILIU, Ovidiu ROȘU, Dragoș Ș. MĂNTOIU, Roxana M. NAE, Teodora MILITARU, Ilinca MORARU, Alexandra TOMA, Valentina CIOCHINĂ, Alexandra CREȚU, Ioana ROȘU, Viorel D. GAVRIL: Emergency management and controlled hibernation of a colony of 3388 Nyctalus noctula from Suceava
- 10.40–11.10: Ágnes NAGY: Encountering bats in practice – Useful advice and professional guidelines from Hungary
- 11.10–11.40: Break
- 11.40–12.00: Levente BARTI, Csaba JÉRE, István CSŐSZ, Áron PÉTER: Leucism/piebaldism in bats in relation to the use of mine galleries as roosts
- 12.00–12.20: Ana STAMATESCU, Paul CHIRIACESCU: Education for conservation: using technology and non-formal learning experiences to protect bats
- 12.20–12.40: Robert ELEȘ, Szilárd-Lehel BÜCS, Csaba JÉRE, István CSŐSZ, Áron PÉTER: Conservation measures and bat monitoring in Grădiștea Muncelului–Cioclovina Natural Park
- 12.40–13.00: Amalia Raluca DUMBRAVĂ: The partnership between parks and the Centre for Bat Research and Conservation – a model of collaboration for biodiversity conservation and nature education
- 13.00–14.30: Lunch
- 14.30–14.50: Bogdan BĂJENARU: Conservation status of bat species in the Măcin Mountains National Park area
- 14.50–15.10: Suren GAZARYAN: New and Forthcoming EUROBATS Guidance for Bat Conservation in Europe
- 15.10–15.40: Dragoș Ștefan MĂNTOIU, Alexandru CÎȘLARIU, Alexandru SMĂRĂNDEANU, Dragoș DĂNĂILĂ: Beyond the Echo: Long-Range Detection, Extended-Range Acoustic Deterrence and Shutdown-on-Demand to Protect Bats at Romanian Wind Farms – the TORI Ecosystem
- 15.40–16.00: Szilárd-Lehel BÜCS: The status of Romanian bat colonies based on key underground roosts reported for EUROBATS
- 16.00–16.10: Szilárd-Lehel BÜCS, Csaba JÉRE, István CSŐSZ, Irina POCORA, Levente BARTI, Viorel POCORA: The Atlas of Romanian Bats
- 16.10–16.30: Break
- 16.30–17.10: Discussion: Bats in urban environments (emergency management, dealing with property owners, a centralised database, monitoring of released bats, the role of rehabilitation centres in epidemiology)
- 17.10–17.50: Discussion: Bats and wind farms (standardising a turbine impact threshold above which mitigation measures are proposed, legislative proposals for implementation)
- 17.50–18.30: Discussions on various topics
- 19.00: Dinner
Sunday, 18 October
- 08.00–09.30: Breakfast
- 09.30: Closing of the conference
- 10.00: Departure of participants
Poster presentations:
- Natalia DIBOLSCAIA, Vladislav CALDARI, Victoria NISTREANU, Alina LARION, Victor SÎTNIC: Underground bat roosts in the Răut River basin, Republic of Moldova
- Irina POCORA, Viorel POCORA: Bat fauna as an indicator of forest ecosystem quality in ROSCI Bârnova – Repedea: grounds for designation as a Natural Park
Contact: contact@lilieci.ro, szilardbux@gmail.com, +40 747 921 684
We look forward to seeing you!
On behalf of the organizing team,
Szilárd-Lehel Bücs
