The aim of the Nordic Congress of Wildlife Research is to bring together all those active in wildlife research and management to meet and discuss challenging issues in wildlife ecology and management in a broad sense. This includes natural and social scientists, wildlife and land managers, political decision-makers and anyone else working with related questions, e.g., at non-governmental, governmental and intergovernmental organisations.

Themes and keynote speakers:

• Past experiences and future challenges in wildlife management (related to the 50-year anniversary for the Nordic Board for Wildlife Research in 2021)
• The need to bring wildlife ecology and wildlife veterinary sciences together to handle wildlife diseases
• Combining ecology and social sciences to mitigate conflicts between humans about wildlife and management
• Wildlife disease – cross boundary – climate change

Keynote speakers

• Kjell Danell (Department of of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences). Theme: Past experiences and future challenges
  Atle Mysterud (Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo). Theme: Chronic wasting disease
• Ilse Storch (Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg). Theme: Past experiences and future challenges
• Karl Ståhl (Swedish National Veterinary Institute). Theme: African swine fever
• Jørn Våge (Norwegian Veterinary Institute). Theme: Chronic wasting disease
• Raina Plowright (Montana State University). Theme: Bringing wildlife ecology, health and management together
• Juliette Young (INRAE, France). Theme: Social scientific perspectives on the management of conflicts between humans about wildlife and management

Planned workshops

• Wild boar ecology, management, crop damage, preventive measures, and experience from other countries in Europe
• Wildlife disease workshop: Globally, growing anthropogenic pressures and changing wildlife populations create increasing wildlife–livestock–human interfaces
• Transdisciplinary research in wildlife management
• The use of camera traps in wildlife research