Lahti Lakes 2027 will take place on 7-9 June 2027 in Lahti, Finland, marking the fourth edition of the symposium. Lahti Lakes is organized by the University of Helsinki, Lake Vesijärvi Foundation, the SIL working group on Lake Restoration and the Ecosystems Workstream of the World Water Quality Alliance. For 2027, we are happy to announce a close collaboration with the EU Mission Lakes projects to co-host the symposium. Lahti Lakes is intended to bring together scientists and practitioners working on lake restoration problems globally.
In advance of the 2027 edition, we are consulting the community to assess the need for hybrid attendance to the symposium. Please therefore visit our very brief survey before 31 August 2026 to indicate how you would prefer to participate (onsite or online). In September 2026 we will decide how to proceed and inform of the participation options. For information on keynote speakers, accommodation options in Lahti, and other news in the run-up to the event, we will update the blog in the main menu.
Lahti Lakes has served as an important forum for discussions on lake restoration since its inception, and has yielded important contributions to the literature. The 2018 edition led to a special issue in Hydrobiologia; the online 2021 edition inspired the award-winning publication “Sustainable lake restoration; From challenges to solutions” in WIREs Water, and the 2024 edition was the stimulus for the STOTEN paper “Towards sustainable lake restoration“. We hope the 2027 edition will yield similar important outputs!
For information on previous symposia, please see below.
Participants of Lahti Lakes 2024 on the shore of Lake Vesijärvi
Panel discussion at Videomakers studio during day 2 of Lahti Lakes 2021
Participants of Lahti Lakes 2018 during a session break in the Sibelius Hall
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