European Union of Aquarium Curators

EUAC Conference 2025 will be hosted by Istanbul Akvaryum from the 6th until the 10th of October 2025.

On the 6th of October the conference will open with an icebreaker before the actual conference will take place from the 7th until the 10th of October.  The gala dinner will take place on the thursday night. 

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Package A: Conference only registration which includes:  Conference Registration, Icebreaker Session, Conference Participation, Lunch and Coffee Breaks, Gala Dinner.  Early bird price for EUAC members € 555 euro and € 720 for non EUAC members

Package B: conference and social package which includes:  Conference Registration,  Icebreaker Session, Conference Participation, Lunch and Coffee Breaks, Gala Dinner, Social Events:  – City Tour  – Bosphorus Boat Tour (includes dinner)  – Hagia Sophia Visit  – Şerefiye Historic Cistern (includes dinner).  Saturday Daroca Zoo and Emaar Sky View (including lunch).  price for EUAC members € 730 and € 895 for non EUAC members.  

Package C: Conference and accommodation package. This package includes: Conference Registration, Icebreaker Session, Conference Participation, Lunch and Coffee Breaks, Gala Dinner,  Accommodation will be provided at the Crowne Plaza Istanbul Florya Hotel, which also serves as the conference venue. This package includes a single room and breakfast, from Monday through Friday.  Early bird fee for EUAC members is € 1115 and  € 1280 for non EUAC members. 

Package D: Conference, accomodation and social package. This package includes:  Conference Registration, Icebreaker Session, Conference Participatio,  Lunch and Coffee Breaks,  Gala Dinner, Accommodation will be provided at the Crowne Plaza Istanbul Florya Hotel, which also serves as the conference venue. This package includes a single room and breakfast, from Monday through Friday. Social Events:  – City Tour  – Bosphorus Boat Tour (includes dinner)  – Hagia Sophia Visit  – Şerefiye Historic Cistern (includes dinner). Saturday Daroca Zoo and Emaar Sky View (including lunch). Please be aware that the friday to saturday night is not included in this package.  The early bird price for EUAC members is € 1290 and € 1455 for non EUAC members. 

Other acocmodation information can be found here. If you need to book additional nights for yourself in the conference hotel please contact euacorg@istanbulakvaryum.com

For questions please contact Lauren (lauren.florisson@eaza.net) and for exhibit questions please contact Stefan (stefan.inselmann@aqua-sander.de)

Registration will close on the 2 of October 2025.

Programme and abstract booklet

The detailed programm and the booklet can be found here. 

Practical information for all conference participants

The conference will take place at the Crowne Plaza İstanbul Florya from Tuesday the 7th until Friday the 10th. Registration desks will be open from 8 am onwards in the hotel to collect your badge. 

The Gala dinner will also take place at the Crowne Plaza İstanbul Florya.

The icebreaker on Monday will be at Istanbul Aquarium starting at 19.00. There will be a registration desk will be open from 2 pm onwards so you can collect your badge and enjoy a visit to the aquarium. There will be someone tat can direct you to the aquarium from the conference hotel - it is about a 2 minute walk. 

There will also be behind the scenes tours of the aquarium taking place during the lunch breaks on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Friday after the conference. Sign up will be provided on the day.

Practical information for people that booked package D or Package B - social package

On Monday the 6th of October there will be a city tour. The city tour will depart at 14.00 and please be at the main entrance of the hotel 15 minutes beforehand so 13.45. 

 For transport information or information about the venue please click here.

Workshop

Marine Teleost TAG - Eggspedition workshop taking place on the 6th of October in Istanbul. 

Practical information: Please meet in front of the aquarium at 9.45 on the 6th of October 2025. 

The workshop is organised by the Eggspedition Europe Working Group, a subgroup of the Marine Teleost TAG. The presenter is Sander van Lopik from the RoffaReefs Program at Rotterdam Zoo. The workshop aims to promote sustainable marine teleost breeding in European public aquariums by advancing techniques for egg collection and identification, which are foundational for future conservation efforts. These methods are already in use in in-situ projects led by RoffaReefs, with initial ex-situ tests underway at several EUAC member aquariums. Registration is now closed