Our workgroup is part of the Centre of Excellence EcolChange and on 12th November many of us participated in the EcolChange PhD conference. This time, the conference was organised by PhD students and was targeted mainly for doctoral students and junior researchers. There was a general introduction by the heads of the centre (including Meelis) highlighting the activities of 2018/2019 academic year. This was followed by some great workshops on Big Data (organised by Madli), science communication and global change.