Dates & location

Due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, increased health risk and limitations in international travel, 5th Rural Development Conference [RDC2021] has been moved to a virtual format. 

However, we are monitoring the situation closely and should the circumstances change and international travels resume we may offer the option for in-person attendance, switching to a hybrid format and giving the priority to already registered participants, as space will be limited and full safety protocol will be implemented.

Should this be the case, all conference sessions will still be streamed and accessible on the virtual conference platform as well, for an extended period of time in order to ensure fair and equal opportunity to all RDC2021 participants to access the presentations and participants in discussions and networking sessions. 

Other important dates:

Applications accepted starting from: 
​January 10th 2021
Deadline for proposals:​
June 20th 2021
Deadline for proceedings submissions*
​(*for accepted papers)
July 5th 2021