Meeting reports
The first meeting of biological science synthesis centres was held in France from 9 to 11 October 2013 at the home of CESAB, the Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity. The meeting, spearheaded by the trans-continental team of ACEAS (the Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis) and CESAB, brought together leaders of synthesis Centres from four continents: Europe (including the UK), Asia, North America and Australia.

The second meeting was held at sDiv in Leipzig, Germany in February 2015.

The third meeting was held at Powell Center in Fort Collins (CO), USA in September 2016.
