The 20th European Society for Vector Ecology Conference 2016 wants to draw attention to the impact and importance of vectors and vector-borne diseases on landscapes inhabited by human beings and how to make this paradigm most effective to benefit public health. Session subjects are: invasive species: ecology and their potential role as vectors, citizen science and social approaches on vector control, epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and their vectors, ecology and behaviour of vectors, emerging vector-borne diseases and risk assessment, vector-pathogens interactions, taxonomy, systematic and phylogeny of vectors, and advance technologies on vector control.