Conferences of interest to CAP/CCCC Last update: 4 February 2010
These upcoming conferences concern climate and climate change issues of interest to California Applications Program (CAP) and California Climate Change Center (CCCC) participants.
California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum -- 2010 Annual Meeting
22-24 February 2010
Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CaliforniaThe theme of the 2010 Annual Meeting is "Modeling in the Eye of the Storm". The program includes over 20 sessions on a wide variety of topics including Delta Solutions Modeling, Development Updates of CalSim3.0, and Water Management Responses to Climate Change, Delta Restoration and Drought.
To find out more information please visit:
http://www.cwemf.org/Please register by Friday, February 12, for the early registration discount.
MTNCLIM 2010
7-10 June 2010
Blue River, OregonThe MTNCLIM research conferences are sponsored by the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research on Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT), and are dedicated to mountain climate sciences and effects of climate variability on ecosystems, natural resources, and conservation in western North American mountains. MTNCLIM conferences feature invited and contributed talks, poster sessions, and working-group sessions. A post-conference workshop for natural-resource managers is held to address implications of climate variability and climate change in conservation and resource management. MTNCLIM convenes every two years. MTNCLIM 2010 will be held June 7-10, 2010 in Blue River, Oregon at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. The MTNCLIM conferences are intended for scientists, students, managers, policy makers and other professionals interested in mountain climate sciences, their effects on ecosystems, and interactions with resource management, conservation, policy, and society in western North America. Meetings are scheduled annually/biennially and rotate around western mountain regions. They are designed to communicate serious science in informal settings. We encourage presentation of work-in-progress, innovative directions, controversial topics, and especially encourage young scientists to offer abstracts.
To find out more information please visit:
http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/mtnclim/To register please visit: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/mtnclim/registration.shtml
Global Change and the World's Mountains
26-30 September 2010
Perth, ScotlandMountain areas occupy 24% of the Earth's land surface; they are home to 12% of the global population, and another 14% of the population live in their immediate proximity. Globally, mountain areas are vital sources of water for agricultural, industrial and domestic use. They include major centres of biodiversity, often coinciding with centres of cultural diversity where traditional ecological knowledge is maintained. In an urbanising world, mountain areas are key locations for tourism and recreation.
This onference aims to bring together leading scientists and others working in, and concerned with, mountain areas around the world in order to:
- 1) present, evaluate and synthesise progress in our understanding of global change in mountain regions since 2005;
- 2) evaluate progress with regard to the implementation and impacts of the GLOCHAMORE Research Strategy;
- 3) work proactively on a global agenda for research and action relating to global change and mountain regions, taking into consideration global assessment and policy processes, such as those relating to the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as the consideration of mountains by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in 2012, 20 years after the Rio Earth Summit.
To find out more information please visit:
http://www.perth.ac.uk/specialistcentres/cms/Conferences/Perth2010/Pages/default.aspx
Abstracts due 1 March 2010