Biogeosciences Calendar

Meetings and Events

September 2009

1-5 September 2009, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB 2009): ECCB 2009 with it’s theme: Conservation biology and beyond – from science to practice“ welcomes biologists, practitioners, consultants, policy makers, social scientists, teachers, student and other professionals to discuss latest results, and also to design new strategies in policy formation and effective practice. The congress will provide unique opportunities for exchange and networking. Call for abstracts is open from October 01, 2008 to January 31, 2009.

December 2008

1-5 December 2008, University of California, Irvine, California, USA International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management Responses: Global changes—such as population growth, climate variability, and expanding urbanization, often combined with pollution—severely affect water availability and lead to chronic water shortage in a growing number of regions. It is estimated that within 25 years two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants will live in countries with serious water problems. This conference aims to bring together leading water management and climate change experts, scientists and engineers, policy-makers, lawyers and economists, and executives of water services of local and regional authorities to solve global water issues that we face in the future.
2-5 December 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 2008 NGWA Ground Water Expo: Come join your fellow ground water professionals for the 2008 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting taking place December 2-5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year's event should be an extra special one as the National Ground Water Association is celebrating its 60th anniversary as well as the International Year of Planet Earth! The Expo will offer an unparalleled educational program, an exhibit hall showcasing the latest in equipment and technological innovations, a multitude of networking opportunities, and much more.
14-17 December 2008, Djibouti, République de Djibouti International Symposium in Hydrogeology (SIHD): Includes themes such as: Volcanic rocks hydrogeology, Prospection of volcanic aquifers, Groundwater Recharge, Natural environment, water resources uses and vulnerability, Modeling of volcanic aquifers, Geothermal reservoirs in volcanic medium, Sustainable development of groundwater, Water policies and institutional issues. 01 July 2008 : Opening registration and online payment. 30 July 2008 : Abstracts' submission deadline. End of October : Articles' submission deadline.
15-19 December 2008, San Fransisco, California, USA American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting: The Fall Meeting is expected to draw a crowd of over 15,000 geophysicists from around the world. There will be two sessions that directly apply to biogeosciences; entitled B05: Peat Soils: Natural Archives of Information on Sea-level Rise, Landscape Evolution, and Anthropogenic Disturbance and B23: Environmental and Ecological Consequences of Deploying Second Generation Biofuels on the Landscape. You are encouraged to submit an abstract to either session (Online Submission Deadline - 10 September 2008). With your participation, both should be exciting and highly visible sessions.

November 2008

October 2008

5-9 October 2008, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA 2008 Joint Annual Meeting: The International Year of Planet Earth: Come to the annual j oint meeting between The Geological Society of America (GSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM (GCAGS), hosted by the Houston Geological Society (HGS). Our vision is to highlight and stimulate discussions in areas of common interest across the diversity of disciplines and organizations represented. Shared involvement in Energy, Water Resources, Education, and Earth Systems, to name a few, will foster a program comprised of thousands of scientific papers, hundreds of exhibits, and a myriad of distinguished lectures and special events, to engage students and professionals across the earth sciences and in every employment sector.
8-10 October 2008, Athens, Greece 8th International Hydrogeological Congress of Greece & 3rd Workshop on Fissured Rocks Hydrology: The goal of the congress is the presentation and development of opinions and solutions of the contemporary Hydrogeologic problems in connection with the promotion of knowledge and science. Special care will be paid to Water and Environment in general, as well as Fissured Rocks Hydrology. These rocks constitute the last “solution in search of underground water” for many areas, nationally and internationally.
13-16 October 2008, Portland, Maine, USA AGU Chapman Conference on Biogeophysics: “Biogeophysics” is a rapidly evolving Earth science discipline concerned with the geophysical signatures of (1) microbial cells themselves in the Earth, (2) the interaction between microorganisms and subsurface geologic media, and (3) alteration of the physical properties of geologic media as a result of microbial activity. It is a new interdisciplinary field of research that spans established disciplines of Environmental Microbiology, Geomicrobiology, and Geophysics.
20-23 October 2008, The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada The Geoscience of Climate Change: The conference will consist of two and one half days of invited oral presentations. Additional presentations by poster-display are to be solicited from the geoscience community. The conference will conclude with a one-day field trip to examine the record of Holocene climate change in the Banff-Calgary area. .
26-31 October 2008, Toyama City, Japan 36th Congress of IAH; Integrating Groundwater Science and Human Well-Being: The main theme of the Congress in 2008 is "Integrating groundwater science and human well-being˜. This is based on the idea that we, the experts have to deepen our understanding on groundwater by integrating many issues concerning groundwater such as disasters, climate changes, groundwater management and ecosystems. Then, we have to help disseminate the correct scientific knowledge on groundwater issues to people from all walks of life, especially government officers, citizens and children through dialogues with them, which we believe will lead to increased recognition of the value of groundwater to all human and wildlife on the globe and eventually enhance human well-being.

September 2008

8-10 September 2008, Brisbane, Australia 9th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy - ICAM 2008: Attend the ICAM committee's quadrennial event to review the progress and discuss the future of applied mineralogy. Scientist and engineers join together to develop new tools and methods to help the mining industry to recover more valuables, to reduce operational and capital costs, and to minimize environmental and social impact. The main theme of this Congress is“Automating Quantitative Mineralogy”, which is appropriate because Brisbane is the world-wide focus of automated mineralogy with the two suppliers of the technology based in this city.
The Program
If you are interested in participating in this event as an author, delegate, sponsor or exhibition or would like to suggest themes you would like covered in the Congress Program, please complete the online Expression of Interest form. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
8-11 September 2008, North Wales, United Kingdom 13th Biennial Challenger Special Interest Group Meeting: Biogeochemistry and Biophysical Interactions in the Oceans: This year, a Challenger joint SIG meeting for Advances in Biogeochemistry / Biophysical Interactions will be held in North Wales, UK, hosted by the Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute at Bangor University. Broad themes for the meeting include: Ocean atmosphere interactions and biogeochemical cycling; Observing and modelling the oceans; The oceans in past and future climate change; and Biological, physical and chemical processes and interactions. The meeting will also include workshops in topics such as: Why We Need a Marine Science Strategy; Advances during IPY and future challenges for early career scientists; and Communicating research and education at the European level: The role of the EFMS.
10-11 September 2008, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Environmental Information Management 2008: This conference is intended to bring together informatics practitioners, developers and environmental scientists interested in technologies that enable data collection, description, curation, discovery, access, integration and analysis in all disciplines of environmental research. It provides a forum to build partnerships, explore solutions to the common challenges faced by environmental observatories, and to present advances in community standards, practical system design, implementation and assessment. Share your experiences and knowledge both informally and formally with an oral presentation that will be published in the Conference Proceedings, or a poster or a demonstration of new developments. Provide input to the discussion of future meeting venues and formats.
20-24 September 2008, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 3rd International Professional Geologic Conference: The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) and the Arizona Hydrological Society (AHS) are hosting their Annual Meetings in conjunction with the 3rd International Professional Geology Conference (3rd IPGC) at the High Country Conference Center at the Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the Radisson Hotel in Flagstaff, Arizona. The conference will focus on the many contirbutions geoscientist make to the well being of the world. Geoscientists are a diverse community of professionals that work to uncover and discover the resources needed to sustain and enhance life and that contribute greatly to each nation’s economy, environment, public health and welfare.
22-24 September 2008, Florence, Italy GeoMod2008: The GeoMod2008 represents a follow-up of the two successful geological modelling meetings held in Milan (RealMod2002) and Lucerne (GeoMod2004). The conference will offer the opportunity to present and discuss the latest research results, and aims to bring together researchers from universities and industries who deal with analogue and/or numerical modelling. Particularly welcome are contributions entailing a strong interaction between modelling results and geological data from real-world case studies.

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