THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT invites you to par ticipate in the 8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Env ironment, Climate Change Science and Solutions to develop comprehensive strategies for protecting people and the planet against the threat of climate change.
REGISTRATION HAS OFFICIALLY OPENED! Register online before November 2 to receive the early registration rate! Visit www.NCSEonline.org/2008conference to register, view the conference agenda, get speaker bios, and get important information on travel and lodging.
January 16-18, 2008
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC
www.NCSEonline.org/2008conference
JOIN US in learning about solutions to climate change from leading experts and innovators such as:
Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation
Amb. Richard Benedick, President, National Council for Science and the Environment
Rev. Richard Cizek, Vice-President, National Association of Evangelicals
Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
Jae Edmonds, Laboratory Fellow and Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute at the University of Maryland College Park
Mohamed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, The UN Foundation and Chair emeritus, Global Environment Facility
Sarah James, Councilwoman, Gwitchin Steering Committee, Arctic Council
Abigail Kimbell, Chief, US Forest Service
Margaret Leinen, Chief Scientific Officer, Climos
Tom Lovejoy, President, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Bill McKibben, Founder, Step it Up
Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, The Climate Institute
Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)
Mark Myers, Director, US Geological Survey
James Rogers, Chairman, President & CEO, Duke Energy
Stephen Schneider, Climatologist, Professor, Stanford University
Peter Senge, Founding Chairperson, Society for Organizational Learning
Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The News Hour
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent, The Economist
Skill-building workshops, targeted breakout sessions, and plenary sessions will provide participants with an expansive understanding of climate change solutions=97and how we can achieve them. Visit the conference website to learn about our Showcase of Solutions Exhibition and Poster Session, and the many opportunities for participation!
Register Soon! Early registration ends November 2!
Questions? Call 202.530.5810 or email conference2008@ncseonline.org
Announcement: Calls for Workshop and Special Session Proposals Are Open
93rd ESA Annual Meeting
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 3 - 8, 2008
Call Open: September 20 November 30, 2007
You are cordially invited to submit a proposal for a Workshop or Special Session at the 93rd ESA Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held August 3- 8, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at The Midwest Airline Center.
Workshops are sessions intended to convey specific knowledge or skills; they are not intended for the presentation of research papers. Workshops are frequently more interactive and informal than sessions within the formal scientific program, and often involve extended discussion.
Special Sessions provide an opportunity for presentations or extended dialogue and exchanges beyond what is usually possible in the regular scientific sessions. Special Sessions do not conform to any single structure; they may, for example, involve one presenter, a series of lectures or a panel; a film, video or illustrated lecture; or a discussion.
For additional information regarding the criteria, the submission process, and the cancellation policy for Workshop and Special Session proposals, please consult the Call for Workshop Proposals and the Call for Special Session Proposals on the ESA Meeting website (http://esa.org/milwaukee/ ).
If you have any questions, please contact the ESA Program Chair, Louis Gross (gross@tiem.utk.edu ), or the Program Assistant, Aleta Wiley (aleta@esa.org )
This is a friendly reminder that if you would like to have your poster abstract considered for an oral presentation at the Ecological Genomics Symposium, the deadline for submission is Friday, September 28. Abstract submission guidelines for submitting your poster abstract online are available at: http://www.k-state.edu/ecogen/Posters-2007.htm
Please remember, too, that the deadline for discounted registration fees is Friday, September 28. After September 28, we will continue to welcome your registration to attend the 5th Annual Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes Symposium at a slightly higher cost.
The Symposium will begin on Friday evening, November 9, at 7:00 pm and conclude on Sunday, November 11, at noon. The Symposium site is the InterContinental Hotel in Kansas City on the beautiful Country Club Plaza. A brochure is available at our Symposium website, www.ksu.edu/ecogen/symp2007.html
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Andrew Clark, Cornell University
Genome-wide population genetic inference from 454 and Solexa sequence runs
Michael A. Herman, Kansas State University
Ecological genomics of nematode community responses: Model and non-model approaches
Stefan Jansson, Ume University, Sweden
Natural variation in Populus
Thomas E. Juenger, University of Texas at Austin
Natural variation in the physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana: The ecological genetics of drought adaptation and acclimation
James H. Marden, Penn State University
Functional genomics of a butterfly metapopulation: Genes that matter for population dynamics, life history traits, and spatial ecology
Therese Ann Markow, University of Arizona
Ecological genomics of cactophilic desert Drosophila
Jennifer B.H. Martiny, University of California, Irvine
The ecological significance of microbial genetic diversity
Mnica Medina, University of California, Merced
Coral reef health: Genomic approaches to the study of symbiosis, bleaching and disease
Nancy A. Moran, University of Arizona
The ecological genomics of symbiotic bacteria in insects
James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University
Genomic insight from among close bacterial relatives
If you have questions, please contact us at (785) 532-3482 or ecogen@ksu.edu . Additional information about this interdisciplinary research initiative is available at www.ksu.edu/ecogen
DEADLINES:
9/28/07 Poster Abstracts are due
(https://www.dce.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/conf/eco_proposal.cgi )
9/28/07 Early Registration
(https://outreach.ksu.edu )
10/10/07 Hotel Reservations
(Select Reserve Hotel link on www.ksu.edu/ecogen/symp2007.html )
Funding for this symposium is provided by Kansas State University.
Ecological Genomics Institute Project Directors:
Dr. Loretta Johnson and Dr. Michael Herman
Doris Merrill, Program Coordinator
Ecological Genomics Institute
Kansas State University, Division of Biology
116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901
(785) 532-3482, dmerrill@ksu.edu
www.ksu.edu/ecogen
Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes and Vegetation Biophysical Properties
Special Paper Session for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
April 15-19, Boston, Massachusetts
The estimation of carbon fluxes between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere has important scientific and political implications. Remote sensing has proven a valuable tool for directly or indirectly estimating terrestrial carbon fluxes at landscape, regional, continental, and global scales. Remote sensing is also effective in estimating vegetation biophysical properties including vegetation biomass, leaf area index (LAI), fractional vegetation cover, and phenology that are explicitly used for estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes in empirical approaches or process-based biogeochemistry models.
This session will focus on the use of remote sensing data and techniques for estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes and vegetation biophysical properties at various spatial and temporal scales. This session will include, but not limited to, the following topics:
(1) Scaling-up site-level measurements on ecosystem carbon fluxes (e.g., eddy covariance measurements) to regional or continental scales using remote sensing data;
(2) Quantifying ecosystem carbon fluxes at landscape, regional, or continental scales using remote sensing data and techniques;
(3) Detecting land use/land cover change, disturbances (e.g., fires, and insect defoliation), and extreme climate events (e.g., droughts) and understanding their impacts on regional carbon budgets by combining remote sensing and other techniques;
(4) Estimating vegetation biophysical properties including vegetation biomass, LAI, fractional vegetation cover, and vegetation phenology at landscape, regional, or continental scales using optical or microwave remote sensing.
We also encourage submissions simulating ecosystem carbon fluxes at regional or continental scales using empirical or biogeochemistry models driven by remote sensing data (e.g., vegetation indices, LAI, vegetation phenology).
Abstract submission details are available at the AAG website (http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/papers.htm ). If you are interested in participating in this special session, please submit your abstract through the online submission system by October 31, 2007. After you submit you abstract, please send me an email containing: (1) Your name, affiliation, presentation title, and abstract; (2) The PIN number assigned to you by the online submission system.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions for the special session or the abstract submission procedures.
Dr. Jingfeng Xiao
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Purdue University
CIVIL 550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
Tel: (765) 496-8678; Fax: (765) 496-1210
Email: jing@purdue.edu
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~xiao3
10 to 12 December 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Website: http://www.sntt.or.jp
Contact name: The Society of Non-Traditional Technology
Themes on the development of various eco-balance associated methods and practice toward eco- innovation will be given priority in this year's conference, studies relating to those issues are particularly welcome.
Organized by: The Institute for Life Cycle Assessment, JAPAN
6 to 10 July 2008
Istanbul, Turkey
Website: http://www.gcgw.org
Contact name: Dr. Ibrahim Dincer
The primary themes of the conference are global warming and climate change, not only in engineering and science but also in all other disciplines ( e.g. ecology, education, social sciences, economics, management, political sciences, and info
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 December 2007
Conference Topics The primary themes of the conference are global warming and climate change, not only in engineering and science but also in all other disciplines (e.g. ecology, education, social sciences, economics, management, political sciences, and information technology). It covers a broad range of topics on energy and environment policies, energy resources, energy conversion technologies, energy management and conservation, energy security, renewables, green technologies, emission reduction and abatement, carbon tax, sustainable development, pollution control and measures, policy development, etc. Therefore, papers on related topics are solicited from all relevant disciplinary areas, ranging from current problems, projections, new concepts, modeling, experiments and measurements, to simulations. The topical areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Acid precipitation
- Aerosols
- Atmospheric changes
- Biofuels and alternatives
- Carbon sequestration
- Carbon tax
- Clean technologies
- Climate change and heath issues
- Climate change modeling and simulations
- Climate networks (oceans, regions, forests, etc.)
- Climatic events
- Coupled ocean-atmosphere system
- Deforestation
- Earth sciences
- Ecology
- Ecosystem and biodiversity
- Energy policies and strategies
- Energy quality and security
- Energy technologies
- Engineering tools
- Environment policies and strategies
- Environment quality and security
- Environment technologies
- Environmental education and training
- Exergy
- Food and agriculture
- Forestry
- Global earth observations
- Global economics
- Global environment
- Global policies
- Global warming modeling and simulations
- Green design and manufacturing
- Green energy
- Greenhouse gases
- Heath issues
- Hurricanes and catastrophic events
- Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
- Hydrological cycles
- Information technology
- Measurement techniques and data management
- Nuclear energy and technologies
- Oceans and global warming
- Policy and strategy development
- Renewables
- Smog
- Solid and municipal wastes
- Space and atmospheric applications
- Stratospheric ozone depletion
- Sustainable development
- Sustainable environment and health
- Thermal pollution
- Urban and regional planning
- Volcanoes and volcanic events
- Waste management
- Water and water issues
- Weather forecasts and scenarios
For general and technical inquiries, and abstract submission, please contact: Dr. Ibrahim Dincer Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada
E-mail: Ibrahim.Dincer@uoit.ca
Conference Website: www.gcgw.org
Conference E-mail: info@gcgw.org or Professor T.H. Karakoc School of Civil Aviation
Anadolu University
26470 Eskisehir, Turkey Tel: 90 (222) 335-0580x6845
Cell: 90 (532) 611-1658
Fax: 90 (222) 322-5358
E-mail: hkarakoc@anadolu.edu.tr Conference Website: www.gcgw.org
Conference E-mail: info@gcgw.org | Professor A. Hepbasli Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ege University
35100 Izmir, Turkey Tel: 90 (232) 388-4000x5124
Cell: 90 (532) 423-3946
Fax: 90 (232) 388-8562
E-mail: arif.hepbasli@ege.edu.tr Conference Website: www.gcgw.org
Conference E-mail: info@gcgw.org | Dr. A. Midilli Department of Mechanical Engineering
Nigde University
51200 Nigde, Turkey Tel: 90 (388) 2252255
Cell: 90 (538) 318-2307
Fax: 90 (388) 2250112
E-mail: midilli@nigde.edu.tr Conference Website: www.gcgw.org
Conference E-mail: info@gcgw.org |
26 to 27 February 2008
London, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/carbon/
Contact name: Rory McNeil
Provides a platform for participants to discuss the financial and practical implications of the carbon trading market as well as shed new light on the ways in which individuals and companies intend to react to these changing time.
Organized by: The Institute of Economic Affairs
As an established name in the sector, through the success of our series of conferences which include Energy: Challenges Across Europe and The Future of Utilities, The Future of the Carbon Market is a welcome addition to an industry where regulatory and economic developments are driving change. The Future of the Carbon Market comes at a crucial time for all participants with an interested in carbon as they prepare for Phase II of the EU ETS and its increasingly stringent emissions cap. Market liquidity and the price of carbon are of key concern as businesses adapt to the new regime and take long-term strategic decisions. In addition, they must also deal with regulatory uncertainty as political leaders debate the extension of the Kyoto Protocol and the EU ETS beyond 2012. This conference will provide a platform for participants to discuss and debate the financial and practical implications of the carbon trading market as well as shed new light on the ways in which individuals and companies intend to react to these changing times. Speakers already confirmed include: - David Hone, Group Climate Change Adviser, Shell International
- John McElroy, Head of Environmental Strategy, RWE npower
- Ian Rodgers, Director, UK Steel
- Tore Jensen, Vice President, SHEQ and Stewardship, Yara International
- Patrick Birley, Chief Executive Officer, European Climate Exchange
- Edwin Aalders, Director, IETA
- Dr William Kyte OBE, Head of Sustainable Development, E.ON
- Jim Rushworth, National Energy Manager, Lafarge Cement
- Andy Kershaw, Climate Change Manager, British Airways
- Lesley Worswick, Policy Advisor, Industry Regulation, Environment Agency
- Paul Gardiner, Purchasing Business Manager, British Sugar
28 to 29 January 2008
Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Website: http://www.en.kku.ac.th/tisd2008/
Contact name: Ladda Tanwanichkul
Call for papers (International) The Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Conference, also referred to as the TISD conference, is hosted every two years by the Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Both national and international session are organized in TISD2008. The conference attracts numerous researchers and practitioners from the academic, public and private sectors. In addition to the official program, there are plenty of opportunities for informal discussions. TISD provides an excellent opportunity for active and dynamic science and engineering researchers to exchange and disseminate new knowledge, research experiences and professional expertise, and create linkages among the participants for mutual benefits.
The 2nd Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Conference will be held in Khon Kaen, Thailand from January 28th to January 29th, 2008
The TISD committee's mission is to enhance sustainable development of the nations in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) which largely relies on the advancement of various science, engineering, and technology disciplines. It is imperative that technology and innovation of these disciplines should be in close interrelationship with the concept of sustainable development and simultaneously retain good quality of life and friendly environment. The academic accomplishment, professional expertise, and efficient applications of advanced technologies and innovation greatly play important roles in economic and social development of Thailand and other GMS countries  Download Call for Papers
Download 2nd Call for Papers
Organized by: Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 October 2007
15 to 17 November 2007
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Website: http://www.xidas.in
Contact name: Dr. Sebasti L. Raj, SJ or Fr. Sebastian Lakra SJ
To examine in-depth the advantages and constraints of organic farming for promoting sustainable development and analyze different methods and mechanism used for production, marketing, etc. Organized by: Xavier Institute of Development (XIDAS), Jabalpur
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1 October 2007
Details (word file): National Seminar on Organic Farming for Sustainable Development
7 to 8 November 2007
Bangkok, Thailand
Website: http://www.asiangrowth2007.com
Contact name: Robert Taylor
The Asian Growth : The Next Steps Conference will address many of the issues that face people doing business in Asia today.
This opportunely timed conference will bring together a mix of international delegates, speakers and panel members to cover many topical issues from many different viewpoints. This will not be a Conference that dwells on the past but looks to how Asia is placed to move forward.
By combining the 17th Australia-Thailand Joint Conference and the 2nd AustCham Regional Business Conference delegates have the opportunity to attend two Conferences in one.
The comprehensive program will be available shortly but will include a mix of plenary sessions, keynote speakers and breakout groups and importantly for many delegates there will be plenty of networking time, including at the monthly AustCham Sundowners.
The support of our business partners and supporters means that the cost of attending the conference will be excellent value. To be held at the InterContinental Hotel, Bangkok , Thailand. Jointly hosted byAustralia Thailand Business Council (ATBC) Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (AustCham Thailand) Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC)
25 to 26 October 2007
Bucharest, Romania
Website: http://www.iaim.ro/en/esreeua/
Contact name: Prof. dr. Arch. Cristina Ochinciuc
General Information Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics
National Institute for Building Research INCERC, Bucharest
University of Petrosani
Building Design, Research and Software Institute IPCT, Bucharest
Geomedia Centre, University of Bucharest
are organising a two-day event for all European Schools of Architecture and Universities Research Centre to Develop Energy Technologies that are Sustainable and Affordable. During this century, renewable energy will become increasingly important to meet our growing energy needs, ensure a clean environment, and help the security of the free world. Education will be a fundamental part of this development. We hope that during this European symposium, the most notable projects from various countries and European School of Architecture in the field of energy efficiency, solar energy, wind, water, biomass and geothermal energy will be presented. There will be a solid program of presentations, panel discussions, papers and other informative sessions on renewable energy education
The Governing Board of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) invites proposals for the first ESA Millennium Conference. The new Millennium Conference Series provides ESA members the opportunity to organize special conferences highlighting emerging, exciting ideas in ecology with the endorsement and support of the Society.
The target date for this first Millennium Conference is early 2009, with subsequent conferences annually thereafter.
Millennium Conferences will typically last 3 to 5 days and may include plenary sessions, parallel presentation sessions, posters, and workshop style discussions. The target number of participants should be 60 to 100, including 15 to 20 graduate students. Each conference will be expected to produce at least one peer-reviewed publication, and additional products intended for policy or educational use should be strongly considered.
Approved conferences will receive logistical support from ESA Headquarters, and the Governing Board has committed $50,000 from the Millennium Fund to support the first conference.
The Millennium Series is intended to address high-visibility issues of wide interest in the science community. Organizers are encouraged to work across disciplinary boundaries, engage compelling speakers, and produce high-quality publications.
To submit a proposal, review the Call for Proposals on-line at www.esa.org/millenniumconf and send your proposal to millenniumconf@esa.org BY OCTOBER 31, 2007. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the President of ESA and decisions will be announced by December 21, 2007.
For further information, contact Aleta Wiley, ESA Program Assistant, at aleta@esa.org
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRIDESCENCE
The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University is pleased to announce an integrative 4-day conference on iridescent colors in nature, entitled '*Iridescence: More than Meets the Eye'. This *is a graduate student initiated and organized conference that aims to connect diverse groups of researchers to catalyze cross-disciplinary discussions on iridescent coloration in nature, identify new avenues of research, and explore the potential for iridescence to provide novel insights in fields as divergent as materials science, sexual selection and primary science education. We invite you to join us for this exciting event.
Conference program:
Each day of the conference will involve talks from invited speakers (see list below), oral and poster presentations from conference participants, and discussions centered on the four broad topics listed below.
Day 1: Mechanisms and Measurement
Day 2: Development
Day 3: Evolution
Day 4: Education and Outreach
We are pleased to announce that the following invited speakers have confirmed their participation: Dr. Stephanie Doucet, Dr. Helen Ghiradella, Dr. Roger Hanlon, Dr. Darrell Kemp, Dr. Kevin McGraw, Dr. Daniel Osorio, Dr. Richard Prum, Dr. Ronald Rutowski, Dr. Matthew Shawkey, Dr. Mohan Srinivasarao, Dr. Doekele Stavenga, Dr. Peter Vukusic
Conference dates: February 6-9th, 2008
Student travel grant deadline: October 19th, 2007
Abstract submission deadline: October 26th, 2007
Early registration is FREE and will be available until November 16th, 2007.
Late registration ($50 fee) will run from November 17th through February 6th .
For more information, please visit our website:
http://sols.asu.edu/rti/frontiers/iridescence
Feel free to contact the conference organizers with any questions at
animalcoloration@gmail.com or contact Lisa Taylor directly at
Lisa.A.Taylor@asu.edu or (480) 965-2593.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Plant & Animal Genome XVI Conference
You are invited to attend the Plant & Animal Genome XVI Conference (PAG-XVI), January 12-16, 2008 taking place at the Town & Country Convention Center in San Diego, California. This is a call for abstracts and pre-registration.
Everyone who submits an abstract is required to pay the registration fee prior to the meeting to be included in the Final Abstract Guide and posted on the website. You must be registered by December 1, or your abstract will NOT be printed or posted on the website.
A new 40,000 sq. ft. Grand Exhibit Hall will be available for posters, exhibits, and coffee breaks; it's connected to the Atlas Foyer.
Don't forget to check out the Travel Grant Applications; the deadlines are closing soon.
The meeting will again offer the satellite sessions and workshops which took place at Plant & Animal Genome XV. There will be over 100 technical, industry, and computer training workshops. The meeting draft for PAG-XVI and abstracts from PG-I through PAG-XV are available on the PAG website at: http://intl-pag.org . We again will try to have no evening workshops past 7:30 PM, allowing for more social time at night.
We are requesting that all abstracts be submitted electronically. Point your browser to the address below and click on the "Abstracts Submission" link when ready to submit your abstract at:
http://intl-pag.org
Due to severe delays in getting VISAs to enter the US, we recommend that you plan ahead and begin the process now. DO NOT WAIT. See the information link at the web site as updates are provided.
All researchers presenting posters must pre-register for the meeting to have their abstract printed in the final meeting program. The abstract deadline is Friday, October 5, 2007. Registration is available via the internet using our secure on-line registration form. The pre-registration deadline for the reduced fee of $525 (non-profit/univ/gov't)/$725 (industry) is November 1, 2007. After November 1, the late registration fee of $625 (non-profit/univ/gov't)/$825 (industry) applies (postmarked date will be used for all deadlines). The On-site fee will be an additional $100 added to the late registration fee. The pre-registration fee for students will be $325, after November 1 the late registration fee of $375 applies and the on-site rate will be an additional $50. The pre-registration fee for the Weekend Only (SAT/SUN) will be $350, after November 1 the late registration fee of $400 applies and the on-site rate will be an additional $50.
All questions regarding Plant & Animal Genome XVI should be directed to Scherago Int'l at Tel: 201-653-4777 ext. 20, Fax: 201-653-5705 or Email: pag@scherago.com
Darrin Scherago - VP, Meeting Manager
Scherago International, Inc.
525 Washington Blvd., Suite 3310, Jersy City, NJ 07310
We would like to invite you to participate in Mini-Symposium 20, "Modeling concepts & processes on coral reefs", being held at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008.
The 11th ICRS science program will address scientific questions within the framework of a series of Mini-Symposia developed to address problems and issues on contemporary coral reefs and assist management to sustain future reefs. The complete list of mini-symposia is available at http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/scientificprogram.html .
The central theme for the 11th ICRS is "REEFS FOR THE FUTURE." The Symposium goals are to provide a scientific basis for coral-reef ecosystem management by articulating the state of the science with respect to current and emerging stressors; improve the understanding of reef condition, function, and productivity; and grow the fields of coral-reef ecosystem science, conservation, and multidisciplinary research by facilitating the exchange of ideas.
Key topics and questions for the "Modeling concepts & processes on coral reefs" session include, but are not limited to
1) What are the key biophysical and socioeconomic processes that can effectively predict trajectories of decline, stasis, or recovery of coral reefs?
2) How can biophysical and socio-economic processes be coupled to model the future of reefs?
3) What conceptual, qualitative, analytical, or numerical models are currently available to link improved coastal management with changes in coral reefs?
4) What are the trade-offs between simpler and more complex (e.g., data rich) models and algorithms for better understanding of key ecological processes and for applications to conservation planning?
Details of the conference can be found at http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/ . The deadline for abstract submission is 15 November 2007, and abstracts must be submitted to http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/abstracts.html . Authors wishing to present in this session should select Mini-Symposium 20. Oral presentations (one per person) will then be selected by the session chairs based on merit and relevance and will be as inclusive as possible, spanning participants from new students to established researchers.
Please feel free to forward this message on to others, and if you have any questions about this mini-symposium, please contact one of the organizers:
Carrie Kappel
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
(kappel@nceas.ucsb.edu )
Dan Brumbaugh
American Museum of Natural History, Center for Biodiversity & Conservation
(brumba@amnh.org )
Kenny Broad
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
(kbroad@rsmas.miami.edu )
Seventh IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM'07)
Embassy Suites Hotel, Omaha, NE, USA
October 28-31, 2007
http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/icdm2007/
Sponsored by:
Microsoft adCenter Labs
First National Bank of Omaha
The University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Center on Fictitious Economy &
Data Science
Mutual of Omaha
Thomson
The Peter Kiewit Institute
IBM Research
IEEE
IEEE Computer Society
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
InTheDetails Events & Marketing
Websplashes Website Development
================= HIGHLIGHTS =========================
* 101 research track papers selected from 530 submissions
* 11 workshops
* 3 invited talks
* 4 tutorials
* panel on mining for web search and its future
All main conference and workshop proceedings will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press, now indexed by EI.
Best paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors of
(1) the best research paper and (2) the best application paper.
***********************************************
On-line registration (and more information) at http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/icdm2007/register/
Regular registration covers all the events of ICDM'07 during the four conference days including workshops and tutorials, and covers proceedings for the conference and the workshops.
************************************************
KEYNOTE TALKS
+++++++++++++
Prof. Joseph M. Hellerstein, UC Berkeley "Bricolage: Data at Play"
Prof. Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand "Learning from Society"
Dr. Tamara Kolda, Sandia National Labs "Tensor Decompositions and Data Mining"
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Tutorials include:
"Detecting Clusters in Moderate-to-High Dimensional Data: Subspace
Clustering, Pattern-based Clustering, and Correlation Clustering"
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peer Kroeger, and Arthur Zimek
Institute for Informatics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
"Mining for Software Reliability"
Chao Liu (Yahoo! Research), Tao Xie (North Carolina State University), and Jiawei Han (UIUC)
"Contrast Data Mining: Methods and Applications"
James Bailey (University of Melbourne) and Guozhu Dong (Wright State University)
"Practical Relational Data Community Generation"
Bo Long and Zhongfei Zhang (SUNY Binghamton),
and Philip Yu (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
The workshops include:
Data Mining in Web 2.0 Environments
KDM: Knowledge Discovery from Multimedia Data and Multimedia Applications
ICDM Workshop on Mining and Management of Biological Data
Data Mining in Medicine
Optimization-based Data Mining Techniques with Applications
Workshop on High Performance Data Mining
Workshop on Mining Graphs and Complex Structures
Data Mining on Uncertain Data
Workshop on Data Streaming Mining and Management
Workshop on Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data Mining
Workshop on Privacy Aspects of Data Mining
SOCIAL PROGRAM
+++++++++++++++
ICDM'07 offers an exciting social program, including the conference welcome reception, outdoor activities at the world-class Henry Doorly Zoo, and the conference banquet at the state-of-art building of The Peter Kiewit Institute. The conference will be held in the Embassy Suites Hotel, which is located in the heart of the historic Old Market restaurant, entertainment and shopping district, within walking distance of downtown Omaha and the Qwest Center / Arena, and only ten-minute drive from the airport and the Henry Doorly Zoo. More information about attractions is available from the conference webpage: http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/icdm2007/
--------------
*** Contact Information ***
For further registration information, see: http://www.ist.unomaha.edu/icdm2007/attendees/register.php or contact the registration chair:
Parvathi Chundi
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182-0500 USA
pchundi@mail.unomaha.edu
---------------
Conference Co-chairs:
Yong Shi, University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA)/Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
Christopher W. Clifton, Purdue University (USA)
Program Committee Chairs:
Naren Ramakrishnan, Virginia Tech (USA)
Osmar Zaiane, University of Alberta (Canada)
Workshop Chairs:
Qiuming Zhu, University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA)
Anthony K.H. Tung, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Tutorials Chair:
Jian Pei, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Panels Chair:
Geoffrey I. Webb, Monash Uiversity (Australia)
ICDM Data Mining Contest Chairs:
Chris Ding, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)
Gang Kou, Thomson Corporation (USA)
Qiang Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
ICDM Steering Committee Chair:
Xindong Wu, University of Vermont, USA
In silico Biology: Gene Discovery and Systems Genomics Atlanta, Georgia, November 15-17, 2007
10 year anniversary of the first Georgia Tech conference in Bioinformatics -- Gene Discovery in silico
This year, Georgia Tech continues the tradition of organizing bi-annual International Conference on Bioinformatics, bringing together leading, world-renowned researchers in genomics and bioinformatics to present recent advances in the field and to discuss open problems. We hope that these popular Georgia Tech meetings are serving well the interests of the dynamic and highly productive bioinformatics research community.
Important Dates
Conference dates: November 15 - 17, 2007
Deadline for abstract submission: September 30, 2007
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: October 7, 2007*
*All selected abstracts will be eligible for competing for the 2007 best poster award. The winner(s) will be announced at the banquet on November 17.
A limited number of travel awards will be provided to doctoral students selected for presenting posters. Deadline for travel award application: October 11, 2007 A travel award request should be sent to Dr. Lee: evakylee@isye.gatech.edu
Registration begins: August 20, 2007
Deadline for early registration: October 19, 2007
Conference Website
http://www2.isye.gatech.edu/binf2007/
CONFIRMED PLENARY SPEAKERS
Joel Bader, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jean-Michel Claverie, University of Mediterranee, Marseille, France
James Galagan, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
Roderic Guigo, IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
Artemis Hatzigeorgiou, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Minoru Kanehisa, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Anders Krogh, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hanna Margalit, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Andrei Mironov, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Steven Salzberg, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Alexander Souvorov, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Mario Stanke, University of Gettingen, Gettingen, Germany
Shamil Sunyaev, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Martin Tompa, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Olga Troyanskaya, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Martin Vingron, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
Zhiping Weng, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Soojin Yi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Mark Borodovsky, Georgia Tech and Emory University
Eva K. Lee, Georgia Tech and Emory University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Pierre Baldi, University of California in Irvine
David Bader, Georgia Tech
Andrey Gorin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
King Jordan, Georgia Tech
Michael Krauthammer, Yale University
Eberhard Voit, Georgia Tech and Emory University
Igor Zhulin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee
ADMINISTRATION
Harry Sharp, Georgia Tech
CONFERENCE LOCATION
The conference will be held at the Georgia Tech Global Learning & Conference
Center, located in Midtown Atlanta near the center of the 1996 Olympic
development, close to the Fox Theatre and Margaret Mitchell house.
Organized oral session on phenology
If you would be interested in participating in an organized oral session (see http://esa.org/milwaukee/oosp_call2008.php ) on phenology at next August's annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, please let me know. If there is enough interest, David Inouye and I will try to organize a session on the topic. Note that the theme of the meeting is Enhancing Ecological Thought by Linking Research and Education, and proposals (and talks) that relate to that theme are especially encouraged.
The ESA meeting will take place August 3-8, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For more information about the USA National Phenology Network, see http://www.usanpn.org/ and http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Geography/npn/ .
|
invitation.doc
