GLOBAL LAND PROJECT

Calendar of events 2009

January

• Vegetation productivity in drylands. Trends, Similarities, Differences, Causes & Research gaps
  Copenhagen, Denmark, January 12-14.
  GLP-IPO, in cooperation with the Department of Geography and Geology (DGG), plans to organize a small, intensive workshop which will explore the global patterns of change in vegetation productivity in drylands.Taking our point of departure in the observed global mega-trends in vegetation productivity of drylands over the last 25 years, as documented from time-series of NOAA AVHRR satellite images (GIMMS dataset), the workshop will look closer at: a) robustness and causal explanations of trends, b) the ability of models to reproduce the observed development, as well as c) perspectives for future directions of change in dryland productivity.
  
  For more information please see: GLP Dryland Workshop
  
  
• 5th Humboldt Conference: Climate Changes and African Earth Systems
  Cape Town, South Africa, January 12-16.
  
  For more information please see: 5th Humboldt Conference
  Or visit the website: 5th Humboldt Conference

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February

• Ecosystem services - building tools for policy and practice
  University of Liverpool, UK, February.
  The aim of this fifth seminar out of six is to understand how insights into the production of ecosystems good and services and their associated values at landscape scales can be used to manage multi-functional resource systems.
  
  For more information please see: FRESH Seminar five

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March

• PhD Course: Poverty, vulnerability and adaptation - Rural livelihood and land use responses to global change
  Copenhagen, Denmark, March 4-6.
  Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Global Land Project (GLP).
  
  For more information please see: PhD course
  
  
• Climate Change - Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions
  Copenhagen, March 10-12.
  International Scientific Congress on Climate Change. The Danish Government as host of the UN Conference on Climate Change - COP15 to be held in Copenhagen at the end of 2009 supports this Congress organised by IARU as part of the run-up to the COP15. The purpose of the conference is to try and capture some of the enormous research energy currently being devoted to the elucidation, mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
  
  For more information please see: Climate Change Conference
  
  
• Integrated Assessment of Agriculture and Sustainable Development - Setting the Agenda for Science and Policy
  Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, March 10-12.
  
  For more information please see: AgSAP conference or Flyer

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April

• 2009 annual conference of US-IALE: 'Coupling Humans and Complex Ecological Landscapes'
  Snowbird, Utah, USA, April 12-16.
  
  For more information please visit: USIALE



• Additional speakers for symposium 'Global Land Project symposium on agent-based modelling of land use effects on ecosystem processes and services' at the US-IALE conference.
  Gary Polhill and Alessandro Gimona from the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, UK, are organizing the symposium.
  
  For more information please see: GLP Symposium
  
  
• MRI Workshop on Global Change Research in Mountain Regions
  Vienna, Austria, April 18.
  MRI (Mountain Research Initiative) will host a workshop on global change research in mountain regions in Vienna on Saturday, 18 April, 2009, the day before the EGU meeting officially begins. The one-day free workshop brings together the key active researchers from around the world working on global change in mountain regions.
  
  For more information please see: MRI workshop
  
  
• SENSOR conference: 'User Forum for Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools Land Use Policy: Risk, Transparency and Integration'
  Brussels, Belgium, April 22-23.
  The EU Integrated Project SENSOR has developed a whole string of innovative Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools designed to measure future effects of land use policies in Agriculture, Forestry, Tourism, Nature Protection, Energy and Transport Infrastructure. Combining a ‘Science Day’ with a ‘Policy Day’, this conference seeks to demonstrate applications of tools and methods for two concrete policy cases: the EU Financial Reform and for the Bioenergy Case for EU27 in 2025. Throughout, current and potential users will stand central when examining questions of risk assessment, methodological transparency, as well as examples for integrated research.
  
  For details please see: SENSOR conference
  
  
• 7th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions Programme of Global Environmental Change (Open Meeting) - Social Challenges of Global Change
  Bonn, Germany, April 26-30.
  
  For more information please see: IHDP Open Meeting or contact the IHDP Secretariat at: openmeeting(at)ihdp.unu.edu.

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May

• 39th Biological Systems Simulation Group Conference
  The University of Georgia, Griffin, USA, May 11-13.
  The Biological Systems Simulation Group (BSSG) will sponsor its 39th conference. The BSSG has a long history of sponsoring conferences on systems analysis and crop modeling, ranging from gene-based and cellular models to landscape and regional models. The BSSG facilitates an informal exchange of information through oral and poster presentations and hands-on computer demonstrations. Summaries (1-2 pages) must be submitted in electronic format. The deadline for summary submissions is April 30, 2009.
  
  For more information please go to: BSSG conference
  
  
• Agent-based land market models workshop
  Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, May 29-31.
  The Aberdeen GLP nodal office on integration and modeling, and the US NSF-sponsored SLUCE 2 project will co-sponsor a small, interactive workshop on agent-based land market models, organized by Dawn Parker (GLP SSC), Tatiana Filatova, and Eleanor Milne (GLP Aberdeen).
  
  For more information please see: Modelling workshop
  
  

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June

• Frontier of Ecosystem Ecology in Northern Forest - GCOE-INeT International Summer School 2009
  Hokkaido University Sapporo campus and North Hokkaido Experimental Forests (Teshio, Nakagawa and Uryu Experimental Forests), Japan, June 14-20.
  Analysis of ecosystem processes with various spatial and temporal scales are essential to clarify the ecosystem functions and services under global climate changes, air pollution, land-use change and various disturbances. This summer school provides unique opportunities for Ph D students to learn research method in the field and to discuss the current findings and future directions for each research topic on ecosystem ecology.
  
  For more information: GCOE INeT Summer School
  For application form see Application form
  
  
• Vulnerability and Resilience of Land Systems in Asia
  Beijing, China, June 15–17.
  The primary goal of this workshop is to integrate knowledge on the vulnerability of land systems to multiple stressors in Asia. The land system refers to the coupled human-environment system comprising land use, land cover and terrestrial ecosystems. Deadline for abstract submission: March 27.
  
  For a detailed programme please see: Land Systems workshop
  
  
• International Congress on 'Biodiversity Hotspots in the Mediterranean Area: species, communities and landscape level'
  Cagliari, Italy, June 22-24 and 25-29.
  
  For details please see: Biodiversity hotspots
  
  
• The Economics of Land-Use Change - Advancing the Frontiers
  Washington DC, USA, June 25–26.
  Deadline for abstract submission: February 15
  
  For details please see: Economics workshop
  
  
• Fifth Urban Research Symposium: 'Cities and Climate Change - Responding to an Urgent Agenda'
  Marseille, France, June 28-30.
  
  A Call for Papers is out please see: urs2009 call for papers
  Or visit the Symposium Website: urs2009
  
  
• Conference on 'Human Ecology for an urbanising world'
  Manchester, UK, June 29-July 3.
  Conference organized by the Society for Human Ecology. The deadline for abstracts is May 1st, 2009 and should be submitted to: ian.douglas(at)manchester.ac.uk.
  Land-change issues are explicitly addressed in a session organized by Helmut Haberl (GLP-SSC) on "Urbanization and land-system change". Further information on this session is available from: helmut.haberl(at)uni-klu.ac.at or by visiting Land-change session
  
  Conference details can be found at: Society for Human Ecology

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July

• IALE EU Conference 2009: 'European Landscapes in Transformation - Challenges for Landscape Ecology and Management'
  Salzburg, Austria, July 12-16.
  
  For more information please go to: iale eu2009
  
  
• 3rd International AMMA (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses) Conference
  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July 20-24.
  The AMMA Burkina National Committee and hosting institutions, in agreement with the International Scientific Steering Committee of AMMA, are pleased to announce that the 3rd International AMMA Conference will take place from 20th to 24th July 2009 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  
  Further details on the conference: AMMA

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August

• EUGEO Congress 2009
  Bratisla, Slovakia, August 13-16.
  The aim of the EUGEO 2009 is to attract geographers and related professionals from around Europe and create a forum stimulating discussion about research, education, accomplishments, and developments in geography.
  
  For more information please see: EUGEO Congress

• Early Career Scientist Workshop
  Melbourne, Australia, August 20-22.
  This workshop is organized by iLEAPS and GEWEX, and takes place prior to the Parallel Science Conferences 24-28 August 2009 (see below).
  
  For details please see: Early Career Scientist Workshop

• 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry: 'Agroforestry - The Future of Global Land Use'
  Nairobi, Kenya, August 23-28.
  The Congress will assess opportunities to leverage scientific agroforestry in promoting sustainable land use worldwide. It will also serve as a forum for agroforestry researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers from around the world.
  
  For details please see: Agroforestry

• iLEAPS Science Conference
  Melbourne, Australia, August 24-28.
  iLEAPS (the land-atmosphere core project of IGBP) is organizing a Science Conference in parallel with GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment, WCRP). The two parallel conferences will have three joint sessions that cover broadly the following themes: 1) Land in the climate system; 2) Aerosol, cloud, precipitation, climate interactions; 3) Future generation of integrated observation and modeling systems.
  
  More information on iLEAPS events in Melbourne, also for early career scientists, is available at: iLEAPS Conference or see Flyer
  The deadline for abstract submission is 15 March 2009. Please see: Submission
  

• The World Climate Conference - 3
  Geneva, Switzerland, August 31-September 4.
  Conference organised by World Meteorological Organization. WCC-3 will build on the achievements of the First and Second World Climate Conferences and focus on how humankind can benefit from the huge advances in climate prediction and knowledge. WCC-3 will contribute to the outcomes of the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009.
  
  More information can be found at: The World Climate Conference - 3
  

• Summer school on global environmental change
  The Netherlands, August 31-September 5.
  The course is aimed at PhD students with a natural scientific focus, but is also open to postdocs and other early career researchers. Deadline for submission of application is June 30th.
  
  For more information please see: Flyer
  Or by contacting Nynke Hofstra: nynke.hofstra(at)wur.nl

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September

• 'Ecological Networks: Science and Practice' conference
  Edinburgh, UK, September 1-3.
  This 16th Annual Meeting of the UK chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology will be held at the University of Edinburgh. Registration is now open. Plenary sessions on measuring connectivity, landscape genetics, ecosystem services, spatial planning and network implementation are planned as well as field trips and workshops.
  
  For details please see: Ecological Networks conference

• 'Creating a new prosperity: Fresh approaches to ecosystem services and human well-being'
  London, UK, September 4.
  This sixth and final meeting will draw together all the elements of the earlier meetings and provide a clear overview of the progress that has been acheived.
  
  For more information please see: FRESH Seminar six

• GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI, MAIRS Workshop
  Almaty, Kazakhstan, September 15-20.
  A Joint NASA LCLUC Science Team meeting and GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI, MAIRS Workshop will be hosted by the National Center of Space Research and Technologies of the Kazakhstan National Space Agency. The workshop will focus on land cover, land use, water management and fire in agricultural and arid regions of Northern Eurasia.
  
  For further details please see: Northern Eurasia workshop

• IGBP/KVA Symposium: Planet under pressure: global changes, regional challenges
  Stockholm, Sweden, September 24.
  The symposium will highlight recent advances in global environmental change research, focussing on regional challenges at the science-policy interface. Themes on the Arctic, land-atmosphere-ocean interactions, and planetary boundaries will showcase some IGBP-led research and demonstrate how this research helps formulate policy.
  
  For more details please see: IGBP/KVA symposium

• International Symposium on Dust & Sand Storms (DSS) and Desertification
  Marburg, Germany, September 29-30.
  
  For more information please see: DSS symposium

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October

• ISEM 2009 conference: 'Ecological Modelling for Enhanced Sustainability in Management'
  Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, October 6-9.
  
  For details please see: ISEM conference
  
  
• DIVERSITAS second Open Science Conference: 'Biodiversity and society - understanding connections, adapting to change'
  Cape Town, South Africa, October 13-16.
  The first call for symposia has been announced, and submissions are accepted until 15 September 2008.
  
  For details please see: diversitas-osc
  
  
• XIII World Forestry Congress
  Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 18-25.
  
  For details please see: Forestry Congress
  
  
• NAACSOS - Annual Conference
  Tempe, Arizona, USA, October 23-24.
  This year the NAACSOS (North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences) Annual Conference will be hosted by The Center of Social Dynamics and Complexity at Arizona State University. A call for papers is open with a deadline for abstracts on July 15th.
  
  For details please see: NAACSOS Conference
  
  
• Asia Pacific Climate Risk and Adaptation conference
  Beijing, China, October.
  The Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) will hold an international and interdisciplinary conference to gather the world's most knowledgeable experts to brief policy stakeholders in Asia Pacific countries on how to apply risk management and adaptation to climate change.
  
  Please see: Asia Pacific conference
  Or contact: Paul Chan, email: chanp(at)imsg.com or Vance Horn, email: humv(at)imsg.com

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November

• GLP workshop: 'Forest-agriculture frontiers: impacts of land-use transitions on livelihoods and environment in the humid and sub-humid tropics'
  Vientiane, Laos, November 2-3.
  The objective of this workshop is to obtain an overview of the past and on-going land use transitions in the humid tropics and to review the consequences these changes have on local livelihoods and environment. The output will be a review and methodological paper for publication in an international high impact journal.
  
  For more information about the workshop topics please see: here

• 3rd EARSeL workshop on Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover
  Bonn, Germany, November 25-27.
  
  You can find more details on the event on the: workshop homepage

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December

• United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP15
  Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7-18.
  
  For more information please visit: COP15

• Open NEESPI Science Session
  San-Francisco, USA, December 14-18.
  Invitation to contribute to scientific content of the Open NEESPI Science Session at the forthcoming Annual Fall AGU Meeting. The Session code and title are GC04 'Environmental, Socio-economic and Climatic Changes in Northern Eurasia and Their Feedbacks to the Global Earth System: How Far Have we Advanced in our Ability to Describe Them?' Deadline for abstract submission is September 3, 2009.
  
  The Session description can be read by following this link: NEESPI Science Session

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These are events that could be of interest to the GLP community. Information is reproduced as received. GLP takes no responsibility for inaccuracies or changes. Please let us know about forthcoming events you consider relevant that are not on this list. You can write to: lj(at)geo.ku.dk. Please remember to include title, date, location, a short description and a contact address.