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Sept. 14–19 2005, Belgrade,Yugoslavia
International Conference on Envi-ronmental (Geoecological) Problemsin Karst organized by the IAH Na-tional Committee of Serbia andMontenegro. Contact: Igor Jemcov.E-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]: www.cvijic-karst2005.org.yu
Sept. 24–29 2005, Erlangen, Germany
International Conference on ‘‘SystemEarth — Biosphere Coupling’’focuses on new results of integratedgeobiology-research in the disciplinesof Geo- and Biochemistry, Paleon-tology, Sedimentology, Mineralogy,and Geophysics. Contact: Prof. Dr.Andre Freiwald, Institute ofPaleontology, Loewenichstr. 28,D–91054 Erlangen, Germany.Tel: +49 (0)9131– 85 26957E-mail:[email protected]: www.pal.uni-erlangen.de/GV-DGG-2005/
Oct. 3–7 2005, Bordeaux, France
Consoil. Contact: Forschungszen-trum Karlsruhe GmbH, Mrs. BMathes, UMWELT, P.O. Box 3640,D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.URL: www.consoil.de
Oct. 4–8 2005, Alicante, Spain
International Workshop ‘‘From datagathering and groundwater modelingto integrated management’’ orga-nized by the Spanish NationalCommittee of the IAH. Contact:Margarida ValverdeE-mail: [email protected]
URL: www.fcihs.org/PUB/INFO/AIH-GE.HTM
Oct. 17–19 2005, Kyoto, Japan
Lead & Zinc ’05 – InternationalSymposium on Lead & Zinc Pro-cessing provides an internationalforum for the lead and zinc process-ing industries. Contact: Eiji Okada,The Mining and Materials Process-ing Institute of Japan (MMIJ), 9-6-41 Akasaka, Minatoku, Tokyo107-0052, Japan.Fax: +81-3-3403-1776E-mail: [email protected]: www.mmij.or.jp/lead-zinc2005/
Oct. 23–28 2005, Shanghai, P.R. China
7th International Symposium onLand Subsidence (SISOLS 2005)provides a forum to scientists todiscuss problems related to landsubsidence, to present technologicalinnovations and achievements, andto exchange ideas, information andresults. Contact: Center for LandSubsidence of the China GeologicalSurvey, Symposium Secretariat,Mr. Gong Shi-Liang, SISOLS 2005,930 Lingshi Road, 200072 Shanghai,P.R. China.Tel: +86-21-56061423E-mail: [email protected]: www.sisols2005.com
Oct. 30–Nov. 2 2005, Bremerhaven,Germany
2nd International Alfred WegenerSymposium. Themes include: Mete-orology; Glaciology; Geosciences(geology, geophysics, (plate)-tecton-ics, palaeontology); Geothemes in thefuture; and History of science.Contact: Meeting Secretariat, AlfredWegener Institute for Polar andMarine Research, Am Handelshafen12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
E-mail:[email protected]:www.alfred-wegener-symposium.de
Nov. 6–11 2005, Mendoza, Argentina
International Gondwana 12Conference, a joint venture betweenArgentina, Brazil and Chile focuseson Gondwana supercontinent, theprocesses at work in the past, theirsignificance to present problems, andthe search for important naturalresources.URL:http://cig.museo.unlp.edu.ar/gondwana/
Nov. 9–11 2005, Singapore
Enviro Asia 2005 exhibition of thelatest technologies, solutions, sys-tems, equipment and services in allfields of environment managementand technology comprising watertreatment, waste management, airpollution control, clean energy,cleaning management and pest con-trol is organized by Waste Manage-ment and Recycling Association ofSingapore (WMRAS). Contact:Steven TanE-mail: [email protected]: www.enviroasia.com.sg/home.html
Nov. 28–Dec. 2 2005, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Third International Symposium onDeep-Sea Corals deals withunderstanding the ecosystem role,function, and value of deep-seacorals and associated fauna. Contact:Robert Brock, NOAA Fisheries.E-mail: [email protected]: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/coral/
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Dec. 6–10 2005, Belgrade,Serbia and Montenegro
6th European Meeting on Environ-mental Geochemistry (EMEC6) ishosted by the Serbian ChemicalSociety and the University of Bel-grade on behalf of the EuropeanAssociation of Chemistry and Envi-ronment, and will foster the devel-opment of innovative researchthemes through a multidisciplinaryapproach to the chemistry of theenvironment. Topics include: Sus-tainable development; Life cycleassessment; Risk assessment; Greenchemistry; Soil contamination, de-pollution technologies; Ecotoxicolo-gy; Water treatment, reuse;Biodegradation of toxic compounds;Industrial clean technologies; Wastevalorization; Atmospheric chemistry,Air pollution, Modeling of pollutantsdiffusion; Marine chemistry andMarine pollution; Analytical meth-ods for Environmental Science; andSoil - freshwater - atmospheric sys-tems. Contact: Serbian ChemicalSociety (for EMEC6), Karnegijeva4/III, P.O. Box 35-08, 11120Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.Tel/fax: +381-11-3370467E-mail: [email protected]: http://helix.chem.bg.ac.yu/emec6/index.html
Dec. 5–9 2005, Dunedin, New Zealand
International Symposium on Sea Icefocuses on an interdisciplinary dis-cussion of the geophysics of sea iceand its interactions with the ocean,atmosphere and biosphere. The seaice of the Arctic and Antarctic Seasexerts a major impact on the regionaloceans and atmosphere, concomi-tantly affecting global climate andmodifying the global oceans. It alsostrongly influences the ecology of thepolar oceans. Contact: InternationalGlaciological Society, Scott PolarResearch Institute, Lensfield Road,Cambridge CB2 1ER, U.K.
Fax: +44(0)1223-354-931E-mail: [email protected]: www.igsoc.org/symposia
Dec. 17–20 2005, Cairo, Egypt
13th International Conference of theGeological Society of Africa onGeology and Development tries topromote the understanding andpractice of geoscience in Africa andits application to social and eco-nomic development and the envi-ronment, including the responsibledevelopment of mineral, energy andgroundwater resources. Topics in-clude: Remote sensing and spacesciences; GIS & environmentalstudies; Groundwater research; Oiland gas research; Mineral resources& research; Structures / tectonics;Stratigraphy / sedimentology;Geophysical studies; Mathematicalgeology; Geo-archeology & geo-tourism; Medical geology; andAgro-geology. Field excursions andshort courses are planned. Contact:Dr. Mamdouh M. Abdeen, 23, Jo-seph Bruz Tito St. El-Nozha El-Ge-dida, Cairo, Egypt. (P.O. Box: 1564Alf Maskan).E-mail: [email protected]: +2-02-6225835/ 92
2006, Abuja, Nigeria
8th International Symposium onEnvironmental Geotechnology andGlobal Sustainable Developmentorganized within the InternationalSociety for Environmental Geotech-nology (Charlotte U.S.A.) conferenceseries. Contact: Dr. Victor FodekeE-mail: [email protected]
Jan. 4–6 2006, Dindigul, Tamilnadu,India
IGC 2006: International Groundwa-ter Conference organized byP.S.N.A. College of Engineering &
Technology, at KothandaramanNagar. Contact: Dr. K. Thyagarajah.E-mail: [email protected]
Jan. 13–18 2006, Borneo
International Conference on Deltas:Depositional Systems and Strati-graphic Development organizedby International GeoscienceProgramme (IGCP) and theUniversity Brunei Darussalam,Brunei. Joint meeting of 3rd AnnualMeeting of IGCP-475 Deltas in theMonsoon Asia-Pacific Region (Del-taMAP) and 2nd Meeting of CCOPDelSEA project. Contact: YoshikiSaito,E-mail: [email protected]: unit.aist.go.jp/igg/rg/coast-rg/ADP.html
Feb. 20–24 2006,Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting orga-nized by the American GeophysicsUnion. Suggested themes: Biodiver-sity and biocomplexity; Ocean sci-ence education of the future;Observing systems and technology;Natural hazards in the coastal mar-ine environment; Oceans and humanhealth; Mesopelagic and deep sea;Oceans role in climate; and Oceanphysics. Contact: AGU MeetingsDept., 2000 Florida Avenue, NW,Washington, DC 20009 U.S.A.Tel: +1-202-777-7332E-mail: [email protected]: www.agu.org/meetings/os06
Apr. 3–7 2006,Mendoza, Argentina
Backbone of the Americas —Patagonia to Alaska organized byAsociacion Geologica Argentina andthe Geological Society of America.Backbone of the Americas will focuson three principal themes related to
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common tectonic problems in Northand South America: Ocean ridge-trench collision; Shallow subductionsystems; and Uplift of high plateausand mountain ranges. Contact:Co-chairs, Suzanne M. KayE-mail:[email protected] or contact:Victor RamosE-mail: [email protected]: www.geosociety.org/meetings/06boa/index.htm
Apr. 24–28 2006, Malaga, Spain
‘‘Aqua in Med’’ International Con-gress on Groundwater in Mediterra-nean Countries organized by theSpanish Geological Survey andothers, and Workshop of AIHCommission on Climate Change andGroundwater will focus on ground-water and wetlands; karstic aquifers;detritic aquifers; artificial recharge ofaquifers; mathematical simulationmodels; water extraction technology;legal, socioeconomic and adminis-trative aspects; water managementand joint; use of surface and groundwaters.E-mail: [email protected]: http://aguas.igme.es/igme/AQUAINMED/ing/defaultc.htm
May 21–24 2006, Baton Rouge,LA, U.S.A.
International Conference ‘‘Chal-lenges in Coastal Hydrology andWater Quality’’ and AIH 25thAnniversary Meeting focuses oninterdisciplinary research, education,management, and policy makingrelated to complex environmentalsystems in coastal regions. Centraltheme of the plenary opening session:The Mississippi and coastal Louisi-ana. Other topics include: Hydro-logic and coastal processes;Hydrological pathway from terres-trial to coastal ecosystems; Largeriver engineering and management;Fluvial processes and sedimentation;
Flood control and disaster assess-ment; Surface and ground waterinteraction in coastal regions; Freshwater resources and saltwater intru-sion; Eutrophication and hypoxia incoastal waters; Coastal erosion;Coastal wetlands and floodplains;Coastal wetland restoration; GISapplications in coastal hydrologystudies; Extreme weathers; Socio-economic impacts of extreme weath-ers; Potential global change effects oncoastal water resources; and Coastalwater quality and TMDLs. Fieldtrips and courses are planned. Con-tact: Vijay P. Singh, Dept. of Civiland Environmental Engineering,Louisiana State U., U.S.A.Tel: 1-225-578-6697Fax: +1-225-578-8529E-mail: [email protected]
May 21–25 2006, Oslo, Norway
5th International Conference onContaminants in Freezing Ground2006 organized by the NorwegianGeotechnical Institute, Centre forSoil and Environmental Researchand the Geological Society of Nor-way focuses on new science andtechnology for responsible manage-ment, remediation, and prevention ofcontamination of soil and ground-water in regions with seasonal frostand permafrost. A workshop onground contaminations at airports incold climate is planned. Topicsdescribing contaminated permafrostand seasonal frost site and soil issuesinclude: Arctic, Antarctic, subpolar,and alpine sites; Fundamental prop-erties of contaminated cold climatesoils (physical, chemical and biolog-ical); Cold adapted microorganismsand degradation at low temperatures;Biodegradation and bioremediation;Remote sensing in monitoring andremediation; Contaminated sitecharacterization and risk assessment;Contaminants at airports in coldclimate, at oil and gas facilities and atmines, landfills and impoundments;Contaminant migration and ecologi-
cal monitoring and assessment;Strategies for contaminated sitemanagement – technology andremediation procedure; and Interna-tional Polar Year. Abstract deadline:Nov. 15 2005. Contact: MarianneBliksas, Geological Society ofNorway, c/o NGU, N-7491Trondheim, Norway.E-mail: [email protected]: +47-739-04468,Fax: +47-739-21620URL: www.freezingground.org
June 20–24 2006, Mexico City, Mexico
‘‘As 2006’’ Natural Arsenic inGroundwaters of Latin America –Occurrence, Health Impact, Reme-diation, Management sponsored byInstituto Costarricense de Electrici-dad, Universidad Nacional Autono-ma de Mexico, Royal Institute ofTechnology. Topics will include ar-senic in the food chain; environmen-tal health effects and risk assessment;and arsenic occurrences in sedimen-tary and hard-rock aquifers, amongothers. The regional focus of atten-tion is dedicated to Latin America;however, contributions are encour-aged from all researchers working onarsenic. Contact: J. Bundschuh.Fax: +11-46-8-411-0775E-mail:[email protected]: www.lwr.kth.se/Personal/personer/bhattacharya_prosun/As-2006.htm
July 2–7 2006,Melbourne Australia
Australian Earth SciencesConvention 2006 and 18th Austra-lian Geological Convention and 18thInternational Geophysical Confer-ence and Exhibition jointly organizedby the Australian Society ofExploration Geophysicists and Geo-logical Society of Australia. Mainthemes include: Mineral resources
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geoscience; Energy resources geosci-ence; Environmental and engineeringgeoscience; Geodynamics of Earth’sevolution; Resourcing geoscience;and Innovation in geoscience. Dead-line for abstracts: Dec. 15 2005.Workshops are planned. Contact:The Meeting Planners, 91–97Islington St., Collingwood, Victoria,Australia, 3066Tel: +61-3-9417-0888E-mail:[email protected]: www.earth2006.org.au
July 9–15, 2006, Philadelphia,PA, U.S.A.
18th World Congress of Soil Science.Themes include: Soils in space andtime; Soil properties and processes;Soil use and management; and theRole of soils in sustaining society andthe environment. Working groupsfocus on: Acid sulfate soils; Cryosols;Land degradation and desertifica-tion; World reference base for soilresources; Forest soils; and Urbansoils. Deadline for abstracts: Sept.15, 2005. Contact: 18th WorldCongress of Soil Science c/o SoilScience Society of America, 677 S.Segoe Road, Madison, WI 53711,U.S.A.Tel: +1-608-273-8080Fax: +1-608-273-2021URL: www.colostate.edu/programs/IUSS/18wcss/or: www.18wcss.org
Aug. 27–Sept.1 2006, Prague,Czech Republic
17th International Mass Spectrome-try Conference will focus on all as-pects of applied and fundamentalmass spectrometry and related disci-plines. Workshops are planned.Contact: 17th IMSC ConferenceSecretariat, Institute of Microbiol-ogy, Videnska 1083, CZ-142 20
Prague 4, Czech Republic.Tel: +42(0)241-062-645Fax: +42(0)241-062-749E-mail: [email protected]
Aug. 27–Sept. 1 2006, Melbourne,Australia
16th V.M. Goldschmidt Conference.Contact: Conference Managers,G.P.O. Box 128, Sydney NSW 2001,Australia.Tel: +61(0)2-9265-0700E-mail:[email protected]: www.goldschmidt2006.org
Sept. 6–10 2006,Nottingham, U.K.
The 10th International Congress ofthe IAEG ‘‘Engineering geology fortomorrow’s cities’’ hosted by theEngineering Group of the GeologicalSociety of London. The IAEG2006Congress will debate the engineeringgeological issues raised by the devel-opment of the urban environment,the impact of environmental changeon engineering construction, andpractical solutions for the future.Technical sessions include: Thegeology of cities; Legacy of the past;Climate change; Megacities; Plan-ning and geohazards; Urban siteinvestigation; Dereliction, pollutionand contaminated land; Environ-mental urban geotechnics; Substruc-tures and underground space;Geodata for the urban environment;Infrastructure for the city and its re-gion; Resources for the city; andEducation and training in, and publicawareness of, urban geoscience.Field excursions are planned.Contact:Congress Secretariat.E-mail: [email protected]: www.iaeg2006.com
Sept. 10–13 2006, Philadelphia, PA,U.S.A.
7th International Conference onHydroScience and Engineering(ICHE 2006) focuses on improvingthe sustainability and safety of ourwater resources and aquatic envi-ronments through IT and modeling.Main topics: Computational model-ing; Sub-surface hydrology; Surfacehydrology & fluvial hydraulic; Sedi-ment and pollutant transport;Hydraulic structures; Coastal andocean engineering; Water manage-ment systems; and Distance learning& education. Contact: Michael Pias-ecki, Drexel University, 3141 Chest-nut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104U.S.A.E-mail:[email protected]:http://thor.cae.drexel.edu/ICHE2006
Sept. 25–29 2006, Giens, France
International Symposium on SeaLevel Changes: Records, Processesand Modeling. Themes include:Records, sedimentary processes, andmodeling of sea level changes(amplitude-timing) on carbonatemargins, siliciclastic, mixed margins,and deep sea settings, etc. Abstractdeadline: Mar.1 2006. Contact: Gil-bert Camoin, CEREGE, Europole del’Arbois, B.P. 80 Aix-en-ProvenceFrance 13545 Cedex 4.Tel: +33-4-42-97-15-14E-mail: [email protected]: www.cerege.fr/news/actualite.htm
Sept. 25–30 2006, Beijing, P.R. China
7th International Symposium onEnvironmental Geochemistry (ISEG)will bring together geochemists,environmental chemists, biologists,soil scientists, aquatic scientists andmedical specialists working on a wide
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range of subjects in environmentalscience and technology. Main themesinclude: Geochemical records forenvironmental change and contami-nation; Geochemical surveys andmapping; Mining environments;Environmental contamination andcleanup; Geochemistry and health;Geochemistry and fragile habitats(karst, arid-semiarid environment);Persistent organic pollutants in theEnvironment; Coal use and environ-ment; Water resources and aquaticenvironments; Geo-environmentsmanagement and green food pro-duction; and Analytical environ-mental geochemistry. Contact:Conference Secretariat, Institute ofGeochemistry, Chinese Academy ofSciences, No.46 Guanshui Road,Guiyang, Guizhou 550002,P.R. China.E-mail: [email protected]: www.iseg2006.com
Sept. 2007, Tromsø, Norway
International Congress ICAM V2007 organized by the InternationalCouncil for Applied Mineralogy(ICAM) and the Geological Societyof Norway. Future planned internetsites for congress: www.geologi.noand www.icamv.org
Sept. 10–12 2007,London, U.K.
Bicentennial Conference - EarthSciences in the Service of Society: thenext 200 years organized by theGeological Society of London.
Contact: The Geological Society,Burlington House, Piccadilly,London W1J 0BG U.K.Tel: +44(0)20 7434 9944E-mail: [email protected]
2008, Hong Kong, P.R. China
9th International Symposium onEnvironmental Geotechnology andGlobal Sustainable Development or-ganized within the InternationalSociety for Environmental Geotech-nology (Charlotte U.S.A.) conferenceseries. Contact: Dr. Albert YeungE-mail: [email protected]
June 23–27 2008, Fairbanks,AK, U.S.A.
ICOP – 9th International Conferenceon Permafrost. The InternationalPolar Year will be actively ongoing in2008, promoting a convergence ofscientific endeavors in permafrostregions. Conference themes include:Contemporary climate change andpaleoclimatic reconstruction in per-mafrost regions, Remote sensing andgeophysics in permafrost science,Community development and plan-ning in permafrost regions, Perma-frost and the global carbon balance,including greenhouse gases and gashydrates, Impacts of permafrostdegradation on terrestrial and aqua-tic ecosystems, Permafrost controlson hydrologic and surface heat fluxprocesses, Sea level changes anddynamics of coastal permafrost,Cold-regions infrastructure andengineering techniques, Results from
the IPY: toward a systems under-standing of permafrost changes,Natural and technological hazards inmountainous and high-latitude per-mafrost regions, Periglacial geomor-phology, permafrost mapping, andcryostratigraphy, and History ofpermafrost research. Contact: Water& Environmental Research Center,Institute of Northern Engineering,U. of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860Tel: 1-907- 474-7808E-mail: [email protected]: www.nicop.org
Aug. 5–14 2008,Oslo, Norway
33rd International Geological Con-gress (IGC 33). More informationwill follow later.
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