July 24–27 2005, Woods Hole,MA, U.S.A.

Chapman Conference on the Role ofMarine Organic Carbon and CalciteFluxes in Driving Global ClimateChange, Past and Future convenedat the Woods Hole OceanographicInstitute. Contact:Tel.: +1-202-777-7333E-mail: meetinginfo@agu.org

July 24–30 2005, Charlotte,NC, U.S.A.

International Conference on Energy,Environment and Disasters(INCEED 2005), Bridging the Gapsfor Global Sustainable Development(UNESCO, ISEG, GADR and othersupporting organizations). Mainthemes include: Energy systems;Energy in transportation, civil andindustrial systems; Pollutant emis-sions, fate and transport processes;Human health and ecological effectsof pollution; Wastes and contami-nated site treatment systems; Wastecontainment systems; Natural andtechnological disasters and their im-pacts; Disaster and pollution pre-vention and managementtechniques; and Monitoring andvisualization systems for riskassessment and decision support.Contact: INCEED 2005 CARC 238,Global Institute for Energy andEnvironmental Systems, U. of NorthCarolina at Charlotte, 9201 Univer-sity City Blvd, Charlotte, NorthCarolina 28223, U.S.A.Fax: +1(704)687-2182E-mail: giees@email.uncc.eduInternet: www.iseg.giees,uncc.edu/inceed2005

Aug. 8–11 2005, Calgary, Canada

Earth System Processes 2Conference organized by the Geo-logical Society of America andGeological Association of Canada.Contact: Diane Matt, P.O. Box

9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140,U.S.A.Tel.: +1-303-357-1014E-mail: dmatt@geosociety.orgInternet:www.geosociety.org/meetings/esp2/

Aug. 22–26 2005, Cairns, Australia

Dynamic Planet 2005, a jointassembly of IAG), IAPSO, IABOwill focus on the theme ‘‘Monitoringand Understanding a Dynamic Pla-net with Geodetic and Oceano-graphic Tools’’ Contact: DynamicPlanet Conference Secretariat, GPOBox 2609, Sydney NSW 2001,Australia.Tel.: +61-2-9241-1478E-mail:info@dynamicplanet2005.com

Aug. 28–Sept. 2 2005, Bled, Slovenia

10th International Symposium onthe Interactions between Sedimentsand Water organized by the Inter-national Association for Sedimentand Water Science will explore as-pects of freshwater and marine sys-tems and their sediments. Contact:Dr. Nives Ogrinc.E-mail: iasws@ijs.siInternet: www.wsc.monash.edu.au/iasws/2005symposium.htm

Sept. 4–8 2005, Gent, Belgium

WETPOL – International Sympo-sium on Wetland Pollutant Dynam-ics and Control organized by theGent University, Antwerp Univer-sity, and the Belgian Federal SciencePolicy Office will focus on pollutantdynamics and control, environmen-tal toxicity and ecosystem develop-ment in natural wetlands, controlledflooding areas and constructed wet-lands for wastewater treatment.Topics include: Cycling of nitrogen,phosphorus, carbon, heavy metalsand organic pollutants in wetlands;

Hydrology, water quality and redoxreactions; Sediment dynamics;Modeling of pollutant removal andfate; Wetland design and operation;Functioning of plants in the wetlandenvironment; Assessment and eval-uation of ecological effects; andModeling of fate and effects.Contact: Gijs Du Laing, Laboratoryof Analytical Chemistry and AppliedEcochemistry, Coupure Links 653,B-9000 Gent, Belgium.Tel.: +32-9-264-5995E-mail: wetpol@biomath.ugent.beInternet: http://biomath.ugent.be/wetpol

Sept. 5–8 2005, Oslo, Norway

2nd International Conference onSubmarine Mass Movements andtheir Consequences 2005 organizedby the International Centre forGeohazards (ICG) and the Geo-logical Society of Norway (NGF).Conference themes include: Bestpractice in deep-water investiga-tions of slide prone areas; Newfrontiers in submarine slide studies;Slope instability as a function ofgeological setting and sedimentproperties; Geotechnical criteria forslope instability, from field evidenceto models; From static to dynamicbehavior of a sediment mass;Triggering, disintegration, slidedynamics, and run-out; Mecha-nisms of slide generated tsunamis;Impact of debris flows and turbid-ity currents on seafloor structures;Risk and mitigation: probabilitymodels, design and developmentsolutions in areas prone to massmovements; and Legal issues: therisk aspect related to costs andinsurance. Abstract deadline: June1, 2005. Conference proceedings tobe published in a special volume ofthe Norwegian Journal of Geology.Contact: Marianne Bliksas,Geological Society of Norway,c/o NGU, N–7491 Trondheim,Norway.Tel.: +47-73-90-4468

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Sept. 7–11 2005, Zaragoza, Spain

6th International Conference onGeomorphology (geomorphology inregions of environmental contrasts)is organized by the InternationalAssociation of Geomorphologists. Aspecial session focuses on evaporitekarst processes and problems.Contact: Organizing Secretariat,Geomorfologia, Facultad de Cien-cias, Universidad de Zargoza,C/Pedro Cerbuna 12, ZarSagoza50009, Spain.E-mail: iag2005@posta.unizar.esInternet: http://wzar.unizar.es/actos/SEG/index.html

Sept. 7–11 2005, Menton, France

6th EWRA International Confer-ence ‘‘Sharing a Common Visionfor Our Water Resources’’ orga-nized by Ecole Nationale Superi-eure des Mines de Paris (Centred’Informatique Geologique). Theconference focuses on a sustainableusage of water and aquatic eco-systems. Conference topics: meth-ods, criteria and procedures whichare implemented for the actualdelivery of sustainable managementat water basin level with particularemphasis on the interfaces that areneeded in order to bundle togetherthe water sciences and their socio-economic counterparts. Contact:Mme Y. Olzenski.E-mail: isabelle.olzenski@ensmp.frInternet:www.ewra.net/pages/announce6.pdf

Sept. 11–14 2005, Paris, France

AAPG International Conferenceand Exhibition with the theme NewTracks to New Highs focuses on themajor future challenges for theindustry — finding new petroleumresources and optimizing their

recovery, while prioritizing safetyand environmental considerations.Contact: AAPG Convention Dept.,P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, OK 74101-0979,U.S.A. Fax: 1-918-560-2684E-mail: convene2@aapg.org

Sept. 11–16 2005, Freiberg, Germany

International Conference UraniumMining and Hydrogeology (UMHIV) focuses on uranium mining andmilling sites, mining sites withconsiderable amount of uraniumand radionuclides as byproductse.g. phosphate production, aban-doned mines, clean-up measures,natural attenuation, monitoringmeasures, modeling techniques, andrisk assessment studies. Topics in-clude: Impact on groundwater andsurface water from radionuclideemission; Analytical speciationtechniques for uranium and relatedelements; Microbiology; Long-termstorage of radioactive waste/riskassessment studies; Passive insitutreatment techniques; Phytoremedi-ation; Geochemical and reactivetransport modeling (modelinguncertainties, model calibration,parameter identification); Casestudies: active and abandonedUranium mines; Case studies:Uranium mine flooding; Casestudies: tailings with significantUranium content. Contact: AndreaHasche, Coordinator UMH IV,TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Insti-tute for Geology, Gustav-Zeuner-Str.12, D–09599 Freiberg,Germany.Fax: +49(0)3731-392720E-mail: UMH@geo.tu-freiberg.deInternet:www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/umh/

Sept. 11–19 2005, Beijing,P.R. China19th International Congress onIrrigation and Drainage organizedby the International Commissionon Irrigation and Drainage. Themain theme: Use of water and land

for food and environmental sus-tainability. The conference focuseson improving water and landmanagement for increasing effi-ciency in irrigated agriculture andharmonious coexistence withfloodwater. Contact: InternationalCommission on Irrigation andDrainage (ICID), 48 Nyaya Marg,Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021,India.Tel.: +91-11-2611-6837E-mail: icid@icid.orgInternet: www.icid.org/conf.html

Sept. 12–14 2005, Naples,FL, U.S.A.Pedometrics: Frontiers in Pedo-metrics organized by the U. ofFlorida/IFAS. Topics include: Soilsensor and remote sensor applica-tions; Interfacing GIS and geosta-tistics; Pedometrics interfacing withother disciplines; Environmetricsapplications; Advances in soilmapping; Advances in soil sam-pling and monitoring; Pedodynamicmodeling; Advances in soil infor-mation systems; SCORPAN,CLORPT and hybrid applications;Integration of pedometrics intoroutine soil surveying programs;Reconstruction of soil-landscapes;From point to globe scaling issues;Space-time modeling; and Newconcepts for soil-landscapemodeling. Contact: SharonBorneman, P.O. Box 110750,Gainesville, Florida 32611-0750,U.S.A.Tel.: +1(352)392-5930E-mail: spborneman@ifas.ufl.eduInternet: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/pedometrics

Sept. 12–16 2005, Seville, Spain

22nd International Meeting on Or-ganic Geochemistry (IMOG) orga-nized by the European Associationof Organic Geochemists. This mul-tidisciplinary conference focuses onorganic geochemistry, with a wide

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spectrum of subjects involving geol-ogy, biogeochemistry, environmen-tal geochemistry, chemicaloceanography and hydrology,petroleum geochemistry (includingnatural gas), organic-rich rocks andsoils. Papers are sought in the fol-lowing broad areas: petroleum andcoal geochemistry; biogeochemistry;environmental geochemistry; andnew trends in organic geochemistry.Contact: Viajes El Corte Ingles,Teniente Borges 5, Seville 41002,Spain.Tel.: +34-95-450-6605E-mail: secretary@imog05.orgInternet: www.imog05.org

Sept. 14–19 2005, Belgrade,Yugoslavia

International Conference on Envi-ronmental (Geoecological) Problemsin Karst organized by the Interna-tional Association of HydrologyNational Committee of Serbia andMontenegro. Contact: Igor Jemcov.E-mail:science@cvijic-karst2005.org.yujemcov@eunet.yuInternet:www.cvijic-karst2005.org.yu

Sept. 18–22 2005, Dresden, Germany

European Metallurgical ConferenceEMC 2005: Perspectives of the non-ferrous metals industry in an era ofconsolidation. Keynote presenta-tions on the EU EnvironmentalLegislation, and the ICMM andworldwide sustainability in miningand metal production. Topicsinclude: Resources availability,utilisation and conservation; Ad-vances in the winning and refining ofnon-ferrous base metals, light metalsand minor metals; Novel applica-tions for non-ferrous metals andpotential; New developments andtrends in recycling and waste gener-ation minimisation; Enhanced envi-ronmental control in compliance toenvironmental regulations; Process

control and optimisation for pro-ductivity increase; Enhancement oftechnical education and professionalfurther education; Consolidation inthe non-ferrous metal industrystructures for improved competitivi-ty; and Sustainability consider-ations: economic, ecological andpolitical aspects. Contact: GDMBGesellschaft fur Bergbau, Metallur-gie, Rohstoff- und Umwelttechnik,Paul-Ernst-Straße 10, D–38678Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.Tel.: +049(0)5323-93790E-mail: gdmb@gdmb.deInternet: www.emc.gdmb.de/

Sept. 24–29 2005, Erlangen,Germany

International Conference on ‘‘Sys-tem Earth — Biosphere Coupling’’focuses on the fascinating newresults of integrated Geobiolo-gy-research in the disciplines of Geo-and Biochemistry, Paleontology,Sedimentology, Mineralogy, andGeophysics. Together with theAnnual Meeting of the GeologicalUnion (GV) and the German Asso-ciation of Geoscientists (DGG), it ishosted at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg,Germany. Field trips and shortcourses are planned. A list of con-ference topics/sessions can be foundat the website. Contact: Prof. Dr.Andre Freiwald (Chief-organiser),Institute of Paleontology,Loewenichstr. 28, D–91054Erlangen, Germany.Tel.: +49 (0)9131– 85 26957E-mail:GV-DGG-2005@pal.uni-erlangen.deInternet: www.pal.uni-erlangen.de/GV-DGG-2005/

Oct. 4–8 2005, Alicante, Spain

International Workshop ‘‘Fromdata gathering and groundwatermodeling to integrated manage-ment’’ organized by the SpanishNational Committee of theIAH. Among others, topics include:

Management of environmentalparameters and Hydrologic Infor-mation Systems for water resourcesmanagement and environmentalplanning. Contact: MargaridaValverdeE-mail: gerencia@fcihs.orgInternet: 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 pro-cessing industries. It focuses onprocess fundamentals, operationalpractices, and various environmen-tal issues. Comprehensive reviewson mining issues such as aciddrainage and waste treatment arealso planned. Special emphasis willbe placed on less energy intensivetechnologies which are in harmonywith environmental conservation.Topics include: Global factorsaffecting the production of zinc andlead including environmental andhealth issues; Surveys of existingsmelters and refineries for primaryand secondary zinc production;Zinc production technology; Leadproduction technology; Productapplications and marketing; Recy-cling technologies and issues; andFundamental research and basicstudies related to new processes.Contact: Eiji Okada, The Miningand Materials Processing Instituteof Japan (MMIJ), 9-6-41 Akasaka,Minatoku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan.Fax: +81-3-3403-1776E-mail: lead-zinc2005@mmij.or.jpInternet: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 technological

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innovations and achievements, andto exchange ideas, information andresults. It will give the opportunityto discuss a sustainable approach toland subsidence, intended to seek acompromise between the use ofnatural resources and mitigatingnegative effects caused by theirexploitation. Issues will focus on thesustainable development of subsur-face resources which may includeland subsidence, distinguishing nat-urally occurring subsidence fromanthropogenic causes of subsidence,predicting potential hot spots, inparticular those located in coastaland low-lying flat areas, and trans-forming scientific information intointelligent policy management andenvironmental control. Contact:Center for Land Subsidence ofthe China Geological Survey, Sym-posium Secretariat, Mr. Gong Shi-Liang, SISOLS 2005, 930 LingshiRoad, 200072 Shanghai, P.R. China.Tel.: +86-21-56061423E-mail: sisols2005@sigs.com.cnInternet: www.sisols2005.com

Nov. 6–11 2005, Mendoza, Argentina

International Gondwana 12 Con-ference, a joint venture betweenArgentina, Brazil and Chile seeks tostimulate the exchange of ideas be-tween scientists with common inter-ests in the history of the Gondwanasupercontinent, to develop theunderstanding of the processes atwork in the past and their signifi-cance to the problems that mankindfaces at present, and provide guid-ance to the search for importantnatural resources.Internet: 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, air

pollution control, clean energy,cleaning management and pest con-trol (focusing on creative recyclingconcepts, resource efficiency andconservation, occupational andenvironmental protection) is orga-nized by Waste Management andRecycling Association of Singapore(WMRAS). Contact: Mr Steven TanE-mail: steven@cemssvs.com.sgInternet: http://www.enviroasia.com.sg/home.html

Nov. 28–Dec. 2 2005, Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Third International Symposium onDeep-Sea Corals focuses on theecosystem role, function, and valueof deep-sea corals and associatedfauna. Themes include: Appliedtaxonomy and molecular genetics ofdeep-sea corals; Habitat mapping,sampling, and characterization:Tools and techniques; Geology,paleontology, and climate change;Biodiversity, microbial, and inverte-brate associations; Fisheries and fishecology; Ecosystem-based approachto ocean management; Biology,growth, and reproduction; andConservation and management ofthe deep-sea. Contact: RobertBrock, NOAA Fisheries.E-mail: Robert.Brock@noaa.govInternet: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/coral/

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 theregional oceans and atmosphere,concomitantly affecting global cli-mate and modifying the globaloceans. It also strongly influencesthe ecology of the polar oceans.Contact: International GlaciologicalSociety, Scott Polar ResearchInstitute, Lensfield Road,

Cambridge CB2 1ER, U.K.Fax: +44(0)1223-354-931E-mail: igsoc@igsoc.orgInternet: www.igsoc.org/symposia/

2006, Abuja, Nigeria

8th International Symposium onEnvironmental Geotechnology andGlobal Sustainable Developmentorganized within the InternationalSociety for Environmental Geo-technology (Charlotte U.S.A.) con-ference series. Contact: Dr. VictorFodekeE-mail: vafodeke@yahoo.com

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: principal@psnacet.org

Apr. 24–28 2006, Malaga, Spain

‘‘Aqua in Med’’ International Con-gress on Groundwater in Mediter-ranean Countries Organized by theSpanish Geological Survery andothers, and workshop of AIHCommission on Climate Change andGroundwater will focus onGroundwater and wetlands; KarsticAquifers; Detritic Aquifers; Artifi-cial recharge of aquifers; Mathe-matical simulation models; Waterextraction technology; Legal, socio-economic and administrative as-pects; Water management and joint;Use of surface and ground waters.E-mail: aquainmed@igme.es

May 21–25 2006, Oslo, Norway

5th International Conference onContaminants in Freezing Ground2006 organized by the NorwegianGeotechnical Institute, Centre forSoil and Environmental Research

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and the Geological Society ofNorway focuses on new scienceand technology for the manage-ment, remediation, and preventionof contamination of soil andgroundwater in regions with seaso-nal frost and permafrost. Abstractdeadline: Nov. 15 2005.Contact: Marianne Bliksas,Geological Society of Norway,c/o NGU, N-7491 Trondheim,Norway.E-mail: Marianne@geologi.noTel.: +47-739-04468Fax: +47-739-21620Internet: www.freezingground.org

July 9–15, 2006, Philadelphia,PA, U.S.A.18th World Congress of Soil Sci-ence. Symposia themes include:Soils in space and time; Soil prop-erties and processes; Soil use andmanagement; The role of soils insustaining society and the environ-ment. Working groups focus on:Acid sulfate soils; Cryosols; Landdegradation and desertification;World reference base for soil re-sources; 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: 608-273-2021Internet: www.18wcss.org

Aug. 28–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:goldschmidt2006@tourhosts.com.auInternet: 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 Geologi-cal Society of London. TheIAEG2006 Congress will debate theengineering geological issues raisedby the development of the urbanenvironment, the impact of envi-ronmental change on engineeringconstruction, and practical solutionsfor the future. Contact: CongressSecretariat.E-mail: info@iaeg2006.comInternet: www.iaeg2006.com

Sept. 10–13 2006, Philadelphia,PA, U.S.A.

7th International Conference onHydroScience and Engineering(ICHE 2006) hosted by DrexelUniversity focuses on improving thesustainability 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: MichaelPiasecki, Drexel University, 3141Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA19104 U.S.A.E-mail:Michael.Piasecki@drexel.eduInternet: http://thor.cae.drexel.edu/�ICHE2006

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

2008, Hong Kong, P.R. China

9th International Symposium onEnvironmental Geotechnology andGlobal Sustainable Developmentorganized within the InternationalSociety for Environmental Geo-technology (Charlotte U.S.A.) con-ference series. Contact:Dr. Albert YeungE-mail: yeungat@hkucc.khu.hk

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