Calendar of Events

This page is provided for announcements of meetings, symposia, workshops, and other events of interest hosted by aquatic science societies and organizations. New entries may be found at the top of this list. Entries are removed after the meeting occurs. You may submit your announcement for posting using a convenient online form.

Golden Alga International Symposium
Coastal Cities Summit: values and vulnerabilities
Aquatic Conservation Science: Merging Theory and Application
The 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America
Sustainable Management of Deltaic Ecosystems: Integration of Theory and Practice
Symposium about Carbon Cycling in Continental Aquatic Environments
CUAHSI Biennial Science Meeting
Southeastern Environmental Flows Conference: ‘Environmental Flows: Water for People and Nature in the Southeastern U.S.’
Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (EBIC) Gordon Research Conference
Rotifera XII
4th Congress of the Mexican Limnological Society
ICES Annual Science Conference
11th International Coral Reef Symposium
Crustacean Society Summer 2008 Meeting
Bioturbation: An update on Darwin´s last idea
The VIII th INTECOL Wetland Symposium
Water Pollution 2008
Ocean Optics XIX

Golden Alga International Symposium

Dates: 27-31 January 2009
Location: Ft. Worth, Texas

Topics:
 Fisheries and Harmful Algae: Can they Coexist?
 
 The Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (TCAFS) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department invites you to attend a Golden Alga International Symposium and the TCAFS Annual meeting. The combined meeting will convene January 27– 31, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas (USA) at the Radisson Fort Worth Fossil Creek Hotel.
 
 The International symposium will consist of invited speakers from around the world and the U.S. The purpose of the symposium is to provide a venue to present up-to-date research and management options concerning this harmful alga. The symposium will include a plenary presentation, panel discussion on areas for continued research and management development and a poster session to allow additional information exchange.
 
 The TCAFS annual meeting will include a special session focusing on red tide, blue-green, and other harmful algae species as well as general sessions covering both inland and coastal fisheries.
 
 Deadlines:
 Poster & Abstract Submission December 1, 2008
 Early Registration December 3, 2008
 Hotel Reservation December 27, 2008
 Meeting Dates January 27-31, 2009
 
 Information:
 http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/water/environconcerns/hab/ga/research/symposium09.phtml
 
 http://www.sdafs.org/tcafs/meetings/2009_Golden_Alga/09meethome.htm

COASTAL CITIES SUMMIT: VALUES & VULNERABILITIES

Dates: 17-20 November 2008
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

COASTAL CITIES SUMMIT: VALUES & VULNERABILITIES
 
 REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION OPEN!!
 
 JOIN US!!
 
 IMPORTANT DATES
 
 June 15, 2008: Deadline for Abstract Submission
 
 • July 1, 2008: Authors will be informed on selection by e-mail
 • October 15, 2008: Deadline for Final Submissions
 • July 31, 2008: Deadline for early registration
 
 
 The International Ocean Institute-USA and the city of St. Petersburg, FL, USA, are hosting a Coastal Cities Summit on November 17-20, 2008, to address the complex challenges that coastal city leaders face as populations increase, resources are depleted, and the impacts of climate change are felt. The Coastal Cities Summit intends to bring together 600-700 coastal city leaders, managers and academics to discuss environmental, social, economic, and public policy challenges and viable solutions.
 
 Full details are available at www.coastalcities.org
 
 The 3 ½ day conference will focus on three themes: Climate Change, Risk and Vulnerability, and Sustainable Development. The planners are soliciting speakers on areas that are particularly relevant to coastal cities: freshwater, pollution, energy, infrastructure, and port security. All sessions are intended to give a long-needed voice to those who are on the front lines taking leadership on climate change, providing implementation and response plans and continuing to focus on protecting citizens from possible extreme events and human-induced degradation.
 
 SPEAKERS:
 • Martin Parry - Co-Chair, IPCC 2nd Working Group
 • Leon Panetta - Panetta Institute for Public Policy (invited, pending schedule)
 • Jeremy Harris - former mayor of Honolulu, HI, USA
 • Roberto Rosselli - Venice Water Authority
 • John Ogden - Florida Institute of Oceanography
 • Paul Holthus - World Ocean Council
 • Richard Wainio - Tampa Port Director
 • Saskia Sassen - Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, author of UN-Habitat report
 • Victor Lu, Vice President, Hunt Power - alternative resources
 • Wayne Joseph – Global Water Partnership
 • Carlos Fernandez-Jauregui, Coordinator, United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life, 2005-2015”
 
 You may already be familiar with the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and its 26 operational centers around the world. IOI-USA is the newest center, established in St. Petersburg, FL in 2006 by agreement between IOI headquarters in Malta and the University of South Florida (USF). The mission of IOI-USA is to provide an international center of excellence in education, training, development, and capacity building, with particular interest in coastal and marine areas. The University of South Florida (USF), established in 1956 as a public university, is a comprehensive multi-campus research university serving more than 42,000 students. It is home to the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, a center dedicated to promoting sustainable healthy communities around the world, and one of the co-organizers of the event. The resources and expertise of USF allow IOI-USA to offer an outstanding conference program that will attract attendees from around the world. Further information on the conference can be found at its website: www.coastalcities.org.
 
 Background
 Approximately 2.7 billion people--over 40% of the world’s total population--currently live in coastal cities. In 1995 alone, an estimated 50 million people migrated to the coastal zones of the United States. Combined with increasing birth rate and life expectancy, as well as future climate change, the escalating strain on public resources means that coastal city managers face unprecedented challenges.
 
 Abstracts are invited for individual paper proposals, panel proposals, and round table proposals that address either I) Coastal City Challenges, II) Coastal City Practices, or III) Coastal City Solutions in one of the following broad thematic areas:
 
 Climate change
 Risk and Vulnerability
 Sustainable Development
 
 
 Some suggested topics (but not limited to):
 Waste water management
 Coastal zone management
 Ocean governance
 Infrastructure – built environment
 Energy – traditional & alternative
 Population growth – urbanization
 Freshwater supplies & availability
 Land reclamation
 Coastal resiliency
 Natural coastal defenses
 Sea level rise
 Tourism
 Coastal hazards
 Pollution of coastal resources
 Port & Maritime security
 City planning
 Aquaculture
 Risk management
 Sustainable development
 Insurance
 Networks and system development
 Monitoring and evaluation
 Ocean resource use and planning
 International instruments and trans-boundary relations
 Human/animal impacts
 Ecological impacts of ocean acidification
 Technology
 Stakeholder involvement
 Indigenous issues
 Improving public knowledge
 Incorporating traditional and local knowledge into decision making
 Valuing ecosystem services
 Land-sea interface
 
 
 
 J. Mara Hendrix
 Executive Assistant
 International Ocean Institute - USA
 c/o University of South Florida St. Petersburg
 140 7th Ave. South, Bayboro 205 A
 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA
 p) 727-873-4745
 f) 727-873-4889
 mara@spadmin.usf.edu
 mara@ioiusa.usf.edu
 www.stpt.usf.edu/ioiusa
 
 Conference Secretariat
 Coastal Cities Summit 2008: Values and Vulnerabilities
 November 17 - 20, 2008
 www.coastalcities.org

Aquatic Conservation Science: Merging Theory and Application

Dates: 3-4 October, 2008
Location: Athens, GA

In honor of the exceptional careers of Drs. Judy Meyer and Gene Helfman, the University of Georgia is hosting a special symposium on the present and future of aquatic conservation science. The one day symposium will feature individual talks and a panel discussion, representing ecosystem and fisheries science, aquatic conservation policy, and water resource management. These speakers will address two principal themes: 1) How knowledge about river ecosystem function informs management decisions, and 2) A research agenda for addressing gaps in understanding for improving management of riverine ecosystem function.
 
 Speakers: Stuart Bunn (Griffith University, Australia), Carol Couch (Georgia Environmental Protection Division), Stuart Fisher (University of Arizona), Jim Kitchell (University of Wisconsin), Boyd Kynard (University of Massachusetts), Gene Likens (Institute of Ecosystem Studies), Peter Moyle (University of California – Davis), Robert Naiman (University of Washington), Betsy Otto (American Rivers), Jack Stanford (University of Montana)
 
 To register for the symposium, see a detailed agenda, and access local arrangements information (including accommodations), please visit the symposium website at http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/helfmeyer.htm
 
 Registration Fee (covers Friday evening reception and Saturday symposium refreshments, lunch and evening banquet):
 
 Regular $100.00 ($75.00 without banquet)
 Student $55.00 ($30.00 without banquet)
 
 Additional Saturday evening banquet tickets can be purchased for $30.00
 
 Call for posters: A poster session will be associated with the symposium. Individuals interested in presenting a poster should contact: Brenda Rashleigh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 960 College Station Road, Athens GA, USA 30605 (706) 355-8148. Rashleigh.Brenda@epa.gov
 
 For further information, please contact: Maggie Nettles, UGA River Basin Center, 110 Riverbend Road, Room 101, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-1510 (706) 583-0463. mnettles@uga.edu
 
 Co-sponsors: UGA Office of the Senior VP for Academic Affairs and Provost, UGA River Basin Center, UGA Odum School of Ecology, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, The Georgia Conservancy, American Rivers, Georgia River Network, and Upper Oconee Watershed Network

The 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America

Dates: October 5-9, 2008
Location: Houston, Texas

Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth
 http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/
 5-9 October 2008 • Houston, Texas
 George R. Brown Convention Center
 The 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM. Hosted by the Houston Geological Society
 
 Registration deadline:
 Early Bird, 14 July 2008,
 Standard, 15 July thru 2 September 2008
 Abstract deadline: 3 June 2008
 Becky Sundeen, Meetings Manager
 303-357-1041

Sustainable Management of Deltaic Ecosystems: Integration of Theory and Practice

Dates: 25-26 August 2008
Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Day 1
 8:00 - 8:30 am –Breakfast
 8:30 am—Conference Introduction—Dr. Astrid Merget (10 min)
 8:40 - 9:35 am—Plenary Session 1: Ecological Foundations of Resilience
 Plenary Speaker—Lance Gunderson, Emory Univ. (40 min)
 Q&A (15 min)
 9:35 -10:30 am—Plenary Session 2: Integration of Social, Economic, and Ecological Resilience
 Plenary Speaker—Robert Costanza, Univ. of Vermont (40 min)
 Q&A (15 min)
 10:30 -10:40 am—Break
 10:40 am -12:10 pm—Plenary Session 2 continued
 Invited Speakers (2)— Susan Cutter, Univ. of South Carolina and John Pine, LSU (30 min each)
 Q&A (15 min each)
 12:10 -1:00 pm—Lunch in Rotunda
 1:00 - 3:00 pm—Plenary Session 3: Resilience of Large Ecosystems: Case Studies
 Plenary Speaker— TBA (40 min)
 Plenary Speaker—John Steele, Woods Hole (40 min)
 Q&A (20 min each)
 3:00 - 3:10 pm—Afternoon break
 3:10 - 6:10 pm—Plenary Session 3 continued
 Plenary Speaker—Don DeAngelis, Univ. of Miami (40 min)
 Plenary Speaker—Jay Lund, Univ. California Davis (40 min)
 Plenary Speaker—W. Michael Kemp, Univ. of Maryland (40 min)
 Q&A (20 min each)
 7:30 pm—Evening for the Public
 Day 2
 8:00 - 8:30 am –Breakfast
 8:30 -10:35 am—Plenary Session 4: Resilience of the Mississippi Delta: Response to Disturbances
 Plenary Speaker—Denise Reed, Univ. New Orleans (40 min)
 Q&A (15 min)
 Invited Speakers (2)—Kam-bui Liu, LSU; Jim Cowan, LSU (20 min each)
 Q&A (15 min each)
 10:35 -10:45 am—Break
 10:45 am -12:15 pm—Plenary Session 5: Effect of Management on Resilience
 Plenary Speaker—Nina Lam, LSU (40 min)
 Q&A (15 min)
 Invited Speakers (1)— Irv. Mendelssohn, LSU (20 min)
 Q&A (15 min each)
 12:15 -1:30 pm—Lunch in Rotunda
 1:30 - 3:00 pm—Plenary Session 6: The Next Steps
 Plenary Speaker—Robert Twilley, LSU (40 min)
 Q&A (15 min)
 Invited Speaker—Paul Kemp, Audubon Society (20 min)
 Q&A (15 min)
 3:00 - 4:00 pm—Jazz Reception Departure
 
 Contact Emma Schneider at eschne5@lsu.edu for more information.

Symposium about Carbon Cycling in Continental Aquatic Environments

Dates: 8-10 September 2008
Location: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

The Symposium will be comprised of plenary sessions, round tables and oral and poster presentations further exploring the following themes of the conference: 1) processes related to the emission, production, consumption and accumulation of carbon at different aquatic inland ecosystems; 2) relevance of these ecosystems in the global carbon budget; 3) human alteration on the carbon cycle and 4) the main knowledge gaps and perspectives from the carbon cycle at tropical ecosystems. Abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentation at the conference and should be submitted to the e-mail:ciclocarb@ufrj.br by June 4 2008. The list of the confirmed conference and round table participants and additional information is available at the website: http://www.ppgecologia.biologia.ufrj.br/ciclocarbono/
 
 A special issue of the journal Oecologia Brasiliensis entitled “Carbon Cycle in Brazilian Continental Aquatic Systems” will be launched during the Symposium. Submission of papers related with the sections described bellow will be accepted until June 2 2008. This special issue will have the following sections:
 1) Anthropogenic alterations on the Carbon Cycle
 2) Land – water interactions
 3) Carbon assimilation
 4) Carbon production
 5) Carbon accumulation
 6) Carbon exportation
 
 Deadline for abstract submission: June 4 2008
 Deadline for paper submission to Oecologia Brasiliensis: June 2 2008

CUAHSI Biennial Science Meeting

Dates: 14-16 July 2008
Location: Boulder, CO

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science is holding its biennial science meeting in Boulder, CO, 14-16 July 2008.

The format of the meeting will include invited talks from prominent scientists, opportunities for discussion and synthesis, and contributed poster sessions. Session topics span the diversity of hydrologic science, including hydrological theory, social and economic aspects of water needs and demand, instrumentation and design of sensor networks and observatories, and interactions with geomorphic, ecological and biogeochemical processes.

http://www.cuahsi.org/biennial/sessions.html
http://www.cuahsi.org/biennial/speakers.html

DEADLINES: Early Registration and poster abstract submission are open now through May 31st, and late registration will remain open through 14 July. Graduate students receive a $100 reimbursement of registration cost, so registration is free for students at CUAHSI member institutions, and $50 for non-member students.

http://www.cuahsi.org/biennial/registration.html

CONTACT INFORMATION:
General inquiries:
Richard P. Hooper [rhooper@cuahsi.org]
David Kirschtel [dkcuahsi@gmail.com]

Session on nutrient dynamics in river ecosystems:
Jim Heffernan [j.heffernan@ufl.edu]

Southeastern Environmental Flows Conference: ‘Environmental Flows: Water for People and Nature in the Southeastern U.S.’

Dates: October 27-29, 2008
Location: Athens, Georgia

Increasing demands for offstream water use and recent droughts have emphasized the need for establishing sustainable water use policies within the southeastern U.S. In 2006, a working group of hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and water policy and management experts formed the Southeastern Environmental Flows Partnership (SEEFP). The focus of the partnership is to gain needed perspectives regarding the sustainability of water supplies, restoring and protecting water quality and aquatic habitat, and providing information to planners and policy-makers. SEEFP is organizing an environmental flows conference with the theme of ‘developing a dialog for balancing human and environmental needs for water in a rapidly changing region’. The conference will have keynote sessions discussing: ‘Global Perspectives on Water Issues’, ‘Demographic Forces Affecting the Southeast’, ‘The Science of Environmental Flows’, and ‘Policy Issues Related to Environmental Flows’. Contributed sessions include: policy and economics of environmental flows, environmental flows and stream health, data and modeling needs, public and stakeholder involvement, and growth management and environmental flows. To submit an abstract or learn more about this conference please see the contact information below.

Contact:

Steve Golladay, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center, sgollada@jonesctr.org
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/seflows

Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (EBIC) Gordon Research Conference

Dates: 15-20 June 2008
Location: Waterville Valley, NH, USA

“From Molecular Models to Global Cycles”

EBIC brings together those studying biotic-inorganic interfaces
from nanometers-nanoseconds to kilometers-gigayears,
mingling chemists, ecologists, geneticists, oceanographers,
computational biologists, and others. Topics range from
transport, enzymology, and homeostasis in single cells or
organisms to the environmental processes they experience and
influence. Distinct among metals meetings for its evolution and
geo- and aquatic-chemistry aspects, EBIC’s view of the Periodic
Table also includes radionuclides, metalloids, halides, silicon,
and non-metal nutrients so as to identify cross-cutting themes
in bioinorganic chemistry.

Rotifera XII

Dates: 16-21 August 2009
Location: Berlin

Rotifera XII is an international scientific symposium dedicated to rotifers from molecular to ecological science and from basic to applied research including aquaculture.

Rotifera XII will take place in Berlin, Germany from 16 to 21 August, 2009. It is hosted by the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, the Humboldt-University Berlin and the Natural History Museum Berlin

You will find further information on: rotifera-xii.igb-berlin.de

4th Congress of the Mexican Limnological Society

Dates: October 22-24, 2008
Location: Xalapa, State of Veracruz, México

Abstract submission deadline July 30th
More information contact and visit
congreso_limnologia2008@yahoo.com.mx
http://www.uv.mx/citro/congreso_limnologia2008
Laura Davalos-Lind, organizer (laura_davalos-lind@baylor.edu)
Alfonso Lugo, president of the Asociación Mexicana de
Limnología (lugo@servidor.unam.mx)

ICES Annual Science Conference

Dates: 22-26 September 2008
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Theme Session: Incorporating microbial dynamics in studies of shelf ecosystems

Conveners:
John Steele, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA (jsteele@whoi.edu)
Franciscus Colijn, GKSS Institute for Coastal Research, Germany (franciscus.colijn@gkss.de)
Carlo Heip, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, the Netherlands (C.Heip@nioo.knaw.nl)

Recent advances in marine microbial ecology have made us aware of the complexity of these processes and their importance for all stages of ecosystem productivity. In particular, the JGOFS program that focused on the open ocean, revealed the biogeochemical loops linking “new” and “recycled” production that determine the export to higher trophic levels. We need to transfer these general insights to the complicated environment of shelf and slope ecosystems, and link them to research on plankton, benthos and fish. We expect to bring together researchers from these new sub/disciplines with representatives of relevant ICES activities.

Specifically the Theme Session would explore:
1 ) The biogeochemical processes and their physical drivers;
2 ) The microbial ecology including the viral-bacterial/phytoplankton interactions;
3 ) The factors determining export of organic matter from the microbial web to higher levels.

Deadline for submission of abstract:
21 April, 2008

Information:
http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2008/index.asp

11th International Coral Reef Symposium

Dates: July 7-11, 2008
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Full Details can be found at
http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/

Crustacean Society Summer 2008 Meeting

Dates: 9-13 June 2008
Location: Galveston, Texas

The Crustacean Society 2008 Summer Meeting
Galveston, Texas – June 9-13, 2008

The Crustacean Society is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our Summer Meeting in 2008 to be held from June 9-13 at the Hilton Galveston Island located on the Gulf of Mexico beachfront in Galveston, Texas. Electronic registration and submission of abstracts is available through the conference website at www.crustaceans2008.info

The Meeting will be hosted by Texas A&M University at Galveston. Galveston offers 32 miles of relaxing beaches, superb restaurants, top resort hotels, marvelous downtown shopping, numerous antique stores, incredible art galleries, fabulous entertainment and one of the largest and well-preserved concentrations of Victorian architecture in the country. Galveston is a small romantic island tucked deep within the heart of south Texas possessing all the charm of a small southern town and just 40 minutes south of Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States. Galveston is served by Houston Hobby Airport, a thirty-minute drive from Galveston, and George Bush International Airport, a 90-minute drive from Galveston. Nearby attractions include NASA's Johnson Space Center, Moody Gardens Rainforest and Aquarium Pyramids, and the just completed Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark. Galveston Bay, 30 miles long and 17 miles wide, contributes important commercial fisheries for shrimp, crabs and oysters.

Highlights of the conference include open sessions, in addition to special symposia on Symbiosis and Commensalism, Neurobiology, Peracarid Phylogeny and Subterranean Ecology. Guided field trips will include tours of a local salt marshes and a bay cruise on the Seagull II. For further information, see our website at www.crustaceans2008.info or contact register@tamug.edu

Bioturbation: An update on Darwin´s last idea

Dates: 23-27 August 2008
Location: Renesse, the Netherlands

TOPICS: Bioturbation refers to the biological reworking of soils and sediments, and its importance was first realized by Charles Darwin, who devoted his last scientific book to the subject. In four sequential sessions, this conference will provide a multi-disciplinary update on the mechanism and importance of bioturbation in marine sediment environments.

DEADLINES: Registration deadline: 01/04/2008. Abstract submission deadline: 01/04/2008

CONTACT INFORMATION: filip.meysman@vub.ac.be

CONFERENCE WEBSITE: www.bioturbation.be

The VIII th INTECOL Wetland Symposium

Dates: 20-25 July 2008
Location: Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

TOPICS: The VIIIth INTECOL Wetland Symposium will be held
in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, from 20-25 July, 2006. The
host institution is the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso,
and the organizing committee is headed up by Prof. Paulo
Teixeira de Sousa Jr. This is the first meeting of the WWG in
South America, which is expected to stimulate international
and continental-scale interactions, promote wetland
education, research and management throughout the region,
and give rise to the largest wetland meeting in Latin America.
A major field attraction is the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, an
excellent example of international cooperation in research
and development of wetlands, bordered by three countries.
The city of Cuiabá is the gateway to the Pantanal as well as
being the state capital, and there is an adequate convention
center and modestly-priced housing available. A special
effort is being made to facilitate student participation and for
international exchanges. See http://www.cppantanal.org.br/
intecol/eng/venue_cuiaba.php.

DEADLINES: Abstracts by 1 May and 1 June for symposium
and workshops. Early registration end 1 April 2008.

CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.cppantanal.org.br/
intecol/eng/venue_cuiaba.php

Water Pollution 2008

Dates: 9 - 11 June 2008
Location: Alicante, Spain

Water Pollution 2008 is the 9th International Conference in the series on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution. The Meetingâ€™s chief objective is to provide a forum for discussion for scientists and managers working in different aspects of water pollution. The wealth of information exchanged in this international meeting will be of great benefit to all involved with water pollution problems.

Topics:

*Coastal areas and seas
*Lakes and rivers
*Groundwater and aquifer issues
*Oil spills
*Agricultural contamination
*Environmental monitoring and sensing
*Experimental and laboratory work
*Mathematical and physical modelling
*Wastewater treatment Pollution prevention
*Remote sensing applications
*Novel techniques for water treatment
*Low cost technologies
*Pharmaceutical and pesticides
*Remediation
*Bioaccumulation
*Micropollutant prevention in drinking water

Contact:

Alice Jones
enquiries@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/water08/index.html

Ocean Optics XIX

Dates: 6 - 10 October, 2008
Location: Via Castelvecchio Pascoli, BARGA (55100), Castelvecchio, Pascoli, Italy

Topics:
Use of Historical Optical Observations
Underwater Imaging and Photography
New Instruments and Platforms
Bio-optical and Biogeochemical Modeling on Global and Regional Scales
Operational and Observational Systems
Optical Remote Sensing
Benthic Optics
Interdisciplinary Topics of Air-Sea Interface
Experimental Optics
Radiative Transfer Theory
Optics of Thin Layers
Ocean and Coastal Optical Properties

Deadlines:
* 01 June 2008 - On-line Short abstract deadline
* 31 August 2008 - Extended abstract deadline
* 01 September 2008 - Accommodations deadline to ensure conference rates & availability

Conference Website: http://oceanopticsconference.org/

Contact Information:
Trudy D. Lewis, Meeting Coordinator, Lewis Conferences International, Inc. - E.mail: trudy.lewis@ns.sympatico.ca