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.
- 2010 Freshwater Summit: From Science to Policy
- Gordon Research Conference, The Metabolic Basis of Ecology
- ICES Annual Science Conference 2010
- 2nd International Winter Limnology Symposium
- Second International Sclerochronology Conference
- PACON 2010: International Marine Science and Technology Conference
- Legacies and Newcomers in Ecological Restoration in the Midwest: Second Annual Meeting of the Midwest-Great Lakes SER Chapter
- 21st International Diatom Symposium
- 1st. Scientific Symposium of Lake Limnology
- Achieving Ecological Outcomes: Aquatic Ecological Responses to Catchment Management
2010 Freshwater Summit: From Science to Policy
Dates: 1-2 June 2010
Location: Bracebridge, Ontario
TOPICS: Freshwater is an important local, regional, national, and international resource and how we manage our inland lakes and rivers has economic, social, and environmental implications. The 2010 Freshwater Summit will highlight issues and trends and examine policy options for future action.
http://2010freshwatersummit.org/
DEADLINES: Registration is now open (space is limited to 320 participants - please register early)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Judi Brouse, Director of Watershed Programs
jbrouse@muskokaheritage.org
Gordon Research Conference, The Metabolic Basis of Ecology
Dates: 18-23 July 2010
Location: Biddeford, Maine, USA
TOPICS: predictive ecology, scaling, stoichiometry, ecosystem dynamics, nutrient cycling, community ecology, ecological impacts of warming, physiological ecology, regulation of metabolic systems across scales including ecosystem and earth system
The Gordon Conference on Metabolic Basis of Ecology is set to explore the consequences of metabolism upon the structure and functioning of life at different levels of organization, from cells to organisms to communities to ecosystems. This conference should be of great interest to aquatic scientists working on both freshwater and marine systems. The meeting site (University of New England) is spectacular - on the coast of Maine with opportunities for sea kayaking, swimming, deep-sea fishing, etc etc. It is also pretty easy to reach via Boston.
Many scientists consider these GRC meetings to be the best meetings they have attended.
The conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of distinguished scientists from a diverse but complementary set of disciplines that are working at the forefront of metabolic approaches in ecology or whose research provide new paths for integration and understanding. This diversity in speakers’ interests is intended to ensure dynamic exploration of metabolism by the conference participants, with a primary goal of identifying key future areas for research in metabolic ecology and evolution. The ultimate goal of this meeting is to foster new collaborative interactions that will help us to move towards a more complete understanding of the metabolic laws that govern the structure and function of living organisms, and the communities and ecosystems in which they reside.
DEADLINES: 27 JUNE 2010 for applications, though early booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=metbasis
David Atkinson davida@liv.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0) 151 795 4527
ICES Annual Science Conference 2010
Dates: Monday 20 to Friday 24 September 2010
Location: Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France
Topics:
The ICES Annual Science Conference 2010 hopes to attract outstanding papers from world-renowned researchers, for presentation in the 19 theme sessions.
The ASC is a forum for new marine science where some of today's most challenging scientific issues are being addressed, issues that urgently require solutions for better management of the seas.
Deadlines:
Deadline for submission of abstracts
15 April 2010
Early registration deadline
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Contact:
Görel Kjeldsen ASCinfo@ices.dk
http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2010/index.asp
2nd International Winter Limnology Symposium
Dates: 29 May - 2June 2010
Location: Liebenberg (Berlin), GERMANY
TOPICS: Climate Change,Physics, Plankton and Biogeochemical Cycles, Microbiology, Fish Biology
DEADLINES:
Registration: March 1, 2010
Abstracts: March 1, 2010
CONTACT INFORMATION:
2ndwinterlimnology@igb-berlin.de
http://2ndwinterlimnology.igb-berlin.de/
Christof Engelhardt: 0049 64181 664
Stefanie Burkert: 0049 64181 662
FAX: 0049 64181 663
Second International Sclerochronology Conference
Dates: 24 – 30 July 2010
Location: Mainz, Germany
The 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference will be held this summer in Germany. See http://www.scleroconferences.de
Registration and abstract submission is open between 20 March and 20 April.
Sclerochronology is the study of physical and chemical variations in the accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context in which they formed. Sclerochronology focuses primarily upon growth patterns reflecting annual, monthly, fortnightly, tidal, daily, and sub-daily increments of time entrained by a host of environmental and astronomical pacemakers. Familiar examples include yearly banding in reef coral skeletons or daily and annual growth increments and lines in mollusk shells. Sclerochronology is analogous to dendrochronology, the study of annual rings in trees, and equally seeks to deduce organismal life history traits as well as to reconstruct records of environmental and climatic change through time and space.
Who should attend?
Dendrochronology revolutionized our understanding of the timing and nature of past environmental change. Coral sclerochronology expanded and refined this understanding by contributing data from low latitude marine settings. Now studies of other mineralized organisms are set to provide information from mid and high latitudes (both in the marine and terrestrial realms), facilitating comprehensive, integrated reconstruction of environmental history. The new data, commonly but not exclusively derived from mollusks, are often of very high temporal resolution, providing a record of change over timescales from years to as little as hours. Being based on biomineralized materials the techniques involved are applicable to studies in deep time as well as the more recent past. Sclerochronology has already made a significant contribution to our knowledge of past climate change: there is immense scope for further work and for research integrated with approaches involving other 'banded' records (tree rings, teeth, otoliths, speleothems, varves etc.). As well as to climate change, sclerochronology is being applied in pollution monitoring, studies of life history traits, ecophysiology, diet, migration and diverse other contexts.
Anyone working on or interested in the formation and interpretation of growth increments in accretionary hard parts of invertebrate and vertebrate organisms, their geochemistry and crystal fabrics or the underlying processes of biomineralization, should attend this conference. Come to Mainz, share your thoughts and help to bring this fast-developing field forward!
PACON 2010: International Marine Science and Technology Conference
Dates: 1-5 June 2010
Location: Hilo, HI (USA)
TOPICS: The Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology is hosting its annual conference in Hilo, Hawaii (USA) on June 1-5 2010. The theme of this year's conference focuses on "International Partnerships in Marine Science and Technology: A Vehicle for Improving Pacific Rim Relations and Resource Management"
PACON invites interested parties to apply for organizing one or more focal sessions to be convened as part of PACON 2010. The proposed sessions must address some facet of the overarching conference theme of international partnerships in marine science and technology as vehicles for improving Pacific Rim relations and resource management.
Sessions and presentations should specifically include comments on the value of partnerships to the activities being discussed. PACON 2010 will serve as an outstanding opportunity to not only highlight ongoing or recently completed international partnership projects, but also to meet colleagues from other Pacific Rim institutions that are interested in discussing potentials for new collaborative projects in the areas of research/monitoring,technology development, resource management, engineering, policy making and education/outreach. Participating in this conference event is an exciting chance to contribute to this fast developing field! DEADLINES: abstract submission is March 1, 2010. Early registration for conference is April 1, 2010. CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.hawaii.edu/pacon, email pacon@hawaii.edu or (808) 956-6163.
Legacies and Newcomers in Ecological Restoration in the Midwest: Second Annual Meeting of the Midwest-Great Lakes SER Chapter
Dates: 9-10 April 2010
Location: University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin
TOPICS:
We invite all interested parties to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster to be presented at the second Annual Chapter Meeting of the Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER). The Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter is a regional SER chapter that serves a six-state region of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Our mission is to promote the science and practice of ecological restoration to assist with the recovery and management of degraded ecosystems throughout the Midwestern and Great Lakes region of the United States. Our theme for this meeting is an exploration of how the past, the present, and the future influence ecological restoration in the midwestern United States. Restoration projects are implemented as a result of historic degradation, current environmental problems, emerging environmental threats, or a combination of all. The success of ecological restoration projects are determined by the current and past ecological conditions, management regimes, and socioeconomic environment. Given that the meeting site is considered to be the birthplace of ecological restoration we want to take the opportunity to reflect on the past, consider the present, and look towards the future of ecological restoration in the region. We welcome abstracts that are directly related to the meeting theme and abstracts involving any ecological restoration topic from all individuals, institutions, and disciplines involved in ecological restoration.
For more information and to download the Call for Abstracts please see our Chapter website at
http://www.ser.org/content/SERMWGL.asp
DEADLINES:
The deadline for submission of abstracts for
oral and poster presentations is February 19,
2010.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rocky Smiley - mwgl.ser@gmail.com
21st International Diatom Symposium
Dates: 29 August to 3 September 2010
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
TOPICS: St. Cloud State University and the Science Museum of Minnesota are pleased to be the host institutions for the 21st International Diatom Symposium (IDS). The IDS is held biannually and returns to North America for the first time since 2002 and to the United States for the first time since 1990. The first symposium was held in 1970 in Bremerhaven, Germany and has moved around the world under the supervision of the International Society for Diatom Research. The meeting attracts hundreds interested in all aspects of diatom sciences. The meeting has a collegial atmosphere and provides opportunity to network and socialize.
DEADLINES:
Early registration closes 1-April-10
Abstract submission begins 15-January-10
Abstract submission deadline 1-April-10
CONTACT:phytolab@stcloudstate.edu
web.stcloudstate.edu/phytolab/ids21
1st. Scientific Symposium of Lake Limnology
Dates: May 20-22, 2010
Location: Iranian Fisheries Scientists Society, Tehran, Iran
TOPICS: Lake and River Limnology, Freshwater Biology and Ecology, Live food for Fish Feeding, Effects of Human Pollution on the Benthoses and Benthic fauna
DEADLINES: April 25, 2010
CONTACT INFORMATION:
E-mail: Ifssinfo@gmail.com
http://www.aminkeyvan.blogfa.com/
Achieving Ecological Outcomes: Aquatic Ecological Responses to Catchment Management
Dates: 12-15 April 2010
Location: Windermere, UK
This is the second in the prestigious series of international “Conferences in Aquatic Biology”, organised by the Freshwater Biological Association, which draw together the very best in aquatic biology and its application in environmental management. Essentially “summits” of the world’s pre-eminent leaders in the field, the aim of the conferences is to promote the free exchange of ideas at the frontiers of aquatic research - addressing new concepts, advancing the science and analysing how it may be applied. In doing so, we also aim to inspire and enthuse students and others at the start of their careers.
TOPICS: This second conference will focus on integrated catchment management, tackling one of the most difficult questions in catchment science today - why is it so difficult to achieve good ecological outcomes from integrated catchment management programmes? With invited speakers from around the world, the emphasis will be on interaction and discussion, with a mix of lectures and workshops. Contributions from the invited speakers will be published online as a special issue of the journal "Freshwater Biology" with free access to all, edited by Guest Editor and convenor of the conference, Prof. Graham Harris.
DEADLINES:
15 January 2010 - Poster abstracts
15 January 2010 - Early registration
1 March 2010 - Late registration
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Email: info@fba.org.uk
Web: www.fba.org.uk/index/events/summit.html