October 15–20, 2006, Venice, Italy

Measuring and managing changes in estuaries and lagoons focuses on the “state of the art” of the research concerning estuarine and coastal environments. Contact: ECSA 41, Secretariat, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Campo della Celestia, Castello, 2737/B, 30122 Venezia, Italy.

Tel: +39-041-2347739

Fax: +39-041-5281494

E-mail: ecsa2006@unive.it

October 29–November 3, 2006, Erlangen, Germany

Fifth International Bioerosion Workshop aims provide an interdisciplinary platform bringing together ichnologists dealing with bioerosion processes from the Proterozoic to the Recent and biologists studying various aspects of the hard substrate degrading mode of life. Contact: Max Wisshak, Institute of Palaeontology, Loewenichstr. 28, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

E-mail: wisshak@pal.uni-erlangen.de

Fax: +49-9131-8522690

URL: www.pal.uni-erlangen.de

November 9–12, 2006, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Open Science Conference on Global Environmental Change: regional challenges is organized by the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). Contact: Conference Secretariat, WCRP/COPES Support Unit.

Tel.: +33-1-44272182

Fax: +33-1-44272181

URL: www.essp.org/essp/ESSP2006/

November 11–14, 2006, Carlsbad, Czech Republic

International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology (HydroEco 2006) is convened by Universita Karlova, Prague, International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW of IAHS); T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute (VÚV), Prague; and the USGS. Contact: Conference Secretariat HydroEco2006, Ms. Radka Budská, Konevova 41, CZ-130 00 Prague 3, Czech Republic.

Tel.: +42-(0)222-580079

Fax: +42-(0)222-582282

E-mail: hydroeco2006@itctravel.cz

URL: web.natur.cuni.cz/hydroeco2006

November 26–28, 2006, Kyoto, Japan

Eighth SEGJ International Symposium on Imaging and Interpretation focuses on technologies that contribute to interdisciplinary integration of geosciences for better understanding and modeling of invisible underground structures and processes. Contact: Organizing Committee, The Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan, Sanes Bldg., 2-2-18 Nakamagome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-0027, Japan.

E-mail: segj8th@segj.org

Tel.: +81-3-37745858

URL: www.segj.org/index_e.html

December 6–9, 2006, Brno, Czech Republic

Seventh European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC7). Contact: Josef Čáslavský, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova Street 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic.

E-mail: caslavsky@fch.vutbr.cz

URL: www.fch.vutbr.cz/EMEC7

URL: www.minsocam.org/MSA/SC/index.html

December 8–10, 2006, Menlo Park, CA, USA

Medical Mineralogy and Geochemistry short-course (Mineralogical Society of America/Geochemical Society) is organized by Nita Sahai, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI and Martin A. Schoonen, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA.

URL: www.minsocam.org/MSA/SC

December 12–14, 2006, Bariloche, Argentina

First International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards “The Ravage of the Planet 2006” organized by Wessex Institute of Technology, UK and the University of Siena, Italy. Contact: Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK.

Tel: +44-238-0293223

E-mail: enquiries@wessex.ac.uk

URL: www.wessex.ac.uk

December 13–15, 2006, Adelaide, Australia

Joint congress of: 9th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 2nd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference focuses a wide range of new and innovative research ideas in environmental isotope geochemistry and hydrogeology. Abstract deadline: 1st August 2006. Contact: Trevor Pillar, Centre for Groundwater Studies, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, Australia.

Tel.: +61-8-82015632

E-mail: trevor@groundwater.com.au

URL: www.groundwater.com.au

February 19–24, 2007, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus

International Conference on Environment: Survival and Sustainability organized by Near East University. Topics include: conservation and management of biodiversity; environmental science and technology; environmental knowledge and information systems; environmental organizations: roles, problems, and prospects; global warming; integrated water resources management; energy and development; cultural heritage and environmental factors; natural and man-made disasters: emerging link and challenges; international relations and environmental issues; green factor in politics; the role of media; environment and health; business and environment; economics, development and sustainability; environmental law and ethics; seas, ecological balance and sustainable environment. Contact: Hüseyin Gökçekuş, Organizing Committee, Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey.

E-mail: ess2007@neu.edu.tr

Tel: +90-392-2235427

URL: www.neuconference.org

February 24–28, 2007, Cairo, Egypt

Second International Conference on Geo-Resources in The Middle East and North Africa, organized by the International Group for Geological Studies. Themes include: oil and gas resources; water resources and environment; mineral resources; application of remote sensing in all fields of Earth sciences. Contact: Dr. Ali Sadek, Geology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Fax: +202-3448573

E-mail: alisadek2001@yahoo.com

URL: www.grmena.com.eg

February 27–28, Safety Harbor, FL, USA

Fourth International Conference on Hydrogeology, Ecology, Monitoring and Management of Ground water in Karst Terranes organized by National Ground Water Association. Topics suggested include: karst aquifer characterization; ecology and vulnerability of karst aquifers; ground water extraction from karst aquifers; ground water remediation in karst. Contact: Neven Kresic.

E-mail: nkresic@pirnie.com

URL: www.ngwa.org

March 3–9, 2007, Weimar, Germany

Second International Conference on the Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils organized by The Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. The topics include: experimental unsaturated soil mechanics; constitutive and numerical modeling in unsaturated soil mechanics and hydraulics; microstructure and its importance to unsaturated soil behavior; environmental issues: recent developments in waste disposal facilities, clay liners, soil contamination. Contact: Conference secretary.

E-mail: secretary@uss2007.de

URL: www.cig.ensmp.fr/∼iahs/conferences/

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March 5–9, 2007, Lima, Peru

Second Alexander von Humboldt International Conference examines the role of geophysics in natural disaster prevention, organized by The Instituto Geofisico del Peru (IGP) and the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Contact: R. Woodman, Instituto Geofisico del Peru (IGP).

E-mail: ronw@geo.igp.gob.pe

April 11–13, Barcelona, Spain

International Conference on Water Pollution in Natural Porous Media at Different Scales: assessment of fate, impact and indicators (WAPO2). Topics include: alternative methods and indicators of water quality in natural porous media; biogeochemical processes from soil to groundwater; and numerical simulation of pollutant transport and interaction in soil and subsoil techniques, problems and case study. Contact: Lucila Candela, Dep. of Geotechnical Engineering and Geoscience-UPC, C/Gran Capitan s.n., 08034, Barcelona, Spain.

Tel: +34-93-4010733

Fax: +34-93-4017251

E-mail: alejandra.albis.feliz@upc.edu

URL: www.proyectosH2O.upc.es/WAPO

May 13–17, 2007, New Orleans, LA, USA

Sixth International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes (Coastal Sediments 07) provides an international forum for exchange of information among coastal engineers, geologists, marine scientists, shallow-water oceanographers, and others interested in the physical processes of coastal sediment transport and morphology change. Proceedings will be distributed to participants at the conference. Short courses are planned. Contact: The Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Insitute (COPRI) of ASCE, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400 USA.

Tel.: +1-703-2956370

Fax: +1-703-2956371

E-mail: copri@asce.org

URL: www.asce.org/conferences/cs07/

June 18–22, 2007, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Alluvial Fans 2007 will be an interdisciplinary meeting for scientists interested in all aspects of alluvial fans: modern and ancient fans, sedimentology, geotectonics, climatic variations, and applications such as engineering, forestry, and hydrocarbons. Field trips will be an important component of the meeting, including day trips during the meeting. Contact: Dr. Philip Giles, Department of Geography, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

E-mail: alluvialfans2007@smu.ca

URL: husky1.smu.ca/∼pgiles/AF2007/AlluvialFans2007.htm

June 27–29, 2007, Malta

Fourth International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health (Environmental Health Risk 2007). Conference details will be forthcoming.

July 9–13, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal

Eleventh Congress of the International Society of Rock Mechanics focuses on themes: rock engineering and environmental issues; the path from characterization to modeling; slopes, foundations and open mining; tunnel, caverns and underground mining; earthquake engineering and rock dynamics; petroleum engineering and hydrocarbon storage; and safety evaluation and risk management. Contact: Congress Secretariat, Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia, LNEC, Av. do Brasil, 101, 1700-066 Lisboa, Portugal.

Tel.: +351-218443321

Fax: +351-218443021

E-mail: spg@lnec.pt

URL: www.isrm2007.org

July 11–14, 2007, Barcelona, Spain

Fourth International Limnogeology Congress: Tales of an Evolving Earth, which is organized by the International Association of Limnogeology (IAL) focuses on integrative multidisciplinary and specialized contributions on ancient to recent lacustrine records, their settings, and their paleoenvironmental significance. Field trips and workshops are planned. See congress website for an extensive list of proposed topics. Call for Papers: November 2006. Deadline for abstracts: January 15, 2007. Contact: Congress Secretariat AOPC (ILIC 2007), Av. Drassanes 6, 19th floor, 08001 Barcelona, Spain.

Tel: +34-933-027541

Fax: +34-933-011255

E-mail: congress@aopc.es

URL: www.ilic2007.com

July 12–19, 2007, Jinja, Uganda

First International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization and Climate focuses on agriculture, forestry, atmosphere, climate, biosphere, cryosphere, data/metadata issues, Earth and space science education, ecology, energy, and environmental chemistry. Deadline for abstracts: September 30, 2006. Contact: David Tenywa.

Tel.: +25-677909831

Fax: +25-643121322

E-mail: bepauganda_2004@yahoo.com.uk

July 28–August 3, 2007, Cairns, Australia

Seventh International INQUA Congress organized by the International Union for Quaternary Research. The main theme is the Tropics: heat engine of the Quaternary.

E-mail: INQUA2007@aqua.org.au

URL: www.aqua.org.au/AQUA/aqua_INQUA2007.html

August 13–18, 2007, Kunming, People’s Republic of China

Twelveth International Symposium on Water–Rock Interaction (WRI-12). Contact: Secretary General, Yanxin Wang, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, 430074 Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.

Tel.: +86-027-67885040

Fax: +86-027-87481365

E-mail: wri12@cug.edu.cn

URL: www.wri12.org/

September 3–7, 2007, Tromsø, Norway

The Arctic Conference Days in the International Polar Year 2007–2008 will consist of three separate, but tightly related conferences: (1) ICAM V, the Fifth International Conference on Arctic Margins on September 3–5 provides a forum for the exchange of information and presentation of current Arctic research; (2) AGReE II, the Second Conference on Arctic Geology, Resources and Environment on September 6–7; and (3) SEST, the Conference on ‘‘Shelf Edge and Shoreline Trajectories, a Dynamic Approach to Stratigraphic Analysis’’ on September 3–4. The Conference Days are hosted by the Geological Society of Norway (NGF) in cooperation with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).

URL: www.icamv.org

September 5–7, 2007, Coimbra, Portugal

Sixth International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (ECOSUD 2007) organized by Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, the University of Coimbra, Portugal and the University of Siena, Italy. The interdisciplinary conference will emphasize those areas that will most benefit from the application of scientific methods for sustainable development, and will include mathematical models and eco-informatics, evolutionary thermodynamics and biodiversity, structures in ecosystems modeling and landscapes. Contact: Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK.

Tel: +44-238-0293223

E-mail: enquiries@wessex.ac.uk

URL: www.wessex.ac.uk

September 10–12, 2007, London, UK

Bicentennial Conference on Earth Sciences in the Service of Society: “the next 200 years” is organized by the Geological Society of London. Contact: The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG, UK.

Tel.: +44-20-74349944

E-mail: enquiries@geolsoc.org.uk

September 10–14, 2007, Torquay, Devon, UK

Twenty-third International Organic Geochemistry Meeting (IMOG07) is organized by the European Association of Organic Geochemistry (EAOG). The conference will focus on advances in exploration for and exploitation of fossil fuels (oil, gas, tar sands, oil shales and coals), together with studies of paleo-environments, recent sediments and soils. Innovations in analytical techniques are also reported alongside novel structural elucidations at the molecular level. Contact: Sally Cornford, IGI Ltd, Hallsannery, Bideford, Devon EX39 5HE, UK.

Tel.: +44-1237-471749

Fax: +44-1237-421700

E-mail: sal@igiltd.com

URL: www.eaog.org/meetings/meetings.html

September 16–20, 2007, Tallinn, Estonia

Fifteenth Meeting of the Association of European Geological Societies (MAEGS–15) entitled “Georesources and public policy: research, management, environment”. Main topics include: formation of georesources; social and economic aspects of management of georesources; environmental impact of mining; quaternary geology; and geology and georesources of the Baltic region. The meeting will not be geographically restricted to the Baltic Region or Europe. Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2007. Contact: Conference secretary, Saima Peeterman.

E-mail: maegs15@maegs15.org

URL: www.maegs15.org/

September 17–21, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal

Groundwater and Ecosystems 35th Congress of IAH. Topics include: groundwater–surface water interactions and their importance for the sustainability of river, spring base flow systems and wetlands; estuarine and near shore marine systems; cave and aquifer ecosystems; groundwater quantity, baseline quantity and main threatening processes in dependant ecosystems; sustainability of transboundary ecosystems and aquifers; and impact of climate and global changes on groundwater dependent ecosystems. Workshops, technical sessions, and excursions are planned. Contact: XXXV IAH Congress Secretariat, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.

E-mail: iah2007@gmail.com

URL: www.geo.ua.pt/aih-gp/iah2007

October 28–November 2, 2007, Phoenix, AZ, USA

Sixth Biennial International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR6) is organized by the Arizona Hydrological Society (AHS) in partnership with IAH, ASCE/EWRI, and UNESCO. Workshops, sightseeing tours, and field trips to innovative aquifer recharge projects are planned. Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2006. Contact: Doug Bartlett, Symposium Co-Chair.

E-mail: info@ismar6.org

URL: www.ismar2007.org

December 1–7, 2007, Fremantle, Australia

Fifth International IAHS Groundwater Quality Conference 2007 “Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments”. Sub-themes: policy and controls on groundwater quality; groundwater at complex mega-sites; processes at groundwater–surface water interfaces; non-aqueous phase liquids; innovative remediation and clean-up technologies; natural attenuation of high-risk contaminants; new assessment and characterization techniques; heterogeneity controls on contaminant fate and clean-up; biogeochemical interactions; groundwater ecosystems; protecting and managing groundwater resource quality; vadose zone processes; climate controls on groundwater quality; groundwater quality issues in aquifer storage and water re-use; urban and industrial catchments; and land-use impacts on groundwater quality. Contact: Wendy Whitford, CSIRO, Bag 10, Clayton South VIC Australia 3169.

Tel.: +011-61-893336273

Fax: +011-61-395452175

E-mail: Wendy.Whitford@csiro.au

URL: www.clw.csiro.au/conferences/GQ07

2008, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Ninth International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development is organized within the International Society for Environmental Geotechnology (Charlotte, USA) conference series. Contact: Dr. Albert Yeung. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China.

E-mail: eyeungat@hkucc.khu.hk

June 29–July 3, 2008, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) is organized during the International Polar Year in 2008. Conference themes include: contemporary climate change and paleoclimatic reconstruction in permafrost regions, remote sensing and geophysics in permafrost science, community development and planning in permafrost regions, permafrost and the global carbon balance, including greenhouse gases and gas hydrates, impacts of permafrost degradation on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, permafrost controls on hydrologic and surface heat flux processes, sea level changes and dynamics of coastal permafrost, cold-regions infrastructure and engineering techniques, results from the IPY: toward a systems understanding of permafrost changes, natural and technological hazards in mountainous and high-latitude permafrost regions, periglacial geomorphology, permafrost mapping, and cryostratigraphy, and history of permafrost research. Contact: Doug Kane, Water and Environmental Research Center, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860 USA.

Tel.: +1-907-4747808

E-mail: contact@nicop.org

URL: www.nicop.org

July 13–18, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Goldschmidt 2008. Contact: Dominique Weis, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Organizing Committee Goldschmidt 2008.

Tel: +1-604-8221697

E-mail: dweis@eos.ubc.ca

August 5–14, 2008, Oslo, Norway

Thirty-third International Geological Congress (IGC 33). “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development” is a collaboration with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and many other international and national organizations, the National IUGS Committees in the five Nordic Countries. It will span the whole field of Earth science, binding together classical geology with geophysics, geochemistry, and the biogeosciences. Main themes include: human influence on the Earth system; managing a changing planet, and geological resources for the twenty-first century and their environmental challenge. Special symposia focus on two main subjects: Norden (the Nordic countries) and the Arctic and Bipolar relationships. General symposia will cover all the individual disciplines of the Earth sciences. A very wide range of scientific publications are envisaged as part of IGC33. Excursions will take place between July 26 and August 21, 2008 and cover a wide region (Greenland, the Faroes, Svalbard, Western Russia, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark). Contact: 33rd IGC, c/o Congress-Conference AS, P.O. Box 2694 Solli, Thomas Heftyesgate. 2, NO-0204 Oslo, Norway.

Tel: +47-2256-1930

E-mail: SciComIGC@geo.uu.se

URL: www.33igc.org and www.congrex.no

October 26–November 1, 2008, Toyama City, Japan

Thirty-fifth Congress of IAH organized by Japan National Chapter of IAH and the Association of Environmental Hydrogeology. Details will be forthcoming.

Publishing international events

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