Call for participation:
First International Conference on the Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin 22 - 23 May 2006, Göteborg, Sweden
Göteborg University, BALTEX and HELCOM are pleased to invite representatives of the science community, politicians, journalists and interested stakeholders to participate in the First International Conference on the Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin to be held 22-23 May 2006 in Göteborg, Sweden. The Conference will provide an assessment of ongoing and possible future climate variations in the Baltic Sea basin, where the term climate variations is used for both natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change.
This assessment is a result of a recently established Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin Project (The BACC Project). It integrates available knowledge of historical, current and expected future climate change. The unique feature of BACC is the combination of evidence on climate change and related impacts on marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems in the Baltic Sea basin, which encompasses the entire water catchment region surrounding the Baltic Sea.
The BACC Project is also a joint venture of the BALTEX Program and HELCOM (The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) as an example of a dialogue between the scientific community and environmental policy makers. BALTEX (Baltic Sea Experiment) is a continental-scale experiment within GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) and WCRP (World Climate Research Program).
If you are interested to participate in the Conference, you are kindly requested to register on the BACC website at www.gkss.de/bacc by 21 April 2006. The final draft of the Conference program and recommendations for hotel reservation may be found on the same site.
For details on the BACC Project and the Conference, please visit:
BACC website http://www.gkss.de/bacc,
also see the Conference announcement flyer http://dvsun3.gkss.de/bacc/BACC_Conf2006_flyer.pdf,
and program http://dvsun3.gkss.de/bacc/ConferenceSchedule.html (please check this site regularly for program updates).
For information about Göteborg University, please visit http://www3.gu.se/English/default.html
For information about BALTEX, please visit http://www.gkss.de/baltex
For information about HELCOM, please visit http://www.helcom.fi
For any additional information, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Anders Omstedt, Göteborg University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch, GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Germany
Dr. Juha-Markku Leppänen, HELCOM Secretariat, Helsinki, Finland
Juha.markku.leppanen@helcom.fi
Dr. Hans-Jörg Isemer, International BALTEX Secretariat,
GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, Germany