[Aqualist] Conference announcement

[herget at giub.uni-bonn.de]

         The Fluvial System ¯ past and present dynamics and 
                              controls

International Conference 16.-22.05.2005 at the Department of Geography of 
                  the University of Bonn, Germany 

The following commissions, working groups and organisations arranged a 
joint international conference in May, 16-22 2005 at the Department of 
Geography of the University of Bonn, Germany:

*   GLOCOPH ¯ INQUA subcommission on Global Continental 
    Palaeohydrology
*   FLAG ¯ INQUA subcommission Fluvial Archives Group
*   LUCIFS - IGBP research activity Land Use and Climate Impacts on 
    Fluvial Systems during the period of agriculture
*   IAG ¯ working group on large rivers
*   IAG ¯ working group on hydrology and geomorphology of bedrock 
    rivers
*   IAHS - International Association of Hydrological Sciences
*   IAHS ¯ International Commission on Continental Erosion ICCE
*   FgHW - German working group on hydrological sciences (ATV-
    DVWK)
*   AK Geomorphologie - German working group on geomorphology 
    (DGfG and IAG)
*   AK Hydrologie - German working group on hydrology (VGDH).

The participating organisations focus on an exchange among each other and 
welcome all scientists with affinity to research in the fluvial environment from 
the perspectives of geomorphology, geology, hydrology, climatology and 
other related disciplines. The official language of the conference is English.

A central session “Past hydrological events related to understanding global 
change“ will open the conference, additional topics are:

*   development of refined global and regional chronologies
*   fluvial system modelling
*   hydraulics of open channel flow
*   implications of long term research in relation to forecasts and 
    prognoses for the future
*   interpreting anthropogenic influences
*   new techniques and methods of investigation
*   past hydrological and catastrophic events

Topics and sub-items are partly only keywords. The final titles of the topic 
related sessions depend on the response on the call for papers. Parallel 
sessions should be avoided, but depend on the number and interests of the 
participants of the conference.
After three days of oral and poster presentations a three days field trip will 
guide to selected locations on different topics in southern Germany. 

Additional information is provided on the homepage of the conference 

           http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/fluvialsystem2005/

Alternatively your are welcome to contact the local organisers by email 
(contact-fs2005 at giub.uni-bonn.de) or mail: Prof. Dr. Juergen Herget, 
Department of Geography, Meckenheimer Allee 166, D-53115 Bonn, 
Germany, Tel.: 49-228-73-5398. 

Juergen Herget (Bonn, Germany)