[Aqualist] PAGES (Past Global Changes) Open Science and Young Scientists Meeting

[Louise Newman]



Dear Colleagues,

PAGES (Past Global Changes) 3rd Open Science Meeting will be held  
from 8-11 July 2009 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, USA. The  
program will cover diverse paleoscience around the themes of past  
climate forcings, regional climate dynamics, Earth System dynamics  
and human-climate-ecosystem interactions.

Meeting website: http://www.pages-osm.org/

The meeting is organized around open poster sessions and invited oral  
presentations, as well as “hot topic” discussions.

Poster Sessions (open):
1. Climate Forcings
2. Chronology
3. Regional Climate Dynamics
4. Proxy Development, Calibration & Validation
5. Global-Scale Earth System Dynamics
6. Modeling in Paleoscience
7. Past Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions
8. Data Management

**To suggest or organize topical clusters of posters within these  
groups, please contact me (kiefer at pages.unibe.ch).**

Oral Sessions (invited):
1. The Global Hydrological Cycle and Abrupt Changes
2. Reconstructing Climate Modes
3. Chronology in Paleoscience
4. Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions
5. Land Cover, Water & Sediment: Regional & Global Synthesis
6. Proxy Development, Calibration & Validation
7. Regional Climate Reconstructions: Filling the Gaps
8. Past Perspectives on Modern Human-Environment Interactions
9. Modeling
10. Origin of Interglacial Climate Variability
11. Stability of Polar Ice Sheets & Sea Level

“Hot Topic” Discussions:
1. The role of paleoscience in IPCC
2. Past Ocean Acidification: Biogenic Impacts & Climate Feedbacks
3. Transient vs. Rapid Change in the Sahara
4. How Abrupt Can Sea Level Rise?

Confirmed speakers so far include: A. Abe-Ouchi, R. Alley, C. Ammann,  
L. Beaufort, J. Carriquiry, E. Cook, B. Damnati, R. D’Arrigo, M-J.  
Gaillard-Lemdahl, A. Gupta, R. Hall, P. Huybrechts, T. Kiefer, A.  
Korhola, A. Landais, S. van der Leeuw, A. LeGrande, C. Le Quesne, Z.  
Liu, J. Luterbacher, J. Marlon, R. Marchant, J. McManus, D.  
Montgomery, R. Mulvaney, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Piovano, N. Pisias, D.  
Pollard, M. Prange, E. Ray, M. Siddall, T. Stocker, J. Stoner, A.  
Timmerman, M. Vuille, Y. Wang, H. Wanner, R. Wasson, K. Willis.

OSM poster abstract deadline: 16 March 2009


A Young Scientists Meeting will be held alongside the Open Science  
Meeting from 6-7 July. The meeting aims to support the development of  
young paleoscientists by providing the opportunity to advance their  
scientific skills and to network with colleagues, leading senior  
scientists and program representatives. For more information, please  
go to the website listed above.

YSM poster and oral abstract deadline: 16 March 2009

We hope to see many of you there!
Greetings from snowy Bern,

Thorsten Kiefer
PAGES Executive Director

PAGES International Project Office
Zaehringerstrasse 25
3012 Bern
Switzerland
osm at pages.unibe.ch
ysm at pages.unibe.ch