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Announcements of upcoming meetings of interest to the ENSO community.
- 4 February – 1 March 2002, 3rd Online Workshop for Educators on Conservation and the Coral Reef World
- 11-15 February 2002, 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
- 24-27 February 2002, Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002 (San Diego, California, USA)
- 3-6 March 2002, 19th Annual Pacific Climate Workshop on Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America (Pacific Grove, California, USA)
- 5-7 March 2002, Operational Oceanography Symposium (London, United Kingdom)
- 5-8 March 2002, Oceanology International 2002 (London, United Kingdom)
- 6-8 March 2002, International Conference on Flood Estimation (Bern, Switzerland)
- 25-29 March, 2002, 7th International Coastal Symposium (Templepatrick, Northern Ireland)
- 7-12 April 2002, World Water Congress 2002 (Melbourne, Australia)
- 15-17 April 2002, Workshop on Sea-Ice Extent and the Global Climate System (Toulouse, France)
- 21-26 April 2002, European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly (Nice, France)
- 25 April – 3 May 2002, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (San Diego, California, USA)
- 20-24 May 2002, Conference and Workshop on Climate Variability and Change and Their Health Effects in the Caribbean (Bridgetown, Barbados)
- 24-28 June 2002, Managing International Shared Waters: Towards Sustainable Transboundary Coastal Ecosystems (Hamilton, Canada)
- 15-18 July 2002, Quaternary Climatic Changes and Environmental Crises in the Mediterranean Region (Madrid, Spain)
- 22-25 July 2002, Third International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (Dresden, Germany)
- 22-26 July 2002, International Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Science Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
- 12-15 August 2002, Stockholm Water Symposium: Balancing Competing Water Uses: Present Status and New Prospects (Stockholm, Sweden)
- 19-22 August 2002, Conference on Fisheries in the Global Economy (Wellington, New Zealand)
- 15-18 October 2002, GLOBEC Second Open Science Meeting (Qingdao, PR China)
3rd Online Workshop for Educators on Conservation and the Coral Reef World
When: 4 February – 1 March 2002
The 3rd Online Workshop for Educators on Conservation and the Coral Reef World is scheduled for early February 2002. Registration is taking place now for this online workshop designed to bring explorers, scientists, and teachers together for four weeks of learning about the wonders of coral reefs. All activities are Web-based. Some of the program's highlights include Coral Reefs 101 for the Classroom; Status of Coral Reefs and Threats; Uses and Abuses of Coral Reefs; and Education Programs and Conservation Practices for Australian Reefs. Breakout sessions include field reports from Mexico, American Samoa, and the Florida Keys. For more information and to register online, visit www.coexploration.org/sse/coral/htmlflyer.html
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2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Where: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
When: 11-15 February 2002
 The 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting will be held 11-15 February 2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Some of the special sessions include: Coupled Biophysical Processes, Fisheries Resources, and Climate Variability in Coastal Ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific Ocean; Reforming Education in the Ocean Sciences for All Citizens; Coral Reef Habitats: New Insights From Integrated Coastal Science; and Multidisciplinary Ocean Observations and Observatories. For additional information, contact AGU Meetings Dept., 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009; tel: 1-202-462-6900; fax: 1-202-328-0566; email: meetinginfo@agu.org; Website: www.agu.org/meetings/os02top.html
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Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002
Where: San Diego, California, USA
When: 24-27 February 2002
 Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002 will be held 24-27 February 2002 in San Diego, California, USA. The four main conference themes are Coastal Storms, e.g., hurricanes, cyclones, extra-tropical storms and coastal flooding; Seismic Effects, e.g., tsunamis and coastal landslides; Impacts on Climate Change, e.g., rising sea levels, ocean temperature changes and El Niño; and Shoreline Change. The conference aims to bring together coastal researchers, scientists, and managers to exchange information about coastal disasters and to identify gaps in information exchange between researchers and managers. For more information, contact: Lesley Ewing, California Coastal Commission, 45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94105; tel: 1-415-904-5291; fax: 1-415-904-5400; email: lewing@coastal.ca.gov or Website: www.asce.org/conferences/cd2002/
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19th Annual Pacific Climate Workshop on Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America
Where: Pacific Grove, California, USA
When: 3-6 March 2002
The 19th Annual Pacific Climate Workshop on Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America will be held 3-6 March 2002 in Pacific Grove, California, USA. The workshop will address multidisciplinary issues of climate variability, from weather to geological timescales, with a focus on the Pacific and the western Americas. Special sessions are planned to address direct and indirect solar influences on climate, and climate and oceanic biology. For further information, contact Janice Tomson, PACLIM, PO Box 8306, Long Beach, CA 90808; tel: 1-562-938-4448; fax: 1-562-938-9253; email: jtomson@lbcc.cc.ca.us; web: meteora.ucsd.edu/paclim/
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Operational Oceanography Symposium
Where: London, United Kingdom
When: 5-7 March 2002
The Operational Oceanography Symposium will be held 5-7 March 2002 in London, United Kingdom. This international symposium will address operational oceanography from a remote sensing perspective. It is intended for professionals who are interested in operational oceanography programs. Special sub-sessions include: Sea Ice Information – Emerging Technologies and Services; Ocean Models for Defense-Related Initiatives; and Emerging Satellite Sensors & Programs. For more information, contact the AMRS Association, NSCC, 5685 Leeds Street; PO Box 1153, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 2X1; tel: 1-902- 491-2160; fax: 1-902-491-2162; email: events@waterobserver.org; web: www.waterobserver.org
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Oceanology International 2002
Where: London, United Kingdom
When: 5-8 March 2002
Oceanology International 2002 will be held 5-8 March 2002 in London, United Kingdom. The conference brings together those involved in every aspect of oceanography to address present and future trends in Marine Environmental Sciences, Ocean Observing and Modeling, Measurement and Instrumentation, Data Harvesting, Marine Survey and Engineering, Marine Pollution Monitoring and Control, and Meteorology. For more information, contact Angela Pederzolli, Project Executive; tel: 44-20-8949-9839; fax: 44-20-8949-8186; email: angela.pederzolli@spearhead.co.uk or contact PGI Spearhead Worldwide Exhibitions, Coombe Hill House, 3rd Floor Beverley Way, London, SW20 0AR, UK; tel: 44-20-8949-9839; email: oilondon@spearhead.co.uk; Website: www.oceanologyinternational.com
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International Conference on Flood Estimation
Where: Bern, Switzerland
When: 6-8 March 2002
The International Conference on Flood Estimation will be held 6-8 March 2002 in Bern, Switzerland. The conference is aimed at presenting and discussing the latest developments within the field of flood estimation for micro- and meso-scale catchments. Apart from hydrologic aspects of model evolution and questions in connection with regionalization of floods, the practical use of models will be given priority. Presentations cover both practical knowledge and recommendations. For more information, contact the International Conference on Flood Estimation, Federal Office for Water and Geology and Hydrology Group of Berne University, CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland; tel: 41 31 324 27 48; fax: 41 31 324 76 81; email: floodestimation@bwg.admin.ch; web: hydrant.unibe.ch/veranstaltungen/flood/flood01.htm
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7th International Coastal Symposium
Where: Templepatrick, Northern Ireland
When: 25-29 March, 2002
The 7th International Coastal Symposium will be held 25-29 March, 2002 in Templepatrick, Northern Ireland. This multidisciplinary international symposium is for scientists, engineers, and managers to discuss the latest advances in scientific understanding, engineering and environmental issues of coastal processes. The symposium provides a forum for the following themes: coastal change, contemporary coastal processes, coastal engineering and management, and coastal ecosystems. For more information, contact the Coastal Research Group, School of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland; tel: +44 (028) 70324429; fax: +44 (028) 70324911; email: ics2002@ulst.ac.uk; Website: www.science.ulst.ac.uk/ics2002/
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World Water Congress 2002
Where: Melbourne, Australia
When: 7-12 April 2002
 The World Water Congress 2002 will take place 7-12 April 2002 in Melbourne, Australia. Organized by the International Water Association, it will focus on four main themes: water, waste, odor and the business of the environment. Within the water theme, the focus will be on issues such as water cycle management in Southeast Asia, climate change and water supply and drought management. For more information, contact the Event Manager and Secretariat, Quitz Event Management, PO Box 632, Willoughby NSW 2068 Australia; tel: 61-2-9410-1302; fax: 61-2-9410-0036; email: quitz@bigpond.net.au; web: www.enviroaust.net
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Workshop on Sea-Ice Extent and the Global Climate System
Where: Toulouse, France
When: 15-17 April 2002
The Workshop on Sea-Ice Extent and the Global Climate System will be held 15-17 April 2002 in Toulouse, France. The objectives of the workshop are to identify diagnostic opportunities provided by sea-ice data sets in the context of climate variations over interannual to century timescales, to examine the limitations of these sea-ice data sets, to seek strategies for minimizing these limitations in diagnostic applications and in future monitoring; and to highlight potential uses of available sea-ice data in applications ranging from forecasting to the simulation of climate by global coupled models. Issues of particular interest are the synthesis of data sets from different sources, and the assimilation of sea-ice data into re-analyses and other reconstructions of historical and paleoclimate variations. For more information, contact the International ACSYS/CliC Project Office, Polar Environmental Centre, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway; tel: 47-77-750150; fax: 47-77-750501; email: tordis@npolar.no; web: acsys.npolar.no/meetings/toulouse/ice.htm
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European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly
Where: Nice, France
When: 21-26 April 2002
The European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly will be held 21-26 April 2002 in Nice, France. It is devoted to the stochastic and nonlinear dynamics of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. Contributions in which new perspectives on the ENSO phenomenon and its predictability are proposed and discussed are especially encouraged. At the core of the Assembly will be: what causes ENSO irregularity, can we quantify the role of nonlinearities and noise, how likely and predictable are regime changes of ENSO and what determines their physics, have recent changes in ENSO dynamics been generated within the tropics or the extratropics? In addition to climate modelers, scientists from the fields of paleo-ENSO reconstructions, dynamical systems analysis, nonlinear time series analysis and those who have some bright new ideas on the subject are invited. For more information, contact the EGS Office, Max-Planck-Str. 13, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; tel: 49-5556-1440; fax: 49-5556-4709; email: egs.registration@copernicus.org; web: www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice02/nice02.htm
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25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Where: San Diego, California, USA
When: 25 April – 3 May 2002
The 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology will be held 25 April – 3 May 2002 in San Diego, California, USA. Some of the topics covered will be climate processes in Tropical America and the eastern Pacific, convection, extended range prediction, hurricane impacts in the Americas, hurricanes, intraseasonal variability, monsoons, ocean-atmosphere coupling, and short-range prediction. The deadline for abstract submission is November 15. For more information, contact AMS Headquarters, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-3693; tel: 1-617-227-2425; fax: 1-617-742-8718; email: amsinfo@ametsoc.org; Website: www.ametsoc.org/AMS/
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Conference and Workshop on Climate Variability and Change and Their Health Effects in the Caribbean
Where: Bridgetown, Barbados
When: 20-24 May 2002
The Conference and Workshop on Climate Variability and Change and Their Health Effects in the Caribbean will take place 20-24 May 2002 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The conference is sponsored by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) under the auspices of the Interagency Network on Climate and Human Health. The conference will consider climate variability and climate change, health status in the Caribbean region, linkages between climate and human health; and public health policies and strategies for adaptation to climate variability and change. For more information, contact the PAHO/WHO, Office of Caribbean Program Coordination, PO Box 508, Bridgetown, Barbados; tel: 1-246-426-3860; fax: 1-246-436-9779; email: cpcadmin@cpc.paho.org; web: www.pahocpc.org/whatsnew/climate_health_conf/chcw.htm
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Managing International Shared Waters: Towards Sustainable Transboundary Coastal Ecosystems
Where: Hamilton, Canada
When: 24-28 June 2002
A conference entitled Managing International Shared Waters: Towards Sustainable Transboundary Coastal Ecosystems will be held 24-28 June 2002 in Hamilton, Canada. The conference will bring together representatives from groups engaged in management of transboundary coastal waters and those seeking practical, positive and integrated solutions to coastal issues. The conference is aimed at representatives from government, academia, business, non-government organizations, indigenous peoples, women, and youth. For more information, contact Dr. Ralph Daley, UNU/UNWEH, McMaster U., JHE Bldg., #A416, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON Canada, L8S 4K1; tel: 1-905-525-9140 ext. 24517; email: contact@inweh.unu.edu; Website: www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/msw.htm
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Quaternary Climatic Changes and Environmental Crises in the Mediterranean Region
Where: Madrid, Spain
When: 15-18 July 2002
The Quaternary Climatic Changes and Environmental Crises in the Mediterranean Region will be held July 15-18, 2002 in Madrid, Spain. This meeting will be based on four sections: paleo-bio indicators, geochemical indicators, and isotopic geochronology; environmental crises and human evolution, marine and terrestrial records as proxy of environmental changes, and paleoclimatic records from the Iberian Peninsula; sea-level changes, catchment and neotectonics, and paleohydrology; and climate models. For more information, contact Ana Valdeolmillos Rodríguez, Departamento de Geología. Edificio de Ciencias, Campus Universitario. Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; tel: 34 91 885 49 55; fax: 34 91 885 50 90; email: climatic.changes@uah.es; web: www2.alcala.es/qchange2002/
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Third International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research
Where: Dresden, Germany
When: 22-25 July 2002
The Third International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research will be held 22-25 July 2002 in Dresden, Germany, and is the third international conference in a series on water resources and environmental research. The aim of the conference is to encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary communication among scientists, engineers and professionals working in the fields of ecological systems, sustainable management, development of water resources and conservation of natural systems. For more information, contact Cathleen Schimmek or Gisela Schöler, Conference Secretariat ICWRER 2002, Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, Dresden University of Technology, Wuerzburger Str. 46, D-01187 Dresden, Germany; tel: 49-351-463-3931; fax: 49-351-463-7162; email: icwrer2002@mailbox.tu-dresden.de; web: www.tu-dresden.de/fghhihm/normal/frame.htm
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International Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Science Conference
Where: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
When: 22-26 July 2002
The International Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Science Conference will be held 22-26 July 2002 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The conference is sponsored by NASA and NASDA (the National Space Development Agency of Japan). Papers are solicited on all aspects of TRMM research, including satellite data analysis, climate diagnostics, model evaluation, algorithm development, field experiments, validation and application. Titles and abstracts (not to exceed 500 words) in English must be received by 1 February 2002 and may be submitted to abstracts@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov. For more information, contact Dr. Marshall Shepherd at shepherd@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov or visit the Website: trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications_dir/trmm_conference.html
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Stockholm Water Symposium: Balancing Competing Water Uses: Present Status and New Prospects
Where: Stockholm, Sweden
When: 12-15 August 2002
The Stockholm Water Symposium: Balancing Competing Water Uses: Present Status and New Prospects will take place 12-15 August 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden. The aim of the 2002 Symposium is to highlight the present status of the situation in different parts of the world, to debate what will be needed to perform the necessary balancing and to improve water use performance, and to indicate new prospects in terms of cases where balancing is already practiced or planned. For more information, contact the Stockholm International Water Institute (Symposium Secretariat), Sveavägen 59, SE-113 59 Stockholm, Sweden; tel: 46 8 522 139 75; fax: 46 8 522 139 61; email: sympos@siwi.org; web: www.siwi.org/sws2002/sws2002.html
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Conference on Fisheries in the Global Economy
Where: Wellington, New Zealand
When: 19-22 August 2002
The Conference on Fisheries in the Global Economy will be held 19-22 August 2002 in Wellington, New Zealand. Organized by the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), this event will provide a forum for participants to consider the future management of fisheries. Themes will include: future paths for rights-based fisheries management, co-management, rules-based reform; economic solutions to customary, aboriginal, and traditional fishing rights issues; fisheries management through Regional Fisheries Organizations (RFOs); and ecosystem and oceans policy approaches to fisheries management. For more information contact the IIFET Secretariat, Oregon State University, Dept. of Ag. and Resource Economics, Corvallis, OR 97331-3601, USA; tel: 1-541-737-1414; fax: 1-541-737-2563; email: Ann.L.Shriver@oregonstate.edu; or Bruce Shallard and Associates, PO Box 27409, Wellington, New Zealand, tel: 64 4 389 3487, fax: 64 4 389 3457; email: bruce.shallard@xtra.co.nz; web: www.iifet2002.com
GLOBEC Second Open Science Meeting
Where: Qingdao, PR China
When: 15-18 October 2002
 The GLOBEC Second Open Science Meeting will be held 15-18 October 2002 in Qingdao, PR China. The meeting is expected to focus on how to engage the increasing number of national, multinational and regional GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics) activities in the structures of the program and pave the way towards the GLOBEC synthesis. More specific information will be released at the beginning of 2002. For more information or to register, contact GLOBEC IPO, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, United Kingdom; tel: +44 (0) 1752 633401; fax: +44 (0) 1752-633101; email: globec@pml.ac.uk; Web site: www.globec.org
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