Colleagues,
Please consider attending the fifth International Conference on
Environmental Observations, Modeling, and Information Systems
(ENVIROMIS) 2008, 28 June to 06 July in the formerly closed city of
Tomsk, Russia. Details are below.
Please direct any questions to Mrs. Yulia Gordova, Conference Secretary,
Siberian Center for Environmental Research and Training of the Siberian
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Chuck Lane
USEPA
First Call for papers
International Conference on Environmental Observations, Modeling and
Information Systems ENVIROMIS-2008, 28 June -6 July 2008, Tomsk, Russia
The fifth in series of multidisciplinary Conferences comprising elements
of Young Scientists School will be devoted to the state-of-the-art and
usage of modern environmental observation techniques, computational and
information technologies for assessment, modeling and mitigation of
environment variations under natural and anthropogenic pressures
including those caused by Global Change. It is aimed at filling a gap
between basic science achievements and their practical applications in
this domain. Also it is addressed to a critically important issue, which
is the generation gap in Environmental Sciences. To mitigate its
consequences and to facilitate professional skill development for young
scientists, a number of invited lectures devoted to the state of the art
at the domain under consideration will be presented by leading
specialists, which will allow young participants to get first hand
information on hot topics of Environmental Sciences and will attract
them professionally to this very important domain.
One of thematic foci of the Conference will be devoted to a detailed
discussion of Northern and Siberia, in particular, environment state and
dynamics under Climate Change. Being a region where climate variations
are most pronounced and whose potential influences on the Earth System
operation as a whole are of importance, Siberia has attracted recently
attention of a number of research and funding organizations, notably
Siberian Branch of RAS, 6 Framework Programme EC, ISTC, NASA, IGBP and
the Earth System Science Partnership as a whole. We plan to devote to
this theme an Open Meeting of Russian National Committee for IGBP:
Development of Siberia Integrated Regional Study (SIRS). Special
emphasis will be given to Northern Eurasia Climate Change impact
assessment and adaptation to facilitate design of effective yet
economically efficient adaptation strategies.
Another thematic focus will be devoted to a detailed discussion of
man-made environmental risks, in particular their detection, monitoring,
management and remediation technique. To this end a special Workshop on
Man-Made Environmental Risks will be embedded into the Conference fabric
to this end. In particular, it will be devoted to the FP6 Coordinated
Action EnviroâRISKS (Monitoring, Management and Remediation of Man-made
Changes in Siberia) results.
Being run as a sequence of sessions devoted to different aspects of the
theme the Conference will facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation
between young and prominent researchers thus giving a solid foundation
for Earth System study at global and regional level as well. It will
bring together the scientific community at large involving scientists
with representatives of national and international organizations in
science, industry and other groups relevant for the aims of the
Conference. Being addressed to one of research priorities of the FP7
activity area Environment (including Climate Change) it shall engage
the participants in in-depth and forward looking discussions about
optimal ways to address scientific research topics and potential areas
of cooperation. It will define future scientific priorities to this end
as well as identify research groups and projects in a position to become
integrated. It is planned to suggest to International Agencies promoting
environmentally oriented activity in NIS and Europe to use this
Conference for monitoring current state of their projects falling into
this area thus giving them vision and result diffusion as well as a
basis for new cooperative RTD initiatives. A special effort will be made
to bring together contractors involved in national and international on
regional level environmental issues.
The Conference will be organized by the Siberian Center for Environment
Research and Training, Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and
Ecological Systems of Siberian Branch of RAS, Institute for Numerical
Mathematics RAS, Tomsk Region Committee on Ecology, Russian National
Committee IGBP, and Scientific Councils on Earth Sciences and on
Mathematics and Informatics of SB RAS.
The Conference is planned to be held in Tomsk Akademgorodok at premises
of the Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems and in
the Congress Center âRubinâ. One-day trip along Tomâ/Obâ rivers is
planned to access practical activity of regional environmental bodies.
Conference Chair Prof. Evgeny Gordov (Siberian Center for Environment
Research and Training, Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and
Ecological systems, Siberian Branch of RAS, Tomsk)
Organizing Committee:
Prof. Alexander Baklanov (Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen,
Denmark)
Dr. Gerard Begni (CNES, France)
Dr. Sci. V. A. Krutikov (Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and
Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch of RAS, Tomsk),
RAS Corresponding member Vasily Lykosov (Institute for Numerical
Mathematics RAS, Moscow)
Prof. V.V. Penenko (Institute for Computational Mathematics and
Mathematical Geophysics, Novosibirsk)
Dr. L. Shardakova (Central Asian Research Hydrometeorological Institute,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Prof. Edige Zakarin (KazGeoKosmos, Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Scientific Secretary of the Conference Dr. Elena Genina (Siberian Center
for Environmental Research and Training, Tomsk).
Secretary of the Conference Mrs. Yulia Gordova (Siberian Center for
Environmental Research and Training, Tomsk).
Program Committee Co-Chairs: Professor Evgeny Gordov (Siberian Center
for Environmental Research and Training, Tomsk), RAS Corresponding
Member Michael Kabanov (Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and
Ecological Systems SB RAS) and RAS Corresponding Member Vasily Lykosov
(Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS)
Committee:
Prof. H. Akimoto (Frontier Research System for Global Change, Japan),
Prof. A. Baklanov (DMI, Denmark), RAS member P.Ya. Baklanov (Pacific
Institute of Geography, Vladivostok), Prof. H Balzer (University of
Leicester, UK), Dr. G. Begni (CNES, France), Dr. Sci. A. G. Dyukarev
(Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS,
Tomsk), Dr. P. Groisman (NASA, USA), RAS corresponding member A. M.
Fedotov (Novosibirsk State University and Institute of Computational
Technologies, Novosibirsk), Dr. A.Z. Fazliev (Institute of Atmospheric
Optics SB RAS, Tomsk), Prof. M. Heimann (MPI for Bio-geochemistry,
Germany), RAS member V.M. Kotlyakov (Institute of Geography, Moscow),
Dr. O. Krankina (Oregon State University, USA), Dr.Sci. V. A. Krutikov
(Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS,
Tomsk), Dr. C. Lane (National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA, USA),
RAS corresponding member I. I. Mokhov (Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Moscow), Prof. A. A. Onuchin ((Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk),
Dr. A. Palucci (ENEA, Italy), Prof. V.V. Penenko (Institute for
Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Novosibirsk), Dr.
I. Pippi (Institute of Applied Physics âCarraraâ, Italy), Prof. Ch.
Schmullius (Friedrich - Schiller-University, Germany), Prof. A.
Shvidenko (IIASA, Luxemburg, Austria), Prof. S. L. Shvartsev (Tomsk
Affiliation of the Institute of Gas and Petroleum Geology SB RAS), RAS
corresponding member O. N. Solomina (Institute of Geography, Moscow),
RAS member E.A. Vaganov (Siberian Federal University and Institute of
Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk), RAS member O.F. Vasiliev (Institute of
Water and Ecology Problems SB RAS, Novosibitrsk), Prof. E. A. Zakarin
(KazGeoCosmos, Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Sessions planned:
Local and remote observations. Organizers/Chairs Antonio Palucci
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Alexander Tikhomirov
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Remote sensing and GIS Organizers/Chairs Vladimir Serebryakov (
[EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Yury Polishchuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Environmental Information Systems Organizers/Chairs Stefano Nativi
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Alexander Fazliev ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Urban and Regional Environmental Modeling Organizers/Chairs Alexander
Baklanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Vladimir Penenko ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
5. Hydrology and Climate Organizers/Chairs Stepan Shwartsev
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Oleg Vasiliev ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Assessment of Soil, Forestry and Wetland Dynamics Organizers/Chairs
Anatoly Dyukarev ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Charles Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and
Alexander Onuchin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Environment and Climatic Change Assessment and Modeling
Organizers/Chairs Michael Kabanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Vasily Lykosov
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Open Meeting of Russian National Committee for IGBP: Development of
Siberia Integrated Regional Study Organizers/Chairs Evgeny Gordov (
[EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Evgeny Vaganov ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Workshop on Man-Made Environmental Risks Organizers/Chairs Alexander
Baklanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Evgeny Gordov ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Workshop on Northern Eurasia Land Dynamic Assessment Organizers/Chairs
Olga Krankina ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Alexander Onuchin (
[EMAIL PROTECTED]), Anatoly Shvidenko ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Three types of papers will be delivered at the Conference, namely
invited lectures, describing the state of the art in the targeted areas
(1 hour), invited papers, describing recent important inputs into the
domain (30 min), and contributed papers. Contributed papers will be
presented mainly at relevant poster Sessions. Only limited number of
them will be selected for oral presentation. Those whoâd like to present
an additional invited or oral paper, please, contact with relevant
Session Chair/Organizer.
The Workshop on Man-Made Environmental Risks additionally to thematic
sessions with invited and contributed opal and poster presentations will
include the session entirely devoted to the FP6 Coordinated Action FP6
EnviroâRISKS, aimed at monitoring, management and remediation of
man-made changes in Siberia. In course of this session the project
co-ordinator and contractors will present their finding on the theme.
Potential authors, please pay attention that your Abstract should
include:
1. Title
2.Authors (Principal author first)
3.Affiliation and Address for Each Author (Mailing address, telephone,
fax, e-mail, Internet site)
4.Session chosen (Please note that near all contributed papers will be
presented at Poster Sessions, only suggested by the Session Chairs
papers will be considered as candidates for oral presentation)
5.Abstract Text: no more than one page.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 1 March 2008
Please send you abstract to: Mrs. Yulia Gordova, Secretary of the
Conference, Siberian Center for Environment Research and Training of
Siberian Branch of RAS, Akademicheskii ave. 10/3, Tomsk, 634055, Russia.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phone: 7 (3822) 492187,
Fax: 7 (3822) 492537.
The Abstracts and the Conference Program will be published in the hard
copy version and on the Conference site. We plan to publish Conference
Proceeding in a special issue of the peer reviewed Journal
For current information please look at the Conference site
http://scert.ru/en/conferences/enviromis2008/ . To see materials of the
previous ENVIROMIS Conferences, visit the site http://scert.ru.
The anticipated support from sponsoring organizations allow us hope to
cover partially expenses for selected on competitive basis young
researchers from NIS countries.
Please forward this Call to anyone you think would be interested in
receiving it.
Looking forward to meet you at our conference!
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Charles R. Lane
US EPA Office of Research and Development
NERL/EERD/Ecosystems Research Branch
26 W Martin Luther King Dr. MS-642
Cincinnati OH 45268 Tel: (513) 569-7854
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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