The 1st ICSU World Data System Conference - Global Data for Global Science September 3-6, 2011 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Sponsored by ICSU WDS International Programme Office ICSU/WDS Scientific Committee Science Council of Japan Objectives and scope of this Conference This conference is the first international meeting of the WDS to provide with an opportunity [...]
Report on visit to Lampedusa, 15 - 19 March 2011, for a study entitled: Mobility following Mediterranean democratic movements: The role of ICTs. Academia Europaea Social Sciences Section Initiative on Mobility and Integration, and IGU (International Geographical Union) MRP (Mediterranean Renaissance Program). FROM: Maria Paradiso, MRP Coordinator; Member, AE Social Sciences Section [...]
Dear Colleagues, The International Programme Office of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Programme is pleased to announce IRDR Conference 2011. The conference, entitled "Disaster Risk: Integrating Science and Practice", is being held in cooperation with the China Association for Science and Technology. What: IRDR Conference 2011, "Disaster Risk: Integrating Science and Practice" When: October [...]
The scientific bodies of Georgia (Institute of Geography, Tbilisi State University and Geographical Society of Georgia) are hosting an International Scientific Conference to be held from 15 to 17 September, 2011 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Conference is dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the famous geographer, climatologist and agrometeorologist Academician Feofan Davitaia. For further information [...]
Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Alexandre Javakhishvili Geographical Society of Georgia Dear Colleagues, Scientific bodies of Georgia – Institute of Geography, Tbilisi State University and Geographical Society of Georgia – organize an International Scientific Conference on "Environment and Global Warming" to be held from 15 to 17 September, 2011 in [...]
Dear colleagues and friends, Geoparks are becoming very popular due to their combination of conservation, sustainable development and community involvement. UNESCO became active in this area in 1999 and in 2001 decided to gives its ad hoc support to national Geopark initiatives which are coordinated through a Global Geoparks Network (GGN) where national geological heritage [...]
Message from Department of Geography at Sultan Qaboos University. Dear Colleagues In the frame of the “Gulf Research Meeting 2011” which will be held at Cambridge University, on 6-9 July 2011, we intend to organize a workshop about “Modernization and socio-economic changes in the Gulf Arab Cities. Therefore, we kindly invite you to visit the link below for [...]
For more information go to: http://www.worldsocialscience.org/ IGU's President Ron Abler, Secretary-General Mike Meadows and Vice-President Ruth Fincher attended the 28th General Assembly of the ISSC (10-14th December, Nagoya, Japan) and represented the interests of the IGU. As one of the member organisations, IGU involvement in the ISSC is important to establish the geographers' position [...]