CarboEurope Project Meetings,
17-19 March, 2003
and CarboEurope Conference
"The continental carbon cycle",
19-21 March, 2003,
Lisbon, Portugal
Second Announcement and Call for Papers
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CarboEurope Project Meetings, Second Announcement and Call for Papers |
CarboEurope (http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/public/carboeur/)
Global Carbon Project (http://www.globalcarbonproject.org)
Gulbenkian Foundation (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian),
Lisbon
Av. de Berna, 45-A
1067-001 Lisboa
Phone: +351 21 782 3000
Fax: +351 21 782 3021
The venue is located in the centre of Lisbon, close to Praça de Espanha,
inside a park.
http://www.gulbenkian.pt/fundacao/sede.asp
The conference aims to
The conference is jointly organised with the Global Carbon Project.
Scientists and leaders of research programmes in the field of the terrestrial carbon cycle and carbon management in view of the Kyoto Protocol, consultants for certification of Kyoto projects, policy makers involved in climate change, land use, land use change and forestry.
Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for posters on issues of
A short abstract of maximum 1 page should be sent to: Annette Freibauer
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is extended February 15, 2003.
Size of posters should not exceed 100cm of height and 80cm of width.
| Coordination of Database Efforts within CarboEurope | 18 March (afternoon) | details: Reiner Krause |
| AEROCARB | 18 March (afternoon: modeling jointly with TCOS Siberia), 19/03 (morning) |
details: Philippe Ciais |
| CAMELS | 19/03 (full day) | details: Peter Cox |
| CARBOAGE | 19/03 (6 p.m.) | details: John Grace |
| CARBOEUROFLUX | 19/03 (full day) | details: Riccardo Valentini |
| Carbo-Invent | 18-19/03 (full days) | details: Bernhard Schlamadinger |
| CHIOTTO | 19/03 (morning) | details: Alex Vermeulen |
| FORCAST | 19/03 (full day) | details: Ernst-Detlef Schulze |
| GREENGRASS | 19/03 (afternoon) | details: Jean-François Soussana |
| LBA Carbonsink | 19/03 (morning) | details: Eddy Moors |
| RECAB | 19/03 (full day) | details: Ronald Hutjes |
| TCOS Siberia | 17/03, 2 pm, to 19/03, 12 am | details: Martin Heimann |
| Wednesday, March 19, 2003: Informal start of conference | |
| 18:00 | Early registration (Hotel Barcelona) |
| 19:00 | Icebreaker (Hotel Barcelona) |
| Thursday, March 20, 2003: Conference plenary (Gulbenkian Foundation) | |
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration (Gulbenkian Foundation) |
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome by Pedro Lynce Minister of Science and Higher Education of Portugal Scientific goals of conference |
| 09:30-10:45 11:15-12:30 |
The terrestrial continental carbon budget Conveners: Philippe Ciais, Riccardo Valentini Perspectives of Carbon Cycle Research in FP6 |
| 12:30-15:00 | Lunch and poster session |
| 15:00-16:30 17:00-18:00 |
Process understanding - where does the carbon go? Conveners: Han Dolman, Ernst-Detlef Schulze Understanding the latitudinal trend in forest NEE |
| 18:00-18:30 | Projects about continental and global carbon cycling CarboEurope-GHG Concerted Action Riccardo Valentini, University of Tuscia Global Carbon Project Pep Canadell, GCP Executive Officer, CSIRO Land & Water, Canberra |
| Evening | Reception (Pavilhão de Exposições_ Instituto Superior de Agronomia) |
| Friday, March 21, 2003: Conference plenary (Gulbenkian Foundation) | |
| 09:00-10:30 11:00-12:00 |
Carbon management, GHG budgets Conveners: John Grace, Jean-François Soussana Introduction - The total GHG effect of
the forest cycle |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch and poster session |
| 13:30-15:45 | Integrating carbon science in Europe and beyond Convener: Martin Heimann Introduction
- the challenge |
| 16:00-18:00 | Research in the new CarboEurope IP - Summary and Discussion
(for potential IP-members only) Han Dolman, Free University of Amsterdam |
| Saturday, March 22, 2003: Optional excursions | |
| 1. | Half-day sightseeing tour through Lisbon (start 9 a.m.) - limit of 49 persons |
| 2. | Full-day visit tour to Lisbon and the Natural Park of Arrábida (9 a.m.-7 p.m.) - limit of 49 persons |
| 3. | Visit to Espirra Eucalypt plantation Carbon site (start 9 a.m.) with wine tasting included - limit of 25 persons |
| Further details about excursions will be provided at the conference. | |
Philippe Ciais, Peter Cox, Han Dolman, Annette Freibauer, John Grace, Martin Heimann, Pavel Kabat, Bernhard Schlamadinger, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Jean-François Soussana, Riccardo Valentini, Alex Vermeulen
| Annette Freibauer Phone ++49 3641 57 6164 Fax ++49 3641 57 7100 Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry P.O. Box 100164 07701 Jena / Germany |
Yvonne Hofmann Phone ++49 3641 57 6102 Fax ++49 3641 57 7100 Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry P.O. Box 100164 07701 Jena / Germany |
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João S. Pereira |
Carla Nogueira Instituto Superior de Agronomia Dept. Forestry, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa / Portugal |
All participants should complete the Conference Registration Form and send it by fax, mail or email to:
Yvonne Hofmann
Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry
P.O. Box 100164
D-07701 Jena / Germany
Fax ++49 3641 57 7100
Email
Download Conference Registration Form
The participant´s fee for project meetings on 17, 18,
19 March is 30 EURO per day.
The participant´s fee covers lunch and coffee breaks. Meeting rooms and
technical facilities will be funded by CarboEurope.
The registration fee for the conference is 90 EURO.
The Registration Fee covers attendance in all sessions, the lunches, coffee
breaks and receptions. Meeting rooms, technical facilities and conference material
will be funded by CarboEurope.
Advance payment of registration fees is prefered. Registration
fees should be remitted in EURO by bank transfer to:
Bank details:
Account holder: Instituto Superior de Agronomia
BANK: Caixa Geral de Depósitos
SWIFT CODE: CGD-IPT-PL
NIB (Bank account number): 003500270006808390373
ADDRESS: Rua Prior do Crato nº 60-A 1250 lisboa
REFERENCE: CARBOEUROPE MEETING
The registration desk will be open on Wednesday, 19th of March,
6-9 p.m. in Hotel Barcelona,
Thursday, 20th of March, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. in Gulbenkian Foundation,
Friday, 21st of March, 9-12 a.m. in Gulbenkian Foundation
The participants are expected to make their own hotel reservations. Pre-reservations have been made in three hotels nearby and we recommend the participants to accommodate in one of these. Participants should mention "CarboEurope" when making the reservation. Reservations are possible by phone, fax or e-mail. Rooms are pre-reserved until 31st of January, 2003. Afterwards rooms will be available according to vacancy situation.
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Hotel Barcelona****
Guarantee: credit card number and the expiration date |
Holiday Inn Lisboa-Continental **** Price in €*: Single: 85 |
Hotel Zurique*** Rua Ivone Silva, 18 1050 - 124 Lisboa Phone ++351 21 781 40 03 Fax ++351 21 793 72 90
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