CALL for APPLICATIONS - IPROMO: "Understanding and adapting to climate change in mountain areas" - 8 - 17 July 2012

IPROMO Course on “Understanding and adapting to climate change in mountain areas” 8 - 17 July 2012 Italy Dear Mountain Partnership focal points, We are pleased to announce the fifth summer course organized by IPROMO - the training programme on sustainable mountain development - jointly organized by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at FAO and the University of Turin, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Protection of Agroforestry Resources. IPROMO benefits from the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and this year it will be partially funded by the Development Grant Facility programme of the World Bank.     IPROMO’s theme this year is “Understanding and adapting to climate change in mountain areas” and for the first time the course will target in particular members of the national delegations to the UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on  Climate Change. The aim of this year’s course is to share with the selected participants key facts about the main consequences of climate change in mountain areas, how to adapt to it and to provide some techniques for strengthening negotiation skills. At the end of the course, the participants will have a better understanding of changes happening in mountain ecosystems, their impact on natural resources and on social and economic systems, and on adaptation strategies. Their capacity to integrate mountain related language in negotiated texts will be enhanced. The course will run from 8 to 17 July 2012 with 10 days of full immersion learning. It will include lectures, practical work and field trips. The course will be held in Ormea, (Piedmont Region) and in Courmayeur (Valle d’Aosta Region) both in Italy, with several excursions and field activities. The course - which will be held in English - will be open to a maximum of 30 professionals who are part of the national delegations to the UNFCCC – preference will be given to participants coming from countries which are members of the Mountain Partnership. Participants from developing countries are encouraged to apply.  The total cost of the course (inclusive of full board, accommodation, taxes, teaching equipment, internal transfers but excluding travel costs) is 3,000 Euros. A limited number of scholarships – full (on site and travel costs) and partial (on-site only) - are available for selected participants from developing countries. Excellent knowledge of English, a university degree possibly in a technical area such as Agriculture, Forestry, Biology, Geology or Geography, and relevant working experience as member of the national delegation to the UNFCCC are indispensable prerequisites. Those who are interested in participating can register online at http://www.mountainpartnership.org/ipromoform/subscription/en/ and upload their curriculum vitae as a Word or PDF file.  Applications should be received by 20 May 2012 and a notification will be sent out by mid June to all applicants. Kindly share this call for applications with the members of your national delegation to UNFCCC. Thank you and kind regards, Rosalaura Romeo Mountain Partnership Secretariat www.ipromo-school.it/en/ www.mountainpartnership.org    For further queries: rosalaura.romeo@fao.org and silvia.stanchi@unito.it

The Mountain Partnership is a voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain people and protecting mountain environments around the world. www.mountainpartnership.org

 

REGISTER NOW ! Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? | May 29-31, 2012, Switzerland

2012 International Conference - Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty?

Date:  May 29-31, 2012
Place:  Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Convenors: UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development, Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES MAY 20,2012

In July 2011 EPFL's Direction decided to establish the Cooperation and Development Center (CODEV) in order to boost, within EPFL, the importance of research and training activities with emerging and developing countries.

CODEV is organizing the Tech4Dev 2012 conference. Held from 29-31st May 2012 at EPFL in Switzerland, this conference aims to foster links between researchers at EPFL and from all over the world, such as between development researchers and practitioners, namely in the areas of sustainable habitat and cities, ICT and environmental issues, disaster risk reduction and renewable energies (representing the 4 priority axes of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development): http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev.

We have received over 400 abstracts, from which some 80 papers have been shortlisted for presentation at the conference. We have ensured that these three days be both a time for presentation and discussion (namely in the thematic workshops) as well as an opportunity to exchange and network (side events and activity breaks).  Please follow the link http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev/Program for an overview of the conference program, the workshop sessions as well as the side events.

Speakers include:

- Dr. Lidia BRITO, Director, Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development, UNESCO and former Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology in Mozambique
- Dr. Martin DAHINDEN, Director-General, Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC)
- Dr.  h.c. Pierre LANDOLT, Associate of Landolt & Cie, Swiss Private Bankers
- Prof. Miguel NICOLELIS, Professor of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering and Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Founder, Duke's Center for Neuroengineering and Founder and Scientific Director, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute for Neuroscience of Natal
- Prof. Luc SOETE, Director, United Nations University, Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology

For further information on registering for the conference and the fees due, please refer to http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev/Registration.

I do hope that you will seize this opportunity and register for the conference, as well as promoting it to your partners both within Switzerland and abroad.

Thanking you in advance, I look forward to welcoming you to the conference.

Prof. Jean-Claude Bolay
Directeur de la coopération
Cooperation & Development Center
UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development

EPFL – VPAA – CODEV
Station 10 – 1015 Lausanne (Switzerland) Tel. +41 (0)21 693.60.48 Tech4Dev@epfl.ch

International UNESCO Chair Conference, 29-31 May, 2012 - EPFL http://cooperation.epfl.ch/2012Tech4Dev

4th IWA Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals Conference, Japan

Introduction

The 4th IWA Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals Conference(APYWP2012) will be held on December 7-10, 2012 at Miraikan (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo, Japan.

The Asia-Pacific region is the most populous and fast-developing region in the world, resulting in tremendous pressure on water resources in recent times. Water sector students and professionals in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to become the leaders of the future.

The 4th IWA Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals Conference is held to provide a platform for YWPs to exchange valuable ideas and to explore possible solutions to key water-related issues encountered in the Asia-Pacific Region. The conference will offer not only sessions for academic research presentation but also session on hot issues on water in Asia-Pacific region. Utility professionals will also be sharing their expertise on technical solutions and management policies. We hope participants will get valuable experinces and network with Young Water Professionals, who forge the future of water in Asia-Pacific regions.

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2nd International Conference on Environment and BioScience 2012, Phnom Penh , Cambodia

2012 2nd International Conference on Environment and BioScience (ICEBS 2012) Phnom Penh , Cambodia. September 28-29, 2012
www.icebs.org

General Information

The aim of the ICEBS conference series is to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to Environment and BioScience. To this end, the meeting aims to attract participants with different backgrounds, to foster cross-pollination between different research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, frameworks, methodologies, tools, and applications.

The ICEBS 2012 is sponsored by Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES). Submitted conference papers will be reviewed by technical committees of the Conference.

ICEBS 2012 will be published in the Volume of Journal ( IPCBEE, ISSN: 2010-4618), and all papers will be included in the Engineering & Technology Digital Library, and indexed by Ei Geobase(Elsevier), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, EBSCO, CNKI(中国知网), WorldCat, Google Scholar, and sent to be reviewed by Compendex and ISI Proceedings.

About 10 selected papers from the registered ones, will be published in the International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics (IJBBB) free of charge.

One Excellent Paper will be selected from each oral sessions. The Certificate for Excellent Papers will be awarded in the Welcome Banquet on September 29, 2012.

Important Date:
 

Round I

Paper Submission (Full Paper)                                                                 Before May 20, 2012
Notification of Acceptance                                                                             On June  5, 2012
Authors' Registration                                                                               Before June 20, 2012
Final Paper Submission                                                                           Before June 20, 2012
ICEBS 2012 Conference Dates                                                              September 28-29, 2012

SUBMISSION METHODS:

Conference Template (DOWNLOAD)

1. Electronic Submission System; ( .pdf) If you can't login the submission system, please try to submit through method 2.

2. Email: icebs@cbees.org ( .pdf and .doc)

Call for Contribution: Conference on Managing Protected Areas under Climate Change (24-26 September 2012 in Dresden, Germany)

I would like to inform you that the deadline for the call for contribution for the international Conference on Managing Protected Areas under Climate Change (IMPACT) has been extended to 20 May 2012. The conference  sets out to meet the growing need for sharing knowledge and experiences in the field of biodiversity conservation and climate change by bringing together researchers, conservation managers and decision-makers in the field of nature conservation.

IMPACT will present good practice examples and share experience of putting adaptation strategies into action. Furthermore, IMPACT will improve the integration of research outputs into conservation projects as well as the identification of unsolved problems and further research needs. It will efficiently help conservation managers today to make decisions about climate impacts of the future.

Conference themes include:

• Assessing sensitivity
• Modelling of climate-induced impacts
• Management practices
• Monitoring of climate-induced impacts
• Awareness raising, communication and stakeholder involvement
• Managing the unknown / Decision Support
• Legal aspects and policy recommendations
• Climate change impacts on species and invasive species

You are invited to submit 400 word abstracts for oral and poster presentations through the conference website at

 http://www.habit-change.eu/index.php?id=206 until 20 May 2012. Abstracts must be in English and be related to the conference topics.

Registration for the conference is also open. Early bird registration is 50 € until 31 July 2012. After 1 August the registration fee is 75 €.

Further information is available at the conference website (http://www.habitchange.eu/impact).

Best regards,

Astrid Berens

Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER)
Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung, e.V. (IÖR)
Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany
URL: www.ioer.de

Email: a.berens@ioer.de