Open Science Conference Deadline Extended to 8 February 2012

The abstract submission deadline for the SOLAS Open Science Conference (OSC) 2012 has been extended to 8 February 2012. With the holiday season approaching for many we hope this extension will give you time to complete your abstracts as well as suggest topics for discussion sessions.

Give a short talk
Don't forget that you can still be considered to give a short talk at the conference. Just tick the "short talk" option when making your registration. Full details about the conference venue, programme and invited speakers are available in the 2nd announcement flyer.

Full board meal options
Your registration fee includes admittance to the full conference programme, reception, banquet and full board meals. Several meal package options have also been designed to allow accompanying friends or family members to dine with you whenever they would like.

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee however luxury lodging options are still available for conference participants at excellent prices. Special rates are available not only during the meeting but for several days before and after and friends or family members can lodge with you at no extra fee.

Conference fund 2012
Applications are still being accepted from early-career scientists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition thanks to support from the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). Click here to find out more and apply: deadline 18 January 2012

New Abstract Submission Deadline: 8 February 2012

COST Action 735

Action 735 Final Event, 29 November 2011 in Frascati, Italy.
This symposium represented the culmination of five years of collaboration across Europe and beyond in the field of assessing global air-sea fluxes of climate and air pollution relevant gases and marked the formal end of COST Action 735.
The meeting will be held preceding the Earth Observation for Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions Science meeting co-organised by ESA, SOLAS and EGU.

COST 735 final publication: Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions of Gases and Particles

Submit an abstract

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012
22 – 27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria
http://www.egu2012.eu/home.html
Abstract submission deadline: 17 January 2011.

44th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
7-11 May 2012, Liege, Belgium
http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/colloquium/
Abstract submission deadline: 31 December 2011.

Opportunities

Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (CMORE) summer course.
29 May - 6 July 2012, University of Hawaii, USA
http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/summercourse/2012/index.htm or see flyer.
application deadline 27 January 2012

A bit of reading...

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry news Fall 2011
Carbon Budget 2010: An annual update of the global carbon budget and trends

Dates for your diary

18th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction
8-13 July 2012
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Click here for more info

Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High-C02 World
24-27 September 2012
Monterey, California, USA
http://www.highco2-iii.org/main.cfm?cid=2259&nid=14514