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Date Contacts Type Meeting description Venue, Co-locations, other information GEO/GEOSS Activities
15-19 December 2014 Web Page CO Title: AGU 2014 Fall Meeting
Duration: One weeks.
Objectives: see 2014 AGU Fall Meeting.
Organizers: AGU
Participants: All interested scientists.
San Francisco, USA. &nbps;
16-19 September 2014 Announcement CO Title: 18th World Congress of CIGR
Duration: Four days.
Objectives: see announcement.
Organizer: CIGR.
Participants: All interested scientists.
Beijing, China  .
9 - 13 December 2013 Web Page CO Title: AGU 2013 Fall Meeting
Duration: One weeks.
Objectives: see 2013 AGU Fall Meeting.
Organizers: AGU
Participants: All interested scientists.
San Francisco, USA. &nbps;
22-26 April 2013 Web Page CO Title: 35th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see Web Page.
Organizer: see Web Page.
Participants: All interested scientists.
Beijing, China  .
07 - 12 April 2013 Web Page CO Title: General Assembly of the European Geophysical Union
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer/Sponsors: EGU.
Participants: All interested geoscientists.
Vienna, Austria It is expected that several splinter meetings will be related to GEO/GEOSS.
8 - 12 December 2012 Web Page CO Title: First IUGG GRC Conference on Extreme Natural Hazards and Their Impacts
Duration: One weeks.
Objectives: see Web Site.
Organizers: IUGG, AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group
Participants: All interested scientists.
Orange, California, United States. Abstract Deadline: 10 September 2012
3-7 December 2012 Web Page CO Title: AGU 2012 Fall Meeting
Duration: One weeks.
Objectives: see AGU 2012.
Organizers: AGU
Participants: All interested scientists.
San Francisco, USA. For a full documentation, see here.
3 -5 December 2012 Announcement CO Title: SUSTAINABLE OCEAN SUMMIT
Duration: Three days.
Objectives: to further advance leadership and collaboration among the diverse ocean business community in addressing marine environment and sustainability challenges. For more details, see Announcement.
Organizer: World Ocean Council. See web page.
Participants: Stakeholders.
Washington, D. C.  .
14 - 16 November 2012 Web Page CO Title: 4th EGU Leonardo Conference: Hydrology and Society - Connections between Hydrology and Population dynamics, Policy making and Power generation
Duration: Three days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer/Sponsors: EGU.
Participants: All interested geoscientists.
Torino, Italy Abstract Deadline: 15 Jun 2012
13 - 16 November 2012 Web Page CO Title: ESA-CliC-EGU Topical Conference on Earth Observation and Cryosphere Science - Advancing Knowledge of Cryosphere-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions from Space
Duration: Four days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer/Sponsors: ESA.
Participants: All interested geoscientists.
Frascati, Italy Abstract Deadline: 15 Jun 2012
12 - 16 November 2012 Web Page CO Title: 8th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference on Natural Disasters, Global Change, and the Preservation of World Heritage Sites
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer/Sponsors: EGU.
Participants: All interested geoscientists.
Cusco, Peru Abstract Deadline: 30 Jun 2012
5-7 November 2012 Web announcement Co Title: International Conference on FRESH WATER GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
Duration: Three days.
Organizers: Water Research Commission and the Department of Water Affairs – South Africa.
Objectives: The conference will cover a wide range of topics related to sustainable fresh water governance.
Participants: This international conference will bring together policy makers, water managers, scientists and civil society, in a forum where new ideas beyond academic exchange for the future can be shared, nurtured and hopefully developed.
Drakensberg, South Africa.  
31 October - 2 November 2012 Not yet available SY Title: 13th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium.
Duration: Three days.
Organizers: WaterNet, see here for details.
Objectives: Theme: TBD.
Participants: All interested scientists.
Johannesburg, South Africa.  
29 October - 2 November 2012 Web Page CO Title: 9th AARSE International Conference, AARSE 2012
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: The main objective of AARSE 2012 is to bring together scholars and professionals from the African and international community to present latest achievements, discuss challenges and share experiences. For more details, see Web page.
Organizer: See web page.
Participants: Stakeholders.
El Jadida, Morocco, at the Faculty of Science, Chouaib Douakkali University.  .
21 - 24 October 2012 Announcement CO Title:IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Duration: Four days.
Objectives: See the Announcement.
Organizer: IEEE.
Participants: The audience for this conference will include technologists, representatives from NGOs, governments, academe, funders and industry.
Seattle, WA, USA.  .
20-24 October 2012 Web Page CO Title: 6th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see Web page.
Organizer: Restore America's Estuaries.
Participants: Stakeholders.
Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.  .
24-27 September 2012 Web Page CO Title: 16th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment (ICHMET).
Duration: Four days.
Objectives: ICHMET) is aimed to provide a unique platform for discussing and presenting state-of-the-art research activities related to heavy metals, to a broad international scientific community. A session on advanced data management to support the Group on Earth Observation has also been included. See the website for more details.
Organizer: CNR - Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research (www.iia.cnr.it).
Participants: Open to all interested.
Rome, Italy A pre-conference short course on: "Data publishing and Interoperability technologies enabled by GEOSS" will be held.

Among others the following topics will be of GEOSS interest:

  • Environmental metadata for data sharing and interoperability systems
  • Environmental data encoding and data access
  • Ontology on Heavy Metals in the environment
23-26 September 2012 Web Page CO Title: Latin American Seismology Symposium.
Duration: Four days.
Objectives: See web page.
Organizer: See web page.
Participants: Open to all interested.
Lima, Peru  
28 - 31 August 2012 Web Page CO Title: 2nd GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Workshop GEOSS: Supporting Science for the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond
Duration: Three days.
Objectives: see Web page.
Organizer: GEO Secretariat and GEOSS Science and Technology Stakeholder Network.
Participants: Open to all GEOSS Science and Techynology Stakeholders.
Bonn, Germany This is a major GEO and GEOSS-related event. A Meeting of the GEO Communities of Practice and the ID-04 GEO Work Plan Task will take place co-located with the Workshop.
26 - 30 August 2012 Web Page CO Title: 32nd International Geographical Congress 2012.
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see Web page.
Organizer: Quadrennial meeting of the IGU Commissions and Task Forces.
Participants: Open to all geographers worldwide.
Cologne, Germany  .
13-17 August 2012 Web Page CO Title: AOGS — AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer: AOGS.
Participants: All interested geoscientists.
Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore  
05-10 August 2012 Web Page CO Title: 34th International Geological Congress
Duration: Six days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer: IUGS.
Participants: All interested geoscientists.
Brisbane, Australia  
22-27 July 2012 Web Page CO Title: 2012 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer: IEEE GRSS.
Participants: All interested scientists.
Munich, Germany The invited session I.22 "GEOSS and Users: The Power of Interoperability" will focus on GEOSS and its users.
14-22 July 2012 Web Page CO Title: 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
Duration: Eight days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer: COSPAR.
Participants: All interested scientists.
Mysore, India  .
08-12 July 2012 web page CO Title: International Conference on Agricultural Engineering
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: see web page.
Organizer: CIGR.
Participants: All interested scientists.
Valencia, Spain Dedaline for abstracts: October 4, 2011.
2 - 5 July 2012 Web Page, Second Circular CO Title: EUROSOIL 2012: 4th International Congress of ECSSS: SOIL SCIENCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND AND ENVIRONMENT
Duration: Four days.
Objectives: The main objective is to provide an interactive forum of exchange of ideas and to establish durable relationships among the participants.
Organizer: ECSSS.
Participants: Soil scientists and researchers, technical and professional operators, industry and administrative representatives, policy makers and regulators operating in the field of Soil Sciences.
Fiera Del Levante, Lungomare Starita - Bari - 70123, Italy. www.fieradellevante.it.  .
23-27 June 2012 Web Page CO Title:INSPIRE 2012: Sharing environmental information, sharing innovation
Duration: Five days.
Objectives: The aim of this year's INSPIRE Conference is to look at how innovations in governance, content, and supporting technologies have further shaped the landscape of sharing environmental information.
Organizer: INSPIRE
Participants: Interested persons.
Istanbul Congress Center (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey.  .
20-22 June 2012 Web Page CO Title: RIO+20
Duration: Three days.
Objectives: The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, will focus on two themes: (1) Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; (2)Institutional framework for sustainable development.
Organizer: UN
Participants: Delegates.
Rio  .
28 May - 2 June 2012 Web Page CO Title: International Scientific Conference on Water, Climate and Environment (BALOWIS 2012).
Duration: Six days.
Objectives: see Web page.
Organizer: See announcement.
Participants: Scientists, engineers, managers, legislators, NGO representatives and policy makers involved in water, climate and environment related matters.
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia  .
19-21 May 2012 Web Page CO Title: 2012 International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI 2012).
Duration: Three days.
Objectives: see Web page.
Organizer: See Web page.
Participants: scientists and researchers involved in systems engineering and information science.
Yantai, China  .
21-23 May 2012 Web Page CO Title:International Forum on Satellite Earth Observation for Geohazard Risk Management.
Duration: Three days.
Objectives: see Web page.
Organizer: ESA.
Participants: geo-science users and experts working in the field of geohazard risk assessment and management.
Santorini, Greece The program includes lectures on GEO and the GHCP. The GHCP is considering to organize a splinter meeting.

Meeting Types: CO: Conference, SY: Symposium/Session, WS: Workshop, WG: Meetings of Working Group, SC: Steering Committees Meeting.


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