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ANNOUNCEMENT
of an
OPEN SCIENCE MEETING

on

HABs AND EUTROPHICATION

Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA

7-10 March 2005

 

Planning Committee
Patricia Glibert (USA), Chair
J. Icarus Allen (UK)
Don Anderson (USA)
Michele Burford (Australia)
Edna Graneli (Sweden)
Ming-Jiang Zhou (China-Beijing)

 

The GEOHAB Programme, endorsed by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, is an international programme aimed at fostering and promoting co-operative research directed toward improving the prediction of harmful algal bloom events. GEOHAB is a programme of international co-operative research on HABs in marine and brackish waters. The GEOHAB Scientific Goal is to improve prediction of HABs by determining the ecological and oceanographic mechanisms underlying their population dynamics, integrating biological, chemical, and physical studies supported by enhanced observation and modelling systems. The GEOHAB Mission is to foster international co-operative research on HABs in ecosystem types sharing common features, comparing the key species involved and the oceanographic processes that influence their population dynamics.

 

Core Research Project: HABs in Eutrophied Systems
Eutrophication is recognized as one of the factors contributing to the increasing proliferation of harmful algal blooms in coastal areas worldwide. This meeting, the third in a series of Open Science Meetings sponsored by GEOHAB, is designed to bring experts together from around the world to review the state of knowledge with respect to our understanding of the role of eutrophication in the proliferation of worldwide HABs, and take the initial steps in designing the next phase of research on comparative ecosystems and species that will be necessary to address this critical, global issue.

Final Program Book (posted 20 February)

The GEOHAB Core Research Project on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Eutrophied Systems must be comparative, interdisciplinary, and international. It will directly address the goal of GEOHAB of improved prediction of HABs by determining the ecological and oceanographic mechanisms underlying their population dynamics, integrating biological, chemical, and physical studies supported by enhanced observation and modelling techniques. The overall objective is to understand and quantify the critical processes underlying HAB population and community dynamics in eutrophied systems.

Invitation
This announcement serves as an invitation to the broad scientific community to participate in this meeting. Scientists working in physical, chemical and/or biological disciplines related to harmful algal research, and on the development of relevant instrumentation and models are encouraged to participate.

Deadline Early Registration: 10 January 2005

 

Submission of Abstracts

The meeting will include oral and poster presentations, as determined by the planning committee, including invited speakers and contributed abstracts. Abstracts should be 200-300 words in length (10-point type, single-spaced) and should be submitted by e-mail to Ed Urban as an attachment. The title should be given in bold letters followed by the full names and addresses of authors. Please underline the name of the presenting author and ensure that your details for correspondence appear on the abstract. The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 15 January 2005. Abstracts will be collated for distribution in the program book for the meeting.

Posters
Posters should be prepared to occupy a space which measures 90cm in width and 120cm in height.

 

Registration Fee:
US$200 - Early registration (on or before 10 January), regular
US$250 - Late registration (11 January and later), regular
US$120 for students
US$50 - One-day registration fee, regular and student

Registration is limited to 200 persons, so please register early!
Information regarding Meeting Proceedings will be forthcoming.

Meeting Location
The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel - Cross Keys in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson Hotel. Accommodations for invited speakers at the Radisson Hotel will be arranged and paid for by the sponsors directly. Other participants should reserve a room through a special Web site set up by the hotel, which will be activated by the end of October 2004.

Transportation
Air travel--The closest airport to the meeting location is the Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) airport. Upon arrival at the airport, SuperShuttle service can be arranged (reservations are not required). Go to the lower level and follow signs to the SuperShuttle desk located between bag claims 6 and 7. The ticket counter is open between the hours of 6:00 AM and 2:00 AM. During other times please call 888-826-2700 to arrange service. The cost of the shuttle should be about $16 one way and will take 30-60 minutes. Taxis can also be arranged at BWI Airport, for a higher fee.
Driving--The Radisson Hotel is located at 5100 Falls Road in the Cross Keys development on the east side of I-83, between the exits for Northern Parkway and Cold Spring Lane.

 

For further information

About the technical program of the meeting: Patricia Glibert
About local arrangements: Ed Urban

Financial Sponsors


National Ocean Service/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research

Questions or Comments?
Please contact: SCOR.