IGBP Congress 2008
| What | Meeting, Workshop, Africa, Congress |
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| When |
May 05, 2008 11:00 AM
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May 09, 2008 07:00 PM |
| Where | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Contact Name | Guy Midgley, Chief Specialist Scientist |
| Contact Phone | (+27) 21 799 8707 |
| Attendees |
Attendance is to the IGBP Congress 2008 is by invitation only. |
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IGBP has chosen Cape Town, South Africa to improve the programme’s research and networking on development issues, such as risk and vulnerability, important to Africa and other developing countries. The Congress is designed to broaden outreach efforts toward agencies, corporations and civil society. Previous congresses were held in Banff, Canada (2003; see www.igbp.net/congress), Germany (1996) and Japan (1999).
The agenda will include a mixture of plenary presentations and working group discussions. It emphasises integration across traditional boundaries and disciplines, and on interaction with the Joint Projects of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). Furthermore, the Congress will allow direct contact between the IGBP Scientific Steering Committees and IGBP National Committee representatives. Guests will be invited from ICSU, DIVERSITAS, IHDP, WCRP, SCOR and other partner organisations operating at the regional level (such as IAI, APN and AfricanNESS) and local stakeholders (the public, the private sector and the policy community).
The IGBP is a research programme that studies the phenomenon of Global Change.
