Conference Announcement
International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea
22-26 September 2008
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abstract Deadline: Monday, 21 April 2008
For more information, please go to:
http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2008/index.asp
The International Conference for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
announces its 2008 annual science conference to be held in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, on 22-26 September 2008. In addition to plenary lectures, the
conference will include 18 different sessions on various aspects of
marine research, including comparative ecosystem studies, ecosystem
health, climate and ocean change and signals from the ecosystem at
different levels, modeling and new technologies, conservation issues,
and new concepts of valuing nature and ecosystem structure.
ICES coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic.
ICES scientists comprise a group of more than 1,600 marine scientists
from over 20 countries, and acts as a primary source for policy advice
on the marine ecosystem to governments and international regulatory
bodies of the North Atlantic Ocean and surrounding seas.
Participants are invited to submit one or more abstracts to the ICES
Secretariat in Copenhagen. All abstracts must be submitted to a
particular theme session, using the online abstract submission form.
Those that do not conform to the guidelines will not be accepted.
Abstracts must be received by Monday, 21 April 2008.
For further information, including a complete list of theme sessions,
their descriptions, and the online abstract submission form and
guidelines, please go to:
http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2008/index.asp