The IUGG Electronic JournalVolume 7 No. 4 (April 13, 2007)This short, informal newsletter is intended to keep IUGG Member National Committees informed about the activities of the IUGG Associations, and actions of the IUGG Secretariat. Past issues are posted on the IUGG Web site. Please forward this message to those who will benefit from the information. Your comments are welcome. Contents
1. About this issue of the IUGG Electronic Journal This April issue of the IUGG E-Journal follows 3 weeks from the 23 March issue. The May issue will appear on 11 May. These unusual issue dates are necessary to accommodate the events leading up the General Assembly. The Scientific Programme Committee had a successful meeting in Perugia March 26-27. The messages regarding travel assistance will be sent within the next week so that all registration and accommodation requests can be made by 30 April. It is IMPORTANT that registration formalities are completed on line at the General Assembly website ( www.iugg2007perugia.it ) before 30 April in order to pay the reduced amount. After 30 April, the cost of registration will increase, and the Local Organizing Committee will no longer be able to assist with room reservations. Following are a list of special events that will take place during the General Assembly, in chronological order. These now include plenary sessions of the Associations and Union Commissions, and special meetings of inter-Union bodies. Rooms have been assigned for each event they will be posted on the IUGG web site soon. Monday 2 July; 8:30 9:15 a.m. Union Lecture in the Aula Magna (University of Perugia); Robert Corell, Harvard University, USA, will speak on "Our Changing Climate: A Global Policy Issue." Monday 2 July; 2 3:30 p.m. IAG Council of Delegates Monday 2 July; 4 6 p.m. first IAGA Conference of Delegates Monday 2 July; 6:30 10 p.m. General Assembly Welcoming Ceremony Tuesday 3 July; 5:30 7:30 p.m. IAMAS Conference of Delegates Tuesday 3 July; 6 7 p.m. SEDI Business meeting Wednesday 4 July; 8:30 10 a.m. IAPSO Conference of Delegates Wednesday 4 July; 10:00 a.m. IAPSO Special Event: The Prince Albert I lecture "From Swallow floats to autonomous observing networks", Prof. Russ Davis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Wednesday 4 July; 3:30 5 p.m. IAG Opening Ceremony Wednesday 4 July; IAPSO dinner Thursday 5 July; 8:30 9:15 a.m. Union Lecture in the Aula Magna (University of Perugia); Maria Zuber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, will speak on "Inside the terrestrial planets" Thursday 5 July; 7 9 p.m. IAMAS Special Event: Our Understanding Of Climate Change; report of the findings of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Thursday 5 July; 7:30 8:30 p.m. EMSEV Working Group meeting Friday 6 July; 10 12 a.m. second IAGA Conference of Delegates Friday 6 July 12 1:45 p.m. GeoRisk Commission Business Meeting Saturday 7 July; Launch of the Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) and Celebration of the IGY+50 Anniversary Sunday 8 July; SCOSTEP General Council Meeting (at Hotel Gio) Sunday 8 July; 2 6 p.m. Cryospheric Sciences Union Commission meeting Sunday 8 July; 6 8 p.m. International Lithosphere Programme Bureau meeting Monday 9 July; 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. IASPEI Conference of delegates (Opening plenary) Monday 9 July; 6 8 p.m. IAG Plenary meeting Monday 9 July; 6 7:30 p.m. IAHS First Plenary meeting Monday 9 July; 7 9 p.m. IAMAS Special Event: The Assessment Of The Effect Of Pollution On Precipitation Tuesday 10 July; 8:30 9:15 a.m. Union Lecture; Claudio Faccenna, Universitΰ di Roma Tre, Italy, will speak on "Subduction and Mantle Convection in the Mediterranean" Tuesday 10 July; 3:30 5:30 p.m. IAG Closing Plenary Tuesday 10 July; 5:30 7:30 p.m. IAMAS Conference of Delegates Tuesday 10 July; 6 7:30 p.m. Young Scientists Panel Discussion Wednesday 11 July; 6 7:30 p.m. IAHS-PUB Plenary Wednesday 11 July; 6 7:30 p.m. UCCS/IACS Plenary Thursday 12 July; 6 8 p.m. CMG Business Meeting Thursday 12 July; 6 7:30 p.m. IAHS Second Plenary meeting; 8 p.m. banquet Thursday 12 July; 8 10 p.m. IASPEI dinner Thursday 12 July; 5 6 p.m. IAVCEI General Membership meeting; 8 10 pm IAVCEI dinner Friday 13 July; 8:30 9:15 a.m. Union Lecture in the Aula Magna, Kenji Satake, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, will speak on "Lessons from the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the Asian tsunami" Friday 13 July; 4 5 p.m. Closing Ceremony. Meet the new IUGG officers for 2007-2011 and receive the invitation for the 2011 (XXV) IUGG General Assembly Friday 13 July; 5 - 6 p.m. IASPEI Closing Plenary 3. Final Slate of IUGG Officers Given below is the list of nominations for the IUGG Bureau and the Finance Committee as submitted by the Nominating Committee. For each position either one or two candidates have been nominated, as required by the By-Laws (10b). The positions and the nominated candidates are: President: Tom Beer (Australia) Finance Committee
Position #1: Jan Krynski (Poland) The Curriculum Vitae of the candidates are posted on the IUGG Web site. IAPSO Vice-President Dr. Lawrence Mysak, Director of the Earth System Modeling Group in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, received a Prix du Quιbec, the Marie Victorin Prize in Natural Science in Engineering. 5. IUGG-related meetings occurring during April July 2007 A calendar of meetings of interest to IUGG disciplines (especially those organized or sponsored by IUGG Associations) is posted on the IUGG Web Site [ www.iugg.org ]. Specific information about these meetings, including web links, can be found there. Individual Associations also list more meetings on their web sites appropriate to their disciplines. April 12 - 13 April 15 - 20 April 22 - 27 May 14 16 July 2 - 13 July 21 - 22 July 29 - August 6 End of IUGG Electronic Journal Volume 7 Number 4 (13 April 2007) |
