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INVITATION:
We heartly invite to participate in the second international conference Polar Climate
and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium, to be held in Toruń, Poland,
August 24-26, 2015. The aim of the conference is to present scientific achievements,
detect gaps in the field of the historical climatology of the area of polar regions based
on early meteorological observations, history, dendroclimatology, paleolimnology,
geophysics, geomorphology and other sources.
Scientific committee:
Prof. Terry Callaghan
Prof. Klaus Dethloff
Prof. Piotr Głowacki
Prof. Jacek Jania
Prof. Antoni Lewkowicz
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES:
Sources of paleoclimactic information,
Research methods of climatic changes
in historical times,
The climate of the area of polar regions
in the last millennium and its changeability,
Causes and effects of climate change in
historical times,
Conference language: English
Keynote papers: 30 minutes,
Oral presentations: 15 -20 minutes,
Poster presentations: 3 min.
Dr. Øyvind Nordli
Prof. Astrid E. J. Ogilvie
Prof. Rajmund Przybylak
Prof. Rein Vaikmäe
Prof. Jan Marcin Węsławski
Dr. Kevin Wood
INFORMATION FOR EARLY CARRIER SCIENTISTS (ECSs) AND STUDENTS:
ECSs (PhD students and researchers up to five years after completion of PhD and below
35 years old) and Students (Undergraduate and master students at the time of the
conference) can apply for financial support. Application should include: abstract, short
justification why do you want participate in the conference (1 page) and the most important
scientific achievements (1 page). Decision about financial support will be send by e-mails
until 15 March 2015.
Organising committee:
Prof. Rajmund Przybylak (Chair)
MSc. Tomasz Strzyżewski (Secretary)
Dr. Andrzej Araźny
Dr. Marek Kejna
Dr. Joanna Uscka-Kowalkowska
Dr. Przemysław Wyszyński
MSc. Patrycja Ulandowska-Monarcha
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CONFERENCE
TIMELINE:
Registration and Fees:
Early registration (30 March 2015):
- Standard Fee - 800 PLN
- ECSs and Students - 500 PLN
Late registration (15 June 2015):
- Standard Fee - 1000 PLN
- ECSs and Students - 700 PLN
Bank account no.
PUBLICATIONS:
SWIFT: BIG B PL PW
After the conference there will be a possiblity to publish papers:
- Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series,
- Przegląd Geofizyczny.
IBAN: PL45 1160 2202 0000 0000
3174 8579
with the comment: '2nd Polar Climate
Conference', name and surname
CONFERENCE VENUE:
The conference will be held in conference
rooms of the Uniwersytecki Hotel, Szosa
Chełmińska 83a, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
ACCOMMODATION:
Toruń offers a wide range of
accommodation options. More details will
be provided in the second circular.
Organisers:
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences,
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Polish Society of Geophysics, Pomorski Branch
Committee on Polar Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
Contact:
Tomasz Strzyżewski
e-mail: [email protected]
Website:
www.polarclimate1k.umk.pl