Following the success of the first Dutch Algae Congress which took place in the Netherlands on the 27th of May of this year, the organisers are pleased to announce an international successor of this congress to take place in Amsterdam later this year.

Roots — an interdisciplinary link

Wageningen 2008WICC, Wageningen, The Netherlands
10-12 September 2008
A WIMEK-NUPUS-PE&RC WORKSHOP

Rationale

Roots are identified as an upcoming topic in hydrology, in climate change and in resource use efficiency studies. This is however not yet reflected in the research agenda. Work is going on, but often the activities are modest and very scattered. To be better able to appreciate what has been established, what is going on and what still needs to be done, SEG (Soil physics, Ecohydrology and Groundwater management ), in collaboration with different chair groups from Wageningen university (SOQ, ESS and HWM), and funded by the research school WIMEK, is organizing a 3-day workshop on this topic. Main objectives of the meeting are:

• To provide interdisciplinary links to plant scientists and hydrologists,
• to inform interesting parties of what is going on,
• to identify and detail the problems associated with root system modelling,
• to make an inventory of current understanding of root uptake strategies (water and nutrients),
• to inform one another on ongoing research projects, and
• to discuss future research needs and prospects for collaboration.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Klaas Metselaar at: Klaas.Metselaar@wur.nl

2008 - Asser Colloquium on European Law: Integrating Climate and Energy Law and Policy.

The Asser colloquium 2008 will have the following topic: Integrating Climate and Energy Law and Policy. The colloquium will take place on October 23-24 2008 in the Provincehouse Zuid-Holland, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Download programme and full information here: Brochure Asser Colloquium

International Workshop, 5 September 2008,
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

With globalisation, the 'rules of the game' of international problem-solving through intergovernmental treaties is changing. A number of different trends in international environmental governance involving non-state actors are becoming visible...
READ MORE in the full workshop programme, which is available for download HERE.

Registration

Participation is free of charge. Please send an e-mail to aysem.mert[at]ivm.vu.nl before the day of the workshop indicating your participation.

Venue

Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands (see the campus map included in the programme which is available for download above)

7th IHDP Open Meeting:New Venue and Dates
26-30 April, 2009; World Conference Center, Bonn, Germany

2nd call for the 7th IHDP Open Meeting

IHDP is happy to announce a second call for the 7th Open Meeting. This call will be open from 15 August to 31 October and will give scholars another opportunity to submit papers or posters to be presented during the Open Meeting. It targets those who had not submitted an abstract during the first call but who became interested in participating due to the new dates and venue. It also provides those who have already made a submission with the opportunity to hand in one more paper or poster. All accepted papers from the first call will remain valid and the overall scientific framework of the conference will remain unchanged as well. The second call, therefore, will be open to contributions to specific thematic clusters, in order to ensure a coherent overall scientific agenda that is the product of contributions from both calls. Don't miss the opportunity to present at the 7th Open Meeting!
For more details about the topics that are part of the new call and the Open Meeting in general, please visit our new Open Meeting website at http://www.openmeeting2009.org