Hello APECS Members!
The Deadline for abstract submission for the Open SCAR Science Conference (3-6 August 2010, Buenos Aires) has been extended until the 15th April. We would like to invite you to submit your abstracts for poster or oral presentation. The scientific program is already available under: http://www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/sessions.htm
We especially would like to encourage your participation in the sessions, where several of APECS members have been called to serve as conveners. We thank all of them for their time and effort in organizing this distinguished scientific conference. Below you can find the name of the APECS-conveners and their respective sessions at the OSC:
-Session 6: "Antarctic and South American climate: linking the past and present record" (Stefan Kraus - Co-Convener)
-Session 8: "Evolution of the Antarctic continent and the global system" (Marcelo Leppe - Convener)
-Session 9: "Air-sea-ice interactions and shelf ocean processes" (Marcos Tonelli - Convener, Rodrigo Kerr - Co-Convener)
-Session 18: "Retrospective studies of Southern Ocean food webs: a guide to the future" (Tosca Ballerini - Co-Convener)
-Session 28: "Organisms: biogeochemical indicators of environmental change" (Jenny Baeseman - Co-Convener)
-Session 31: "Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML)" (Manuela Bassoi - Convener)
-Session 34: "Evolution of Antarctic Organisms" (Verónica Fuentes - Convener)
-Session 42: "Antarctic climate history over the last 200 years" (Liz Thomas - Co-convener)
-Session 44: "Dynamics of Antarctic ice streams and ice shelves: processes and patterns" (José Araos - Co-convener)
For submitting your abstracts and to register, please follow the instructions at the following link: http://www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/
Furthermore a discussion panel and an APECS social event are going to take place during the conference. We would be happy to have the opportunity to meet you all in person at this amazing city of Buenos Aires. More news about APECS at the OSC coming soon!
We also want to call your attention to the travel grants and fellowship program, which is offered by SCAR and the local organizers, as well as, the travel grant program for US residents (Deadline for the travel grant program 15th April!). More information and application forms are available at: http://www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/grants.htm
NEW!!! Residents in Chile can also apply for travel grants from the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). For more details please contact the INACH (Deadline 30th April)
