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CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events
CREATED:20170227T075749
SUMMARY:3rd Blue Planet Symposium
LOCATION:College Park\, Maryland\, US
DESCRIPTION:Organizers announce a call for registration for the 3rd Blue Planet Symposi
 um. This symposium will convene 31 May-2 June 2017 in College Park, Marylan
 d.\nBlue Planet is an initiative of the Group of Earth Observations (GEO). 
 GEO aims to address global challenges and improve decision making by coordi
 nating and developing Earth observation efforts among participating governm
 ents and organizations. The overall goal of Blue Planet Initiative is to en
 sure the sustained development and use of ocean and coastal observations fo
 r the benefit of society. Blue Planet is a network of networks made up of p
 articipants from a variety of existing international organizations, regiona
 l organizations, national institutes, universities, government agencies, pr
 oject groups, and other interested parties.\nThe symposium will serve as a 
 forum for discussion of societal information needs resulting from the impor
 tant role the oceans play in Earth's life-support system and the challenge 
 of minimizing the impacts of human activities on the oceans while also util
 izing the resources of the oceans to meet our needs. The symposium will als
 o be a platform for the participating communities to exchange information o
 n their activities and identify potential pilot and prototype projects for 
 Blue Planet to focus on in the coming years.\nThe symposium will address fo
 ur subthemes:\n- The changing oceans;\n- Threats from pollution, warming, a
 nd acidification;\n- Processes and life at the interfaces with the oceans; 
 and\n- Sustainable use of ocean resources.\nThe symposium is open to scient
 ists, researchers, and students from academia, industry, government, users 
 of ocean observation data and information, and other stakeholders engaged i
 n monitoring, understanding, and managing the oceans.\nRegistration deadlin
 e: 28 April 2017.\nFor more information about the symposium, please go to: 
 http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/.\nTo register for the symposium, please
  go to: <a href="http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/registration-and-abstra
 cts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https:
 //www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/registr
 ation-and-abstracts&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1488263872248000&amp;usg=AFQjC
 NG4VCmktPQJM_yyAsyiFLXEzPvbNw">http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/registrat
 ion-and-abstracts</a>.\nFor more information about Blue Planet, please go t
 o: http://geoblueplanet.com.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Organizers announce a call for registration for the <strong>3rd Blue Pla
 net Symposium</strong>. This symposium will convene <strong>31 May-2 June 2
 017 in College Park, Maryland</strong>.</p><p>Blue Planet is an initiative 
 of the Group of Earth Observations (GEO). GEO aims to address global challe
 nges and improve decision making by coordinating and developing Earth obser
 vation efforts among participating governments and organizations. The overa
 ll goal of Blue Planet Initiative is to ensure the sustained development an
 d use of ocean and coastal observations for the benefit of society. Blue Pl
 anet is a network of networks made up of participants from a variety of exi
 sting international organizations, regional organizations, national institu
 tes, universities, government agencies, project groups, and other intereste
 d parties.</p><p>The symposium will serve as a forum for discussion of soci
 etal information needs resulting from the important role the oceans play in
  Earth's life-support system and the challenge of minimizing the impacts of
  human activities on the oceans while also utilizing the resources of the o
 ceans to meet our needs. The symposium will also be a platform for the part
 icipating communities to exchange information on their activities and ident
 ify potential pilot and prototype projects for Blue Planet to focus on in t
 he coming years.</p><p>The symposium will address four subthemes:</p><p>- T
 he changing oceans;<br />- Threats from pollution, warming, and acidificati
 on;<br />- Processes and life at the interfaces with the oceans; and<br />-
  Sustainable use of ocean resources.</p><p>The symposium is open to scienti
 sts, researchers, and students from academia, industry, government, users o
 f ocean observation data and information, and other stakeholders engaged in
  monitoring, understanding, and managing the oceans.</p><p><strong>Registra
 tion deadline: 28 April 2017</strong>.</p><p>For more information about the
  symposium, please go to:&nbsp;<a href="http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/
 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://w
 ww.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/&amp;sourc
 e=gmail&amp;ust=1488263872248000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGz5MXO9Z0U4XeecbliFsuBl1NtDA
 ">http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/</a>.</p><p>To register for the sympos
 ium, please go to:&nbsp;<a href="http://symposium.geoblueplanet.com/registr
 ation-and-abstracts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-safered
 irecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://symposium.geobluepl
 anet.com/registration-and-abstracts&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=14882638722480
 00&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4VCmktPQJM_yyAsyiFLXEzPvbNw">http://symposium.geoblueplan
 et.com/registration-and-abstracts</a>.</p><p>For more information about Blu
 e Planet, please go to: <a href="http://geoblueplanet.com" target="_blank" 
 rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?
 hl=en&amp;q=http://geoblueplanet.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1488263872248
 000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEDWveQVnT_gLhCbC-XhGzbv5t9gA">http://geoblueplanet.com</a
 >.</p>
CONTACT:Emily Smail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170531T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170602T195959
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