Call for applications:

ESF-FWF-LFUI Conference
'Mechanisms of Quaternary Climate Change: Stability of Warm Phases in the
Past and in the Future'

Dates: 6 - 11 June 2009
Location: University Centre Obergurgl (Ötz Valley, near Innsbruck), Austria
Programme and applications: accessible online at
www.esf.org/conferences/09285 Deadline for applications and abstract
submissions: 2 March 2009

Chair: Carlo Barbante, University of Venice, IT
Co-chair: Hubertus Fischer, University of Bern, CH

Scope:The conference will address the difference between past interglacials,
their climatic stability and their  interaction with polar ice sheets and
with the biosphere. It will cover several complementary disciplines in the
field of climate change and will also aim to involve scientists of other
disciplines closely related to climate changes, such as socio-economics and
politics. 

Grants: some grants are available for young researchers to cover the
conference fee and travel costs 

Further information: www.esf.org/conferences/09285 or Ms. Jean Kelly,
Conference Officer ([log in to unmask])