APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ******************************************* HOLIVAR2006 OPEN SCIENCE MEETING - REGISTER NOW! HOLIVAR2006 - Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming Environmental Change Research Centre (ECRC), University College London 12-15th June, 2006, London To find out more, register and/or submit an abstract please use the links below. http://www.holivar2006.org http://www.holivar2006.org/registration.php The HOLIVAR2006 Open Science Meeting will examine how and why the natural climate system varies on different time-scales over the Holocene, and will assess the relative importance of natural processes and human activity in explaining global warming. The programme includes four themed sessions with keynote lectures and poster sessions, and will conclude with a panel discussion. Theme 1: Millennial Time Scales Theme 2: Decadal to Centennial Time Scales Theme 3: Climate Variability in the Last 2000 Years Theme 4: Rapid Hydrological Change Speakers: Rick Battarbee (UCL, UK), John Birks (University of Bergen, Norway), Paul Valdes (University of Bristol, UK), Frank Oldfield (University of Liverpool, UK), Eystein Jansen (University of Bergen, Norway), Michel Crucifix (Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, UK), Bas van Geel (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), Juerg Beer (EAWAG, Switzerland), Michael E. Mann (Pennsylvania State University), Hugues Goosse (University of Ghent, Belgium), Dirk Verschuren (University of Ghent, Belgium), Martin Claussen (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany), Ray Bradley (University of Massachusetts, USA). Poster sessions: Posters will follow the four main themes of the conference and delegates should submit an abstract by 1st April 2006. REGISTER NOW for HOLIVAR2006: fees are 110 and 55 for students. (Fees increase to 130/65 from 31st March 2006). The deadline for registration is 1st May, 2006. The deadline for poster abstracts is 1st April 2006. Regards, HOLIVAR2006 Local Organising Committee http://www.holivar2006.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hunt ECRC Department of Geography University College London 26 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AP E.mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 020 7679 7575 Fax: 020 7679 7565 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------