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GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
Geneva - Switzerland ( 8th-13th May 2011)
The third session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2011 which will take place in Geneva at the Centre International de Conferences, from 8 to 13 May 2011.
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP), which takes place every two years, is the global forum for accelerating world-wide momentum on disaster risk reduction. As the primary gathering for the world disaster risk community, it brings together Governments, UN, international regional organizations and institutions, NGOs, scientific/academic institutions and the private sector. In line with the United Nations General Assembly ( A/RES/62/192 ), the purpose of the Global Platform is to
* assess progress made in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
* enhance awareness of disaster risk reduction
* share experience and lessons from good practice, and
* identify remaining gaps and recommend targeted action to accelerate national and local implementation.
The first and second sessions of the Global Platform saw progressive participation from more than 152 Governments and 137 Organizations.
For updates, please check the PreventionWeb or the UNISDR website at the following links:
http://www.unisdr.org
http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform
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XXV IUGG General Assembly
Earth on the Edge: Science for a Sustainable Planet
28 June - 7 July 2011
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Melbourne, Australia
27 June 2011 - IUGG business meetings and/or workshops
28 June - 7 July 2011 - Scientific Program
8 July 2011 - IUGG business meetings and/or workshops
The Organising Committee for the 2011 International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly, on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand scientific communities, invites researchers world-wide to Melbourne, Australia in 2011, to participate in an exciting, multi-disciplinary conference on cutting edge science, presented by the eight scientific associations of the IUGG. The conference will be marked by a scientific program of outstanding plenary speakers, a comprehensive program of state of the art symposia organised by each IUGG association, a compelling keynote speakers program, and the highlight of IUGG conferences, an inter-disciplinary, inter-association program of symposia addressing major scientific issues of global and regional significance and concern. The new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, completed in late 2009, is the most modern convention centre in the world. The city of Melbourne is one of the most live-able cities in the world that hosts a diverse and dynamic scientific research community. Australia and New Zealand are fantastic destinations for holidays and tourism, offering exotic touring opportunities. The indigenous Aboriginal culture of Australia and the Maori culture of New Zealand are unique in the world.
Website : http://www.iugg2011.com
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Field Studies in Volcanology
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos National Laboratory
10th offering of the Volcanology Summer Field Course
Field exercises, complemented by evening lectures, cover various techniques
used in field investigations of volcanic rocks, including applications to
studies in volcanology, petrology, economic geology, and geothermal
systems. Mapping and stratigraphic exercises emphasize understanding the
nature of volcanic eruption processes and the stratigraphic development of
volcanic terranes. Field exercises are conducted in the Miocene-Quaternary
Jemez Mountains volcanic field (including Valles Caldera) in north-central
New Mexico. Field course participants are based at the Valles Caldera Field
Station. Exercises include study of lava flows, pyroclastic rocks, and
derivative sediment over the compositional range from basalt to rhyolite.
Studies in hydrothermally altered rock and sampling of geothermal fluids and
gases are also included. Exercises include field trips to El Malpais,
Shiprock Diatreem and a 3-day whitewater raft trip and exercise in White
Rock Canyon on the Rio Grande.
Estimated costs: $ 2700 which includes tuition for 4 credits (graduate or
undergraduate) and course fee which covers room, board, transportation
during the course and raft trip.
Principal faculty:
Dr. Tobias Fischer, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University
of New Mexico;
Dr. Fraser Goff, Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired), University of New
Mexico;
Associate faculty:
Dr. W. Scott Baldridge, Los Alamos National Laboratory
For more information and application materials:http://epswww.unm.edu/volcano/vfield/
Or contact:
Dr. Tobias Fischer -
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northrop Hall -
1 University of New Mexico -
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
Phone:(505) 277-0284 FAX:(505) 277-8843
e-mail: fischer@unm.edu
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The 2011 V.M. Goldschmidt Conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic,
on August 14 - 19, 2011.
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The session programme for this meeting has now been
published on www.goldschmidt2011.org and the abstract submission has also
opened.
Description:
It has long been recognised that felsic and mafic plutons are relics of
former magma storage reservoirs that provide us with a snapshot of igneous
processes at deeper levels within the Earth's crust. Often, however, the
multitude of phenomena recorded there (e.g. assimilation, magma mixing,
fractional crystallization and crystal accumulation as well as post-cumulus
modification) is increasingly recognised in the volcanic record as well,
with the concept emerging that many crystals found in lavas and tuffs seem
to be out of equilibrium with their host-liquids, i.e. they are derived from
earlier melt batches or have been recycled in some form from deep seated
contact aureoles. The spectrum of processes recorded in the textural and
compositional (especially isotopic) variations in crystals and megacrysts
found in volcanic rocks thus necessitates an integrated approach to volcanic
and plutonic phenomena. This session hopes to bring together a full spectrum
of contributions ranging from field studies, through textural
investigations, experimental approaches, petrological and geochemical work
(esp. isotope approaches) to numerical modelling. The key goal being to
further our comprehension of crustal magma evolution and to explore the
links between deep-seated magma reservoirs and erupted products. This in
turn will help improve our understanding of the ‘volcano-magma' system as a
whole, with considerable consequences for crustal evolution and hazard
assessment.
Keynote: Olivier Bachman (Univ Wash, USA)
Invited speaker: Chris Harris (Univ Cape Town, South Africa)
Convenors: Vojtech Janousek, Valentin Troll and Abigail Barker
If you are working in this general area, we would be pleased to see your
contribution. Abstract submission should follow the instructions given at:
http://www.goldschmidt2011.org/abstracts/instructions -
Abstract submission will remain open until 15th April 2011.
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International workshop on Cerro Negro and Hekla volcanoes, Nicaragua and Iceland
4-13 September 2011 (tentative schedule)
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Cerro Negro in Nicaragua and Hekla in Iceland are two basaltic to basaltic andesite volcanoes that erupt explosively, frequently, and with little or no warning. For these reasons, they are unusual and interesting from a scientific perspective. They also pose a significant hazards problem for people living both close to and far from the volcanoes. the principal objective of this workshop is a better scientific understanding of and predictive ability for these two enigmatic volcanoes, which may very well erupt again soon. We will explore the workings of the two volcanoes through a series of workshop sessions and fieldtrips. There are four main goals. First, we wish to increase our understanding of when, how and why these volcanoes erupt, as well as improved insight into the subsurface magmatic plumbing systems that nourish these volcanoes. Second, we want to develop new tools and new approaches to be able to increase our understanding. Some of these tools will be synergistic, e.g., integrating geodesy and measurements of gas emissions. Third, we want to use the workshop to build new international collaborative research teams and research projects to study these volcanoes. Fourth, we wish to build capacity in Nicaragua, Iceland, and also at the graduate student level. Hence the workshop has an important training element built in. The time is ripe and right now to hold such a workshop. The probability is very high that one or both of these volcanoes will erupt again in the next five to ten years, so this workshop provides us with a strategic window of opportunity to enhance our scientific, predictive, and hazards response capabilities before the volcanoes erupt. If one of the volcanoes does indeed erupt before the workshop takes place, the workshop will provide an ideal venue to assess the eruption, examine early results, and plan future collaborative and comparative work.
Please contact one of the organizers below if you are interested in participating. We will attempt to secure partial funding for scientists from developing countries and for graduate students.
Pete LaFemina, Penn State University, plafemina@psu.edu ; Angélica Muñoz, INETER, angelica.munoz@gf.ineter.gob.ni ; Rikke Pedersen, Institute of Earth Sciences, rikke@hi.is ; Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Institute of Earth Sciences, fs@hi.is ; John Stix, McGill University, stix@eps.mcgill.ca; Marc-Antoine Longpré, McGill University, m-a.longpre@mcgill.ca; Halldor Geirsson, Penn State University, hzg5036@psu.edu; J. Armando Saballos, University of South Florida, asaballo@mail.usf.edu; Henry Gaudru, SVE-UNISDR, Geneva, hgaudru@sveurop.org
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