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IGBP Congress 2008
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Congresses are major events occurring every four years. They bring together the leadership of the IGBP community to discuss forward-looking scientific issues that cut across the programme and aid integration and synthesis. By 2008, IGBP will be well into its second phase of research and the 4th Congress is designed to aid the development of the scientific agenda for the period 2008-2013.
| What | Meeting Workshop Africa Congress |
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| When |
05-May-2008 09:00 AM
to 09-May-2008 05:00 PM |
| Where | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Contact Name | Guy Midgley, Chief Specialist Scientist |
| Contact Email | midgley@sanbi.org |
| Contact Phone | (+27) 21 799 8707 |
| Attendees | Attendance is to the IGBP Congress 2008 is by invitation only. |
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IGBP has chosen Cape Town, South Africa to improve the programme’s research and networking on development issues, such as risk and vulnerability, important to Africa and other developing countries. The Congress is designed to broaden outreach efforts toward agencies, corporations and civil society. Previous congresses were held in Banff, Canada (2003; see www.igbp.net/congress), Germany (1996) and Japan (1999).
The agenda will include a mixture of plenary presentations and working group discussions. It emphasises integration across traditional boundaries and disciplines, and on interaction with the Joint Projects of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). Furthermore, the Congress will allow direct contact between the IGBP Scientific Steering Committees and IGBP National Committee representatives. Guests will be invited from ICSU, DIVERSITAS, IHDP, WCRP, SCOR and other partner organisations operating at the regional level (such as IAI, APN and AfricanNESS) and local stakeholders (the public, the private sector and the policy community).
The IGBP is a research programme that studies the phenomenon of Global Change.
