ESF Conference in Partnership with LFUI
Modes of Variability in the Climate System: Past-Present-Future
27 May - 1 June 2012
Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, Obergurgl, Austria
Chaired by:
- Hubertus Fischer, Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, CH
Co-Chair:
- Eric. W. Wolff, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Programme |
The ongoing climate warming requires a detailed understanding of global and regional climate variations and forecasting of their future changes using climate models. These changes pertain not only to the average global warming but also to changes in regional climate, circulation patterns and their temporal variability. To decrease the uncertainty in these model predictions, climate models have to be validated using paleoclimate data as provided by natural climate archives. Spatially representative climate modes and teleconnection patterns and their temporal variability allow for this validation and represent the vehicles to contrast rather coarsely resolved climate models to point-wise paleoclimate data.
REGISTRATION
GROUP TRANSPORT
Full conference programme HERE Official list of invited speakers & accepted participants |
How to Participate |
Conference participation is possible only after successful application.
Deadline for application: 30 January 2012
Registration |
Registration Form (copy 1)
For accepted participants and invited speakers only
All participants - including speakers, chairs & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for Early Bird Registration & fee payment: 26 April 2012 FINAL closing date for ALL registration & fee payment: 24 May 2012 |
Official list of invited speakers and accepted participants.
Registration Form
For accepted participants and invited speakers only
All participants - including speakers, chairs & session chairs - are kindly expected to confirm their attendance (and, when applicable, to pay the conference fee) by filling in a Registration Form.
Closing date for Early Bird Registration & fee payment: 02 March 2012 Closing date for Normal registration & fee payment: 30 April 2012 |
Abstracts, Posters & Short Oral Contributions
There will be no talks other than those listed on the final programme.
All other abstracts listed in the PDF document below are accepted as Posters.
Recommended poster size is A0 (Vertical). Use letters and drawings that can be read from approximately 100 cm distance. Posters can be affixed with cellotape and Blu-Tack.
List of Accepted Posters: PDF Last updated 26 May 2012 |
Group Transportation & Practical Information Guide |
Practical Information Guide
Detailed information on all practical aspects of the conference (access to site, registration & fee payments, accommodation, travel reimbursements...) is available from the Practical Information Guide . Please read it fully and carefully.
Group Transportation
Two buses will be arranged on arrival day from Innsbruck railway station, via Innsbruck airport, to Obergurgl. The journey from the airport takes approximately 75 minutes (an hour and a half from the station).
Bus departure times - Sunday 27 May:
- from Innsbruck railway station: 16.00 and 18.00
- from Innsbruck airport: 16.30 and 18.30
Airport departure point: the meeting point is located just outside the small airport building.
Railway Station departure point: The meeting point is located on the east side of the station. Follow the signs towards the “Verladebahnhof”.
The coaches will have a sign in the window indicating “ESF Research Conferences” for easy recognition.
Group transportation back to Innsbruck will be arranged in a similar way for the departure day, Friday 01 June. Participants will be requested to sign up on the spot. Buses will be leaving after breakfast.
Accommodation
Please note that SINGLE accommodation can only be guaranteed to invited speakers. All other participants will share a TWIN room. In case single rooms would become available at the time of the conference, rooms will be attributed on a “first come, first served” basis. Only the TWIN conference fee should be paid to the ESF when registering. The 150eur supplement for single should be paid separately. Should you wish to be put on the waiting list for single accommodation, please contact Ms. Caroline Nsenda.
Fees |
Conference fees cover an all inclusive package which includes all basic expenses that occur during the event. For more information CLICK HERE.
| Name | Description | To Pay |
| Grantee | Conference fee will be covered by ESF and its partners | 0 € |
| Assisted | Conference Fee will be partially covered by ESF and its partners | 450 € |
| Early Bird | Registration and payment NO LATER THAN 02 March | 785 € |
| Normal | Registration and payment NO LATER THAN 30 April | 885 € |
| Non-Residential | Conference participation without accommodation | 580 € |
Practical Information |
Universitätszentrum Obergurgl, Ötz Valley, near Innsbruck, Austria
The Obergurgl University Centre is located at an altitude of 1940 metres, in the highest glacial village in the Tyrol, at the end of the Ötz Valley and surrounded by numerous three-thousand metre peaks. Group transportation will be arranged from/to Innsbruck airport, via Innsbruck train station, on arrival and departure days. More information...
Partnership
This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) in partnership with the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (LFUI).
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