General Information

Dates and location

The conference will take place September 13-19, 2009 in the large auditorium and adjacent halls of the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Ernst-Abbe-Platz 1 in downtown Jena, Germany. Jena is a small town in eastern Germany, easy to reach by express train from the international airports of Leipzig, Nürnberg or Frankfurt.

International Scientific Steering Committee

Han Dolman VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Graham Farquhar Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Annette Freibauer Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Pierre Friedlingstein Laboratory of Climate and Environment Services, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Christoph Gerbig Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Nicholas Gruber ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Heimann Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Sander Houweling University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Gen Inoue Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan
Ralph Keeling Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, U.S.A.
Ingeborg Levin University of Heidelberg, Germany
Wolfgang Lucht Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
Gregg Marland Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, U.S.A.
Mike Raupach CSIRO, Black Mountain, Australia
Dominique Raynaud LGGE, Grenoble, France
Markus Reichstein Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Christopher Sabine NOAA-PMEL, Seattle, U.S.A.
Britton Stephens NCAR, Boulder, U.S.A.
Susan Trumbore Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki, Finland
Doug Wallace IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
Andrew Watson University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Local organization

The conference will be organized by the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany. Partial support for the conference is being sought from the German Max-Planck-Society and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Conference Chair

Prof. Dr. Martin Heimann
Director
Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry
Hans-Knöll-Straße 10
07745 Jena (Germany)
Email martin.heimann(at)bgc-jena.mpg.de

Conference Organisation

Conventus Congressmanagement & Marketing GmbH
Mr. Felix Angermüller
Markt 8
07743 Jena (Germany)
Telephone +49 (0)3641 3 53 32 26
Facsimile +49 (0)3641 35 33 21
Email felix.angermueller(at)conventus.de

Newsletter

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