BONUS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010

19-21 January 2010
Reval Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania

Scientists of the BONUS+ projects will gather for BONUS Conference 2010 to discuss the results of the first year of projects' implementation. Thematic sessions will include:

• Theme 1: Building the knowledge-based governance and management of the Baltic Sea. (Generic issues of communicating knowledge to the policy level, Coping with implementation deficits, Cross-disciplinary analysis of environmental risks in Baltic Sea);
• Theme 2: Understanding processes and assessing the status of the Baltic Sea. (Abiotic setting, Functioning of biotic communities, Measuring ecosystem health);
• Theme 3: A system of catchment – coast – sea continuum; and
• Theme 4: Assessing future development of the Baltic Sea and uncertainties of projections. (Including modelling as a collective learning tool).

The conference will feature several invited lectures by authorities on topics relevant to BONUS.

Conference, including the coffee breaks and conference dinner on 20 January 2010, is free of charge.

Programme

Accommodation

A quota of single and double rooms has been reserved at the Reval Hotel Lietuva until 30.11.2009. Leter registration will be confirmed upon availability. The price for a room is 75 EUR, including breakfast and wireless internet. Please reserve you room at the hotel website with the code "BONUS2010".

Conference Registration

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION 30.11.2009. LATER REGISTRATIONS POSSIBLE UNTIL 20.12.2009 WITHOUT GUARANTEE FOR ACCOMMODATION.

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Name *
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I am *	Please select Principal Scientist Invited speaker/session chair BONUS Project member BONUS representative Journalist Other
Project acronym (if involved in a BONUS+ project)
Registration to	19.1. Conference at 13.00-18.00 19.1. Young Scientist Club at 19.00 20.1. Conference at 9.00-18.00 20.1. Dinner at 19.00 21.1. Conference at 9.00-13.00 21.1. Forum of Project Coordinators at 14.00
Dietary requirements
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Call for Abstracts

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 20.11.2009

Please send the abstract as a word document with a total length (including title, authors, affiliation and main text body) NOT EXCEEDING 3500 characters including spaces.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Programme Committee. The decision will be sent on 27.11.2009 at the latest.