1998 International Year of the Ocean
Activities & Events - Conferences
Conference Information

GLOBEC Open Science Meeting

17-20 March 1998, UNESCO, Paris, France

Background

GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics) was adopted in 1995 by IGBP as a new Core Project, with co-sponsorship from SCOR and IOC. Its goal is to advance our understanding of the structure and functioning of the global ocean ecosystem, its major subsystems, and its response to physical forcing so that a capability can be developed to forecast the responses of the marine ecosystem to global change. Objectives and research of GLOBEC are laid down in the Science Plan.

Scope

During 1997, the Scientific Steering Committee of GLOBEC, in collaboration with GLOBEC key researchers, will develop an Implementation Plan for GLOBEC. The First Open Science Meeting of GLOBEC will serve to present a draft of this Implementation Plan to the international science community and provide a forum for its discussions and for feedback.

Structure

The Meeting will feature invited plenary key note presentations on GLOBEC, its major subprojects and their implementation. In parallel sessions, additional invited contributions in smaller groups will address specific topics such as regional GLOBEC initiatives, relationships with other IGBP Core Projects (e.g. JGOFS, LOICZ, PAGES) and other programmes such as WCRP (WOCE, CLIVAR), GOOS, the Large Marine Ecosystems Project (LME) and the International Human Dimension Programme (IHDP).

.