| Summary
of deadlines |
| December 15, 1999 |
|
Awards for young scientists from
developing countries (applications) |
| January 15, 2000 |
|
Students travel awards (applications) |
| January 15, 2000 |
|
Abstract submission |
| March 15, 2000 |
|
Authors notified |
April
1 ,2000 |
|
Early Registration |
June
5-9, 2000 |
|
Meeting |
We Welcome You to the ASLO 2000 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Copenhagen
For the first time in the history of ASLO
a meeting is taking place outside North America. About one third of
the membership of ASLO is not from North America. In the spirit of
international cooperation and realizing that science crosses boundaries,
the ASLO Board is conducting an experiment and calls a meeting in
Europe. A Scandinavian team of aquatic scientists took the challenge
and invites the membership of ASLO and all other interested in aquatic
sciences to join us in Copenhagen
5 to 9 June in the year 2000.
What's New!
05/31/00: Student Activities Finalized
Evening at Roundetarn
(Round Tower, agreat view of the city)
Admission: 15 DKK (a US buck or two)
On Monday June 5th we will meet at Radhauspladsen (large central square)
near the statue of Hans Christian Anderson (SW side). We will walk
at 5:30 PM to the Round Tower.
Evening at Tivoli Gardens
(world's oldest amusement park, 29 restaurants, gardens, rides and
more)
Admission: 40-50 DKK ($5 - $7 US dollars) Tickets for rides extra
(around 100 DKK)
On Friday June 9th we will meet at the entrance to Tivoli on Vesterbrograde
(Big Street) at 6 PM.
Please indicate your interest in an email to your ASLO Student Rep:
msquires@sfu.ca
05/25/00: Session Schedule Posted
The Program (909k, PDF format)
is now available for download. Due to time constraints, the information
in the Program will not be published on or searchable through the
web site.
04/16/00: Session Schedule Posted
Summaries of the Session Schedule
have been posted on the web site.
04/10/00: Student Activities
Want to join fellow ASLO Student members for an low-cost evening out
in Copenhagen? Read on!
Evening at Roundetarn (Round Tower) (great view of the city)
Admission: 15 DKK (a US buck or two)
Tenatively planned for the evening of Monday June 5, between 5 & 8
PM Evening at Tivoli Gardens (world's oldest amusement park, 29 restaurants,
gardens, rides and more)
Admission: 40-50 DKK ($5 - $7 US dollars) Tickets for rides extra
(around 100 DKK)
Tentatively planned for the evening of Friday June 9, between 7 &
10 PM Please indicate your interest in an email to your ASLO Student
Rep: msquires@sfu.ca
04/10/00: Housing/Roommate Service
If you interested in low-cost housing, please note that the Copenhagen
Youth Hostel Amager (Kobenhavns Wandrerhjem Amager, located right
across the street from the Bella Center) is completely booked during
the week of the ASLO meeting. Another hostel possiblilty is given
below. If you decide to book at this hostel you will need to make
reservations directly (rather than through the DIS Congress who is
handling meeting registration and hotel reservations, etc.)
City Public Hostel; Absalonsgade 8, 1658 kobenhavn V; phone: 33 31
20 70, 130 DKK per person per night which includes breakfast
This hostel is within walking distance (5-10 min) of the Central Station.
Bus # 46 goes to the Bella Center. Total travel time between the hostel
and the Bella Center is approximately 30 to 45 minutes.
If would you like to find a potential roommate(s) for the meeting
send the following information to Maggie at msquires@sfu.ca:
Your name, email address, gender, smoking preference, special preferences.
Include the above in a message with a subject titled "roomie". If
you have any special preferences regarding your potential roommate,
these may be included at the end of the above message, but please
separate each one by a comma. We will then mix and match requests
based on preferences and you will receive a list of people whom you
may contact. Your name will only be provided to student members of
the same gender.
If you are interested in sight-seeing during your stay you might consider
cycling- bicycles for use inside the city of Copenhagen are free of
charge (a refundable deposit is required). Note, however, that you
need to bring along a bicycle lock since these are not provided.
03/14/00: Latest News
1. We have received more than 1300 abstracts. LOC is working hard
to accommodate this overwhelming interest, but we are pleased to have
such positive attention. In the 9 concurrent session programs, we
have room for about 200 hours oral presentations (incl. The tutorials).
Some of you will shortly receive a message where we ask that oral
is changed to poster. The special session Conveners have helped LOC
to reach such decisions. We do not claim to have reached a "higher
fairness," but we ask you to accept the poster contribution.
The 600 posters will each be exposed about 2 1/2 days in a very nice
position. All abstracts have been accepted so far, but please have
patience, you will hear from us soon. Just prepare to come to Copenhagen.
2. A more technical thing: DIS our Congress Bureau has to match the
abstracts with the registrations. Even a small deviation between the
data in the electronic abstract file and the registration file will
create a mismatch. A lost initial can mean the difference. Please
help DIS to sort out the "few" mistakes of claimed missing
registrations and keep the good humor.
3. The Workshop-2 on Stable Isotopes had to be cancelled due to other
priorities by the organizers. This item will be included in WS-7.
Please contact Veronique Martin-Jezequel (vmartin@univ-brest.fr).
4. Fieldtrips: The ASLO2000 fieldtrips have not aroused the attendees
to outdoor life. Only the fieldtrips on Danish
Lakes (No 1) and to Ploen (No. 2) are open for registration. The
registration will close by April 1, so please hurry if you want to
join.
5. The Post-meeting course on sediment/water
interfaces organized by Peter Casper has still room. Please contact
Peter (pc@igb-berlin.de).
6. The Program-outline will soon be available on the Web.
7. SS27 and 28 have been merged.
8. The Conveners for SS29 have to
attend other business and those wanting to present in SS29 have been
moved to SS37.
01/21/00: Some free places for Post-Meeting
Course to take place June 10th to 17th
There are a few places left for the Post-Meeting Course: Sediment/Water
Interfaces in Freshwater Lakes: Sampling, Handling and Analyzing with
Emphases on Gases. which will be held at the Institute of Freshwater
Ecology and Inland Fisheries, in Neuglobsow, Germany. Those who are
interested may contact Peter Caspers (pc@igb-berlin.de)
or see under topic field trips.
Deadline: 15. Febr. 2000.
12/21/99: Cancellation of Special Session
29 “Coupled physical-biological processes on continental shelves and
the shelf break.”
Due to a change in the cruise plans of the Conveners this SS unfortunately
has to be cancelled. Any contributions within this area will be placed
in an appropriate SS or we will open a Contributed Session with a
content similar to the cancelled session.
12/17/99: Post Abstracts for Workshops
Those who want to submit an abstract to one of the workshops,
please follow the normal abstract submission procedures and state
the workshop topic number in the topic section of the submission template,
e.g. WS4 meaning Workshop 4. The abstracts will be printed in the
abstract book
12/16/99: Travel Award Information Added
Information regarding travel awards for
young scientists from developing countries was inadvertently left
off the web site and is now available. The deadline has been extended
to January 10, 2000.
11/18/99: Author Notification Pushed Back
The date for notification for final abstract acceptance has been changed
form February 20, 2000 to March 15, 2000.
11/18/99: New Conveners for Special Sessions
18, 25, and 45
Sessions SS18: Integrating River Basins:
Linking fluxes between catchments, rivers and estuaries, SS25:
Ecological processes and ecosystems: functioning towards water purification,
and SS45: Biogas cycling and emission
along the aquatic continuum: From freshwater to coastal zones
have new and/or additional conveners.
11/18/99: New Workshop Added
A new Workshop has been added to the Schedule. Please see WP-8
Application oriented marine science and the role of ICES for more
details.
11/18/99: Workshop WP-1 Has Changed Dates
and Start Times,
Workshop WP1, The Response of Northeast and
Northwest Atlantic Shelf Ecosystems to Climate Variability and Change,
will take place Friday June 9 from 16.00 to 21.00 (late afternoon
and dinner) and Saturday June 10 from 9.00 to 12.00. The Workshop
will be located at the University of Copenhagen.
11/10/99: On-line Abstract Submission Is
Now Available
The abstract submission form is now on-line.
Please review the submission guidelines
before submitting your abstract using this system.
10/23/99: New Special Session Announced
A new special session, SS46 - The Response
of North Atlantic Shelf Ecosystems to Climate Variability and Change,
chaired by Charles Greene and B. Plank has been added to the scientific
program.
The Theme of the Meeting
The theme of the meeting is Research Across
Boundaries. In plenary talks, special and contributed sessions, workshops
and field trips, the meeting program demonstrates that aquatic sciences
cross many different types of boundaries and not only those we traditionally
identify; like sediment-water and water-air interfaces. The Program
and your participation vouch for an exciting meeting. A newcomer is
the tutorial lectures, which will introduce all Special Sessions.
These should guaranty overview and good discussions of the most "hot"
issues within our science. Contributed Sessions are as always covering
the width of aquatic science and should provide an opportunity for
all to contribute. An overwhelming space is available for posters.
ASLO meetings over the last couple of years have shown the poster
sessions not only to be most enjoyable, but to provide the most lively
crowd of interested people. Use the opportunity to present a Poster.
ASLO, the Local
Organizing Committee, and the Program
Committee invite you to Copenhagen to make this meeting a success
Conference Venue and Site
Copenhagen
is easily approached from most countries and should be a pleasant
place to visit in early June. Although the meeting will take much
of your time, do not miss the many historic buildings, museums, Tivoli
and other places of interest. We believe Copenhagen is a relaxed town
inhabited with friendly people, but also showing the busy city life
-both day and night. It is very easy to get around with the efficient
public transport system, which includes buses and trains. Copenhagen
and suburbs has a population of about 1 million so by most standards
it is not a big town.
The meeting, exhibitions and most workshops
will take place at The
Bella Center, just outside Copenhagen. It is one of Northern Europe's
most modern conference centers, a flexible multi-purpose venue only
a 15 min. drive from the city center. All oral and poster sessions
and the exhibitions are under one roof and just a few minutes walk
apart. The Bella Center has plenty of parking space, a restaurant
and a few shops.
