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The South African Society of Aquatic Scientists will be hosting their annual conference on 26-30 June 2011 at Ithala Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal. The central theme is “Sustainable utilisation of southern African aquatic resources.”

 34th IAHR World Congress (Brisbane, Australia, from 2011-06-26 08:00 to 2011-07-01 17:00)

34th World Congress of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). Engineers Australia (EA) and its National Committee on Water Engineering (NCWE) are collaborating with IAHR to organise the 34th IAHR World Congress together with the 33rd National Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and the 10th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering.

 Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference (Anchorage, Alaska, from 2011-06-26 08:00 to 2011-06-29 17:00)

Conference topics will focus on the science, tools, management challenges and solutions to a range of coastal hazards including: coastal erosion, hurricanes, coastal storms, seismic events, and tsunamis, climate change, sea level change, wind, and the arctic environment.

 People in Places (Nova Scotia, Canada, from 2011-06-26 08:00 to 2011-06-29 17:00)

People in Places: Engaging Together in Integrated Resource Management. 31 January 2011 is the deadline for submitting abstracts to People in Places: Engaging Together in Integrated Resource Management, scheduled for 26-29 June 2011 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Conference is being organized by the Coastal Community-University Research Alliance (Coastal CURA). The theme is How can place-based communities become better engaged in natural resource integrated management? Sub-themes include: Participatory action research towards innovative change; Knowledge mobilization and transformative learning; Engaging with power, relationship building and governance; and Enhancing resilient livelihoods and natural environments.

 11th AGM of the South African Fishing Industry Employers Organisation (, from 2011-06-24 09:00 to 2011-06-24 15:00)

(SAFIEO)

 International Year of Chemistry (UCT, from 2011-06-23 17:30 to 2011-07-05 19:00)

2011 is the International Year of Chemistry and the UCT Department of Chemistry is hosting a wide variety of activities such as mini lectures, a science quiz, interactive workshops for learners and young children and tours of research in the department. The programme is exciting and aimed at being fun and interesting and we would like to reach a broad audience of participants.

 7th EGU Alexander von Humboldt International Conference (Penang, Malaysia, from 2011-06-20 08:00 to 2011-06-24 17:00)

Ocean acidification: consequences for marine ecosystems and society

 IASWS 2011 (Devon, UK, from 2011-06-19 08:00 to 2011-06-23 17:00)

The 12th International Symposium on the Interactions between Sediment and Water is scheduled for 19-23 June 2011 in Dartington, Devon, UK. The following Conference themes are proposed to explore the state-of-the-art in sediment-water science, from catchment to coast, and its contribution towards sustainable management of water-sediment systems: Nutrient and pollutant fluxes in natural and engineered aquatic systems; Role of biota in water-sediment interactions of marine and freshwater environments; New technologies for advancing sediment-water science from micro to catchment scale; Adaption of sediment-water systems to climate change risks; and Restoration of disturbed aquatic systems.

 8th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety (Prince Edward Island, Canada, from 2011-06-12 08:00 to 2011-06-17 17:00)

Workshop on the identification of marine planktonic copepods (Life Science Building, UWC, from 2011-06-06 09:30 to 2011-06-10 17:00)

World Aquaculture 2011 (Natal, Brazil, from 2011-06-06 08:00 to 2011-06-10 17:00)

Topics include: aquaculture for a changing world; aquaculture and human health; production systems; feedstuffs, feeds and feed additives; crustacean culture; finfish culture; and mollusc culture.

 5th International Short Conference on Applied Coastal Research (SCACR) (Aachen, Germany, from 2011-06-06 08:00 to 2011-06-09 17:00)

Topics include: coastal structures, coastal processes, coastal risks / risk management, coastal and port environments, and coastal developments.

 Certificate in Climate Change & Resource Efficiency (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, from 2011-05-30 08:00 to 2011-06-03 17:00)

The course provides the key knowledge and understanding to help organizations understand and manage their climate change risks and opportunities, as well as look at the concepts behind natural resource depletion and management as it relates to business survival and competitiveness. Issues of benchmarking, sustainability leadership and the international dimensions which has shaped much of the domestic direction that climate change and resource efficiency management has taken, will be considered and discussed as it relates to the South African context. This short course is an MBA aligned elective module and is certificated at NQF level 9.

 7th European Conference on Ecological Modelling (Riva del Garda, Italy, from 2011-05-30 08:00 to 2011-06-02 17:00)

Ecological hierarchy from the genes to the biosphere

 80TH Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (New Brunswick, Canada, from 2011-05-28 08:00 to 2011-06-04 17:00)

Theme: "Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places"

 Seminar by Prof Andrew Manning (Oceanography Seminar Room, UCT, from 2011-05-27 13:00 to 2011-05-27 14:00)

Prof Andrew Manning, University of East Anglia UK, is currently a principal investigator in a number of global carbon assessments in the EU. These projects include CarboEurope and CarboOcean. He has also been involved in the leading atmospheric O2 intercomparison programme (GOLLUM), which brings links 12 international O2 laboratories.

 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress (Victoria, BC, Canada, from 2011-05-14 08:00 to 2011-05-18 17:00)

The congress is themed: "Making Marine Science Matter" and is scheduled for 14-18 May 2011 in Victoria, BC, Canada.

 CARICOSTAS 2011 (Santiago de Cuba, from 2011-05-11 08:00 to 2011-05-13 17:00)

CARICOSTAS 2011 20 April 2011 is the deadline for submitting abstracts to CARICOSTAS 2011, the IV International Conference on Integrated Management of Coastal Zones scheduled for 11-13 May 2011 in Santiago de Cuba. Topics related to Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Coastal Zones include: Social studies in coastal communities; Health and the coastal environment; Vulnerability, risks and natural disasters; Biodiversity and coastal processes; Technological impacts; Sustainable development; Environmental education; Teaching and interdisciplinary research; Gender in coastal communities; Marine transportation and ports; Fisheries and marine culture; Tourism and recreation; Marine law; Coastal pollution; Impacts of climate changes; Planning and land classification; and Renewable energies.

 11th International Coastal Symposium (Szczecin, Poland, from 2011-05-09 08:00 to 2011-05-14 17:00)

The 11th International Coastal Symposium (ICS) is scheduled for 9-14 May 2011 in Szczecin, Poland. Topics include: Coastal Zone Management; Barrier islands; Beach processes; Climate change; Coastal dunes and ecosystems; Coastal evolution and geomorphology; Hazards and pollution; Engineering and modelling; Polices and planning; Restoration and mitigation; Tourism; Delta plain management; Estuaries and lagoons; Estuarine and wetland restoration; GIS and remote sensing applications; Human impact; Impact of extreme storms; Protected areas; and Non-tidal coasts.

 Coastal Sediments Conference (Miami, Florida, USA, from 2011-05-02 08:00 to 2011-05-06 17:00)

Coastal Sediments 2011 is scheduled for 2-6 May 2011 in Miami, Florida, USA. Topics include: Barrier island, beach and inlet processes; Beach nourishment; Case studies involving coastal sediment transport and morphology change; Climate change and relative sea-level rise impacts on coastal morphology; Coastal response to hurricanes and storms; Fundamentals of sediment transport; GIS and remote sensing; Large-scale coastal behavior; Modeling of coastal sediment transport and morphology change; Regional sediment management; River deltas; and Shore protection.