Open meeting – new venue and second call for papers
The 7th International Science Conference (Open Meeting), originally planned for 15-19 October 2008 in New Delhi, will now be relocated to Bonn, Germany, and will take place from 26-30 April 2009 at the former German Parliament premises on the United Nations Campus. All panel, paper and poster acceptances for the Open Meeting remain valid. GECHS will contribute with numerous sessions and paper presentations in the conference. A second call for papers is now open, and will close 31 October 2008. This call is particularly addressed toward new applicants, who are invited to submit their papers and posters. Those who have already submitted to the first call are also invited to submit one more paper or poster for consideration. With the theme of the 7th Open Meeting, “Social Challenges of Global Change”, IHDP wants to indicate the need to incorporate not only the general discussion about climate change, but also many other environmental changes which happen in our society: resource shortages, the destruction of ecosystem services, and new threats to human health.
Four core questions on the social aspects of environmental change will be addressed:
- How do we deal with demographic challenges?
- How do we deal with limitations of resources and ecosystem services?
- How do we maintain social cohesion while increasing (global) equity?
- How do we adapt institutions to address global change?
For more details on specific themes identified for the second call for papers, see the conference website. Deadline for abstract submission in the second call is the 31 October 2009.
