Dear YESSers,
Please find below details for the Herrenhausen Conference "Extreme Events:
Building Climate Resilient Societies"
<http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/extreme-events-2019>, which includes
travel grants for ECRs.
Also note that this event will take place in Hannover in October, just
before the Global ESP Conference. Maybe enjoy a single trip and attend both
conferences! :)
best,
Carla
Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce that the Herrenhausen Conference "Extreme Events:
Building Climate Resilient Societies"
<http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/extreme-events-2019> will take place
in Hanover, Germany, on October 9-11, 2019.
Registration
<https://evese.checkinserver.com/eve/interfaces/modules/registration/index.php?mprefix=vws&pprefix=multi®name=vws_login&label=from_typo_3&eventid=3524¤t_typo3_lang=en_us>
is
open now!
The overall objective of the conference is to elucidate the relations
between climate extremes, societal resilience, and sustainable development
goals. Development and transformation for achieving the SDGs can be
severely threatened by catastrophic events triggered by climate extremes.
Yet, at the same time development towards reaching the SDGs may enhance
societal resilience against such extremes. We will identify the major
obstacles for building climate resilience across regions and sectors, as
well as priorities and means to address these obstacles. We aim to develop
both strategic agendas for research and for best-practice design and
implementation.
The conference is organized around 5 parallel workshop sessions:
(I) Challenges of extreme events for resilient infrastructures,
(II) Climate Extremes and Food Security,
(III) Climate Extremes and Security,
(IV) Data science for human well-being,
(V) Response to compound events.
The parallel sessions are guided by the following research questions:
1) Which impacts are expected to be caused by extreme climate events (incl.
compound events, impacts cascades and feedback) across ecosystems,
infrastructures and society?
2) What are key obstacles (e.g. financing, governance, data & system
knowledge) towards societal resilience across sectors and SDGs?
3) What knowledge is needed to remove these obstacles and how can research,
teaching and learning support the transformation towards SDGs while facing
climate extremes?
The sessions are considered to emerge bottom-up - hence you may think about
contributing themes there. Each session will be formed by approximately 30
participants.
Researchers from all disciplines and professionals from business and
administration working in the field of extreme events and resilient
societies are welcome to attend the conference.
For more information and a detailed program please visit the conference
website: http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/extreme-events-2019. If you
wish to attend the conference, please register online at
veranstaltungen.volkswagenstiftung.de. There are no fees for attendance but
registration is essential.
The Volkswagen Foundation offers travel grants for early career researchers
(PhD students and early Post Docs up to 5 years since PhD) or young
professionals with a link to climate extremes and resilient societies from
all fields (e.g. history, climate science, data science, economics,
ecology, geography, health, mathematics, psychology, sociology, risk
assessment, political sciences). Applicants can win one of 25 travel grants
to take part in the Herrenhausen Conference "Extreme Events: Building
Climate Resilient Societies" in Hanover, Germany, on October 9 -11 2019.
Successful applicants will get the chance to present their research/project
in a 2-minute lightning talk and during the poster sessions. The travel
grants include travel expenses to Hanover, visa fees (if applicable), as
well as accommodation in Hanover. Please apply by completing the online
application form: https://call.volkswagenstiftung.de/submission?id=1. The
deadline for submitting applications is *March 28, 2019*.
Please do not hesitate to contact us in case of further questions: Mrs.
Maack (lmaack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) regarding logistic and travel aspects, Prof.
Dr. Reichstein (mreichstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) and Dr. Frank (
dfrank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) if you have any further questions relating to the
conference.
Please forward this information to your colleagues and networks.
Looking forward to fruitful cooperation
Best regards
Markus Reichstein, Dorothea Frank and Linda Maack,
on behalf on the scientific committee and the VolkswagenStiftung
--
Carla
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