This large and prestigious Geoscience World Congress will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, 5-10 August 2012. The scientific program will cover all aspects of the geosciences. It will demonstrate how geoscience knowledge and applications are contributing directly to meeting societal needs, for example through innovation in the resources and energy based industries, better informed land and water management, enhanced understanding and mitigation of climate change and geohazards, and building major cities and infrastructure. read more

Join more than 20,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and other leaders in San Francisco, California, as they gather to present groundbreaking research and connect with colleagues. read more

The Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Alaska Section of ASCE will sponsor the 10th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development (ISCORD) in Anchorage, Alaska at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center.

The symposium theme is “Planning for Sustainable Cold Regions.” Large scale projects in the gas and oil industry, mining, and other natural resource development are currently planned in the North. Research activities in the Arctic and Antarctica are increasing and new facilities are planned. At the same time, all development actions are under increased scrutiny, and have to bring benefits without significant adverse effects to the environment as well as to the local population. Successful project permitting requires significant preliminary work, such as environmental assessments, assurance for response readiness for incidents, and development of new sustainable technologies.
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