Date: 1-5 December 2008
Venue: Christchurch, New Zealand
Deadline for full papers: 1 April 2008 (extended until 14 April)

Introduction:
Mankind is facing changes of unknown magnitude and speed in the 21st century. We are just beginning to grasp the magnitude of our impact on the environment and the related risks for our societies – and the whole globe.  This century will be a century of changes – of changing environments. We have a choice to partly control these changes by our present actions; and to estimate and prepare for / adapt to these global changes. As more scientific evidence accumulates about the magnitude and speed of past environmental changes from sedimentary histories and sediment archives we can learn to manage present and future changes. This century must be a century of concerted research and actions in order to control and adapt to environmental, economical and social changes – involving scientists from all disciplines – in particular water-related and earth surface processes sciences. On behalf of the International Commission on Continental Erosion (ICCE) we would like to invite you to Christchurch in December 2008.

To share your knowledge about “Sediment dynamics in changing environments”.
To inspire and to be inspired to study Erosion and Sediment Dynamics.
To work together for a better future.

URL: http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/icce2008/index.shtml

Contact:
All enquiries should in the first instance be directed to Jochen Schmidt, PO Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand.
phone: 64 (0)3 343 8058
email: j.schmidt@niwa.co.nz
Fax: +64 (0)3 348 5548 (fax)