Society currently faces a set of new challenges that are both global in scale and highly dynamic. Some of the most critical are: climate change, energy, security and the spread of diseases. They involve resources and impacts which no single in society controls, but which affect all people worldwide. There is an obvious need to create a new set of …

Panel discussion for young scientists.

Nicole Delpeche, Raul Isotamm, Bert Viikmäe and prof.

Bert Viikmäe, Raul Isotamm and Nicole Delpeche will present their recent BalticWay results to prof. Soomere.

…taking place at Viinistu from 17 Oct 2009 to 18 Oct 2009.

Coping with Uncertainty – A Multidisciplinary Research Conference on Risk Governance in the Baltic Sea RegionStockholm, 15-17 November 2009 Complexity, uncertainty and socio-political ambiguity are key challenges in modern environmental governance. Integrated approaches are needed in order to foster collaboration between diverse sets of actors, over wide ranges of issue-areas, emphasizing sustainability, human health and ecosystem integrity. The aim of …

B.Viikmäe and T.Soomere will participate in the Joint Baltic Sea Research Programme BONUS Annual Conference (Vilnius, Lithuania) with oral presentations „An empirical method to determine patterns of risk of coastal pollution in the Gulf of Finland (19.01.2010, B.Viikmäe, R.Isotamm and N.Delpeche) and „Semi-persistent patterns of transport in surface layers of the Gulf of Finland” (21.01.2010, T. Soomere, N.Delpeche)

The EGU General Assembly 2010 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists the EGU appeals to provide a forum to present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences.

The Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, or AOGS for short, is an international society established since 2003; formed by likeminded individuals to promote geophysical science and public benefits for Asia and Oceania.http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2009/index.asp. Nonlinear Dynamics of the Coastal Zone session in Ocean Science section will be organized by dr. Ira Didenkulova, prof. Efim Pelinovsky (Institute of Applied Phsics, Russian Federation) and Prof. …

10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, 13–18 April 2009 The following presentations were accepted as oral lectures to the 10th International Coastal Symposium http://e-geo.fcsh.unl.pt/ICS2009/index.html, to be held in Lisbon, 13–18 April 2009. The papers are as follows: Didenkulova, I., Parnell, K., Soomere, T., Pelinovsky, E. Shoaling and runup of long waves induced by high-speed ferries in Tallinn Bay. Kurennoy, D., Didenkulova, …