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Event Sharing data and information in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East

The Conference aims to:

  1. bring together data owners, data users and stakeholders from the MENA region
  2. increase awareness on existing databases on climate, water and energy
  3. enhance collaboration and data exchange among Eastern Mediterranean countries
  4. define a common basis for data formats and data quality
 

Conference Objective

The main objective of this conference is to disseminate the outcome of the studies conducted within the DARECLIMED project. It targets the regional and international scientific community in the fields of climatology, energy and water, at potential users of the data repository in the regional scientific and administrative community, at EU and regional decision-makers in academic, economic and political circles, and at the general public. The presentations as well as the major results of the conference will be published in a conference proceedings volume.

Conference Topics:

  • The need for environmental data from the Eastern Mediterranean & the Middle East
  • Water resources in the region
  • Major scientific challenges related to meteorological observations and climate change in the region
  • Information on the energy sector
  • National data repositories & relevant initiatives in the region
  • Legal, institutional and technical requirements for a common repository
  • Data harmonisation and data quality

Download the Conference Outline (draft) [PDF]

Location: Orthodox Academy of Crete

Abstract submission before 1 June 2013
Registration & hotel accommodation requests until 15 June, 2013		  

Local Organising committee: M. Kanakidou, N. Mihalopoulos, E. Cadd, S. Kerkezian, M. Manoura
Programme Committee: M.A. Lange, P. Alpert, H.N. Dalfes, J. Lelieveld, N. Mihalopoulos, Y. Rudich, M. Samawi, C. Zerefos

Contact information LinkSCEEM Campaign/ Ms. Eroulla Cadd, The Cyprus Institute / Ms. Marina Manoura, University of Crete (email: linksceem-crm@cyi.ac.cy ; e.cadd@cyi.ac.cy ; manoura@admin.uoc.gr)
Event type Conference
File link http://www.cyi.ac.cy/dareclimed-2013-conference.html
File link copy DARECLIMED_conference_draft_outline.pdf (PDF, 282 Kb)
Source LinkSCEEM Campaign
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/data-repositories-and-computational-infrastructure-environmental-and-climate
Geographical coverage Greece
Address Orthodox Academy of Crete, Chania, Crete
Organizer The Cyprus Institute & the University of Crete
Target audience International
Period [23/07/2013 - 25/07/2013]
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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