Call for Papers and Posters
2nd International Alfred Wegener Symposium
Bremerhaven, Germany
30 October - 2 November 2005
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 18 May 2005
For further information, please go to:
http://www.alfred-wegener-symposium.de
Alfred Lothar Wegner was born on 1 November 1880 in Berlin and died in
early November 1930 while attempting to assist his colleagues Johannes
Georgi and Ernst Sorge during a Greenland expedition.
Alfred L. Wegener was exceptional in the coupling of his scientific
creativity with remarkable productivity. He worked on many complex
issues from the most diverse fields of natural sciences (astronomy,
meteorology, glaciology, geology, tectonics, and geophysics), and he was
as much at home in these fields as on the Greenland ice cap. Wegener's
insights and, above all, his interdisciplinary way of thinking stimulate
scientists until today. However, his work remains unfinished because of
his early death in 1930, and many questions are still unanswered.
In this context, occasional delving back into Wegener's time and
thinking becomes almost obligatory. Viewing the present from his
perspective serves not only in critical evaluation of past achievements,
but also in developing visions for the future.
During the "1st International Alfred Wegener Symposium" in 1980, this
was done for the first time. Over the 25 subsequent years, many new
scientific insights have been gained. Hence, it is time, once again, to
look back into the past, into the present, and ahead to the future.
Oral and poster presentations are invited for the following themes:
- Meteorology
- Glaciology
- Geosciences (geology, geophysics, (plate)-tectonics, palaeontology)
- Geothemes in the future
- History of science (historical science reflections on fields 1, 2 and
3, as well as honouring Wegener's personal achievements and expeditions)
All scientists interested in presenting their current research results
and findings from the subject areas above, either as oral or poster
presentation, are cordially invited to submit abstracts.
The deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday, 18 May 2005.
Abstracts must be submitted in English.
For further information about the symposium please visit:
http://www.alfred-wegener-symposium.de
or ontact:
Dr. Martina Kunz-Pirrung
Alfred Wegener Institute
E-mail: secretary [at] alfred-wegener-symposium.de