ICB 2014 - 20th International Congress of Biometeorology (ICB2014)

20th International Congress of Biometeorology
28 September - 1 October 2014, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
The International Society of Biometeorology will hold its 20th International Congress of Biometeorology (ICB2014) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA from 28 September - 1 October 2014. ICB2014 is co-sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
ICB2014 embraces all areas of biometeorology, with a focus primarily on the theme "Adaptation to Climate Risks". Over the past two decades, climate and meteorological science has been increasingly integrated with biological, ecological, and social science to develop more sophisticated means to identify climatological risks and to provide the operational framework to deal with these risks on biota, from microorganisms to humans. This has led to unprecedented cooperation between atmospheric and social scientists from a broad array of disciplines. The theme reflects local and regional environmental priorities, and fosters an international comparison of risk analyses and associated intervention and evaluation activities.
Among the general paper and poster sessions, there will be a number of special sessions:
human health challenges in a world with increasing climate variations
extreme event warning methodology and implementation
national and local governmental responses to potential climate risk
climate challenges in the developing world
risk communication
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and atmospheric hazard vulnerability
historical trend analysis and an evaluation of changes in extreme event frequencies
Universal Thermal Climate Index
phenological evaluation of climate change and variability
climate and tourism
animal response and adaptation to a changing climate
contribution of livestock to climate change and mitigation
aerobiology and human health
aging in a changing climate
water-borne disease and climate
agriculture and forest biometeorology
Some of these sessions will take the form of panel discussions with audience participation, while others will take the traditional presentation format.
Prior to the meeting, there will also be workshops on GIS and biometeorology, and for Students and New Professionals. Location and additional fees if any, will be announced.
The website http://www.icb2014.com will serve as the official site of the conference. Updates will be posted regularly, as the agenda and activities develop, and you can join a mailing list to stay current of developments.
The abstract deadline is 28 May 2014. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via e-mail in June 2014.
All abstracts, manuscripts and PowerPoint presentations will be available on the AMS Web site at no cost. This conference will not be recording the presentations on-site.
Two workshops will be precede the conference. GIS and biometeorology will take place on Saturday, 27 September, and Students and new professionals will take place on Sunday, 28 September. The regular conference program will begin Sunday evening, 28 September, and end Wednesday afternoon, 1 October and will be held at the Embassy Suites Cleveland-Rockside. Thursday, 2 October is an optional excursion day following the regular conference to the Amish Country of Ohio.
We look forward to your participation in ICB2014. Questions may be sent to Scott Sheridan (Chair of the ICB2014 Organizing Committee; ) at ssherid1-AT-kent.edu.
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Xinyue Ye, Ph.D.
Department of Geography
Director of Computational Social Science Lab
413 McGilvrey Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242
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On behalf of
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Scott Sheridan, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Biometeorology
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Department of Geography, Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242 USA
http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/