Post date: Oct 19, 2017 2:44:30 PM
Some recent events from the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN):
First Human Planet Forum
The University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands, hosted more than 90 experts on population distribution and change, urbanization, remote sensing, and related fields for the first Human Planet Forum, organized September 13-15, 2017 by the Human Planet initiative (HPI) of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). The Forum sought to highlight recent progress since last year's HPI launch as part of GEO's 2017-2019 work programme, to expand participation and partnerships in the initiative, and refine plans for collaborative work. The Forum was organized jointly by GEO, the European Commission (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC), and the University of Twente's Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC).
Seminar on International Geography Education and Frontier Research
More than 100 faculty and students engaged in geographic education in China met at East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai, China, August 7-10, 2017 for a seminar on International Geography Education and Frontier Research. The seminar was organized jointly by ECNU's School of Geographic Sciences, CIESIN, and the American Geographical Society (AGS). Lectures on interdisciplinary human dimensions topics were given by CIESIN director Robert Chen and information scientist Xiaoshi Xing, together with AGS President Marie Price of George Washington University, AGS Vice President Alexander Murphy of Oregon State University, and AGS Teacher Fellow Liliana Monk, a high school geography teacher from Maryland. The seminar included panel discussions with geography faculty from ECNU and other universities in China.
Cyberseminar on Culture, Beliefs and the Environment
A cyberseminar on Culture, Beliefs and the Environment, hosted by the Population and Environment Research Network (PERN) May 15–19, was organized by CIESIN and the Columbia Aging Center. Materials from the cyberseminar are available at: https://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/cyberseminars/.
SESYNC Meta-Analysis of Climate Vulnerability Mapping Studies Workshop
Alex de Sherbinin, associate director for science applications at CIESIN, led the workshop, “Meta-Analysis of Climate Vulnerability Mapping Studies,” at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in Annapolis, Maryland, May 8‒10, 2017. Funded by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation administered by the University of Maryland, the workshop brought together more than a dozen experts on climate vulnerability mapping.