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Subject: [Rezone] Reminder Call for Papers: Water from Space, deadline
March 5th 2010
From:    "Linda" <chetri la gmail.com>
Date:    Fri, January 15, 2010 11:20
To:      rezone la lists.rixc.lv
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REMINDER CALL FOR PAPERS : deadline March 5th 2010

WATER from SPACE: Societal, Educational and Cultural aspects

International Astronautical Congress
27th September – 1st October 2010, Prague


A joint session (E1.6.-E5.4) between the IAF Space Education and
Outreach Committee and the IAA Commission VI and co-sponsored by
ITACCUS on the topic "Water from Space: Societal, Educational and
Cultural aspects" will be hold during the International Astronautical
Congress that will take place in Prague in 2010
Inter-disciplinary in nature, it will explore the societal and
cultural contexts of water as they are related to space.


Nearly 71% of the Earth constitutes water. Recently water has been
found on other celestial bodies (Moon, Mars). Yet, the world faces
serious issues related to water: not only its general availability and
management, but also in the context of global warming as well as in
the pollution of rivers, lakes and oceans.

Space systems are employed in monitoring such aspects as ocean
currents and salinity, the decline of the Arctic ice coverage, and the
location and size of shoals of fish. Water management often relies on
the use of space systems for scientific study as well as for remote
operation of pump stations.

Water and its resources management affects societies that depend on it
for a living as well as for survival, not to mention the destruction
of other life forms.
Access to water is often a matter of serious political and economic
implications.
Water associated disasters such as floods and tsunamis are coming to
rely heavily on space systems for time critical response and
management. Climate change modelling requires a good understanding of
hydrological science and this too is helped by the data provided by
space systems.

In this inter-disciplinary session we wish to explore the societal and
cultural contexts of water as they are tied to space. Possible topics
include: political and economic issues; how the crises affecting our
oceans impact on society; how the discoveries of water on the Moon and
Mars is opening up not only new knowledge but also may impact both the
human condition on earth and human space exploration; the way the
arts, popular culture and entertainment engage with cultural issues
around water, remote sensing coordination and public access; water
management; educational programmes relating to water from space and
water in space.


Chairs
Annick Bureaud
Leonardo/Olats - ITACCUS – FRANCE

Bijal Thakore
Space Generation Advisory Council – UNITED KINGDOM

Lyn Wigbels
American Astronautical Society (AAS) – UNITED STATES

Rapporteur
Adrian Meyer
NYDT – SOUTH AFRICA


How to submit:
(Please read carefully, the IAC procedures are strict)

Submission of abstract must be done exclusively on www.iafastro.org.
If this is your first visit on the IAF website, please register using
the online registration form. We kindly remind you that all fields are
mandatory.

Read the pdf of the call for all details:
http://www.iafastro.com/iac2010/IAC2010_CallForPapers.pdf


Deadlines

5 March 2010 Deadline for submitting abstracts
22-25 March 2010 IPC Spring Meeting in Paris
26 April 2010 Official notification to authors
26 April 2010 Opening of the manuscript uploading system
8 September 2010 Deadline for uploading manuscripts
10 September 2010 Deadline for uploading of presentations

Important note: If your abstract has been selected, it is mandatory to
upload your full manuscript presentation before the deadline to be
able to participate in the session.


Usefull web sites

IAF : International Astronautical Federation
http://www.iafastro.org

IAC Prague 2010: International Astronautical Congress, Prague, 2010
http://www.iac2010.cz

Pdf of the Call for Papers IAC Prague 2010
http://www.iafastro.com/iac2010/IAC2010_CallForPapers.pdf

IAA: International Academy of Astronautics
http://iaaweb.org/

ITACCUS: IAF Committee for the Cultural Utilization of Space
http://www.iafastro.org/?id=883

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