Interdisciplinary Workshop

Effects of climate change: coastal ecosystems, policy implications, and the role of statistics

18-20 March 2009, Malta



Sponsored by SEAMOCS, PIMS, STINT

   

Organizers:

Peter Guttorp, University of Washington
Hans Hanson, Lund University
Ulla Holst, Lund University
Georg Lindgren, Lund University
Jaak Monbaliu, K.U. Leuven
Tarmo Soomere, Tallinn University of Technology

Topics:

The themes for the workshop are facts and uncertainties of  climate change and its effects on coastal eco-systems and marine safety,  and the use of modern statistical tools to address some of these important issues. We update this page with confirmed speakers as soon as the webmaster becomes aware of them.

Statistics and climate extremes

Gabi Hegerl, University of Edinburgh
Richard Smith, University of North Carolina (tentative)

Climate change effects

Myles Allen, University of Oxford
Erik Kjellström, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Response of coastal eco-systems to changing (wave) climate


Structure of workshop

We wil have a few invited talks every day, with substantial time reserved for discussion. At the end of every day we will try to summarize the main open questions and the suggestions made for attacking them. In the evenings we will have poster presentations.

Practical details

To be added.

Requests to participate

There will be some spaces reserved for non-invited participants. These are primaily intended for young researchers. Application details will be posted here when they become available.