2nd Announcement - OT-Med

Welcome to the
International Workshop
‘Mediterranean Holocene Climate and Human Societies’
2 nd Announcement
Location
Navarino Environmental Observatory, NEO
& The Westin Resort
Navarino Dunes, Costa Navarino, Messinia, Greece
Dates
23-25 April 2014
(22 April as day of arrival and 26 April as day of departure)
click on: navarino_workshop or go to www.navarinoneo.gr
Local Organizer and Contact Persons:
Karin Holmgren
Director, Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)
Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology
Stockholm University
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
e-mail: [email protected]
Giorgos Maneas
Station Manager, Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)
Navarino Dunes, Costa Navarino
24001, Messinia, Greece
tel:+30 2723090991, +306983669557
e-mail: [email protected]
Co-organizers:
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre, Lab. des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, LSCE, France
Alexandra Gogou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR, Greece
Juerg Luterbacher, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Elena Xoplaki, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Location:
The workshop will take place at Costa Navarino (www.costanavarino.com), a luxury, eco-friendly resort and at
the field station of Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) (www.navarinoneo.gr). NEO is a cooperation
between Stockholm University, the Academy of Athens and TEMES S.A., dedicated to research and education on
the climate and environment of the Mediterranean region.
Background and Aims:
Holocene climate reveals notable changes in the Mediterranean region. The region also bears a long history of
human society dynamics, making it a suitable site to explore interactions between climate, environment and
human activity over a variety of time scales. However, data documenting climate events as well as the human
history are still ambiguous to ascertain firm links between large-scale atmospheric circulation, regional climate
changes and local human society evolution.
This multi-disciplinary workshop will follow a two-fold approach: a paleoclimatic approach addressing the
events, severity, rate and duration of past climatic changes, and an archaeological-historical approach
addressing the dynamics of past societies. We aim at a better knowledge of both the drivers behind climate
system and behind the coupled society-climate system including its ensuing response and adaptation, in order
to understand human capability in readjusting into a changing environment. Further aim is to identify
strategies for acquiring the information needed to progress our understanding of the global/Mediterranean
climate linkages and their interaction with human societies. This may include recommendations for an
integrated research effort on the Holocene Mediterranean climate-human societies system, targeting on data
production from multiple proxy records in key-regions and at key-periods and the development of new
modelling approaches to optimize interpretation of paleodata, reduce uncertainties and develop an integrated
data/model approach to describe the evolution of human societies in response to climate and environmental
changes.
Workshop structure:
The workshop agenda is presented in App. 1. and the participants in App. 2. After key note talks addressing all
the disciplines of the workshop, the participants will be divided into chaired groups, of approximately 15
scientists each, to discuss the common workshop themes:
1. Does climate matter for societies? What is the “real” evidence for causation and do we have cases
with detailed enough data and methodologies on both the physical and the social sides?
2. Can we identify societies sustainable to climate “crisis”? What made those societies sustainable, i.e.
can we identify suitable adaptation strategies to the impacts of climate change?
3. And those societies that did not survive, what were the factors that contributed to their collapse?
4. Where are the knowledge gaps and how can we initiate proposals for future research and
networking that better address those interdisciplinary issues?
Within the groups there will be time for individual presentations but most of the time will be devoted to
discussions!
The division in groups will first be made in such a way that assures the representation of all disciplines in every
group. At mid-time of the workshop the groups will be re-organized into three groups, now following the
disciplines: archaeology/history, modelling and reconstructions. Finally, the interdisciplinary groups will
reconcile for final conclusions.
The chairs and the rapporteurs of all groups will be appointed in advance and presented in the 3rd and final
announcement.
Abstracts of ca 250 words should be submitted by all applicants, following the template attached (App. 3). A
workshop abstract volume will be distributed to all participants with the 3rd announcement.
All participants are encouraged to bring posters, size A1, portrait format. The posters will be exposed
throughout the workshop.
Practical details
Costs:
Thanks to PAGES funding and from the organizer’s institutes the costs that participants need to cover are for
travel (except for ordered bus from Athens/Kalamata, see under practical matters) and food during the day of
arrival (22nd April). Other costs for accommodation, meals and conference facilities will be covered by the
workshop.
Accommodation*:
You will be accommodated in a single room at ‘The Westin Resort Costa Navarino’. Please inform us if you bring
any accompanying person with you.
Transport, Arrival and Departure times:
Participants arrival to the workshop venue should be on the 22nd April and departure on the 26th April. 1 or 2
buses will depart at fixed times from the airports of Athens and Kalamata to bring the participants to the
Navarino Environmental Observatory. Arrival by other means (e.g., rental car, public transportation, taxi) will
have to be organised by the participants at own cost. If you chose to organise your own travel you can find
information about how to find us here.
If you chose to join our arranged bus transport from/to the airport to/from Costa Navarino:
In order to join our bus from Athens to Costa Navarino you must arrive in Athens on 22 April before ca 16:00,
and depart from Athens on 26 April after ca 14:00. If you arrive and depart from Kalamata, inform us about
your arrival and departure time, and transport will be arranged. We need this travel info at 14 February 2014,
otherwise you have to arrange your own local travel at own cost!
Summary Important Deadline 14 February 2014:
• Deadline for abstract submission: 14 February 2014
• Deadline for final registration including travel information: 14 February. Registration is done by submitting
the registration form to the NEO Station Manager Giorgos Maneas: [email protected]
*Observe: Any cancellation of participation after 14 February is subject to a cancellation fee for the
accommodation costs at Costa Navarino.
Appendix 1 – General schedule
Day
Tuesday,
22 April
Wednesday,
23 April
Thursday,
24 April
Friday,
25 April
Saturday,
26 April
Time
09:30-09:45
09:45-10:15
10:15-10:45
10:45-11:15
11:15-11:45
11:45-12:15
12:15-12:30
12:30-13:30
16:00
20:30
09:30-18:00
10:45-11:15
12:30-13:30
16:00
20:30
09:00-11:00
11:00-11.30
11:30-13:00
13:00-14:00
14:0020:30
Content
Arrival
Welcome and introduction
The color of weather and climate (Key note 1)
Nature of Holocene climate variability in the
Mediterranean region (Key note 2)
Coffee
Adaptive strategies and altered trajectories (Key note 3)
Climate-society interactions (Key mote 4)
Introduction to work shops
Lunch, served outside conference room
Coffee
Group Dinner at a local taverna
Workshop
Coffee
Lunch, served outside conference room
Coffee
Gala Dinner at Costa Navarino
Work shop presentations
Coffee
General discussion, closing of a workshop
Lunch, served outside conference room
Possibility for indvidual group meetings
Group Dinner at a local taverna
Departure
Name
Organizers
Christos Zerefos
Eelco Rohling
Harvey Weiss
Karin Holmgren
Organizers
Appendix 2 - List of participants
1
Name
Allcock, Samantha
2
Arikan, Bulent
3
Ariztequi, Daniel
4
Athanasiou, Mary
5
Avramides, Pavlos
6
Baika, Kalliopi
7
Bonnier, Anton
8
Bouloubassi,
Ioanna
Boyd, Meighan
9
10
Büntgen, Ulf
11
Carroza, Laurent
12
13
Colonese, Andre
Carlo
Dalfes, Nüzhet
14
Dezileau, Laurent
15
Dragoni, Walter
16
Fekri, Hassan
17
Finné, Martin
18
20
Fleitmann,
Dominik
Florenzano,
Assunta
Galli, Eirini
21
Ghilardi, Matthieu
22
Gogou, Alexandra
19
Expertise
Holocene human-climate
interactions, geoarchaeology
Anthropology
Marine and lacustrine
sediments as archives of
(paleo) environmental
changes and anthropogenic
impact on the environment.
Calcareous nanoplankton
biostratigraphy in marine
sediments (Aegean Sea)
Sedimentology, coastal
palaoenvironments
Marine archaeology
Ancient History and Classical
Archeology
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimate, speleothems
Dendroclimatology,
dendroecology
Balkan, Neolithic - Archeogeography
Environmental archaeology,
stable isotopes, palaeoecology
Climate modeling, ecosystem
modeling, data analysis
Geochemistry, geochronology,
sedimentology
Hydrogeology & Hydrology,
Engineering Geology, Impact
of Climatic changes, History of
Water management.
Geoarchaeology, Holocene
geology, sedimentology,
geomorphology
Paleoclimatology, physical
geography
Paleoclimatology
Archaeobotany, palynology
Archaeology
Geomorphology,
geoarchaeology
Paleooceanography
Affiliation
Plymouth University, UK
Department of Ecology & Evolution,
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul,
Turkey
Section of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Geneva,
Switzerland
Email address
[email protected].
uk
[email protected]
[email protected]
Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment
Dept. of Hist. Geology-Paleontology,
University of Athens, Greece
Technological Educational Institute of
Western Greece.
Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities,
Ministry of Culture, Greece
[email protected]
LOCEAN-Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
(IPSL), University of Paris, France
Stockholm University, Sweden &
Navarino Environmental Observatory,
Costa Navarino, Greece
WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland
[email protected]
Univ of Gothenburg
Geode, Toulouse, France
Dept. Archaeology, BioArCh Groups,
University of York, UK
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul,
Turkey
University of Montpellier, France
Perugia University, Dipartimento di
Scienze della Terra, Italy
University College London, French
University in Egypt
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Stockholm University, Sweden &
Navarino Environmental Observatory,
Costa Navarino, Greece
University of Reading, UK
[email protected]
Archeology Museum of Heraklion,
Crete
Cerege, France
[email protected]
Universita di modena, Italy
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research,
Anavyssos, Greece
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
23
24
Name
Guiot, Joel
Expertise
Climate reconstruction, pollen,
treering
Paleoclimate
25
Heymann,
Christian
Holmgren, Karin
26
Izdebski, Adam
27
Jalali, Bassem
28
Kalivitis, Nikos
29
Kaniewski, David
30
Kaplan, Jed O.
31
Kouli, Katerina
32
Krokos, George
33
Leduc, Guillaume
34
35
Lemmen, Carsten
Leroy, Suzanne
36
Luterbacher, Juerg
37
Lykousis, Vasilis
Paleoceanography/Paleoclimat
ology
Human ecodynamics
Middle East,_Palynology, 4.2
event
Paleoclimatology
38
39
MacGillivray, J.
Alexander
Martrat, Belen
Archaeology
40
Masi, Alessia
41
Mercuri,
AnnaMaria
Montagna, Paolo
42
43
Norstrom, Elin
Paleoclimate
Socio-economic and
environmental history of
Byzantium and late antiquity
Paleoclimate in the Mediterr
sea, organic chemistry, sst
recons
Atmospheric Chemistry and
Physics
Paleoecology, paleoclimatology
and bioarchaeology
Modeling of past humanenvironment interactions,
paleoreconstruction with
models and archives
Holocene vegetation (pollen)
and human impact
Physical oceanography
Paleooceanography
(Paleo)climate dynamics /
organic geochemistry
Archaeobotany and the use of
stable carbon isotope analysis in
the study of climate versus
human evolution
Archaeobotany, palynology
Paleoclimate, geochemistry
Paleoclimate, climate
reconstructions, natural
archives
Affiliation
Email address
Kiel University, Germany
[email protected]
CEREGE CNRS, France
Stockholm University, Sweden &
Navarino Envrionmental Observatory,
Costa Navarino, Greece
Byzantine History Department,
Jagiellonian University, Krakow,
Poland
Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences
de Sfax, Unité GEOGLOB, Sfax, Tunisia
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
University of Crete, Greece, NEO
[email protected]
Universite de Toulouse, France
[email protected]
Faculty of Geology&Geoenvironment,
National and Kapodistrian, Univ of
Athens, Greece
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research,
Anavyssos, Greece
Dept. Geology, Kiel University,
Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Italy
Brunel University, Institute for the
Environment, UK
Justus-Liebig University of Giessen,
Germany
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research,
Anavyssos, Greece
Palaikastro Excavations, British School
at Athens, Greece
Institute of Environmental Assessment
and Water Research/ Spanish Council
for Scientific Research IDÆA-CSIC,
Spain
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale –
Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
[email protected]
University Modena, Italy
[email protected]
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Instituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR),
Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR),
U.O.S. Bologna, Italy
Stockholm University, Sweden
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
om
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Name
45
Parinos,
Constantine
Pepe, Caterina
46
Rachid, Cheddadi
47
Ratopoulou,
Menelia
48
Roberts, Neil
49
Rohling, Eelco
50
Sadori, Laura
51
Sampatakaki,
Angeliki
Sicre, MarieAlexandrine
Stocker, Sharon R
44
52
53
54
55
Sundqvist, Hanna
Triantaphyllou,
Maria
56
57
Tzedakis, Chronis
Unkel, Ingmar
58
Weiberg, Erika
59
Weiss, Harvey
60
Xanthopoulou,
Maria
Xoplaki, Elena
61
62
Zacharias, Nikos
64
Zorita, Eduardo
63
Zerefos, Christos
Expertise
Organic geochemistry,
paleooceanography
Palynology and
paleoclimatology
Paleoecology
Paleooceanography
Paleoclim, paleoecol, lake
sediments, env archaeology
Paleoclimate
Palynology and archaeobotany,
paleoclimatology
Paleooceanography, climate
variability, modelling
Paleooceanography
Archaeology
Speleothems, stable isotopes
Micropaleontology –
Paleoceanography Paleoenvironment
Paleoclimate, paleoecology
Lake sediments, geochemistry,
paleoclimate
Classical archaeology, Aegean
prehistory
West Asian archaeology and
Holocene paleoclimatology
Archaeology
Climatology
Archaeometry, landscape
studies and reconstruction
Global Change in Atmospheric
Environment
Paleoclimate modelling
Affiliation
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research,
Institute of Oceanography, Greece
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale,
Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution,
University Montpellier II, France
Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment
Dept. of Hist. Geology-Paleontology,
University of Athens, Greece
University of Plymouth, UK
School of Ocean and Earth Science,
Southampton University, UK
Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale –
Università di Roma La Sapienza
Department of Marine Sciences,
University of the Aegean, Greece
CNRS LSCE, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Univ of Cincinnati and American
School of Classical Studies at Athens
Stockholm University, Sweden
Geology & Geoenvironment Dept.,
University of Athens, Greece
Email address
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
University College London, UK
Institute for Ecosystem Research, Kiel
University, Germany
Archaeology and Ancient History,
Uppsala University, Sweden
Yale University, USA
[email protected]
[email protected]
Justus-Liebig University of Giessen,
Germany
Uni of Peoloponesse, Greece
[email protected]
[email protected]
Uni Peloponnese, Greece
Academy of Athens, University of
Athens, Greece, NEO
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht,
Germany
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]