SCAR Meetings and Conferences
OSC 2020: Practical Information for ConvenorsThis page contains practical information for lead convenors of sessions at the 2020 SCAR Open Science Conference. It will be updated when new information becomes available.
Information about the 2019 SCAR Executive Committee MeetingThe 2019 SCAR Executive Committee Meeting will be held on 30-31 July in the Grand Hotel Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in conjunction with the COMNAP Annual General Meeting. The SCAR ExCom Meeting is preceeded by a one-day workshop of the Programme Planning Groups (PPGs). Accommodation is also at the meeting venue:
Grand Hotel Plovdiv
2, Zlatiu Boyadjiev str.
4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Tel: + 359/32 934 163
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www.grandhotelplovdiv.bg
For security reasons, all SCAR meeting attendees need to register with COMNAP after arrival. The registration desk will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 on Sunday 28 July, and each morning between 08:00 and 08:30. During the meetings, all coffee and lunch breaks will be taken with the COMNAP delegates. SCAR attendees are included in the COMNAP Icebreaker Reception (19:00 to 21:30 on 28 July) and the AGM Conference Dinner (19:00 until late). Buses will be provided by COMNAP to and from the Conference Dinner. Please note that, while there is no dress code for the SCAR meetings, you will need to be smartly dressed for the COMNAP social events.
Useful background information is provided on the COMNAP AGM website.
On 31 July, SCAR will host a dinner for all attendees still in Plovdiv. A table has been reserved from 20:00 at Restaurant Hebros, ul. "Konstantin Stoilov", Plovdiv, a 15-minute walk from the Grand Hotel (see Google Maps for directions). Information about the restaurant can be found on their Tripadvisor and Facebook pages.
The internet is full of warnings about unscrupulous Bulgarian taxi drivers so you should book any taxi rides in advance with reputable companies, or ask at hotel reception. Transfers to and from Sofia Airport have been confirmed with Unitrans, who are based in Plovdiv:
Unitrans
Office: +359 89 444 8441 (whatsapp, viber)
Mobile: +359 87 620 3111
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www.unitransbg.com
Other companies listed on the COMNAP AGM website are:
- YES Trans Taxi Company https://yestrans.eu/ +359 898 60 82 76
- Taxi for YOU Taxi Company http://taxiforyou.eu/ +359 895 710 841; +359 898 736 715
- GS Travel https://gstravel-bg.com/en/ +359 894 86 60 04
- True Drivers https://truedrivers.net/bg/ +359 89 72 27 771
If you need any advice or assistance while in Bulgaria, please contact Marta, who is a member of the organising committee:
Mrs Marta Blunt
Tel: +359 878 111 245
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Papers for the meeting are available to view and download from the Meeting Papers page.
Papers for the 2019 SCAR Executive Committee MeetingDetails about the meeting venue and social events are available on the information page.
Complete meeting papers folder
Here you will find the details and associated publications of symposia organized by SCAR or conributed to by SCAR representatives.
September 2-5, 2008, Castine, Maine, USA
22-24 October 2007, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, USA.
8-9 October 2007, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
4-8 December 2006, Boulder, Colorado
Scientific Steering Group meeting of the World Climate Research Programme's Cryosphere and Climate (CliC) Project
6-9 June 2006, Paris, France
Organized by the World Climate Research Programme and hosted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO in Paris.
10-12 April 2006, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
13–15 March 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6-9 November 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scientific Steering Group meeting of the World Climate Research Programme's Cryosphere and Climate (CliC) Project
6-8 December 2004, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
5-9 September 1998, Lanzhou, China
5-11 September 1993, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Proceedings and papers in: Annals of Glaciology (vol. 20), 1994. Cambridge, International Glaciological Society, 458 pp. ISBN 0 946417 14 8
September 1991, Bremerhaven, Germany
7-11 September 1987, Bremerhaven, Federal Republic of Germany
17-18 October 1981, Queenstown, New Zealand
7-12 September 1981, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Proceedings and papers in: Annals of Glaciology (vol. 3), 1982. Cambridge, International Glaciological Society, 362 pp. ISBN 0 9502484 4 4
17 August 1977, Birmingham, England
Antarctic Glacial History and World Palaeoenvironments, edited by E M van Zinderen Bakker: 172 pp., 1978. Rotterdam, A A Balkema.
18-19 August 1976, Sydney, Australia
May 1974, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Polar Oceans, edited by M J Dunbar. Proceedings of the Polar Oceans Conference held at McGill University, Montreal, May, 1974. 681 pp., 1977. Calgary, Arctic Institute of North America.
19-21 September 1972, Cambridge, UK
9-12 August 1972, Canberra, Australia
10-16 May 1972, Sandejford, Norway
3-5 August 1971, Moscow, Russia
19 September 1970, Tokyo, Japan
3-7 September 1968, Hanover, United States
24-27 July 1968, Cambridge, UK
13-16 September 1966, Santiago, Chile
5-9 September 1966, Geneva, Switzerland
13-17 August 1962, Boulder, Colorado, USA
25 July-6 August 1960, Helsinki, Finland
Colloque sur la Glaciologie Antarctique/Symposium on Antarctic Glaciology (IASH Publication No 55): 162 pp., 1961. Gent-Brugge, de l'Association Internationale d'Hydrologie Scientifique.
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