~ 2nd International Young Scientists' Global Change Conference ~ 7-8 November 2006 ~ Beijing, China ~


Conference Overview


The International Young Scientists’ Global Change Conference took place November 5-8, 2006 at the Science and Technology building on the China Meteorological Administration campus in Beijing, China.  The conference was endorsed by the Earth System Science Partnership and was organized by START, the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training and the China Meteorological Administration.

The conference offered a prestigious platform for young scientists from 35 countries around the world to present their research findings to one another and leading scientists in the field. It was intended, and succeeded to stimulate competition, encourage excellence, reward outstanding performance, and foster the development of personal and institutional networks. All YSC participants also took part in the Earth System Science Partnership’s Open Science Conference, "Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges" (November 9-12, 2006, Beijing International Conference Center).

Some 100 participants, from 35 countries were selected by international review panels from over 700 applications. An additional 35 young Chinese scientists were selected by the China Meteorological Administration for poster presentations.

Distinguished invited keynote speakers were Prof. Congbin Fu and Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen. Sessions were chaired by leading members of the global change research community. As with the highly successfully 2003 First YSC Prof. Peter Tyson again served as chair of the organizing committee and Ms. Amy Freise as conference coordinator.

Awards were granted for the most outstanding contributions in three categories, best paper, best poster, and best CMA young scientist poster. 

Crutzen Prize for Best Paper:

Colette Heald of Canada
Institute: University of California, Berkeley
Paper: Investigating the sources of organic carbon aerosol to the atmosphere

Honorable Mention, Best Paper:

Michele Casini of Italy
Institute: Swedish Board of Fisheries
Paper: Human- and climate-induced changes in the Baltic Sea ecosystem: Are they easily reversible?

Michele e Silva Figueira of Brazil
Institute: CENA/ University of Sao Paulo 
Paper: Evidence of changes in the nitrogen cycle along a secondary forest chronosequence in eastern Amazonia

Ye Prize for Best Poster:

Dominick Spracklen of The United Kingdom
Institute: Harvard University 
Poster: Large contributions of particle formation to global atmospheric aerosol

Honorable Mention, Best Poster:

Tanya Handa of Canada
Institute: University of Basel 
Poster: Tree and ecosystem responses to four-year CO2 enrichment at the Swiss treeline

Daniela Del Valle of Argentina
Institute: University of South Alabama & Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory 
Poster: Importance of biological consumption as a sink for dimethylsulfide (DMS) during spring and summer in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Best Poster by a Young Scientist of the CMA to the Second International Young Scientists’ Conference:

Sun Ying
Institute: National Climate Center
Poster: Precipitation characteristics in the future climate

Honorable Mention, Best Poster, CMA:

Ma Yuping working with: Zhang Li and Wang Shili. 
Institute of Eco-Environment & Agrometeorology, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. 
Poster: Regional yield simulation for winter wheat in north China based on assimilating remote sensing data

Wei Yuan working with: Jing Zhang.
Institute: China Meteorological Administration Training Centre.
Poster: A preliminary study of high correlations between Asian dust events and biological productivity in the western North Pacific

(The conference abstract books are available for download on the Conference Program page.)


We thank all of the organizations listed below and on our sponsors page for making this conference possible through their financial support. 

 

Questions? Email Sandra Stowe at ysc@agu.org