Side Events

Monday, 14 September

6.00 pm: IOCCP SSC meeting

6.00 pm: GEO Carbon Community of Practice
The GEO Carbon Report is an update of the IGOS-P Carbon Theme Report (2002) outlining the advances in observing the global carbon cycle, and the steps that remain to achieve an integrated observing system.  This meeting will discuss the draft 0 version of the report and how to get it completed by the GEO Plenary in November.  All welcome.

Tuesday, 15 September

6.00 pm: Global Carbon Project (GCP): the science for the next 10 years
- Consultation session to discuss scientific directions and priorities for global carbon  cycle sciences that the GCP would undertake and promote over the next 10 years
- Background information at: www.globalcarbonproject.org/science
- Open to all participants
- drinks and nibbles available

Wednesday, 16 September

6.00 pm: Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)
- Information and consultation session to receive feedback and interest for involvement
- Background information at: www.globalcarbonproject.org/activities/RECCAP.htm
- Open to all participants
- drinks and nibbles available


Saturday, 19 September

9.00 am: Transcom-Meeting
This is the annual meeting of the TransCom community (http://www.purdue.edu/transcom) on atmospheric trace gas inversions

We will discuss:
- "TransCom-CH4: Protocol and preliminary results"
- "Comparison of state of the art CO2 inversions / TransCom goals"
- "Prior error structures" 

Everyone interested is welcome; please register at http://www.doodle.com/adwpvnen9y26v7wr

Send any questions to Christian.Roedenbeck(at)bgc-jena.mpg.de


10.00 am: Perspectives for carbon cycle eScience
This is an informal session for discussing the use of new
ways for research collaboration opened by advances in technologies for
acquiring, storing, and transforming information that are informally
referred to as eScience.  All welcome.



Sunday, 20 September

12.30 pm: Transcom-Meeting



If you are interested in arranging a side event, please contact Mr. Felix Angermüller felix.angermueller(at)conventus.de.