Forum Carpaticum 2016
Bucharest, Romania
From: 28.09.2016 to: 30.09.2016
The Forum Carpaticum 2016 “Future of the Carpathians: Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive” is an open meeting of the Science for the Carpathians (S4C) initiative. Including a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines from the natural and social sciences, as well as practical knowledge, the Forum Carpaticum is an attempt to integrate different fields of expertise to generate value for the Carpathian mountain region.
The objectives of Forum Carpaticum are to support scientifically actions leading towards sustainability in the Carpathian region, to increase the visibility of the Carpathian region in the global change research agendas and to link research and practice in the field of coupled human-environmental systems in mountain regions.
Forum Carpaticum 2016 will be structured into three thematic sessions:
1. The Smart Carpathians session aims to present and discuss the leading edge achievements in:
- recent and future information and communication technologies;
- emerging paradigms and methodological developments;
- front-rank research infrastructures, capacities and innovations;
- open knowledge, information and data systems applications, in particular those of Carpathian interest.
2. The Sustainable Carpathians session is expected to cover the topics that consider:
- climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management of the Carpathian ecosystems;
- measures aimed at the environmental protection, efficient use of natural and cultural resources of the region;
- transition towards low-carbon economy;
- sustainable transportation networks in the Carpathian Ecoregion.
3. The Inclusive Carpathians session is seeking contributions concerning:
- the promotion of employment (green jobs) and support of labour mobility across the Carpathians to attain the targeted EU employment quotas;
- innovative approaches and solutions for empowering people and for creating sustainable job opportunities for women, youth, elders and disabled people;
- the challenges of overcoming poverty in the Carpathians, issues of social and territorial cohesion and social exclusion;
- the sustainability and enhancement of good quality education and equal access to lifelong learning - to prevent brain drain and to attract brain gain;
- the enhancement of institutional capacities and public administration for becoming more service- and goal oriented, implementation of the EU structural and investment funds and avoidance of overlapping responsibilities and splitting of competencies in disciplines with manifold and conflicting interests.
In addition to these key transdisciplinary topics, Forum Carpaticum 2016 welcomes other original scientific contributions from different disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields that will be presented during plenary and parallel sessions as well as workshops and posters.
The conference programme will offer plenary and parallel sessions, workshops, and poster presentations.
You are invited to submit:
- extended abstracts for oral presentation (up 4 000 characters including spaces),
- poster abstracts (up 2 000 characters including spaces).
All abstracts must be written in English and should follow the template available at the conference website.
Important dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 April 2016
Notification of abstract acceptance: 1 June 2016
Preliminary programme: 1 July 2016
Submission of full papers: 30 November 2016
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