Call for Abstracts

The 2nd 'Practical Responses to Climate Change' conference will be held in Canberra, Australia, at the National Convention Centre from 1 to 3 May 2012. The theme for 2012 is 'Water and Climate: Policy Implementation Challenges'.

The conference will provide a forum for presenting strategies for managing a variable and changing climate through the lens of the water sector. It will be an opportunity for policy makers, engineers, scientists, planners and academics to present, hear and debate the latest research and practice on water and climate policy implementation challenges in urban, catchment and coastal environments. High profile national and international speakers will be brought together with delegates from around Australia and the world for a series of plenary lectures and contributed papers that will ensure a vibrant and interesting program. Workshops will be included to allow a forum for debate of key issues and also presentation and discussion of the most recent thinking.

Papers on a range of themes are invited for oral or poster presentation. All papers will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.  Key dates are listed below.

Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday 17 October 2011
Abstract Acceptance Notification: Friday 11 November 2011
Full Paper Submission Deadline: Monday 6 February 2012

Please see the ClimateChange2012 website for further information: http://www.climatechange2012.org/index.asp?IntCatId=14