The First Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC) will take place on September 23-24, 2013 at the Castle of Charles V, Lecce, Italy.
The conference, entitled “Climate change and its implications on ecosystem services and society” aims to involve scientists, researchers, policy makers, Italians, and foreigners working in close contact with our country, whose activities closely affect aspects of climate change and their relationships on environmental and socio- economic systems.

Scope

• Create and promote an interdisciplinary platform for discussion on climate systems and their interactions with the environment and the society;
• Promote a constructive and interdisciplinary dialogue between scientists, policy makers, service providers and the general public;
• Explore and model physical-chemical-biological-societal-economic responses through the most advanced techniques available;
• Foster scientific dialogue on policy making and strategies regarding adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable growth.

Topics

•  Advances in Climate Science

  Theories, observations, and models of the dynamics of atmospheric and oceanic fluids: climate change, rapid environmental changes, forecasts and projections, mesoscale processes and extreme events.
• Implications on ecosystem services

  Analysis, projections, models and evaluation of climate change impact and extremes on natural ecosystems and agriculture.
  Changes in land-use and land-cover, also due to extreme hydrological and hydrogeological events.
  Adaptation and mitigation strategies for hydrological and hydrogeological risks.
  Adaptation and mitigation strategies for the management of water resources.
• Climate policy and economic assessments
  Translate the interactions between climate and the processes concerning ecosystems into economic values.
  Plan and evaluate strategies for adaptation and mitigation policies.
  Assess the impacts of climate extremes and climate change on public health.
  Climate change and urbanization: implications, feedback and evaluation of strategies and of public choices.
  Implications of climate change on cultural heritage preservation, analysis and assessment of the vulnerability of cultural heritage related to climate change and potential strategies for adaptation and mitigation.

Participants
The Annual SISC Conference is open to scientists, researchers, policy makers, entrepreneurs, associations and experts. The participation of young researchers and doctorates is particularly welcome.
To participate in the conference there will be a registration fee.

Structure of the Conference
Plenary Sessions
Both days of the conference will open with a lecture given by experts who will provide participants with an in-depth analysis on the integration of the interdisciplinary studies on climate change and the numerous implications on scientific research, technological innovation and socio-economic systems.

Parallel Sessions
Given the range and the vastness of the topics, the parallel sessions will offer the opportunity to provide space and attention to a significant number of presentations where participants can present their research and discuss it with those present. The specific topics of the parallel sessions will be determined after the submission of papers.

Poster Sessions
A special area will be dedicated to the exhibition of posters to provide a further opportunity to present work and projects on climate research. Thanks to the poster session we will propose and analyze content through a graphical and textual summary, in a communicative context particularly suited to encourage an immediate exchange of opinions and comments among the participants.

Download the latest version of the program (pdf).