CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Implementation Panel 5th Meeting, Sydney AUSTRALIA, 16-18 February 2009

1. Location of Venue

Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)
Faculty of Science
The University of New South Wales
UNSW  SYDNEY  NSW  2052
Australia

Tel: +61-2-9385-7065
Fax: +61-2-9385-8969
CCRC Web:  www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au

Link to hotel and venue map

2. Agenda
Kevin and Matthew have put together a draft version of the agenda and timetable.
Final version of the agenda (10 February 2009) is available for download

Background Documents:
Climate Ice Sheet Model workshop report
Report of the 4th Meeting of the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel, November 2006. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Link to paper by Goosse et al., initiated at our panel meeting in Buenos Aires now online on the Climate Dynamics web site.

Ecological Responses to Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula. McClintock et al., American Scientist, 96, 2008 (with permission from American Scientist)

Latest version of the Vision document (06 February 2009)

3. Accommodation

Matthew and Kevin have looked around for accommodation deals for the hotels near to UNSW see below.  At this stage it is simplest if you could all make accommodation bookings direct to the hotel.  If you seek any logistical support or help in the accommodation bookings, please liaise with Sophie Kober S.Kober@unsw.edu.au

Please see the document attached for details from Matthew and Kevin. Accommodation.

4. Travel information

There are flights from Melbourne to Sydney approximately every 15 minutes from about 06:00 to 22:00. Quantas and Virgin are two of the main carriers but there are others (e.g. OzJet?). A typical return fare should be about $400 AUS ($250 USD) but cheaper e-fares are available. If you need "some flexibility" then you will pay about $650 ASD ($410 USD).

Taxi from the airport to hotels in Coogee or to the UNSW campus at Randwick/Kensington should be about 20 or 25$AUS.

The following web-site has links to local transport information: http://www.transport.unsw.edu.au/
Campus maps can be found here: http://www.facilities.unsw.edu.au/maps/maps.html

Nationals of a large number of countries can apply for a tourist ETA VISA (the link provides the list of countries eligible for the ETA) for a maximum of 30 days.
Online applications cost $49 USD. There is a free on line eligibility check in case you want to check before you pay!

CONFUSINGLY : Important: changes to ETA eligibility from 27 October 2008
From 27 October 2008, European passport holders will have access to the new eVisitor service when applying online for authority to visit Australia instead of the old ETA visa.
To access the eVisitor service, for European passport holders, click here. It is strongly recommended that the passport be valid for at least 6 months.

Please check carefully about Australian customs regulations if you have any doubt about what you are bringing with you..

5. Contacts

For any information on the meeting please contact:

Kate Stansfield (ks1@noc.soton.ac.uk)
International CLIVAR Project Office
National Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Tel: +44-2380 596207

Project Office:
Tel: +44-2380 596777
Fax: +44-2380 596204
Email: icpo@noc.soton.ac.uk

Matthew England (M.England@unsw.edu.au)
Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)
Faculty of Science
The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Within Australia:
Tel: (02)9385-7065
Fax: (02)9385-8969

From overseas:
Tel: +61-2-9385-7065
Fax: +61-2-9385-8969

Kevin Speer (kspeer@ocean.fsu.edu)
Dept of Oceanography
Rm 431a OSB
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4320

Tel: +1 850-645 4846
Fax: +1 850-645 2581

 

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last updated 10 February, 2009 by Kate Stansfield