ICES Logo
 ASC Edition '09  

More than 700 conference participants in Berlin.
See the ASC highlights
in this video:
Click to watch the video

Quick links

What is your main reason for attending ASC?
Sara Hughes

Sara Hughes, Marine Scotland, UK

I’m here to make people aware of the ICES Report on Ocean Climate and give a presentation in Theme Session D on comparison of in situ time-series of temperature with gridded sea surface temperature datasets in the North Atlantic. I also really enjoy going to the theme sessions, especially the ones related to climate issues.
Cristina Pita

Cristina Pita, University of Aberdeen, UK

I’m very interested in the human side of fishery management, and I was quite pleased to see that the conference offers several sessions on this topic this year. My favourite theme session is theme session R on potential changes in the EU common fisheries policy in which I also gave a presentation.

Tae Won Lee

Tae Won Lee, Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea

I work with ecology of eels at the university, and I’m very interested in pragmatic changes in fishery management. This conference is a very good place to learn more about this, because fisheries have quite a high priority at ICES. I particularly liked Theme Session E on climate impacts on marine fish.
Read more comments
from participants here.
Did you miss out on previous issues of ICES Inside Out?
Click here.
Previous issues

ASC Conference Dinner: Participants enjoyed a night out in Berlin.

Read more here.

Join our mailing list


700 participants!
The ASC Registration Team welcomed more than 700 participants to this year’s ASC in Berlin.
Read more.
ICES Inside Out
Intro text

ASC Opening Ceremony: Speeches and presenters

At this year’s Opening Ceremony, invited speeches were delivered by Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner (speech, German only) and Commissioner Joe Borg (speech). Opening remarks were presented by ICES President Joe Horwood, ICES German Delegate Franciscus Colijn, and ICES General Secretary Gerd Hubold. 


Professor Mojib Latif, IFM-GEOMAR, opened the conference with his lecture: “The climate of the 20th and 21st century”. See Abstract, Biography and Presentation.

Opening session

The Opening Ceremony was accompanied by music by great composers. The brass ensemble Hauptstadtblech presented music by Buxtehude, Handel, Rossini, and Wagner.

More pictures from the Opening can be found here. See all theme sessions here.

Reception at Berlin’s Town Hall: off to a good start

Read more here.

ICES and climate change

ICES joins the debate on climate change. Read more here.


If you have comments or suggestions concerning the ASC, send them to ICES Head of Science Adi Kellermann or ICES Meeting and Conference Coordinator Görel Kjeldsen. 

Invited Plenary Lectures

This year’s Invited Plenary Lecturers Elizabeth W. North and Poul Degnbol talk about their presentations: “What can science tell us that fishermen don’t already know?” and “Future fishery management in Europe – what are our options?” Find out how they would present their findings to non-specialists within their fields. Click here to see the interviews.

Poster Session

Drinks and dialogue: the ASC Poster Session attracted quite the crowd. See the pictures here and find out who won Best Poster
here. Do you know who is in the ICES Choir? See the singing sensation that performed at this year’s Poster Session here.

Presentations

Presenting scientific and advisory results:
best practices

How to communicate your scientific findings. At the ASC’s special evening theme session, participants discussed presentation techniques and methods. Read more here. 

Early Career Scientists and Young Fishermen at the ASC

Young Scientists and Young Fishermen at the ASC: learn more about this initiative and hear the comments from three of the Young Fishermen who attended the conference in Berlin. 

ACOM and SCICOM meetings

ICES Science Committee and Advisory Committee at the ASC. Read more about ACOM here, and SCICOM here.

New faces

ICES Council meeting 2009: see all new elections and appointments here.

ASC

ICES Data Centre 'Live' in Berlin

ASC participants were invited to exchange ideas and input at ICES Data Centre Help Desk. Read more here.

ICES Awards

Several scientists honoured with awards. See the 2009 recipients here.


End text
Contact Us / Feedback
© Copyright ICES 2009 All Rights Reserved  
SUBSCRIBE:If you want to subscribe ICES Inside Out click here.
UNSUBSCRIBE:If you want to unsubscribe ICES Inside Out click here.