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There hasn't been one major highlight, but a lot of interesting things: it's been great to meet new people, hear the talks of my colleagues, getting to see another part of the world. I'm always interested in what's going on in the field and the conference is a great place for that.
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Cordelia Moore, Australia
I have to say that it was the dinner last night. The band was great and so different, but probably appealed to many. It was also a great opportunity to talk with people in a more relaxed atmosphere.
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Ken Haste Andersen, Denmark
I work with ecosystem models, so it's been great to meet with people who do research on the same field. You can exchange views and ideas and find out that they may have other kinds of questions in their mind than I have, so it is greatly enriching my work.
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Thank you, Louise! |
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| Louise Scharff, the ICES coordinating secretary, received a farewell gift from the Council and ICES Secretariat at the conference dinner. Mike Sinclair, the 1st vice-president, and Claus Hagebro, ICES staff representative, extended a big thank you to Louise for her dedicated work at the Secretariat. Louise is leaving ICES in the end of September to pursue new challenges: she has taken up a position with GBIF in Copenhagen. We wish Louise the best of luck in her future endeavours! We will miss you! |
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ICES ASC 2009
Thank you to all participants
We hope to see you again next year.
The venue of the 2009 ASC will be the Estrel Convention Center, Berlin, Germany.
The dates will be 21 to 25 September. |
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Merit Awards
The Merit Award winners were announced during the Closing Session.
Best poster
Stefan Neuenfeldt, Ken Haste Andersen and Hans Harald Hinrichsen, Denmark
Best New Scientist
Kristina Lehnert, Germany
Best Paper
Duncan J. Colquhoun, Norway
Congratulations to the winners
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Behind the scenes
It is time to bid farewell to Halifax and extend a big thank you to our local hosts and organizers for our 2008 ASC! They did a terrific job in preparing the conference.
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The chair of the local organizing committee Tom Sephton (right) with Peter Amiro, coordinator for the conference centre logistics.
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Altogether 65 people were involved in the local organizing team, making ASC such a great event. Here is the IT team in a group portrait. |
This year's ASC was yet again made a success by the hard working ICES Secretariat staff. Directing the crowd: |
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Adi Kellermann,
head of science programme |
Görel Kjedsen, meeting
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