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2008/09 Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research Fellowship Program Start: 00:16 End: 00:16 The Russian-German Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research (OSL) announces the continuation of the OSL Fellowship Program in 2008/09, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The OSL manages this program, which pairs master students, graduated research assistants, and postdoctoral fellows with experienced collaborating scientists from Russia and Germany to work on wellfocused tasks of mutual interest. The objective of this program is to support young 4th ESA Earth Observation Summer School Start: 00:00 End: 23:59 The European Space Agency (ESA) invites young researchers to join leading experts in Earth Observation (EO), Earth System Modelling and Data Assimilation for keynote lectures, hands-on computing practicals and poster sessions, on the occasion of the 4th ESA EO Summer School on "Earth System Monitoring & Modelling", which will be held in ESRIN (Frascati, near Rome) between the 4th and 14th August 2008. More information and the on-line application form are available at: 33rd International Geological Congress Start: 00:00 End: 23:59 The 33rd International Geological Congress will be held in Olso, Norway, August 5-14. The following Symposium is planned. Please consider submitting an abstract prior to the February 29, 2008 deadline. Any co-author can present if registered for the Congress. See web for Melnikov Centenary International Forum for Young Scientists - International Geocryological Field Course Start: 00:00 End: 23:59 The field workshop will be held in 11-28 August 2008. Participants will travel from Yakutsk to Lake Baikal (Irkutsk) to view frost-related features in the Aldan upland, the Chulman and Chara basins, the Stanovoy, Udokan and Kodar ranges, and the Lake Baikal area. Activities will include field observation of unique cryogenic processes, discussion of future joint research programs, establishment of international geocryological research sites, etc.