CMOS - CGU Congress 2010 is Over !!

Ottawa, June 4, 2010. The CMOS-CGU joint congress wrapped up a successful week of meetings at Ottawa's Crowne Plaza hotel today. This
was the 44th annual CMOS Congress and the third joint congress CMOS has held with the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU).  990 delegates
attended, including over 50 high school teachers who came for a special day on Thursday, June 3.  It was the largest congress CMOS has ever held.

Many of the messages left by a series of impressive plenary speakers confirmed once again the results of climate change research which
indicate that measurable warming is already under way. Climate warming was a main theme of plenary speakers on Arctic and Antarctic impacts especially ice extent, glacier melting and shifts in traditional biosystems to new geographical areas.  Another speaker exposed the issue of acidification of the oceans through chemical reactions with carbon dioxide and the possible extinction of shellfish whose shells will dissolve in the acidic water.  Another speaker told the delegates that some lizards in Mexico are already extinct due to climate change in their habitats.  Finally, the congress learned that weather forecasting models, using ever larger computers, now make nine-day forecasts possible with good accuracy, and that an additional day is added every decade. Over 700 oral and poster papers were presented in multiple sessions occupying every conference room in the hotel.

On Wednesday evening June 2, a public talk, titled Our Melting Poles: Where Life on Earth is Changing, was presented to about 260 people
by Professor Warwick Vincent of Laval University.  Members of the media attended, and there followed two excellent press reports about issues raised during the congress which are linked here, with credit to the Ottawa Citizen.

Many prizes and awards were announced during the Congress. Details of these awards, for both CMOS and CGU members, will be posted here very shortly, with photos where possible. A list of Award winners may be seen now. As well, at a special luncheon on June 2, the Environment Canada Patterson Medal was awarded to Bruce Angle, and the Fisheries and Oceans Parsons Medal was awarded to Dr. Brian Petrie.

The Congress Photo Collage has been completed. Some identities are needed. Anyone with personal photos from the congress is welcome to
add them. Please contact webmaster@cmos.ca

Finally, if you are reading this as one of the 990 people who were at the Congress, and forgot to fill in the Satisfaction Survey, you can still do that.  Please See Below

(12 June 2010)

Icebreaker - Registration Announcement

Icebreaker tickets are included with your registration package. Those attending the Icebreaker, please register at the Registration Desk on Monday. The Registration Desk will be open from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Monday, May 31. From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Monday, only those attendees who have pre-registered will be able to pick up their registration package.

Please see: Registration for other hours for registration

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