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MRC WG and OMISAR Project Meetings:

2004

1. SC-7: The Seventh Steering Committee Meeting of OMISAR Project
Date: April 6-8 at Taipei
Venue: National Taiwan University, Taipei
Confirmed participants include delegates from China, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei
Topics of the meeting:
progress report on OMISAR activities, on the organization of OMISAR workshops WOM-12, WOM-13, WOM-14 of year 2004, and the planning of OMISAR 2005

2. 2^nd Introduced Marine Pests Workshop
Date: May 3-4, 2004
Venue: Puerto Varas, Chile
Objective: Development of a Regional Management Framework for APEC Economies for use in the Control and Prevention of Introduced Marine Pests

3. MRC-17:  the Seventeenth Meeting of the Marine Resource Conservation Working Group
Date: May 5-8, 2004
Venue: Puerto Varas, Chile

4. Joint Meeting of MRCWG & FWG (Fishery Working Group)
Date: May 8, 2004
Venue: Puerto Varas, Chile

5. WOM-12: The Twelfth Workshop of OMISAR Project
tentatively at Dalian (China) in early September 2004
major topics: Validation and application of wave models
Enquiry: Mr. Tsung-Chun HUANG n8690414@ccmail.ncku.edu.tw

6. WOM-13: The Thirteenth Workshop of OMISAR Project
Bali, Indonesia in mid-October 2004
major topics: the application of satellite oceanography
Enquiry: Dr. Nani Hendiarti nani.hendiarti@io-warnemuende.de

7. WOM-14: The Fourteenth Workshop of OMISAR Project
tentatively at Taipei (Chinese Taipei) in late October 2004
major topics: Ocean models and information systems
Enquiry: Mr. Tsung-Chun HUANG n8690414@ccmail.ncku.edu.tw

2003

1. October 7-10, 2003: The 10-th Workshop of OMISAR (WOM-10) – forecast of typhoon waves

venue:	Hanoi, Vietnam
Organizers:	Marine Hydrometeorological Center, Vietnam Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center, NCKU, Chinese Taipei
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, Vietnam Marine Hydrometeorological Center, Vietnam Environmental Protection Administration, Chinese Taipei
Enquiry:	Mr. Tsung-Chun HUANG COMC/NCKU, Tainan, Chinese Taipei Tel.: +886-6-236-4492 E-Mail：n8690414@ccmail.ncku.edu.tw

2. October 11-13, 2003: The Sixteenth Meeting of Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRC-16)

Venue:	Hanoi, Vietnam
Organizers:	Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hong Vice-Minister of Fisheries Ministry of Fisheries of S.R. Vietnam Ms. Donna M. Petrachenko Lead Shepherd Office of the Special Envoy for Asia-Pacific Fisheries and Oceans Canada 200 – 401 Burrard Street Vancouver, V6C 3S4, Canada
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Co-hosted by Vietnam and United States

3. November 26-29, 2003: The Eleventh Workshop of OMISAR (WOM-11) - Application and Networking of Satellite Data

Venue	Sanya City, Hainan Province, P. R. China
Organizers	National Satellite Ocean Application Service, SOA, P. R. China Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
Sponsors	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group State Oceanic Administration, P. R. China Environmental Protection Administration, Chinese Taipei

Secretariat

Mr. LIU Ting Office of Science & Technology National Satellite Ocean Application Service State Oceanic Administration No. 8 Dahuisi, Haidian District Beijing 100081, P.R. China w: 86-10-6217 7819; f: 86-10-6217 3743 Mobile: 136 0121 6281 soas@public3.bta.net.cn

Prof. YAN Jihui Office of Science & Technology National Marine Environment Forecast Center State Oceanic Administration  No. 8 Dahuisi, Haidian District Beijing 100081, P.R. China w: 86-10-6217 3598,  f: 86-10-6217 3620 Mobile: 136 5126 5807 yanjh@nmefc.gov.cn

Prof. Cho-Teng LIU Institute of Oceanography National Taiwan Univ. Taipei, POB 23-13 w: 886-2-2362-0624 fax: 886-945-864-043 m: 886-915-003-185 ctliu@ntu.edu.tw

flight information (Sanya, HK, Guangzhou);  Please send your flight schedule to Mr. LIU Ting and Prof. YAN Jihui 

Sanya tour guide (English, Chinese)  

Haihan Hotel;      Tel: 86－898-8833-2666;  Fax: 86－898-8833-2266 

    17th Road, Sanya Bay, Tourism Economy Development Zone, Sanya City, Haihan, 572000, P. R. China

2002

1. Late Sept 2002: The Seventh Workshop of OMISAR (WOM-7) – Circulation and Environmental Modelling

venue:	Singapore
Organizers:	Dr. Eng-Soon Chan, National University of Singapore cveces@nus.edu.sg
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group National University of Singapore
Contact	Dr. P.Tkalich tel:(65)68748972; fax:(65)68724067; tmspt@nus.edu.sg Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS 14 Kent Ridge Rd., SINGAPORE 119223

2. Nov. 1-3, 2002: The Ninth Workshop of OMISAR (WOM-9) - Application and Networking of Satellite Data

Venue:	Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Organizers:	Institute of Appliced Mechanics, NCST of Viet Nam
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group
ontact:	Nguyen Phi Khu     ktsoft@hcm.vnn.vn Institute of Applied Mechanics  140/13, SuVanHanh Ext-St., Dist. 10, HoChiMinh City, Vietnam.  Tel:+84-8-9230652 fax:+84-8-8633698, +84-8-8369333

3. August 27-30, 2002: The Eighth Workshop of OMISAR (WOM-8) – forecast of typhoon waves

venue:

Hong Kong, China

Organizers:

Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, PolyU, Hong Kong, China.

Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center, NCKU, Chinese Taipei.

Sponsors:

APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group
Environmental Protection Administration, Chinese Taipei
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Enquiry:

Dr. Chi-Wai LI	Mr. Yang-Ming FAN
CSE/PolyU, Hong Kong, China	COMC/NCKU, Tainan, Chinese Taipei
Tel.: +85-2-2766-6043	Tel.: +886-6-236-4492
E-Mail：cecwli@polyu.edu.hk	E-Mail：n8890112@ccmail.ncku.edu.tw

4. June 11-13, 2002: The Fifteenth Meeting of Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRC-15)

Venue:	National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia
Organizers:	Ms. Alison Russell-French fax +61 (2) 6274 1006 alison.russell-french@ea.gov.au
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Jointly sponsored by Australia and Canada
Coordinator	Dr Krista Singleton-Cambage Tel. +61 (2) 6274 1710 fax +61 (2) 6274 1006

5. 2. June 6-8, 2002: The Sixth Steering Committee of OMISAR Project (SC-6)

Venue:	Chinese Undersea Technology Association at Taipei
Organizers:	Dr. Cho-Teng Liu, National Taiwan University ctliu@ccms.ntu.edu.tw Dr. Chia Cheun Kao, National Cheng-Kung University
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Environmental Protection Administration Council of Agriculture Chinese Undersea Technology Association in Taipei
Secretariat	Sophia Yang  cuta@ms8.hinet.net t:(886)-2-8771-6708 f:(02)8771-6709

2001

1. Nov. 13-15, 2001: The Fifth Workshop of OMISAR (WOM5) – small satellite station technology on ocean monitoring

Venue:	Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Organizers:	Dr. Cho-Teng Liu, National Taiwan University ctliu@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
Sponsors:	APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Environmental Protection Administration Council of Agriculture National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography Chinese Undersea Technology Association in Taipei
Secretariat	Sophia Yang  cuta@ms8.hinet.net t:(886)-2-8771-6708 f:(02)8771-6709
Information	Announcement #1, Announcement #2, Registration form
Proceedings	Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

2. September 11-14: The Sixth OMISAR Workshop on Ocean Models (WOM6) – inter-comparison of wave prediction models

venue: Beijing, China
Organizers: National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, SOA, China
Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center, NCKU, Chinese Taipei
Sponsors: APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group
State Oceanic Administration, China
Environmental Protection Administration, Chinese Taipei
Secretariat: Prof. Jihui YAN, NMEFC/SOA, Beijing, China; yanjh@nmefc.gov.cn
Ms. Chia-jung TSAI, COMC/NCKU, Tainan, Chinese Taipei, Chia8972@ms18.hinet.net

3. May 14~18: The Fourteenth APEC MRC Working Group Meeting (MRC-14)

Venue: JW Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong, China

Local Organizer: Mr. Benny Wong
Environmental Protection Department
Hong Kong, China

4. May 10-11: The Fifth OMISAR Steering Committee Meeting (SC-5)

Venue: Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong, China

Local Organizer: Dr Hung Yiu YEUNG <hyyeung@epd.gov.hk>
Environmental Protection Department
Hong Kong, China

2000

1. September 19-20: OMISAR Workshop on the Validation of Wave Models (WOM-4)

Venue: National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan City of Chinese Taipei

Local Organizer: Prof. Chia Chuen KAO <kaoshih@mail.ncku.edu.tw>
Secretariat:  Dr. Shuh-Chwen Yeh <scyeh@mail.ncku.edu.tw>
Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Chinese Taipei
tel. +886-6-209-8851,   fax. +886-6-209-8853, 234-4953

2. August 8-10: Workshop on Marine Ecosystem Analysis / Modeling for APEC Region (WOM-3)

Lecturers: Prof. Daniel Pauly and Prof. Villy Christensen,
University of British Columbia, Canada
Venue: Taipei

Sponsors:
1. APEC/MRC WG
2. Environmental Protection Administration, Chinese Taipei
3. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
Local Organizer:
Prof.  Shao, Kwang-Tsao <zoskt@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Research Fellow & Director
Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei
T: 886-2-2789-9500 (office) 2789-9545 (lab),  Fax: 2788-3463 (lab), 2789-9503 (office)

3. June 6~9: MRC-13 Working Group Meeting at Lima, Peru

4. April 27:  The Fourth Steering Committee Meeting (SC4) on APEC Ocean Models and Information System

It was held at Chulalongkorn University and was organized by
Supichai Tangjaitrong, Ph.D.
Head, Department of Marine Science
Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok 10330, THAILAND
Tel: 662 2185394-95   Fax: 662 2550780

1999

1. October 25-29: The 2nd OMISAR Workshop on Ocean Models

host: National Marine Environment Forecast Center, State Oceanic Administration, P.R. China
venue: Qinghua University, Beijing
for further information:  http://sol.oc.ntu.edu.tw/omisar/wksp.mtg/wom2

2. Sept. 1~3 at Kaohsiung:  Sustainability of Marine Environment: What can the private sector do?

host: Environmental Protection Administration of Chinese Taipei
Meeting Organizer: Dr. Wen-Yan Chiau at Fax: +886-7-525-5166; chiauyw@mail.nsysu.edu.tw; or
Dept. of Marine Environment and Engineering, Nat. Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 80424

3. May 17 - 20 at  Cairns, Australia:  12-th MRC WG Meeting

4. May 10~14 at Subic Bay, Philippines: Harmful Algae Management and Mitigation

For information please visit http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sfhamm.html

5. April 27~29 at Singapore, 3rd Steering Committee on the Ocean Models for OMISAR

for further information, pls contact Dr. Pavlo Tkalich at cvept@nus.edu.sg

6. April 7~10 at Hong Kong, China:  Training Course on Remote Sensing of Algal Blooms in the Sea.

Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department will be the host.
for further information, pls contact Dr. Hung-yiu Yeung at  hyyeung@epd.gov.hk

1998

1. Oct. 27-29  (Jakarta, Indonesia)  MRC: Workshop on the Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Installations and Structures
2. July 23-25  OMISAR project meetings

SCIS-2:  The second Steering Committee of Ocean Information System in APEC;   July 23-25, Taipei
WOIS-2:  The second Workshop on Ocean Information System in APEC;   July 23-25, Taipei
OCARE-98:  Ocean Color and Remote Sensing Workshop 1998;   July 24-25, Taipei

3. 2 - 4 Jun (Vina del Mar, Chile)   11th Meeting of MRC WG MRC-11 lists of participants, and meeting summary
4. 11 - 16 May (Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei)   MRC: Meetings of Steering Committee & Task Teams at MRT/HAB Project.  Meeting minutes (MS Word 97) are available for
• Report of the Task Team on Analytical Methods and Standards for Marine Algal Toxins (May 11, 12, 1998)
• Report of the Task Team on Algal Biotoxin Regulations (May 13, 14, 1998)
• Report of the APEC MRT/HAB Program Steering Committee, Third Meeting (May 15, 16, 1998)
5. 14 - 16 Apr (Townsville, Australia)   MRC: Workshop on Regional Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from  Land-Based Activities

1997

1. December 9-12, 1997, OMISAR:  The first workshop on the Ocean Models for the APEC region.  It was held at the Grand Hotel, Taipei.
2. November 30 ~ December 1, 1997 (Taipei)   MRC: Meetings of Steering Committee & Task Teams at MRT/HAB Project.  Meeting minutes (MS Word 97) are available for
• Report of the Task Team on Analytical Methods and Standards
3. August 12-18, 1997, OMISAR: The first workshop on the Ocean Information System (WOIS) for the APEC region, . The goal is to jointly plan and develop the ocean data network in APEC regions.
4. August 15-18, 1997 OMISAR The First APEC Steering Committee Meeting on the Ocean Model (SCOM) :  at the Environmental Protection Administration of Chinese Taipei.
5. MRC-10 meeting was successfully held in Pusan, Korea, May 26-28, 1997

The First Meeting of the Steering Committee of Ocean Information System for the APEC Region was held in Taipei, April 15-17, 1997. The participants, meeting minutes and the questionnaire are here for download.

6. under-construction: Documents on the MRC-9 meeting in Phuket (MRC-9, September 27-29, 1996). It was participated by 13 member economies
7. Documents (with photo) on MRC-8 meeting in Kaohsiung (MRC-8, April 1996). It was participated by 12 member economies.  MRC-8 meeting report.

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International Oceanographic Meetings listed on US EPA web page (98/1/11)

 September 1998

                  Aug.-Sept.
                  IASC/SCAR Symposium on Global Changes in the Polar Regions:
                  "Results and Challenges from Bipolar Science"
Tromso, Norway
                  Executive Secretary
                  IASC
                  Secretariat
                  P.O. Box 5072 Majorstua, 0301 Majorstua
                  Oslo, Norway
                 telephone: +47-22-959-600
                  fax: +47-22-959-601
                  e-mail: iasc@npolar.no

                  August
                  Joint AGU-IOC Seminar on Ocean Programme
                  Lisbon, Portugal
                  G. Kullenberg
                  A. Vallega
                  September 1998
                  Sep. 6-11
                  PIANC 29th International Navigation Congress
                  The Hague, Netherlands
                  (Thomas M. Ballentine
                  US Section PIANC Casey Building
                  7701 Telegraph Road
                  Alexandria, VA 22315-3868 USA
                  telephone: (703) 428-7072
                  fax: (703) 428-8171

                  Sept. 7-11
                  2nd International Conference on Climate and History
Norwich, U.K.
                  Climatic Research Unit
                  University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
                  telephone: +44 1603 592722
                  fax: +44 1603 507784
                  e-mail: s.boland@uea.ac.uk
                  http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/conf/

                  Sept. 9-11
                  NAFO Symposium on Variations in Maturation, Growth, Condition and Spawning
                  Stock Biomass Production in Groundfish
                  (in conjunction with NAFO 20 Annual Meeting)
                  Lisbon, Portugal
Tissa Amaratunga
                  NAFO Assistant Executive Secretary
                  P.O. Box 638
Darmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B2Y 3Y9
                  telephone: +1-902-469-9105
                  fax: +1-902-469-5729
                  e-mail: nafo@fox.nstn.ca

                  Sep. 10-20
                  Rapid Coastal Changes in the Late Quaternary: Processes, Causes, Modeling, Impacts
                  on Coastal Zones
                  Corinth and Samos, Greece
e-mail: stiros@prometheus.hol.gr

                  Sep. 28- Oct. 1
                  Oceans '98
Nice, France
                  telephone: +33 4 92 96 36 84
                  fax: +33 4 92 96 40 32

October, November, December 1998
                  Oct. 5-9
                  Symposium on Marine Pollution
Monaco
                  Co-sponsors: IAEA, IOC, UNEP, IMO

N.Andersen University of Maryland
                  Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
                  CEES
                  PO Box 775
                  Cambridge MD 21613, USA
                  fax: (1 410) 221 8490
                  e-mail: andersen@hpel.umd.ed and
                  G. Kullenberg
                  IOC and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
                  Marine Environment Laboratory (MEL)
                  BP 800, 98012 Monaco
                  telephone: (377) 92 05 22 22
                  fax: (377) 92 05 33 48
                  November 1998
                  Nov. 16-19
                  ICES Symposium:
                  "Confronting Uncertainty in the Evaluation and Implementation of Fisheries
                  Management Systems"
Capetown, South Africa
                  R.L. Stephenson

                  November
                  ICES Symposium:
                  "Modeling Environmental Interaction in Mariculture"
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
                  W. Silvert
                  M. Heral