NEW Conference

2008

November 24-27, 2008, Alexandria, Egypt

Organized by The National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt

Objectives:

Expected Outcome:

"ICAR, 08" Conference, will bring together scientists, oceanographers, policy makers, representatives of private companies and NGO's concerned with marine affairs and technology. Representatives from the users' community are invited to present their views and their needs for operational marine services. The goal of the Conference is to get deeper insight into problems and opportunities related to the aquatic resources through Integrated Coastal Management and Sustainable Development, on the basis of presentation of the present status that would identify the gaps in the current observing and forecasting capacity and plan the next steps towards efficient marine resources management. The scope of the conference would be achieved through a series of specific scientific sessions of oral and poster presentations side by side of workshops on selected topics (to be identified). Invited speakers are welcome.

Conference Topics:

Invitation:

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

            ICAR-2008 is the forum for all scientific community who are interested in marine science as well as marine environment and sustainable Development. The NIOF invites all interested people in the conference themes to submit research, technical and experience papers to ICAR-2008. Papers concerned with future challenge and management approaches are greatly encouraged. It is an opportunity to share your experiences and we would like to welcome all of you to enjoy your stay in Alexandria, Egypt. 

        ICAR-2008 with its objectives, themes, technical workshops and round table discussions is designed to stimulate the interest and attract the attention of a wide range of audience, including marine scientists, engineers, academia, professionals, managers and decision-makers in the public and private sectors.

Being International in scope, the Conference welcomes the participation of interested experts from all countries, as well as representatives from regional, international and non-governmental organizations. 

Abstract Submission:

Please use the template available in the conference Web site: http://www.niof.sci.eg and http://www.nodc-egypt.org

E-mail:  niof@hotmail.com and ahmedmoustafaelnemr@yahoo.com to prepare and submit your abstract. Carefully read the guidelines and comply with the requirements.

Invited Speakers and Workshops Topics

End Users and their Needs.

EEZ governance of Mediterranean, and Red Seas.

Wetland resources of Egypt.

Small scale industries for living and non-living resources.

National and regional preoperational and operational systems

            Time schedule:

English Registration Form 

Arabic Registration Form

Arabic Version

Participants are invited to submit abstracts of their oral or poster presentations. The accepted contributions will be published in the Book of Abstract; to be distributed at the Conference. Abstract should be in English, its main text should not exceed 300 words. Full papers will be published in the proceeding of the Conference.

* Language

The language of the Conference will be English.

* Guidelines for preparation of abstracts

TITLE: The paper's title should be in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS, with the exception of scientific names which should be Upper/lower case in italics.

AUTHOR(S): The first name should be the presenting author. Use * after the name of presenting author. Typed in Upper/lower case.

* MAXIMUM LENGTH: 300 words.

* PAGE SIZE: Standard A4 paper (210mmx297mm = 8.27" x 11.69") (portrait).

* MARGINS: 1-inch margin throughout (left/right/top/bottom).

* SPACING: Single-space.

* PARAGRAPHS: Paragraphs should be separated by a blank line and should not be indented.

* FONT: 12 point type, Times New Roman.

* SYMBOLS: Use symbols in the computer.

* FIGURES AND TABLES: Can be included in the full text of the paper only. They should be reduced to the appropriate size for a one page abstract and should be clearly readable at the reduced size in black print only. The reduced figures and tables should in the abstract in camera-ready form.

Please Fill-in the registration form and send it either by post to NIOF Secretariat, Anfoushy, Kayet Bey, Alexandria, Egypt, or by electronic mail to ahmedmoustafaelnemr@yahoo.com or niof@hotmail.com Web site: http://www.nodc-egypt.org Tel: +20-3-4801499 Fax: +20-3-4801174

PREVIOUS Conferences

Monday, 20 November 2006

Bibliotheca Alexandria, Conference Center - Middle Hall

1. What do you know about Red Tide?

2. What Causes blooms?

3. Are Red Tides always dangerous?

4. Red Tide Effects

5. Economic Effect

6. Human Health Effect

The national Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) is organizing a workshop on Red Tide and human Health, in cooperation with the planetarium Science Center at the BA and the American Center Alexandria (ACA). The workshop seeks to identify areas of red tide occurrences and the types of toxins secreted across Egyptian waters, and to discuss efforts to use remote sensing to create a biological map of Egyptian waters to be added to the marine database. Such a plan would be geared toward environmental detection of toxic red tides throughout the year.

For more details contact: Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim

E-mail: niof@niof.sci.eg

18^th – 21^st September, 2006

      The International conference on aquatic resources: needs and benefits Confluence focus on Marine Affairs, present and future status which can be defined within the activity of systematic and long-term routine measurements of the Mediterranean, Red and Local Seas including coastal zones and atmosphere, and their rapid assimilation, interpretation and dissemination.

     This conference was held in Sheraton – Montazah International Hotel, Alexandria, Egypt, from 18^th – 21^st September, 2006, in some of the most attractive places of Alexandria City.

2006 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT BOOK

E-mail: niof@niof.sci.eg and ahmedmoustafaelnemr@yahoo.com

Web site: http://www.niof.sci.eg and http://www.nodc-egypt.org

Tel: +20-3-4801499 Fax: +20-3-4801174

7-9^th  May 2005

    The National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) Egypt, in cooperation with the Arab Foundation for marine environment (AFME) Alexandria, Egypt were shared the responsibility of the first International conference on aquatic resources of the Arab Region, which was held during the period 7-9th may 2005 in Sheraton El Montazah - Alexandria, Egypt.

The title of the sessions are:

• Biology, ecology and economy of marine fishes.

• Environmental studies on aquatic habitat.

• Salt as nonliving resource in marine and fresh water areas.

• Aquaculture.

• Physical, chemical and geological studies of marine environment.

• Offshore gas and oil industry and their impacts on marine resources.

• Pollution in sea water.

Besides workshop on Modern Technology in Fishing Gear and Fishing Methods and management of sea fisheries was done in the third day of the conference.

The objectives of the conference were mainly to survey all aquatic resources available in the Arab Region.

(2004)

Main objectives

     The objectives of the workshop, 2004 were to follow up activities, analyze and discuss their outcomes, consequences and identify challenges and trends for further development of coastal water of Egypt. Particularly it made an assessment of challenges and trends in Egyptian Mediterranean governance and their effects on the shipping and navigation, exploration and exploitation of living and nonliving resources and marine and coastal environmental protection, these include;

• Address issues of sustainable development and integrated coastal zone management, in terms of operational oceanography.

• Identify and address emerging marine environmental problems and develop measures to decrease their impact on human health and marine ecosystem.

• Address the importance of social factors in sustainable development of coast water.

• Emphasize the importance of co-operation at the international, regional, national and local.

• Consider problems of the semi-closed lagoons and recommend ways for their solving.

Themes

I-  Marine Hazards

• Risk assessment of coastal zone and insurance

• Seismic Hazard

• Flooding Hazard

• Eutrophication

• Storm Hazard

• Erosion and Accretions

• Nuclear waste

• Industrial waste

• Domestic waste

• Over Fishing Impact

• Drainage discharge

• Marital Transportation

II-  Emerging Environmental Issues and Human Health

• Ballast water and non-indigenous species

• Quality of seawater

• Waste water management

• Bioindicators of marine pollution

• Protection of marine environment from land-based sources of pollution

• Eco-tourism, trends in tourism development

III- Coastal Management.

• The problems of the coastal and ocean protection and integrated management

• Urbanization

• Living and non Living resource

• Submarine Archeology

• Coastal protection

• Social conflict resolution in coastal zone

• Industry impact on coastal zone

• Exploitation of gas and oil installations

IV- Advanced Technology in Operational Oceanography, (O. O). 

•  Application of Remote Sensing in (O. O)

• Application of GIS in (O. O)

• Monitoring in (O. O)

V-   Living and non-living resources 

• Fisheries

• Aquaculture and marine culture

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

• Hydro-carbonates and energy