Scuola estiva Isodarco

[Carlo Schaerf <Carlo.Schaerf at roma2.infn.it>]

as of 02/03/01
UNIVERSITY OF ROME "TOR VERGATA"
UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO
ISTITUTO TRENTINO DI CULTURA
OPERA CAMPANA DEI CADUTI - Rovereto
FORUM TRENTINO PER LA PACE - Provincia Autonoma di Trento
UNION OF SCIENTISTS FOR DISARMAMENT - Section of Trento

Italian Pugwash Group
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON DISARMAMENT AND RESEARCH ON CONFLICTS
ISODARCO    Founded in 1966

22nd Summer Course

Global Climate Changes
and Impact on Natural Resources.

20-29 June, 2001, Candriai (TRENTO) - ITALY

ISODARCO has been organizing residential courses on disarmament and arms
control since 1966.  The courses are intended for people already having a
professional interest in the problems of disarmament and conflicts, or for
those who would like to play a more active and technically competent role
in this field. The courses have an interdisciplinary nature, and their
subject matters extend from the technical and scientific side of the
problems to their sociological and political implications.
The 22nd Summer Course on Global Climate Change will provide an analysis of
the historical records, an overview of human activities and natural forces
of climate change, and the impacts of these changes upon human societies
and natural systems. Attention will be directed to specific consequences
for agriculture, human health, sea levels, desertification, and others.
Concluding session will consider international efforts to modify or adapt
to climate change as well as potential threats to global stability and
peace.

THE FACULTY, FROM MANY INSTITUTIONS AND COUNTRIES, INCLUDES:

GIUSEPPE BONINO
Department of Physics, University of Turin, Italy

ROCCO CASALE
Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

TANJA CEGNAR
Slovenian Hydrometeorological Institute, Slovenia

TRAVOR D. DAVIES
Dean, East Anglia University, UK

GIORGIO FIOCCO
Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

SUSAN JOY HASSOF
Science Writer, USA

HENRY  KELLY
President, Federation of American Scientists, USA

SABINO  PALMIERI
Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

MAURIZIO  SCIORTINO
ENEA, Italy

MAURIZIO  SEVERINI
CNR-IFA, University of Rome ìLa Sapienzaî, Italy

ANNA  MARIA  SIANNI
Department of Physics, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

RICHARD  SOMERVILLE
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, USA

SUSAN STONICH
Department of Anthropology and Environmental Studies Program, University of
California, USA

ANTONY  TURTON
African Water Issues Research Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa

RICCARDO  VALENTINI
University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

Confirmations are expected from additional eminent scholars who have been
invited to lecture at the School. The course will be articulated in formal
lectures, seminars offered by the participants, round tables and general
open discussions.

GENERAL INFORMATION

A.      English will be the working language of the School. There will be
approximately 70 participants. They are expected to attend all lectures and
seminars.

B.      Applications should be submitted with the following information
that is compulsory also for those who have previously attended:

Full name, date and place of birth, gender, full address (including E-mail
address, telephone and fax numbers if available).  Present nationality.
Degree and/or other academic qualifications. Present professional
activities and work address.  Publication list and field of interest. In
lieu of publications, a letter of recommendation from a professor or a
scholar in the field.  No special application form is required.

C.      Letters of application should arrive not later than April 20th,
2001 and should be addressed to the Director of the School:

Prof. CARLO SCHAERF
Department of Physics
University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1,        I-00133 Rome, Italy
Tel.:  (+39) 06 72594560/1             Fax:  (+39) 06 2040309
E-mail:   isodarco at roma2.infn.it

D.      Applications will be considered by the Organizing Committee on the
basis of the information submitted. All the applicants will be informed of
the Committee's decision as soon as possible but not later than May 21st,
2001.

E.      Participants are requested to arrive at Candriai (Trento) any time
on June 20 and leave in the morning of June 29, 2001.

F.      The nominal admission fee which includes attendance, accommodation
and full board is Lit. 400,000 (approximately US$ 200) and Lit. 250,000
(approximately US$ 125) for students without a salary up to the age of 26
who ask for it. Participants will be housed in double or triple rooms. The
admission fee for single rooms, if requested and available, will be Lit.
1.000,000; participants asking to share a room with somebody in particular,
if this is possible, will be charged Lit. 100,000 extra for each person.

G.      The school is unable to provide any contribution towards traveling
expenses.

H.      The Course will be held at the Centro Attivita' Formative (Center
for Educational Activities), Autonomous Province of Trento, Candriai on the
Bondone Mountain (Trento), Italy. Tel.(+39) 0461-947511 and Fax (+39)
0461-947530.

I.      A limited number of family members can be accommodated at the
Center. Room and board for each member is Lit. 800,000 for the entire
period. Admission of families is limited and will be examined on an
individual basis. Participants wishing to bring their families are
requested to submit their applications as soon as possible.

J.      Participants wishing to introduce a seminar should enclose a short
abstract of their proposed contribution in their application. The Director
of the School will reserve some time for seminars considered particularly
relevant to the programme of the Course.

K.      The organizing Committee reserves the right to introduce any
necessary changes to the programme.

L.      Please mention in your application if you need a visa, indicating
to which Italian Consulate you intend to apply. As it takes some time to
receive a visa we urge participants requiring it to apply as early as
possible.

RUTH ADAMS
CARLO SCHAERF
SABINO PALMIERI
Directors of the Course
Director of the School


--
Prof. Carlo Schaerf,
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata"
Via della Ricerca Scientifica, I-00133 Roma, Italia
Tel. (+39) 06 7259 4561              Fax (+39) 06 2040309
E-mail:             schaerf at roma2.infn.it