The PAGES Open Science Meeting (OSM) is a PAGES flagship event held every four years. It is a much anticipated fixture on the paleoscience calendar.
The 6th PAGES OSM will take place in Agadir, Morocco, from 18-22 May 2021.
Directly before the OSM, PAGES will conduct the 4th PAGES Young Scientists Meeting (YSM) in Lunja Village, near Agadir, Morocco, from 16-18 May 2021.
Event dates
16-18 May 2021: 4th PAGES YSM
18-22 May 2021: 6th PAGES OSM
Starting 23 May 2021: Regional field trips
Important dates
1 March 2020 - 1 April 2020: Call for session proposals
1 July 2020: Abstract submission and registration opens
1 September 2020: YSM abstract submission and financial support request deadlines
1 October 2020: OSM abstract submission and financial support request deadlines
15 October 2020: Acceptance/rejection decision date for YSM participation
December 2020: Acceptance/rejection decision for OSM abstracts, posters/oral presentations
December 2020: Decision on financial support for OSM attendees
15 January 2021: Fieldtrip registration deadline
9 April 2021: Online registration closes
Local Organizing Committee
- Lhoussaine BOUCHAOU (Paleohydrology/Climate change/Speleothems); UIZ/UM6P, Morocco
- Yassine AIT BRAHIM (Paleoclimate/Geochemistry/Speleothems); UIZ, Morocco (Postdoc, ECR)
- Asmae BAQLOUL (Paleoceanography/Biomarkers); UIZ/USMS, Morocco (PhD, ECR)
- Abdelghani BOUDHAR (Hydrogeology/Climate modeling/Statistics); USMS, Morocco
- Ilham BOUIMETARHAN (Paleoceanography/Paleoclimate/Land-ocean correlation), MARUM, Germany/UIZ, Morocco
- Rachid CHEDDADI (Paleoclimate/Plant species migration); CNRS, France
- Abdelghani CHEHBOUNI (Climate changes); IRD, France/UM6P, Morocco
- Mohammed HSSAISOUNE (Hydrogeology/Climate change); UIZ, Morocco
- Zouhir MAHANI (Climate modeling and statistics); UIZ, Morocco
- Mustapha NAMOUS (Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology); USMS, Morocco
- Hanane REDDAD (Paleofire/Paleolimnology/Paleoenvironment); USMS, Morocco
- Abdelfettah SIFEDDINE (Paleoclimate/Geochemistry); IRD, France/UIZ, Morocco
OSM Scientific Program Committee
- Asfawossen ASRAT (Paleoclimatology/Paleoenvironment); Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
- Lhoussaine BOUCHAOU (Paleohydrology/Climate change/Speleothems); UIZ, Morocco
- Abdelghani BOUDHAR (Hydrogeology/Climate modeling/Statistics); USMS, Morocco
- Ilham BOUIMETARHAN (Paleoceanography/paleoclimate/land-ocean correlation), MARUM, Germany/UIZ, Morocco
- Rachid CHEDDADI (Paleoclimate/plant species migration); CNRS, France
- Abdelghani CHEHBOUNI (Climate changes); IRD, France/UM6P, Morocco
- Cristiano CHIESSI (Ocean dynamics/Multidecadal climate variability); University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Sarah EGGLESTON; PAGES IPO, Switzerland
- Mike EVANS (Paleoclimatology); University of Maryland, USA
- Lindsey GILLSON (Paleoclimatology); University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Marie-France LOUTRE; PAGES IPO, Switzerland
- Katrin MEISSNER (Ocean modeling); University of New South Wales, Australia
- Abdelfettah SIFEDDINE (Paleoclimate/Geochemistry); IRD, France/UIZ, Morocco
Previous OSM events
Read more about the previous OSM meetings here.
Further information
Information will be added and updated as soon as it's available.
Go to the official website: http://www.pages-osm.org/
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