[spectre] Call: Water and Space: Societal, Educational and Cultural Aspects

[Annick Bureaud]

CALL FOR PAPERS

WATER and SPACE: Societal, Educational and Cultural aspects

International Astronautical Congress
27th September – 1st October 2010, Prague



A joint session (E1.6.-E5.4) between the IAF Space Education 
and Outreach Committee and the IAA Commission VI and 
co-sponsored by ITACCUS on the topic "Water and Space: 
Societal, Educational and Cultural aspects" will be hold 
during the International Astronautical Congress that will 
take place in Prague in 2010
Inter-disciplinary in nature, it will explore the societal 
and cultural contexts of water as they are related to space.


Nearly 71% of the Earth constitutes water. Recently water 
has been found on other celestial bodies (Moon, Mars). Yet, 
the world faces serious issues related to water: not only 
its general availability and management, but also in the 
context of global warming as well as in the pollution of 
rivers, lakes and oceans.

Space systems are employed in monitoring such aspects as 
ocean currents and salinity, the decline of the Arctic ice 
coverage, and the location and size of shoals of fish. Water 
management often relies on the use of space systems for 
scientific study as well as for remote operation of pump 
stations.

Water and its resources management affects societies that 
depend on it for a living as well as for survival, not to 
mention the destruction of other life forms.
Access to water is often a matter of serious political and 
economic implications.
Water associated disasters such as floods and tsunamis are 
coming to rely heavily on space systems for time critical 
response and management. Climate change modelling requires a 
good understanding of hydrological science and this too is 
helped by the data provided by space systems.

In this inter-disciplinary session we wish to explore the 
societal and cultural contexts of water as they are tied to 
space. Possible topics include: political and economic 
issues; how the crises affecting our oceans impact on 
society; how the discoveries of water on the Moon and Mars 
is opening up not only new knowledge but also may impact 
both the human condition on earth and human space 
exploration; the way the arts, popular culture and 
entertainment engage with cultural issues around water, 
remote sensing coordination and public access; water 
management; educational programmes relating to water from 
space and water in space.


Chairs
Annick Bureaud
ITACCUS – FRANCE

Bijal Thakore
Space Generation Advisory Council – UNITED KINGDOM

Lyn Wigbels
American Astronautical Society (AAS) – UNITED STATES

Rapporteur
Adrian Meyer
NYDT – SOUTH AFRICA


How to submit:
(Please read carefully, the IAC procedures are strict)

Submission of abstract must be done exclusively on 
www.iafastro.org.
If this is your first visit on the IAF website, please 
register using the online registration form. We kindly 
remind you that all fields are mandatory.

Read the pdf of the call for all details:
http://www.iafastro.com/iac2010/IAC2010_CallForPapers.pdf


Deadlines

5 March 2010 Deadline for submitting abstracts
22-25 March 2010 IPC Spring Meeting in Paris
26 April 2010 Official notification to authors
26 April 2010 Opening of the manuscript uploading system
8 September 2010 Deadline for uploading manuscripts
10 September 2010 Deadline for uploading of presentations

Important note: If your abstract has been selected, it is 
mandatory to upload your full manuscript presentation before 
the deadline to be able to participate in the session.


Usefull web sites

IAF : International Astronautical Federation
http://www.iafastro.org

IAC Prague 2010: International Astronautical Congress, 
Prague, 2010
http://www.iac2010.cz

Pdf of the Call for Papers IAC Prague 2010
http://www.iafastro.com/iac2010/IAC2010_CallForPapers.pdf

IAA: International Academy of Astronautics
http://iaaweb.org/

ITACCUS: IAF Committee for the Cultural Utilization of Space
http://www.iafastro.org/?id=883