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size=5>Summer School on Biogeodynamics and Earth System
Sciences</font></o:wrapblock></p>
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align=center><b><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT">Venice,
June 10-17 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>2011</span></b><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT"><br><br></span><span
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Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Cavalli Franchetti <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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align=center><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT"><a
href="http://www.istitutoveneto.org/bess/">http://www.istitutoveneto.org/bess/</a><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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align=center><span
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
Summer School on Biogeodynamics and Earth System Sciences (BESS) addresses the
scientific questions associated with understanding the coupled dynamics of
biotic and abiotic components of the Earth System, e.g. related to
climate-biosphere interactions, the bio-geomorphic processes that shape the
landscape, the two-way interaction between atmospheric and biospheric processes
at the surface. </span><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
BESS Summer School, at Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti ( <a
href="http://www.istitutoveneto.it/saleservizi/">http://www.istitutoveneto.it/saleservizi/</a>
), continues the tradition of Summer Schools on the Environmental Sciences
organized by IVSLA for more than 20 years, which has seen the participation of
more than 60 high-level scientists and of more than 500 attendees from all
continents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The 2011 Summer School is sponsored by the<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">UK</b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Natural Environment Research Council
</b>to support the pilot<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Environmental
Virtual Observatory</b></span><span lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-GB
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<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 6pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b><span
lang=EN-US
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for Applications</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><br><br>Please
fill in the enclosed application form (also see <a
href="http://www.istitutoveneto.org/bess/index.htm">http://www.istitutoveneto.org/bess/index.htm</a>
) and send it to </span><a href="mailto:scuole@istitutoveneto.it"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">scuole@istitutoveneto.it</span></a><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">,
enclosing your CV (preferably in pdf format).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Deadline
for applications May 15, 2011.</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
accepted applications will be notified by May 25, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Lecturers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Michael
Ghil - </span><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">École
Normale Supérieure, <st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city> and <st1:placetype
w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename
w:st="on">California</st1:placename>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Los
Angeles</st1:place></st1:city><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Data
Assimilation in Atmosphere, the Ocean and in the Coupled Climate
System<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Robert
Gurney - </span><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Environmental
<st1:placename w:st="on"> System </st1:placename> <st1:placename
w:st="on"> Science </st1:placename> <st1:placetype
w:st="on"> Center </st1:placetype> and the </span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on"><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">University</span></st1:placetype><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Reading</st1:placename></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Earth
Observation for Hydrology and the Biogeosciences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Tim
Lenton - </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on"><span lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">University</span></st1:placetype><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
of <st1:placename w:st="on">East
Anglia</st1:placename></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Life
driven transformations of the Earth system</span></b><span lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><span
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Francois
Taiani - </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><span lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Lancaster</span></st1:placename><span
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Cloud
Computing in the biogeosciences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><b><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #990000; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Scientific
Committee</span></b><span lang=EN-US
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<br><br>John Albertson, Duke University<br>Michael Ghil, École Normale
Supérieure Paris & University of <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Los
Angeles</st1:city></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt"><span
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Robert
Gurney, ESSC - Reading <br>Marco Marani, University of Padua <br>Antonello
Provenzale, ISAC - CNR<br>Andrea Rinaldo, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed
Arti, University of Padova, EPFL Lausanne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Daniel
Rothman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span lang=EN-US
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