2nd Ewiem Nimdie International Summer School in Kumasi (Ghana)
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, in collaboration with ICTP, and the Universities of Reading and Leeds and GMet will organize the 2nd Ewiem Nimdie International Summer School, at KNUST from 19 July to 31 July 2010.
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19/07/2010 08:30
a 31/07/2010 17:30 |
| Dónde | Kumasi, Ghana |
| Nombre | Peter Knippertz |
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2nd Ewiem Nimdie International Summer School
Theme: Weather and Climate Forecasting in Africa and its Application to Agriculture & Water Resource Management.
19 July – 31 July 2010
The
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Kumasi,
Ghana, in collaboration with ICTP, and the Universities of Reading and
Leeds and GMet will organize the 2nd Ewiem Nimdie International Summer
School, at KNUST from 19 July to 31 July 2010.
Following the
successful organization of the first summer school in 2008, this summer
school aims at bringing together students, researchers and forecasters
from Africa and around the world to participate in field studies and
lectures and practical classes in
West African Meteorology and Climate
Short range forecasting and seasonal forecasting
Applications in Agriculture & Water Resource Management
An
important aspect of the Summer School is the ample time allotted to
discussions/interactions and oral/poster presentations from
participants.
Funding
The Summer School forms part of
the ICTP Training and Capacity building programme in meteorology and
climate science, and is funded by a grant from the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MAE grant 241.FITU.11.G).
PARTICIPATION
The
Summer School is open to scientists, young researchers and PhD students
working in areas of Atmospheric Physics, Meteorology, Climatology,
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences without workshop fees.
Scholarships will be available to postgraduate students from African
countries outside Ghana. For non-African students, a participation fee
of 400 EUR will be paid to take care of accommodation, internal
transport and feeding for the entire duration of the summer school.
ACCOMMOTATION
There is excellent accommodation for the invited
lecturers and participants on the beautiful environment of the KNUST
campus in Kumasi. The campus is very close to the central business area
of Kumasi city, and can be easily reached by taxi or public transport.
APPLICATION
For more information and to submit an application, please go to http://www.ewiem-nimdie.org
Deadline for Application 31st March 2010!
ORGANIZERS
Dr. Adrian Tompkins ( tompkins@ictp.it), The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy.
Dr. Leonard K. Amekudzi ( leoamekudzi@yahoo.com), Kwame Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana.
Mr. Vincent Antwi ( vincentantwi@yahoo.com), Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), Accra, Ghana
Dr. Peter Knippertz ( p.knippertz@leeds.ac.uk) University of Leeds. UK
Dr. David Grimes ( d.i.f.grimes@reading.ac.uk) University of Reading, UK
SELECTED LECTURERS
Prof. Andreas H. Fink (University of Koeln, Germany)
Dr. Emmanuel O. Bekoe (CSIR, WRI, Ghana)
Prof. Peter Lamb (University of Oaklahoma, USA)
Dr. Peter Knippertz (University of Leeds, UK)
Dr. Adrian M. Tompkins (ICTP, Italy)
Dr. Leonard K. Amekudzi (KNUST, Ghana)
Ms. Katheryn Nicklin (University of Leeds, UK)
Dr. Kwasi Preko (KNUST, Ghana)
Dr. David Grimes (University of Reading, UK)
Dr. Erika Coppola (ICTP, Italy)
Dr. Benjamin Lamptey (RMU, Ghana)
Dr. Gizaw Mengistus Tsidu (AU, Ethiopia)
Hosts at KNUST
Prof. Aboagye Menyeh , Provost, College of Science
Prof. I. K. Dontwi , Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences
Dr. Sylvester K. Danuor, Head, Department of Physics
