Submit an abstract by 10 October!

Third Pole Environment (TPE), an international academic community initiated in 2009, has always valued international, interdisciplinary cooperation and approaches since its formation. It uses various workshops, meetings, training schools, and other gathering events to bring together scientists from different disciplines who share an interest in the Third Pole region. Those international exchanges and cooperation in the past decade have led to great progress in the development of the TPE Programme, with many exciting prospects for Third Pole research on the horizon, and the establishment of a network of satellite offices across the world. Join on 14-17 November 2023 in Chongqing, China.

Sessions

• Breakout Sessions Session I: Climate Change over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Global Linkages
  Conveners: Deliang Chen & Huijun Wang
• Session II: Hydrological Cycle and Water Security
  Conveners: Magnus Magnusson & Tandong Yao
• Session III: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service
  Conveners: Zhiyun Ouyang & Stuart Pimm
• Session IV: Biogeochemical Cycle
  Conveners: Phillipe Ciais & Shilong Piao
• Session V: Environment and Health
  Conveners: Claudia Mohr & Tong Zhu
• Session VI: High Resolution Paleoclimate Records and Abrupt Climate Change
  Conveners: Lonnie Thompson & Baiqing Xu
• Session VII: Prehistoric Human Activity
  Conveners: Fahu Chen & Robin Dennell
• Session VIII: Impact of Tibetan Plateau on Climatic and Organic Evolution
  Conveners: Fluteau Frédéric, Zhengtang Guo, & Noel Sebastian Keenlyside
• Session IX: Plateau Uplift and Resource Effects
  Conveners: Lin Ding & Robert Spicer
• Session X: Disaster Risk and Response
  Conveners: Peng Cui &Rajib Shaw
• Session XI: Knowledge and Actions
  Conveners: Bojie Fu & Volker Mosbrugger

Important Dates

Online registration is open on the website here. 
Deadline for abstract submission: 10 October 2023
Deadline for visa request: 15 October 2023.

Registration Fees

Standard Rate: 2400 RMB (or 340 USD)
Student Rate: 1200 RMB (or 170 USD)
Free for invited participants. Registration fee can be paid either online or on-site during registration.

Note to Presenters

Presentation form of whether oral or poster will be assigned by the conveners. The authors will be notified by 20 October 2023. All oral presenters will have a strict 20-minutes, except invited lecturers who will have a strict 30-minutes, both including time for brief discussions. Posters with potential wide interest will be selected, and their lead authors will be given an opportunity for flash talk presentation of a strict 5-minutes, without discussion time. Please be ready to give your presentation file to workshop coordinators, either by email (tpe@itpcas.ac.cn) or copying on-site, well ahead of the time for the session. All symposium attendees who are not on the formal programme are strongly encouraged to present a poster. The size of the poster is 200 cm (height) X 80 cm (width).

All scientists interested in the Third Pole environment are welcome to register and participate in the symposium. Further questions or requests can be directed to tpe@itpcas.ac.cn. 

Cover image by Tobias Keller.