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                                       Symposium


                                    "NEIGE ET CLIMAT"
                       Universite de Geneve-Dufour Salle J PIAGET


                            CALL FOR PAPER and ANNOUNCEMENT


                                  22,23 September 1994
                                  Geneve - SWITZERLAND




            Among the challenges that the scientific community and Mountain
            resorts' managers will have to solve by the end of the century,
            the Global Climate Change effects are key.


            While Climate change is  a global concern,  the impact on  Snow
            business is not  widely estimated. This  symposium is aimed  to
            bridge between the search community and the Winter sport resort
            managers. Scientists  are  invited  to  present  recent  search
            results on  Mountain  climate and  its  foreseeable  evolution.
            European Winter sport managers  and state decision makers  will
            access the potential impacts and translate them  onto potential
            actions.


            Papers may be  submitted for  consideration as  oral or  poster
	    presentations in the following areas :


               Global approach of Climate Change
               - Snow coverage
               - Risk factor analysis
               Water supply
               Observations results
               Climate and Mountain tourism activity
               Economic  simulations  applied  to  Cold  weather  and  Snow
               business
               socio-economic aspects of Global change climate
               - Sociological models
               - Relationship between Climatic change information and Human
               practises.
               - Potential solutions
                    - Slopes improvement
                    - Clouds exploitation
                    - Snow making machines
                    - ......
              Potential diversification for Winter sport resorts
               - Sociological approach
               - Use of the infrastructures
               - Use of the ecological potential
              Decision support systems


            All papers accepted will be published in full in the Conference
               Proceedings, which  is  expected  to  be  available  at  the
               symposium  for   distribution  to   all   regular  Symposium
               registrants











            REVIEW CRITERIA

            Papers will be subject to peer review. The style of  the papers
               has to  take  in consideration  the  fact that  most  of the
               participants will be  winter resort  managers. We  wish that
               all participants gain  a better  understanding of  the issue
               and  receive   ready-to-use   ideas   for   their   resorts.
               Originality of the  ideas, quality  of the  presentation and
               significance of  the  results  will  be  the  key  selection
               criteria. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present
               their papers at the symposium.


            You are  invited to  submit your  paper in  English, French  or
            German within a limit of 3000 words.


            Deadline for submission : March 1, 1994, abstract and intention
            must be expressed to the scientific committee immediately.














            Complete text is to be sent to :


                                  Prof. Antoine BAILLY
                               Departement de Geographie
                                    Faculte des SES
                                  Universite de Geneve
                                102 boulevard Carl-Vogt
                                   CH - 1211 GENEVE 4
                             Internet :bailly@ibm.unige.ch
                                 fax: (41 22) 781 41 00
            Working languages :


            English, French and/or German. Simultaneous translation will be
            provided during the symposium.


            OFFICIAL DINNER :


            On September 22nd evening an official dinner will be organized.
            A leader of the Environmental issues will be hosted as a
            speaker.


            Exhibits :


            A small area will be open for technical and product
            demonstrations. Contact SYMPORG S.A. to book your space.


            Place :


            GENEVA University
            Salle J Piaget
            24, rue du General DUFOUR
            CH - 1204 GENEVA


            Committees




            Prof. A. BAILLY
            Program Chair
            Universite de Geneve
            bailly@ibm.unige.ch


            Dr. Martin BENISTON


            Dr. JC MORAND
            General Secretary of the Symposium
            morand@gvprod.enet.dec.com


            Logistic and Accommodations


            SYMPORG S.A.
            Mme Primola NICOLE
            7, Av Pictet-de-Rochemont
            CH - 1207 GENEVE
            Tel (4122) 786 3744
            Fax (4122) 786 4080



                                    PAPER SUBMISSION




                                INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS




            Interested authors are cordially invited to submit their papers
            in one of the fields listed in the Pre-programme.




            1. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION : March 1st, 1994  to the Scientific
            Secretariat.



            Papers received after this date will not be considered.




            2. FORMAT (A4)


            - The text should be prepared on white sheets, maximum 4.
            - Printing area  : 170 mm  x 230  mm (6.7" x  9.0") (width  and
            length).
            - Please indicate, a)  name of the author(s),  b) title of the
            paper, c) field of interest.




            3. TYPEFONTS


            Please use 12-point  "Times Roman" 1.0 line spacing.  (Smaller
            font sizes are not accepted).


            Text should  be  written  with  electric  typewriter  or  word-
            prosessor with laser printer.




            4. ILLUSTRATIONS


            Insert all  tables,  figures  and  figure  captions  (including
            photos) at  their final  positions  within the  printing  area.
            Please use glue. Transparent adhesive tape not accepted


            Photos: only black and white, no slides.


            Only original manuscripts accepted, no photocopies.