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The Open Meeting Background and Perspectives themes –, the two calls have also generated brilliant submissions to address demographic challenges and the hurdles re- lated to equity and social cohesion. Particularly in relation to the latter, and in conjunction with the issues surrounding adaptation, a clear move toward the “development agenda” is apparent. This new direction will enrich the human dimensions research agenda and will shed a different light on shared challenges. The increased understanding of the challenges we are currently facing has shifted the focus in yet another way, from understanding the dynamics of global environmental change to using that understanding to devise ways to meet the challenges that we see emerge. This has pushed the scientific community to pay more attention to the relationship between science and policy, to include more use-inspired and policy-relevant research, and to improve communication with government, business, NGO’s and the civil society at large. As a UN conference at the UN Campus in Bonn, the IHDP Open Meeting 2009 will attract policy-makers and other practitioners from various backgrounds to attend the conference and to confront scientific research with societal demands even more so than past meetings have. Each of the identified social challenges is both paramount for future living conditions of human beings and a good entry point to demonstrate IHDP’s preparedness to contribute useful insights from its research to address and solve the problems. The first call for submissions for the Open Meeting started in end of August 2007 and closed at the end of the same year. A second call was open from August to October 2008. There was an overwhelming response to both calls and altogether about 1,250 submissions were received. In addition, this Open Meeting will witness both the synthesis and Sponsors and Partners of the IHDP Open Meeting 2009 the launch of new IHDP core projects and will therefore demonstrate the vital nature of human dimensions research. Around 65 % of the submissions made for the IHDP Open Meeting 2009 were accepted. About 40% of the total submissions are from the developing and the least developed countries and the maximum submissions came from Asia and Europe. Of the total accepted submissions almost 50% of the submitters were 40 years of age or younger, proving that the human dimensions research community represents a new generation of scientists and science. About 120 sessions and more than 60 posters are being planned. They include delegates from more than 380 universities and research institutes from all over the world who will come together to discuss the social challenges of global change. Different session formats will be used (plenary, parallel, poster, special sessions, and round tables) to explore different options for presenting the insights addressed and led by scientists from all existing disciplines. We are very pleased that several donors have committed funding to support this event, especially to support the participation of scholars who would otherwise not have had the chance to attend this meeting. IHDP is very grateful for that and is fully convinced that the Open Meeting can only perform its role as a milestone event taking place triennially and develop its potential to stimulate excellent new research, if participants from around the world are present and contribute to the discussions about the Social Challenges of Global Change. Authors Falk Schmidt, IHDP Academic Officer, Leader Open Meeting Task Force Shalini Kanwar, Associate Programme Officer 6 IHDP Update 1.2009
Age Groups of Participants Based on accepted submissions from the first and second calls. (excluding 13% who did not provide their birthdate) IHDP Update 1.2009 211 Age 30-39 166 Age 40-49 71 Age 50-59 39 19 Age 29 Over and Age younger 60 Developed and Developing Countries Represented Based on accepted submissions from the first and second calls. 42.5% Development status Female defined according Participants to UN sources. 57% (31 total) Industrialized Countries Gender Ratio of Participants Based on the accepted presentations from the first and second calls, excluding co-authors Need for Financial Support Based on accepted submissions from the first and second calls. Regional Distribution of Participants Based on the accepted presentations from the first and second calls, excluding co-authors 17 Australia and New Zealand 4 Middle East 58 Central and South America 156 Female Participants 43% No need for support 252 Asia 138 North America 38% Countries in Transition 5% Least Developed Countries 252 Male Participants 24% Requesting partial support 33% Requesting full support 94 Africa 304 Europe The IHDP Open Meeting 2009 in Numbers The IHDP Open Meeting 2009 in Numbers Some 1142 abstracts were submitted and reviewed for the IHDP Open Meeting 2009. Those accepted will be presented orally at one of the conferences numerous parallel sessions. The body of presenters is dominated by scientists from 30 to 39 years of age, followed by scientists from 40 to 49 years of age. This proves that the International Scientific Review Committee has succeeded in selecting both the young and the experienced, so as to best provoke global discourses on social challenges of global environmental change following modern scientific methodologies. This year’s Open Meeting will provide an arena for scientists from 53 countries to present their work. Of these scientists, 38 percent are female and a remarkable 43 percent come from developing countries and countries in transition. A great number of these researchers will receive stipends, partially securing their participation costs. The 7th Open Meeting’s presenters are affiliated with more than 380 universities and institutions. Many of them are among the world’s most respected institutions conducting and supporting research on the social aspects of global environmental change. The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Japan, Arizona State University in the United States and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands will be among the universities with the strongest representation. With extremely geographically and professionally varied backgrounds, the mix of researchers presenting at the IHDP Open Meeting 2009 will undoubtedly assure a motivating and rewarding dialogue. Text by Barbara Solich / IHDP Communications Associate Graphs prepared by Tande Chilenge / IHDP 7
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