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A WORD OF WELCOME
Dr Stuart Piketh
Chairman, Local Organising Committee
Dear Colleagues and friends
It is a privilege for South Africa to be the host country for the prestigious Joint CACGP/IGAC and WMO
symposium.
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) I would like to welcome you to South Africa and the
City of Cape Town. The LOC will endeavor to make your visit to South Africa a fruitful experience with
regard to scientific interaction with friends and colleagues as well as experiencing our beautiful country.
The theme of the symposium is ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AT THE INTERFACES, which will highlight
the current state of knowledge of the interaction between various components of the Global System.
We invite you to attend and are looking forward to your participation.
Mark G. Lawrence
Chairman, International Programme Commitee
Dear Colleague
On behalf of the international program committee, I would like to invite you to join us in Cape Town in 2006
for a unique conference sponsored by the CACGP, WMO, and IGAC.
The theme - “Atmospheric Chemistry at the Interfaces” - represents the common interests of the three
sponsors and several associated organizations, and focuses on the great challenges of interdisciplinary
research and effective cross-disciplinary communication in times of ever increasing specialization.
We will highlight several interfaces: interactions between gases, aerosols, and climate; exchanges of the
atmosphere with the oceans and with land surfaces; and the relationship between meteorological variability
and atmospheric chemistry. An overarching theme which will also be emphasized at the conference is
the interface between science, society, and the environment. This is a particularly relevant issue for the
conference venue: for instance, particulate matter, brown hazes and reduced visibility resulting from the
combination of biomass burning and fossil fuel use have important impacts on human health, tourism, and
the regional economies.
We are planning on an exciting program bringing together the research communities represented by the
sponsors, and are looking forward to a broad international participation.
See you in Cape Town in 2006!
Mark G. Lawrence and the International Program Committee
COMMITTEES
International Programme Committee
Mark Lawrence (Chair) CACGP
Anne Thompson CACGP
Greg Carmichael WMO/IUGG
Urs Baltensperger WMO
Laura Gallardo IGAC
A. Jayaraman IGAC
Tim Jickells SOLAS & CACGP
Dileep Kumar SOLAS
Stuart Piketh LOC
Mary Scholes LOC
Sarah Doherty IGAC Executive Officer
Local Organising Committee
Stuart Piketh (Chair) University of the Witwatersrand
Harold Annegarn University of Johannesburg
Ernst Brunke South African Weather Service
Gerrie Coetzee South African Weather Service
Roseanne Diab University of KwaZulu-Natal
Jonas Mphepya South African Weather Service
Luanne Otter University of the Witwatersrand
Kobus Pienaar University of North West
Mathieu Rouault UCT
Mary Scholes University of the Witwatersrand
William Froneman Rhodes University
Greg Scott CSIR
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