Topics and Themes
The event addressed key themes related to aspects of reactive nitrogen in the environment,. In particular, the Open Science Conference had a focus on the role of nitrogen for:
- Climate change
- Food security
- Energy security
- Ecosystems and biodiversity
- Human health
In addition to these, the overarching topic of Integrating Nitrogen in Science and Policy were a focus of the conference and workshop for policy stakeholders.
We are grateful for the outstanding keynotes delivered by Prof. Robert Watson, Prof. Jim Galloway, Prof. Paul Crutzen and Prof. Jack Middelburg. You can see more information about the keynotes here.
The following overview shows the sessions, convenors and contact emails. By clicking the Session number (first column), you can access each session and PDF versions of the presentations provided. Please note, that we only provide PDFs of presentations where we have received the explicit go-ahead from the presenting authors. If you would like your presentation to be made available, please let us know at neu@ceh.ac.uk.
| Topical Sessions | Convenor(s) | Email(s) | |
| S01 | Novel approaches to measuring, interpreting and parameterising biosphere/atmosphere exchange of nitrogen compounds. | Eiko Nemitz , Chris Flechard, Benjamin Loubet | en@ceh.ac.uk; |
| S02 | Nitrogen fixation in farming and ecological systems (organised by the Legume Futures FP7 project, http://www.legumefutures.eu/) | Bob Rees and Janet Sprent | Bob.Rees@sac.ac.uk; jisprent@btinternet.com; |
| S03 | Nitrogen from headlands to coast - transport, transformations, effects, management | Josette Garnier, Heleen de Wit, Ann-Kristin Bergstrom, Christiane Lancelot | josette.garnier@upmc.fr; heleen.de.wit@niva.no; |
| S04 | Environmental cost & benefits and policy analysis | Brian H. Jacobsen, Mike Holland, Hans van Grinsven | brian@foi.dk; mike.holland@emrc.co.uk; Hans.vanGrinsven@pbl.nl; |
| S05 | Inverse modelling as a means for independent GHG verification | Peter Bergamaschi | peter.bergamaschi@jrc.ec.europa.eu; |
| S06 | Microbial processes of the N cycle | Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern and Liz Baggs | sophie.zechmeister@bfw.gv.at; e.baggs@abdn.ac.uk; |
| S07 | Feeding and fuelling the city – the nitrogen metabolism of urban areas | Gilles Billen and Sabine Barles | gilles.billen@upmc.fr; |
| S08 | The role of bioenergy crops for the nitrogen & carbon cycles and food and energy security | Ute Skiba and Jørgen Eivind Olesen | ums@ceh.ac.uk; JorgenE.Olesen@agrsci.dk; |
| S09 | Drivers of N and GHG fluxes and effects of climate change in terrestrial ecosystems - perspectives from observations at the plot scale and manipulations | Claus Beier and Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern | clbe@risoe.dtu.dk; sophie.zechmeister@bfw.gv.at; |
| S10 | Integration of measurements and models to reduce uncertainty in the emissions and fate of atmospheric reactive nitrogen | Jesse O. Bash and John T. Walker | bash.jesse@epa.gov; |
| S11 | Greenhouse gas, carbon and nitrogen budgets for terrestrial ecosystems | Ute Skiba | ums@ceh.ac.uk; |
| S12 | Modelling and measurement of landscape scale N and GHG fluxes and budgets | Pierre Cellier, Mark Theobald, Thommy Dalgaard, Ulli Dragosits, Jean Louis Drouet | cellier@grignon.inra.fr; mrtheo@ceh.ac.uk; |
| S13 | Nitrogen budgets – farm to national scale | Wilfried Winiwarter, Jørgen Eivind Olesen, Albert Bleeker | winiwarter@iiasa.ac.at; JorgenE.Olesen@agrsci.dk; |
| S14 | Marine N-cycle, eutrophication problems and GHG fluxes | Hermann W. Bange , Maren Voss, Tim Jickells | maren.voss@io-warnemuende.de; hbange@ifm-geomar.de; |
| S15 | The effect of reactive nitrogen emissions on atmospheric chemistry drivers of climate change (organised by ACCENT) | David Fowler | dfo@ceh.ac.uk; |
| S16 | Drivers of ecosystem change: response to N deposition and climate change | Lucy Sheppard and Cristina Cruz | ljs@ceh.ac.uk; ccruz@fc.ul.pt; |
| S17 | Modelling the impacts of drivers of change (in land cover, land management, climate, air quality) on N and GHG fluxes | Wim de Vries, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Karin Rebel, Christy Goodale, Adrian Leip | Wim.devries@wur.nl; klaus.butterbach@imk.fzk.de; rebel@geo.uu.nl; |
| S18 | Future nitrogen perspectives | Jan Willem Erisman, Wilfried Winiwarter, Albert Bleeker | erisman@ecn.nl; winiwarter@iiasa.ac.at; |