We are pleased to announce that the third workshop of the PAGES Australasia2k Working Group will be held in Melbourne on 26-27 June 2014. This will be a joint meeting with the Australian Climate Change Science Program (ACCSP) project “Variability of Australian climate over the last 1000 years in coupled model simulations and proxy data”.

The topic of the workshop will be the challenges and opportunities in the growing fields of (a) climate reconstructions from proxy evidence, and (b) comparison with the PMIP3/CMIP5 Last Millennium climate model simulations, for the Australasian and wider Southern Hemisphere regions. The focus will be on the interaction between climate modellers, meteorologists, scientists developing proxy records, and how to strengthen ties to better understand the past (and future) behaviour of the climate system.

Day 1 (Thursday) will feature presentations from (1) Aus2k Working Group participants, and (2) palaeoclimate work being conducted by the ACCSP and other related work.

Day 2 (Friday) will be focussed on planning for Phase Two of Aus2k.

Further details, including a call for presentations, will follow during the coming weeks. For now, save these dates to ensure that you are able to attend.

When organising travel, please note that this workshop immediately precedes the AQUA Biennial Conference, which will take place in Mildura from 29 June to 4 July 2014.

We look forward to seeing you all in Melbourne!

Joelle, Drew, Steven, Nerilie, Russell, Ben, Jonathan, Heidi, Pandora and Jo – On behalf of the Aus2k Steering Committee and the ACCSP Project “Variability of Australian climate over the last 1000 years in coupled model simulations and proxy data”