In March 2012 a two day conference will be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on “The governance of adaptation”. Topics to be discussed include: the framing of adaptation problems and goals, modes of governance and available instruments, agency and leadership in adaptation governance, science-policy interaction and adaptation. You are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words on relevant issues before the 15th of October 2011. The purpose of the meeting is twofold: 1) to establish a network of researchers who are analyzing the efforts of both public and private actors to prepare for climate change, 2) to exchange insights on adaptation governance across the world and draw lessons in a coordinated way. We seek to bring together around 50 scholars, who will be selected after a review of abstract to be submitted to governanceofadaptation@ivm.vu.nl. More information here [PDF].
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Adaptiveness and Innovation in Earth System Governance 
You can find more information on key notes and read publications here http://www.adaptgov.com/. Also, on 22-23 March you can get a live feed of the results and dicussions at http://twitter.com/climateNL or by looking up the hashtag #govadapt12. If you want to participate in discussions, tweet your comment using #govadapt12 and your question might be plugged into the real life discussions.