The 12th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society (EMS) and the 9th European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC) will take place on 10–14 September 2012 in Lodz, Poland. The conference theme is "European Climate Services Capabilities – user needs and communication with stakeholders".

Deadline for abstract submissions: 26 April 2012. Applicants for financial support should submit until 19 March 2012 at http://www.ems2012.eu/awards_and_waivers.html. The scientific programme and abstract submission are accessible at:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EMS2012/sessionprogramme/ECAC. Further information is provided at http://www.ems2012.eu.