REGISTER NOW and secure a place at the WCRP’s CLIVAR Open Science Conference “Charting the course for climate and ocean research”.  Present and future community leaders will come together 19-23 September in Qingdao, China, to shape the international research agenda for the coupled ocean- atmosphere system. Be part of it! See www.clivar2016.org for programme details plus town hall, exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities.