INTRODUCTION

An international congress "Deep-water Circulation: Processes & Products" is being organized in Baiona (Pontevedra, Spain) on 16, 17 and 18 June, 2010. You are cordially invited to participate in this exciting congress.

Since we started to distribute the first circular of this congress with the official publication of the Web Page last March 2009, many people have expressed their interest on the topics of the Congress and sent suggestions. The Organizing Committee would like to thank all concerned for the really positive feedback to the First Circular, much of which has been incorporated into our planning. The main aim of this Congress will be integrating deep-bottom current circulation, sedimentary processes, deposits and their implication for palaeoceanographic reconstructions. This will lead to better understanding the oceans’ role in the global climate system; recognising contourites as a new target for economic resources; and consideration of specific biota and deep-water ecosystems related to bottom current circulation. This has become a truly multidisciplinary meeting. We have now updated the Web Page and hereby distribute the Second Circular of the Congress.

We aim to provide a scientifically stimulating and socially enjoyable forum to meet and discuss results and ideas related to the conference theme. The meeting should be of interest to both academic and industrial participants, and although it is focused on Deep Water Circulation: Processes & Products, the congress is open to discussion of shallow water and even lacustrine drifts.