2000 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum | Council Forum Agenda

The Council Forum
Friday 19 May 2000

Tentative Agenda
Room: Columbia I

As of 10 May 2000

9:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	The Annual Report of the Corporation Bernie Zak
8:50 a.m.	General Business Approval of Council Minutes from 11th Annual Meeting Leslie King Present Slate of Nominees John Hobbie Roll Call and Election of the Board of Directors Wendy Warnick Action: Vote AGENCY BRIEFINGS: OPPORTUNITIES IN ARCTIC RESEARCH
9:15 a.m.	The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and other NOAA Arctic programs John Calder, NOAA
9:45 a.m.	Activities of the Polar Research Board Chris Elfring, Polar Research Board
10:00 a.m.	BREAK
10:15 a.m.	Roundtable: International Perspectives on Arctic Research Participants: Patrick Webber, Professor, Michigan State University, moderator Julie Brigham-Grette, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Peter Johnson, President, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Olav Orheim, Director, Polar Environmental Center, Norwegian Polar Institute Keith Richards, Director, Scott Polar Research Institute
11:15 a.m.	National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Arctic Section New Initiatives, Opportunities, and Research Activities Tom Pyle, NSF
12:30 p.m.	LUNCH
2:00 p.m.	Office of Naval Research High Latitude Dynamics Research Program Dennis Conlon, ONR
2:20 p.m.	Activities of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission Garrett Brass, USARC Executive Director
3:00 p.m.	Archiving and Access for Arctic Bibliographic Information Sharon Tahirkheli, American Geological Institute
3:30 p.m.	BREAK
3:45 p.m.	ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence Alison Carter Results, participation, and suggestions for next competition
4:00 p.m.	Member initiatives from the floor Open discussion/members' representatives
4:30 p.m.	Close of Council Forum