Past Events

Contributions are invited on all topics within geo-information and remote sensing applications. Organizers especially welcome contributions on existing and future orbital IS sensors, existing and future airborne IS sensors, image processing methods and tools, new analytical techniques, calibration

The Association of American Geographers (AAG) announces the Polar Geography and Cryosphere special sessions topics and calls for abstracts for the 2013 AAG Annual Meetings. The meetings will be held 9-12 April 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

Polar Geography and Cryosphere special sessions

Organizers announce that a conference on 'Sustainability in Mining in the Arctic' will be held 9-11 April 2013 at the Sanaartornermik Ilinniarfik facilities in Sisimiut, Greenland. Abstracts are now being accepted, and must be submitted by Saturday, 15 December 2012 -- please note that this deadline

The aim of this conference is to establish contacts between students, post-graduate students and young scientists of the Russian Federation and foreign countries for the exchange of academic ideas and research results, stimulation of interest to the research activity, and the identification of

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2013 is a three day science symposium. The over-all theme of the symposium is “The Arctic Hub - Regional and Global Perspectives”.

The ASSW is an initiative of IASC. The purpose of the summit is to provide opportunities for coordination, collaboration and

The five Working Groups (WGs) of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) will meet in conjunction with the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2013 in Krakow, Poland on 13-19 April 2013.

The WGs (Marine, Terrestrial, Atmosphere, Cryosphere, and Human and Social) are the main tool by

Organizers announce the annual Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group (CFG) meeting, the International Arctic Vegetation Database (IAVD) Workshop, and a joint meeting of both groups. The three events will precede the 2013 Arctic Science Summit Week and convene 14-16 April 2013

The American Polar Society will hold a meeting and symposium at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This meeting and symposium is titled "The Polar Regions in the 21st Century: Globalization, Climate Change and Geopolitics." Keynote speakers include Lonnie Thompson, Ph.D., Byrd Polar Research Center and Paul

The Department of Archaeology and The Center for Research in Humanities at the University of Iceland announce open registration and a call for papers for the 13th Nordic Tag conference. Entitled "Borders-Margins-Fringes: Archaeologies on/from the Edge," the conference will convene 21-25 April 2013

Sponsored by the World Ocean Council, SOS 2013 is designed to bring together a diverse range of ocean industries: shipping, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, offshore renewable energy, ports, dredging, mining, cables and pipelines, marine science, engineering and technology, the maritime

The natural resources of the Barents Region are of strategic importance for Europe. One intensively developing sector is mining, which will bring new opportunities to the region, but which will also cause changes in the environment. This conference provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the

Organizers announce the multidisciplinary conference entitled "Understanding North," which will convene 25-26 April 2013 in Umea, Sweden.

The conference is arranged by the Umea University Faculty of Arts to celebrate the status of Umea as European Capital of Culture 2014. Conference themes will

The NSERC CREATE training program announces a 2013 summer school on arctic atmospheric science. It will be held 15-19 July 2013 at the Nottawasaga Inn in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. The course is intended for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows working in the field, with some places available

The 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Committee. The conference will be held at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, 29 April-2 May, 2013.

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Participate in a live interactive webchat on global cooperation on the impact of climate change on our oceans. Ask Commander Blake McBride, US Navy, Associate Director, Meteorology/Oceanography and Arctic Technologies, about research and simulation exercises the US Navy has been conducting on

The Alaska Rural Energy Conference is a three day event offering a large variety of technical sessions covering new and ongoing energy projects in Alaska, as well as new technologies and needs for Alaska's remote communities. Building on the growing success, the Alaska Energy Authority and the

Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) is led by the International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC). It is a Sustaining Arctic Observing Network (SAON) task and part of the broader SAON implementation process, which is led by the Arctic Council jointly with the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and

As part of the Arctic Observing Summit 2013, the Greenland Summit's Science Coordination Office invites you to take part in the XXth GEOSummit meeting, to be held as a "Side meeting" on Friday, 3 May, in Vancouver, BC. It is our sincere hope that many of you will already be in Vancouver for the AOS

Recrystallization and grain growth take place during the thermal treatment of materials and as part of geological activity deep in the earth’s crust. The main objective of the Rex&GG Conference series is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information on the state-of-the art

The ReX & GG2013 Conference will build on the foundations of the previous four Conferences through a Program which will explore the latest information and current research in our field. Our speakers will foster meaningful discussion and debate amongst delegates which will, in turn, further the