Past Events

This webinar series is designed to increase transparency of the Arctic Science Ministerial science process and to provide additional opportunities for scientists, Indigenous Peoples and Arctic research stakeholders to further engage with the science and proposed actions leading up to the Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Tokyo, Japan in May 2021. The webinar series is a joint cooperation between the ASM3 Organizers in Iceland and Japan and the European Polar Board.

Each webinar will be shared afterwards on the European Polar Board YouTube page and a written summary will be made available on the ASM3 website.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Regine Hock, University of Oslo, "Assessing and Projecting Global Glacier Mass Changes"

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page so that you can watch it there if technology fails or you can't make it.

David Simeral, drought monitor author, who will explain the U.S. drought monitor process.

Please follow the link above to register.

The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for March and the early spring season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Please follow the link above to register.

Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 is swiftly approaching. This is a reminder that IASC is now receiving proposals for consideration for IASC funding in 2021.

Proposals can be limited to one Working Group, relevant to all five, or anything in between. (Note: Working Groups must allocate at least 40% of their budget in cooperation with other Working Groups.) All proposals will be fully discussed and considered at the Working Group meetings at ASSW.

Please follow the link above for more information and to submit your proposal.

The deadline for proposal submissions is 22 February 2021.

With climate as a central organizing principle of the new Biden Administration’s global approach, US-Arctic science, policy, and diplomacy are expected to take on increasing importance. As the poles warm, complex and intersecting issues of climate change, natural resource development, Arctic Ocean governance, Arctic Council cooperation, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, and US-Russia security become central to US-global interests. This panel of experts will discuss the many opportunities and challenges facing the Biden administration as it formulates a new US-Arctic strategy that highlights Alaska and our global responsibilities as an Arctic nation. Panelists include Ambassador (ret.) Mark Brzezinski ’87, Dr. Melody B. Burkins GRAD ’98 and Dr. Mike Sfraga. Moderated by Dartmouth Prof. Dr. Ross A. Virginia.

Come join the Master of Public Administration and Public Policy department in discussing the policy, social, economical and administrative implications and predictions of the new Biden Harris administration. The event is in two sessions, with three professors discussing a topic related to the new administration in each session. This is the second of the two events series with Dr. Greg Protasel, Dr. Diane Hirshberg and Dr. Alex James presenting.

Join a listening session to share your story, experiences or data and hear from others in the region. These two-hour listening sessions will start with four, short presentations from people who live and work in the region with time for questions. Then small group discussions to hear from participants on what they have or are experiencing in terms of unusual dryness in the region and how they have prepared for future drought.

Please follow the link above to register.

The UAF Geophysical Institute presents the virtual 2021 Science for Alaska Lecture Series. Tune in at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays to learn about exciting science from measuring the aurora, monitoring whale populations with unmanned aircraft, and participating in the largest Arctic expedition in history. RSVP to watch on Zoom or watch live from the UAF or GI Facebook pages.

The Denali Fault is a long, tectonically active region that snakes through Alaska’s southern interior. The fault marks the boundary where two portions of the North American Continental Plate grind past each other, creating the iconic mountainous terrain of the Alaska Range and causing earthquakes whenever enough pressure builds up between the plates, such as the earth-shattering magnitude 7.9 quake of 2002. In this talk, we’ll explore igneous rocks in the Alaska range and discuss some of the techniques geologists use to determine their age. By carefully studying the geologic features along the Denali Fault, scientists are slowly unraveling the history of this iconic landscape and its role in shaping the Alaska we know and love.

Talks are free and for the public. All ages are encouraged to attend. This is the fourth in a series of six free, public lectures for the virtual 2021 Science for Alaska Lecture Series.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Alex Robel, Georgia Tech, "Beyond the Ice Sheet Stability Binary"

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page so that you can watch it there if technology fails or you can't make it.

Join the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Program’s Arctic Science Section for program manager outreach.

This virtual office hour will focus on informing the science community about updates to the Arctic Science Section and offering insight into how COVID-19 continues to impact operations. There will also be ample time for the community to ask questions of NSF staff.

NSF staff who will be present include Renee Crain, Roberto Delgado, Colene Haffke, Pat Haggerty, Erica Hill, Jennifer Mercer, Frank Rack, Kate Ruck, and Marc Stieglitz.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents selected Pat Pitney to serve as the university’s interim president beginning on Aug.1, 2020.

Previously Pitney served as the state’s Director of the Division of Legislative Finance. She was the former Vice Chancellor of Administration, University of Alaska Fairbanks and worked at UA Statewide for 17 years. In all, Pitney spent 23 years with the University of Alaska before leaving to serve as the State Budget Director in the administration of former Governor Bill Walker.

Pitney is expected to serve as interim president for a minimum of a year or up to 18 months or until the appointment of a president, whichever comes first.

This program is supported in part by the University of Alaska Foundation.

The program is free of charge, but please register to obtain your login details.

Update: Advancing Collaboration in Canada-US Regional Security II (ACCUSARS II for short) has been postponed to March 25-26 (original dates were February 25-26).

ADAC and NAADSN (The North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network at Trent University, Peterborough Ontario), kindly invite participants to join us in a follow-up meeting from the Advancing Collaboration in Canada-U.S. Arctic Regional Security (ACCUSARS) conference in September 2020.

The purpose of ACCUSARS II is to create a subset Strategic Foresight Assessment (SFA) for the North American Arctic, by specifically focusing on Alaska and Western Canada.

ACCUSARS I provided an initial SFA for the Canadian Arctic, which provided an initial baseline to be further developed. We plan to conduct ACCUSARS II as a virtual meeting and kindly invite Canadian and American participants from ACCUSARS I to rejoin us for the meeting. Note, later in 2021, ADAC and NAADSN plan to conduct “ACCUSARS III” focusing on Eastern Canada and Greenland to complete a comprehensive Analysis to North American Arctic Security.

ADAC will post the conference connections on the first week of February 2021.

Since 2012, the annual Arctic Conference at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy has provided a platform for policymakers, business leaders, academics and students to address the implications of a volatile Arctic. This conference brings together high-level leaders working in business, governance, human rights, international law, and science from around the world to share insights, research, and engage in conversations on the pressing issues of a multi-disciplinary nature in the Arctic region.

The Fletcher Arctic Conference is a student-run initiative, with key contributions from senior Fletcher School faculty and leadership. We remain dedicated to inclusivity and high-quality dialogue by bringing together diverse speakers both in education and background. We look forward to contributing to the conversation and illuminating the multitude of perspectives surrounding the future of a rapidly changing Arctic.

This year’s virtual event, Inflection Points: Security, Conservation, and Adaptation in the Arctic, reflects the diverse set of challenges and opportunities confronting an ever-changing region of critical importance. Featuring panel discussions, breakout groups, and a new simulation exercise, this edition will be as timely and engaging as ever! The keynote address will be delivered by Admiral Karl Shultz, Commandant, United States Coast Guard.

*Note: The 28th International Polar Conference was scheduled for 6 September to 11 September 2020 and then 28 February to 4 March 2021 in Cologne, Germany, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to ongoing restrictions it will not be possible to hold a larger conference in March 2021. Therefore, the DGP steering committee decided to further postpone the 28th International Polar Conference. We will carefully observe and assess the evolving situation. Thus, two time slots have been identified, one in October 2021 and one in March 2022.

So far, it is planned to hold the 28th International Polar Conference from 10 to 14 October 2021.*

Situated on Telegrafenberg, the Science Park „Albert Einstein“ will provide a marvellous venue for this conference. The conference will be hosted by the AWI Potsdam (Prof. Bernhard Diekmann). The colloquium of the Priority Program „Antarctic Research“ of the
German Research Foundation will be part of the conference. Detailed information will be given at the end of August/beginning of September 2020.

The German Society for Polar Research invites you to attend the 28th International Polar Conference to discuss the polar regions, climate change and consequences for the earth system and society. Contributions are welcome in the field of polar and high mountain research covering the following and related topics:

• Polar Research in a Changing Society
• Humans in the Changing Arctic
• Coole Klassen – Polarbildung in der Schule
• Atmosphere, Sea-Ice, and the Polar Ocean
• Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Sea-level Rise
• Hunting the Oldest Ice
• Tectonics and Geodynamic Processes of Polar Regions
• Stratigraphy and Evolutionary Dynamics at High Latitudes
• Facing Polar Climate Change: Insights from the Past
• Permafrost in a warming World: Impacts and Consequences
• Organisms in the face of Climate Change: Discoveries and New Approaches
• Astronomy and Astrophysics in Polar Regions
• Needs for Innovative Polar Infrastructure
• Polar Resources and Governance: Chances and Risks
• Polar Ecosystems: State, Changes and Management
• Polar Research through the Lens of an Artist

Conference language: English (special German Sessions are possible).

The 12th Annual International Science of Team Science Conference hosted by Virginia Tech 7-11 June, 2021, aims to advance our understanding of collaborative initiatives that address multidimensional complex societal problems. We invite team science academics, leaders and members of cross-disciplinary teams, institutional leaders and administrators, and funding agencies to collaboratively rethink how science of team science research and practice may serve as a foundation for positive change and justice.

The theme of the SciTS 2021 is Science of Team Science and the Human Condition. As a point of convergence between science and practice, the conference will provide a platform to investigate contributions that team science research can make to addressing urgent contemporary challenges. This year’s conference will highlight the interface of the science of team science with challenges such as:

• Responding to megadisasters (e.g., the COVID pandemic; hurricanes and fires),
• Curtailing systemic racism and the need to create and implement anti-racist policies and practices, including technologies, and
• Grappling with challenges in large growing metropolitan regions, such as equitable economic growth, affordable housing, education, and healthcare, food scarcity, infrastructure systems (including IT systems), and the impacts of climate change.

As the host university with a growing footprint in the Greater Washington, DC region, we are eager to advance understanding of contextual conditions and collaborative processes that promote development and coordination of laws, policies, strategies, and practices that address urgent societal challenges. The conference will feature scholars, practitioners, funders, and other leaders from across the country and the globe, thereby serving as a context for engaging team science principles and elaborating the contributions of team science scholarship and practice toward improving the human condition.

We invite submissions that focus on any pertinent topic relevant to the science of team science. Please go to the Call for Abstracts page to view the complete list and for more information.

Abstract submission deadline is February 28, 2021.

This meeting was originally scheduled for 28th September - 2nd October 2020 at the University of Pisa, Italy, but was postponed to 24-28 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new registration, abstract submission and fee payment deadline is 1st March, 2021.

The PalaeoArc is a network research programme aiming to further understand past and present environmental changes and processes in the Arctic. It is the successor of the previous network programmes of PONAM (Polar North Atlantic Margins), QUEEN (Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North), APEX (Arctic Palaeoclimate and its Extremes) and, most recently, PAST Gateways (Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways).

We welcome contributions on the overall theme of Arctic palaeo-environmental changes and modern processes and we invite contributions particularly on: Role and dynamics of polar ice sheets and ice caps; Role and dynamics of high latitude ocean and sea ice; Role and dynamics of terrestrial environment and landscape evolution; Climate response to, and interaction between, different parts of the Arctic System.

The conference will include oral and poster presentations over 2.5 days and a mid-conference field trip. Workshops for young researchers will be offered. The Program Committee will select the winner for the Best Student Poster award. To be eligible, the presenting author of the poster must be a full-time student.

The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for its 2021 volume – the 10th anniversary edition.

The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, development, environmental politics, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined. It is an open access, online publication.

This year’s theme is “Defining and Mapping the Arctic: Sovereignties, Policies and Perceptions”. Perhaps because it is distant from major political, business and media centers, the Arctic seems especially prone to external interpretations of its essential character. How the Arctic is defined and perceived, or redefined, as well as how non-Arctic actors define or self-identify with the Arctic region, has real implications for how it is governed. Yet dominant narratives about the region are often based on superficial, ideological or arbitrary understandings.

The deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2021.

Please follow the link above for more details.

The next Polar readings (2021) will be devoted to the issues of artistic and philosophical understanding of the Arctic and Antarctic, identifying and forming the meanings that characterize and shape our understanding of the Polar regions.

Specialists, researchers of the Arctic and Antarctic from research institutes, archives, museums, libraries, representatives of state and public organizations are invited to participate in the conference.

In this regard, on May 18-19, 2021 on the eve of Russian Polar Explorer’s Day (May 21) in St. Petersburg on the basis of the Arctic and Antarctic research Institute will be held the next “Polar readings”.

The deadline for submitting applications for participation and abstracts (up to 500 words) is until March 1, 2021.

The Alaska Anthropological Association will be holding its 48th Annual Meeting as a free virtual conference via Zoom (#AkAA virtual 2021). The theme of this year’s conference is Fostering a Culture of Equity through the Removal of Boundaries. The virtual format of the conference affords the opportunity to offer both research-driven presentations as well as social events that encourage conversations and connections. The boundary-less conference format also offers us a significant opportunity to better serve our underrepresented communities as well as our colleagues from all over the world. We welcome ideas for sessions and presentations in a variety of media, including but not limited to, papers, posters, storytelling, film, panel discussions, and multi-media performances.