Past Events

The Forum of Young Leaders ICE is a single platform for the development of international youth cooperation among the countries of the Arctic region.ABOUT FORUMWithin the Forum young leaders of the Arctic will create their projects, the best of which will be included in the Roadmap of international youth events until 2023.

Participating countries include Russia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the U.S.

Registration is open until October 22nd.

The International Polar Foundation and its many Arctic stakeholder partners would like to cordially invite you to take part in the 12th edition of the Arctic Futures Symposium on December 6th and 7th both in-person in Brussels, Belgium, and online.

For those interested in attending in-person, the venue will be the Martin's Brussels EU Hotel, located at Boulevard Charlemagne / Karel de Grootstraat 80, 1000 Brussels.

It will also be possible to join the event online. The link to join online will be sent to all registered participants.

This year’s symposium will focus on:

• Arctic governance issues
• Youth, demographics and labour force
• Soft security issues related to climate change impacts
• Sustainable entrepreneurship and business development

The Arctic Futures Symposium promises to deliver lively discussions on Arctic issues.

You may register for the symposium on the Arctic Futures Symposium website at the link above.

The Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR) at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń announces their upcoming webinar, titled A Fleet of Silver, Come to Torment Us: Sea-ice Variations Off the Coasts of Iceland from the Settlement to the Present, featuring Dr. Astrid Ogilvie, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the CCCR.

Webinar Abstract

Using primarily documentary historical evidence, this presentation will consider variations in sea-ice incidence off the coasts of Iceland from when the country was first settled (ca. AD 871) to the present day. There will be a particular emphasis on periods of little ice (e.g., ca. 1640 to 1680 and the present day) and periods of much ice (including the early 1600s, the late 1600s, the 1750s, and the 1880s). The mainly negative societal impacts caused by the presence of the ice will also be considered. This presentation will consider sea ice as "the country's ancient enemy," as evoked in the poem Hafísinn or "Sea Ice" which describes the ice as beautiful, but deadly, as suggested in the line from the poem quoted in the presentation title.

The Roscongress Foundation, the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics and the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation would like to invite you to join the online conference “Russian-Canadian Cooperation in the Field of Sustainable Development of the Arctic Region”.

The conference is scheduled to be the second event in the series of ten conferences on bilateral Russian cooperation with Arctic and Non-arctic states in the area of sustainable development within the framework of ThinkArctic Project, organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, and the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation. ThinkArctic Project will be conducted within the Programme of the Russian Chairmanship in the Arctic Council 2021–2023.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Join IARPC and the National Science Foundation for a program manager chat focused on the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. NNA program officers will provide an overview of the recently released solicitation, highlight major changes, review goals of the NNA program, and answer questions.

NSF staff present will include Jesus Alvelo Maurosa, Greg Anderson, Bradley Barker, Eve Boyle, Roberto Delgado, Mamadou Diallo, Irina Dolinskaya, Sylvia Edgerton, Siobhan Mattison, Xoco Shinbrot, Colleen Strawhacker, and Jonathan Wynn.

Preregistration is not required. Please follow the link above for more information and to register.

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) marked a new and unique Congressional approach to Federal Indian policy. In an effort to resolve land claims, ANCSA mandated the creation of regional corporate entities that Congress termed “Alaska Native corporations.” While corporations by name, these entities had a purpose beyond profit: promoting the social, cultural, and economic advancement of their Alaska Native shareholders and communities in perpetuity. This summer, an U.S. Supreme Court case on CARES Act funding reaffirmed that the difference between Alaska Native corporations and Tribes was one of nomenclature rather than rights.

Over the last 50 years, Alaska Native women have played an integral role in ANCSA’s implementation and evolution, guiding their communities and organizations through times of challenge, change, and triumph. Today, Alaska Native women work in all levels of Alaska Native corporation leadership, including nearly half of the 12 regional corporations’ president and CEO roles.

Please join the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute, along with ANCSA Regional Association and Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, to hear from Alaska Native women leaders how they guided ANCs through their early years and how the organizations evolved to serve the needs of their Alaska Native communities.

Introduction

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator for Alaska

Moderators

Michael Sfraga
Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute // Chair, US Arctic Research Commission

Kim Reitmeier
Executive Director, ANCSA Regional Association

Panelists

Gail Schubert
President & CEO, Bering Straits Native Corporation

Liz Qaulluq Cravalho
Vice President of Lands, NANA Regional Corporation; Commissioner, U.S. Arctic Research Commission

Rosita Worl, Ph.D.
President, Sealaska Heritage Institute

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites you to a Navigating he New Arctic (NNA) proposal writing workshop. For this two-hour workshop, the first hour will consist of an overview of the NSF review process and Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts criteria, as well as share most common mistakes made by investigators when submitting a proposal. The second hour will be structured around breakout rooms with NSF program officers.

QRA 2022 will be an in person event, held in Sheffield, United Kingdom 5-7 January 2022, with the option to join an online audience.

Abstract submission deadline extended to 9 December, 2021.

We invite abstracts on the following session themes:

• Glacial-interglacial climate and environment reconstruction
• Modelling ice masses
• The depositional and erosional imprint of ice on the landscape
• Glacial to interglacial sea level change
• Dating glacials
• The response of flora, fauna and humans to changing ice masses
• Using the Quaternary record to decipher glacial processes

Please follow the link above for more information.

The Alaska SeaLife Center is pleased to announce nominations are now open for the 2022 Alaska Ocean Leadership Awards.

These awards are given annually to individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the awareness and sustainability of the state's marine resources.

Nominations for these awards are open now through December 10, 2021.

The European Space Agency’s 2022 Living Planet Symposium, which is held every three years, will take place on 23–27 May 2022 in Bonn, Germany. The symposium is organised with the support of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

This symposium focuses on how Earth observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions.

Important Dates:

Session Proposals: 10 September 2021
Abstracts extended deadline: 10 December 2021
Registration: January 2022
Preliminary Programme: March 2022

The National Science Foundation will host a webinar event with marine biologist Dr. Amy Moran. Dr. Moran and her team will be broadcasting live from McMurdo Station, Antarctica where they conduct research in the coldest ocean water on the planet. Learn how researchers dive under sea ice to collect sea creatures and discover how animals like sea spiders and sea urchins survive in the cold waters of the Southern Ocean.

In addition, you can read more about the experiences of PolarTREC educator Amy Osborne who joined Dr. Moran's team in 2019 at her expedition page.

Pre-registration is required.

Finland's Policy for Arctic Strategy, released in June 2021, sets out Finland's key objectives in the Arctic region at a time when international interest towards the Arctic has increased significantly. At the core of the strategy are sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptations as well as respect for the rights of Arctic indigenous peoples.

Growing foreign and security policy interest towards the Arctic region makes the Arctic an important priority also to Finland’s foreign policy. Finland seeks to reduce tensions building up in the Arctic region and promote stability.

Please join the Wilson Center's Polar Institute for an armchair discussion on the new Arctic Strategy with Finnish Permanent State Secretary Matti Anttonen.

Moderator

Michael Sfraga
Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute / Chair, US Arctic Research Commission

Speaker

Matti Anttonen
Permanent State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) invites abstract submissions for their Fall Meeting 2021 (AGU21). The theme of AGU21 is “Science and Society.” This meeting will take place in-person in New Orleans, Louisiana and will also be available for virtual attendance.

Abstracts should focus on new scientific results, enabling Earth and space science or its application, and/or the contribution of Earth and space science to society. Most sessions at AGU21 will be held as discussion sessions with short summary presentations and discussions. Authors in oral sessions will be asked to record a longer presentation. Poster authors will be asked to make a PDF or dynamic version of their poster available. Authors will be able to present in-person or online.

View the sessions before submitting an abstract.

Abstract submission deadline: 4 August 2021.

*Update: The 2021 AFN Convention will be all virtual, on December 13 & 14. Citing health and safety concerns which include the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations statewide and the consequent pressure on Alaska’s healthcare system, AFN will host the entire convention virtually.

As was done for the 2020 AFN Convention, a robust virtual meeting platform will be combined with live statewide TV and radio broadcast coverage, and live streaming on multiple video channels. A full agenda will be released to the public in early December.*

The annual convention serves as the principal forum and voice for the Alaska Native community in addressing critical issues of public policy and government. The convention convenes thousands of official delegates and participants from membership organizations across the state.

At the Convention, delegates discuss strategic opportunities and challenges, listen to memorable keynote speeches, hear reports from political leaders and presentations from expert panels, and share stories resilience, experiences, strengths, knowledge and hope for the future.

The resolutions passed by the voting delegates set the priorities for the year and guide AFN’s efforts. The Convention is the largest representative annual gathering in the United States of Native peoples.

Please follow the link above for more information.

The North Pacific Research Board has committed at least $1.4M to support a synthesis that will build on the Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (IERP, 2016-2021) and an assessment for a future IERP that will continue integrated research in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, centered in the Northern Bering Sea.

NPRB anticipates releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP) in early October 2021 with a deadline of December 15, 2021. NPRB is announcing the anticipated structure of the RFP in summer 2021 to allow the research community to begin discussing ideas with potential collaborators.

Proposals will be solicited independently in the following categories and sub-categories (below). An individual (or team of collaborators) may submit multiple proposals under any or all of the categories and sub-categories. New field data collection will not be supported by the Synthesis or Assessment.

Synthesis (target $1M)
- Synthesis – general (proposal cap $800K)
- Modeling sub-category (proposal cap $200K)

Assessment (target $400K)
- Sub-category – Science to synthesize existing knowledge/articulate important research questions (proposal cap $200K)
- Sub-category – Identification of research needs - commercial fisheries (proposal cap $100K)
- Sub-category – Identification of research needs – marine species of subsistence importance (proposal cap $100K)

Release date: early October 2021. Deadline to submit: December 15, 2021.

In December, IARPC (Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee) will release the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026. The new research plan builds from the 2017-2021 plan, and outlines a bold five-year vision for federal agencies to address emerging research questions in the Arctic. Please join IARPC for a launch webinar introducing the new plan.

Speakers will include Larry Hinzman (OSTP/IARPC), Nikoosh Carlo (IARPC), Max Showalter (IARPC), and Roberto Delgado (NSF). Presenters will share successes from the previous Arctic Research Plan (2017-2021), provide an overview of the new plan, and discuss how the research community and Arctic residents can engage in the new plan’s implementation. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.

This webinar will be recorded and posted on the IARPC Collaborations website and YouTube channel. Preregistration is not required.

Please follow the link above for more information.

On behalf of United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the command’s “The Watch” Magazine, United States European Command (USEUCOM), United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and the Center for Arctic Security and Resilience (CASR) - University of Alaska Fairbanks, we would like to invite you to our December 2021 Arctic eTalks distinguished speaker presentation on "Arctic Security and the Saami Council: Indigenous Perspectives and Interests" by Ms. Christina Henriksen, President of the Saami Council and Permanent Participant of the Arctic Council.

he Arctic eTalks is a monthly forum for open discussion (non-attribution, Chatham House Rule) in key issues affecting the Circumpolar Arctic for academics, defense and security professional, and military leaders from Canada, Finland, Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Germany.

This event is presented along with our valued Arctic eTalks supporters at the Saami Council.

Ms. Henriksen is scheduled to provide a 30-minute presentation with slides which will be followed by a 60-minute Q&A session (non-attribution) that will be moderated by Ms. Sara Olsvig, former member of Parliament and Greenland Indigenous leader and Mr. Edward Alexander, co-Chair of Gwich'in Council International.

For more information and to register, please follow the link above.

Join oceanographer Oscar Schofield as he chats with researchers aboard the Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer as they study the marine ecosystems of the West Antarctic Peninsula. Their research, part of the National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research program, catalogs the effects of climate change on the environment around the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth. In this live Zoom event, learn how the Antarctic Peninsula has changed over the past several decades and how these changes affect life at every level of the food web, from tiny crustaceans to penguins, seals and whales.

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 January 2022! and the late winter season. Join the gathering online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Please follow the link above to register.

UiT the Arctic University of Norway, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and the Research Council of Norway, are pleased to invite you to the Arctic Science Summit Week and the Arctic Observing Summit 2022, taking place in Tromsø, Norway 26 March to 1 April, 2022.

During Arctic Science Summit Week 2022 (ASSW2022) there will be three days dedicated to IASC & Arctic business and science community meetings (26-28 March); ASSW 2022 will also feature the 6th Arctic Observing Summit.

The application deadline for business and science community meetings at ASSW2022 is 30 September 2021. The entire Arctic community is encouraged to use ASSW as a venue for bringing together their organizations, collaborations, and teams. ASSW organizers provide the logistical support and your meeting attendees only have to register for ASSW2022 and show up. As ASSW 2022 will be organized as a hybrid conference, both opportunities for in-person and online meetings will be offered during the conference.

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) was initiated by IASC in 1999 to provide opportunities for coordination, cooperation and collaboration between the various scientific organizations involved in Arctic research and to economize on travel and time. ASSW is now an annual venue for meetings of Arctic organizations, scientific collaborations, and more.

Please fill out this form to request an in-person and / or online space and we will do our best to accommodate your request. The application deadline is 30 September 2021, and a draft program is expected to be ready in mid-November.

Important Dates

• May – Sep 2021 Call for Community Meeting requests
• Sep – Dec 2021 Call for abstracts (white papers, short statements and poster session AOS)
• Jan 2022 Notification of abstract acceptance
• Jan – Mar 2022 Registration