Past Events

The 22nd Congress is being organised by the British Society of Soil Science on behalf of the International Union of Soil Sciences.

The Congress theme, ‘Soil Science – crossing boundaries, changing society’ focuses on the link between soil and society, with sessions covering soil systems, soil processes, soil management and how we interact with and use soils around the world.

There will be opportunities for specialist workshops and discussion sessions across a wide range of soil disciplines. The core programme is supported by tours and a cultural and arts programme for delegates and the wider public to explore our diverse environment and culture.

At a time of global concern for our planet and its growing population, managing our soils sustainably has never been as important. 90% of our food comes from soil, as does all of our timber and other fibre. Soil, and the ecosystems it supports, have a huge role in mitigating against climate change, is a vast reservoir of biodiversity, plays a significant role in flood management and contains key evidence of past civilisations.

Our understanding of the importance of these functions is developing rapidly and the Congress provides the ideal setting to discover the international state of the art in these critical global issues and an opportunity to connect across all who work with and rely on soils.

The deadline for abstract submissions is the 31st October 2021.

The Ukpeaġvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) invites registration for the 75th Anniversary of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory. This event will take place in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska and online.

Events during the week, will include the Enhancing Arctic Science and Engineering Workshop, Regional Development Tours, and forums on the Arctic science to plan for the next 25 years of Arctic research. In-person activities will include tours of Utqiagvik (Barrow), Barrow Arctic Research Center, Inupiat Heritage Center, Illisagvik College, Search and Rescue Facility, and NOAA Facilities.

Organizers invite all interested scientists and engineers, Indigenous leaders, Arctic community members, policymakers, government organizations, and businesses to register.

The community of Utqiaġvik has been ground zero for Arctic research dating as far back as the first International Polar Year of 1881 when the Signal Corps and the Smithsonian sponsored the establishment of a permanent station for meteorological, magnetic, tidal, and pendulum observation. This was followed by the establishment of the Arctic Research Laboratory (ARL), later known as the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL). NARL was under the auspices of the United States Navy beginning in the early 1940s to support petroleum exploration and Arctic research in what is now known as the Naval Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA). The research facility operated until 1980 when it was decommissioned due to the high cost of operations. The facility was then transferred to UIC in 1984 and UIC Science, a subsidiary of UIC, continues to operate it today.

Organizers hope to celebrate the past foundation building the Inupiaq Elders and past researchers completed to ensure a successful future for Utqiaġvik and North Slope-based Arctic science with this NARL 75th Anniversary Celebration.

Registration deadline: 31 July 2022.

The theme of the conference is "Antarctica in a Changing World". The conference will be held online.

SCAR and the Local Organising Committee have decided to waive the registration fees for the 10th SCAR Open Science Conference. Registration is free and open to everybody. The organisers hope that this will greatly benefit early research researchers and maximise inclusivity and accessibility for the conference.

Please head to the Registration Platform to register for the conference.

Abstracts can be submitted electronically via the Abstract Submission Portal on the SCAR 2022 Meetings website. There is no abstract submission fee.

The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, is hosting the SCAR Open Science Conference 2022. The 10th SCAR Open Science Conference will feature a comprehensive schedule of meetings, symposia, virtual side events and social activities, daily plenary lectures and poster sessions in an innovative online format.

Important Dates

• 02 June 2022: Registration opens.
• 12 June 2022: Extended abstract submission deadline.
• 27-29 July 2022: SCAR Business Meetings.
• 01-10 August 2022: SCAR 10th Open Science Conference 2022.
• 05-07 September 2022: SCAR Delegates Meeting.

The School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh will host a joint meeting of the International Glaciological Society British Branch (IGSBB) and the UK Antarctic Science Conference (UKASC) from Tuesday 30 August to Friday 2 September 2022. Both meetings will be hosted in the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute in central Edinburgh, adjacent to the School of GeoSciences’ Institute of Geography.

The IGSBB is an informal two-day meeting at which presentations are welcome on all aspects of ice and snow research, while the UKASC welcomes contributions on any aspect of Antarctic Science. The organizers strongly encourage early-career researchers, including postgraduate students, to attend and present their work.

Registration and abstract submission deadline: 1 August 2022.

AGU Fall Meeting is the most influential event in the world dedicated to the advancement of Earth and space sciences. Every year, AGU Fall Meeting unites the Earth and space science community to share findings, connect like-minded scientists from around the world, and advance our profession and shared passion for the impact of science.

AGU Fall Meeting 2022 will be held in Chicago and online everywhere 12 - 16 December 2022. More than 25,000 attendees from more than 100 countries will convene to explore how Science Leads the Future. The organizers will welcome a diverse community of scientists, students, journalists, policymakers, educators, and organizations who are working toward a world where scientific discovery leads to scientific solutions, and where our global collaborations and partnerships can carry us into a sustainable future.

The abstract submission deadline is 3 August (23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT).

The 17th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC) will be a hybrid meeting – it will be held online as well as in-person at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The WAMC brings together those with common interests in Antarctic meteorology, climate, forecasting and related disciplines.

This meeting is being held just before the American Meteorological Society Madison Collective Meeting which includes the Polar Meteorology and Oceanography meeting. Synergies between the two events are strongly encouraged. The 17th WAMC two-day event will focus on weather forecasting, numerical weather prediction, operational/logistical interests, and observational network reports. Contributions from around the world are welcome on these topics.

Important Dates

• Friday, July 15: Registration and short abstract submission deadline
• Friday, July 22: Extended abstract submission deadline

Please join PolarTREC for a PolarConnect event with teacher Rebecca Siegel from Alaska! Rebecca is aboard the Norseman II and working on the Harmful Algal Blooms in Arctic Waters project. The event will last for one hour with a Q&A session at the end. This event is free and easy to join!

The organizers invite the ice-core and climate research community to join a 3-day symposium from 29-31 August 2022 in Copenhagen, hosted by the Ice and Climate Research Group at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen.

Willi Dansgaard (1922 – 2011) was a pioneer of isotope glaciology and ice-core-based climate research. The climate agenda makes his research contributions more relevant today than ever, and ice cores remain pivotal for understanding the climate system.

The symposium consists of two parts:

• A scientific symposium on Monday and Wednesday in the classic conference style with scientific presentations by both invited keynote speakers and participants selected based on submitted abstracts. The organizers particularly welcome contributions within Willi Dansgaard's work areas: climate reconstructions by isotope measurements, ice-flow modelling and dating, and the study of abrupt climate change.
• A symposium with dual focus on Willi Dansgaard’s life and work, and highlights of recent climate research takes up the Tuesday, Willi Dansgaard’s birthday. In the afternoon, the organizers will conclude with a formal celebration session with invited participants from the Royal Family, the Danish and Greenlandic political system, university leadership, research foundations, and Willi Dansgaard’s family, friends, and colleagues, followed by a reception and dinner.

Registration and abstract deadline: 5 August 2022.

The School of Ice is an NSF-funded professional development program for faculty at Minority Serving Institutions. This program will train participants to understand paleoclimate evidence derived from ice cores and acquire the skills necessary to bring this exciting inquiry into new and existing Earth and environmental science classes on their campuses. The experiential nature of this workshop will build background knowledge of cutting-edge research and empower participants to communicate authentic paleoclimate research practices, ice core data, and results to their students.

There will be two opportunities to attend the School of Ice this summer. Besides thinking about the dates, the organizers would like you to reduce your carbon footprint by considering the one closer to you geographically. In both, you will interact with experts currently working in climate and ice science research, take interesting field trips, and engage in hands-on learning experiences you can use with your students. Travel expenses are paid, and all resources are provided freely to workshop participants.

Registration is open now. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by the due date but accepted on a rolling basis until the workshop is filled. Note: there is usually a waiting list to attend, so apply early!

School of Ice – Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Date: June 26-30, 2022
Applications Due: March 11, 2022

School of Ice – COLDEX - Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Date: August 6-12, 2022
Applications Due: April 14, 2022

The 17th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Polar Meteorology
and Oceanography Committee, will be held at the Monona Terrace in Madison, WI. The conference will be held jointly with the AMS 25th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, and the AMS 16 the Conference on Cloud Physics/16th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation as part of the Collective Madison Meeting.

Papers are solicited for sessions that cover a wide range of topics on polar meteorology and oceanography. *A list and detailed description of sessions can be found at the following abstract submission link for the 17th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography.

The abstract submission deadline is 14 April 2022. The abstract submission fee of $95 USD is charged at the time of submission and refundable only if the abstract is not accepted. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified via email by mid-May 2022.

Submissions by students, early-career scientists, and underrepresented groups will be prioritized, and limited funds in the form of registration fee waivers or travel grants are available to support participation and further details will be available when abstract acceptance notifications are sent.

Join the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy (ACCAP) for an overview of the Bering Science publication, featuring speakers on crab, salmon, seabirds and climate in the Bering Sea. The Bering Science publication is a collaboration between the Alaska Ocean Observing System and the International Arctic Research Center. The publication shares observations and research that is happening in and around the region. This year’s report focused on six topics identified by our Community Advisory Panel – salmon, walrus, crab, halibut, seabirds and climate.

Please register to attend.

Join ecologist Kim Bernard and her team live from Palmer Station, Antarctica for World Krill Day! In this live Zoom event, learn how researchers study krill, small crustaceans that play an important role in the marine food web, and why these tiny critters are so important to the health of the ocean. You can submit questions or topics ahead of time that you would like the presenters to address during the webinar. All are welcome!

The NNA Community Office, in concert with NSF and the NNA Advisory Boards, will organize the 2022 NNA Annual Community Meeting from 15-17 November 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted by Alaska Pacific University.

The meeting will include in-person, hybrid, and virtual sessions and events. The meeting is for NNA researchers, research partners, Indigenous community and organization representatives, decision-makers, and others who have an interest in the NNA initiative.

Registration will open in August.

The organizers invite session and workshop proposals from across the NNA community (NNA-funded and prospective researchers, research partners, Indigenous community and organization representatives, etc.) to complement these themes or other priorities that align with the NNA initiative. More information about the annual meeting, these themes, and how to submit a session or workshop proposal is provided on our website.

The deadline for session proposals is August 12, 2022.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Workshop will take place September 26–29, 2022 in Estes Park, Colorado.

The conference will kick off with an informal dinner on Monday 9/26, and the formal science agenda will conclude by lunch on Thursday 9/29, with an optional Thursday afternoon workshop. More details about the 2022 workshop will be available in the coming months! Sponsored by the NSF and NASA, the workshop will focus on marine ice-sheet and adjacent earth systems, with particular emphasis on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Please contact the Organizing Committee if you have any questions or concerns regarding the WAIS Workshop.

Deadlines

The deadline for Abstract Submission is August 12 at 5:00 PM PDT (UTC-7). Abstract submission is separate from the registration process.

Early-career travel support request deadline is also August 12. There are limited funds to support air or ground travel to the meeting as well as registration fees (including lodging). Please submit your application or early-career travel support.

Registration deadline is August 26 at 5 PM PDT, but the workshop has reached capacity before this deadline in the past, so register early!

The Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) is hosting a photo contest to showcase the beauty of the Arctic and its peoples, along with all the remarkable work that goes into NNA research.

The NNA-CO invites your photos of fieldwork, research stations and sites, communities and life in the Arctic (with permissions), wildlife, natural landscapes, and cultural landscapes. Though, all ideas are welcome! There will be prizes for the top three photo submissions, as well as for seven honorable mentions. The NNA-CO plans to use the submitted photos for outreach, engagement, and communications about NNA.

Extended submission deadline: Sunday, 14 August 2022.

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) is opening the PSECCO Conference Travel Grant Program to US-based polar early career scientists and educators who are in need of funding to attend an international or domestic conference at which they intend to present polar science-related content. Travel funding grants aim to support polar early career scientists and educators with demonstrated financial need.

The deadline by which to apply is August 14, 2022 at 11.59pm MT.

To be eligible for funding applicants must:

• Be an early career scientist ranging anywhere from an undergraduate student to seven years or less since your last terminal degree OR be a currently practicing educator
• Be based in the United States and affiliated with a US-based institution
• Do research/science focused on or related to polar regions or educate about the polar regions
• Have demonstrated financial need

PSECCO is committed to supporting and creating opportunities for those from backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences, people from groups historically excluded from the polar sciences are encouraged to apply.

Expectations for applicants related to attending the conference include that each PSECCO-funded grantee must:

• Give a presentation at the conference (poster or oral)
• Organize a PSECCO social meet-up event for polar early career scientists and educators at the conference
• Submit a report to PSECCO (psecco [at] colorado.edu) within two months of the conclusion of the conference, which includes: a 500-word written reflection on what you got out of attending the conference and at least two photographs of you at the event that can be shared on the PSECCO website and media outlets

If you have any questions or need clarification about anything related to the PSECCO Conference Travel Grant Program, please email psecco [at] colorado.edu

The workshop will take a hybrid form consisting of a global virtual event and a number of regional “satellite” events that are either in-person or virtual.

OceanHackWeek (OHW) is a 5-day collaborative learning experience aimed at exploring, creating and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for large and complex oceanographic data. It includes tutorials, data exploration, software development, collaborative projects and community networking. Its objectives are to:

• Promote data and software proficiency in ocean scientists: Provide participants with computational and data science skills that can advance oceanography research, which often requires the integration and manipulation of diverse sources of data and models.
• Facilitate inclusive community building: Connect oceanographers across disciplines and career stages and cultivate an open science and a sharing culture.

Application deadline: 1 June 2022. Accepted applicants will be notified no later than 18 June 2022.

The U.S. Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) is supporting development of four Convergence Working Groups to address collaboratively issues of critical importance to NNA projects and Arctic communities. Each group will work together under a broad theme, with the working group members together determining a more focused set of activities and group outcomes. Before beginning the process of developing team co-leads and participants, the NNA-CO is seeking community input on the themes that might become Convergence Working Group focus areas.

The NNA-CO is collecting comments from all interested parties (e.g., Arctic community members, researchers, partners, etc.). These comments will be reviewed and a list of eight themes will be evolved for presentation to the broad NNA community before and at the Annual NNA Community Meeting (Nov. 15-17). At that time, the NNA-CO will open up the nomination/application process for those interested in co-leading a Convergence Working Group. Nominees/applicants will indicate their theme(s) of interest. Working group co-leads and Convergence Working Groups Themes will be finalized during winter 2022/23.

Comment form is open through August 15, 2022.

Intelligent Systems and GEOsciences (IS-GEO) and iHARP (National Science Foundation HDR Institute for Harnessing Data and Model Revolution in the Polar Regions) invite registration for a virtual workshop on model-based reasoning for closer collaboration between polar scientists and data scientists and beyond. This virtual workshop will take place online.

This workshop will provide methods that engage researchers across disciplines to explore how data and models can inform artificial intelligence (AI). Hands-on activities will support the development of conceptual models and participatory modeling implementation using data across applications in polar regions, hydrologic models, hazards planning, and climate change impacts on communities, as well as other topics salient to workshop participants. A mini-hackthon will be hosted during the latter half of the workshop allowing geosciences, cognitive sciences, data science, and advanced intelligent systems to form mixed teams and then pitch, develop, and present results from ad hoc project ideas created during this event.

Workshop sessions and topics will include:

• How to bridge across disciplines for convergent research
• Data science skills for spatiotemporal data modeling
• Best practices for cyberinfrastructure design
• High resolution image processing and analysis
• Ontological descriptions of common tools used in earth sciences and data science
• Sharing pedagogical resources that can be used in the classroom
• Earth systems modeling of Antarctic ice sheets
• Lightning talks from fellow participants

The Alaska Marine Policy Forum, sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant and Alaska Ocean Observing System, is held every other month with participants across the state interested in marine policy in Alaska. Hear the latest about state and federal marine funding, legislation and policy issues.