Past Events

The EMS2022 (European Meteorological Society) is planned to be held as an in-person meeting at the Poppelsdorf Campus of the University of Bonn. The conference will have an online component. For onsite participation the organizers will follow the then-valid regulations on travelling and access to large events.

The challenges and opportunities for meteorological science and services are growing continuously: climate change and more frequent extreme weather events with high socio-economic impact pose growing threats. However, new opportunities emerge from increasing computer and telecommunication resources, artificial intelligence, new observing systems and technologies as well as a broader awareness of the potential of meteorological science and applications across diverse communities, from meteorological research organisations and companies to society and stakeholders.

Abstract submission deadline is 26 April 2022.

Update: Because the Omicron variant is spreading over the world at an explosive pace, the organizers cannot judge whether they can hold an onsite conference on Sept. 2022. Although a purely-online conference can be one possible option, the scientific committee members determined a one-year postponement of the conference.

The 15th International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice (PCI-2022) will be held in Sapporo, Japan. The organizers are also planning to accept online participation. The organizers cordially invite you to enjoy active and fruitful discussions in all fields related with physics and chemistry of Ice.

This conference will cover a wide range of topics related to physical, chemical, biological, geological, and environmental aspects of ice. The topics will range from fundamental to applied research, and will include laboratory, field, modelling, and computational work. The organizers expect to have interdisciplinary discussions of ice. Session topics include:

• Surfaces and interfaces of ice
• Mechanical, dielectric, and optical properties of ice
• Ice phases, amorphous ice and glass transition
• Ice and life
• Reactions on/in ice
• Ice and snow in the cryosphere
• Ice in space
• Clathrate hydrates
• Computational science of ice
• Others

English is the official language of this conference.

The Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites registration for a training course on artificial intelligence (AI) in Svalbard. This week-long course will take place in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.

The course is intended for scientists, Masters/PhD students, engineers, and technicians with no or modest experience with AI and machine learning in their research. Basic knowledge of programming languages (python) is preferable.

This training course will consist of four components: lightning talks by speakers from the AI field, lecture series and hands-on sessions by AI experts, field excursions, and mini-project development after the training course.

There is no cost for registration, but participants are expected to cover their own accommodation, travel, and associated costs.

Registration deadline: 15 May 2022.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University is hosting the 2022 edition of the British Society for Geomorphology’s Annual Meeting. The conference will follow the well-established format of oral and poster presentations, spread over three days, on a wide variety of geomorphological and geomorphology-related topics. Registration and accommodation costs have been kept to a minimum to promote participation, especially for postgraduate and other early career researchers.

Important Dates

• Call for abstracts and registration now open
• Abstract submission deadline: Friday 15 July 2022
• Notification of acceptance: end of July 2022 (latest)
• Registration closes: Tuesday 23 August 2022

Organizers invite abstracts and registration for the 2023 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Seminar on Polar Marine Science. This conference, with the theme of Integrating Ocean Physics and Biogeochemistry to Assess Polar Ecosystem Sensitivity to Rapid Change, will take place 5-10 March 2023 in Ventura, California.

This GRC on Polar Marine Science will highlight recent advances in the understanding of physical-chemical-biological linkages and feedback processes across coupled ocean-cryosphere-atmosphere-ecosystems of the Arctic and Southern oceans. Special emphasis will be given to understand impacts on polar marine species, food webs, and habitats. Sessions will highlight recent advance in polar climate change detection and attribution, impacts of multiple stressors on biota, changes in habitat distribution, integrated approaches to collect multi-disciplinary observations, and novel methods to analyze and link long-term time-series data with conceptual and numerical models.

The conference will consist of both talks and posters. One-minute oral summaries of posters will allow presenters to address the entire group, promoting enhanced interactions, in-depth discussions, and brainstorming. A GRC "Power Hour" will be held to help address the challenges women face in polar science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.

A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will be held on the weekend prior to the GRC. The GRS will provide a forum for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to present their work in a peer-to-peer setting. The participants will discuss cutting-edge aspects of their research, and have the opportunity to build collaborative relationships with other early career researchers as well as with established scientists and mentors.

The seminar will focus on the spatial and temporal variability of processes (and specific methodology applied) occurring in the polar oceans, with a particular emphasis on interfaces. The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and two poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

Abstract submission deadline: 5 September 2022.

Registration deadline: 4 February 2023.

The Challenger Society Conference 2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the Challenger expedition and celebrates the birth of international and interdisciplinary oceanography.

On 7th December 1872, the HMS Challenger departed the Royal Navy Dockyard at Sheerness on the River Medway in Kent, England, on a four-year global scientific expedition across the world’s oceans. It was the first truly interdisciplinary grand scientific project, international in scope and involving the study of the physics, chemistry, biology and geology of the global ocean.

The UK Challenger Society and the Challenger Conferences are named after this expedition and exist to bring together UK marine scientists and international colleagues to discuss the latest science and inspire new generations of ocean researchers.

Challenger 150 will be the opportunity to take stock of where we have come in our science, the way we do oceanography, and an opportunity to discuss, imagine and design the future of open, international, collaborative, inclusive and diverse marine science.

The conference will include plenary sessions covering the very latest research in oceanography and a wide variety of special science sessions covering the physical, biological and chemical oceanography, marine conservation and biodiversity and marine geology and geophysics.

Important Dates

• Early bird registration closes 1 May 2022
• Abstract submission deadline extended to 8 June 2022
• Registration closes 1 July 2022

The Oxford University Polar Forum are inviting researchers of all disciplines, people from local and Indigenous Arctic communities, policymakers, funders of research, and all other stakeholders to contribute towards the Horizon Scan by participating in an secure online survey, which asks respondents to name one or more priorities for Arctic research in the next decade. Organizers welcome submissions about local-scale as well as large-scale issues; well-known topics and under-appreciated ones; urgent concerns as well as more distant ones; and topics concerning the environment, ecosystems, geology, industry, politics, language, culture, weather, and climate.

Workshop organizers will condense the online submissions into a categorized set of research priorities for the next decade. Based in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the workshop will invite participation from researchers, Arctic stakeholders, and Indigenous rights holders.

The Horizon Scan will build towards a peer-reviewed written report summarizing the findings of the workshop and online survey. This will be an agenda-setting document useful to researchers, funders of research, policymakers, and other Arctic stakeholders and rightsholders. Through participation in the Horizon Scan, organizers also hope that new cross-disciplinary connections and partnerships will be made, and that different forms of knowledge (e.g., scientific and traditional) will be brought together.

Deadline to submit input: 23 August 2022.

The U.S. Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) announces their call for applications for the 2022-2023 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and execute activities of interest and beneficial to Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) members in the U.S. These activities can include anything you're passionate about—relevant to polar early career researchers—from organizing social events or panel discussions at meetings to running a remotely-hosted AMA (‘Ask-Me-Anything’) session or organizing a webinar.

USAPECS' activities in 2021/22 included:

• Updating and increasing their focus on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) initiatives
• Organizing a blog series focusing on ‘Becoming a Polar Scientist’
• Creating early career newsletters in collaboration with the IARPC Early Career Forum
• Participating in International Polar Week activities including an AMA on reddit
• Sharing research and other opportunities on their Twitter account

Task groups USAPECS hopes to run in 2022/23 include:

• AGU Events
• Social media
• Blog
• Webinars
• Website maintenance
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA)
• IARPC Collaboration on the Early Career Forum

Applications are due September 7th. USAPECS will have an online meeting to welcome new members mid-September.

The Sentinel North 2022 Scientific Meeting will be held from 25-27 October 2022 at the Quebec City Convention Centre.

The Sentinel North 2022 Scientific Meeting will showcase a variety of impactful results in northern research. Submit your abstract now to share your work with your peers from other disciplines and contribute to the emergence of innovative ways of doing interdisciplinary research at Université Laval.

All of Université Laval's research community and its partners (students, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, research professionals and collaborators, funded or not by Sentinel North) are welcome to submit an abstract. Four options are proposed : oral presentation (10 minutes + questions), oral presentation and poster, blitz presentation (3 minutes without questions) and poster, poster only.

Abstracts proposals must be submitted by September 7, 2022.

The IMC2022 will take place from September 11 – 15 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria. IMC2022 builds upon the previous mountain conferences and aims to continue this scientific conference series exclusively targeted towards mountain-research. Hosted in the Alps, IMC2022 provides an excellent opportunity for experts from different disciplines to discuss mountain-related issues in a cross-disciplinary setting with flexible session formats. The key goals of the conference are to synthesize and enhance our understanding of mountain systems, in particular their response and resilience to global change.

Key Dates

• Call for Focus Sessions deadline: 19 November, 2021.
• Abstract deadline: 16 February, 2022.
• Registration deadline: 16 May, 2022.

SIOS Knowledge Centre and the SIOS Remote Sensing Working Group invites abstracts from the Svalbard science community working on applications using Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and Geoinformation (GI).

The organizers are pleased to announce this years' conference on Earth observation and Remote Sensing applications in Svalbard. The conference aims to:

• Promote the work of PhD students, postdocs, researchers, senior scientists, and academics who are actively contributing to the science of Svalbard
• Review the state-of-the-art EO and RS applications in Svalbard

Abstract submission extended deadline: 12 September 2022.

Registration will be free of charge.

We have left it too late to tackle climate change incrementally. It now requires transformational change, and a dramatic acceleration of progress.

Tipping Points will be a unique meeting that will:

• Improve warnings of the imminent risks of catastrophic climate tipping points
• Accelerate positive tipping points to avert the climate crisis

To achieve the meeting's ambitious goals this special conference at Exeter University’s Forum will be dynamic and interactive. It will use facilitated workshops to foster collaboration and action to continue beyond the event.

Standard registration will close on 8 August. Late registration opens on 9 August and closes on 21 August.

Key Themes

• Climate tipping points risks and how to manage them
• Interacting tipping points across climate, ecological and social systems
• Identifying positive tipping points across sectors and societies
• How to trigger positive tipping points

The Methane in a Changing Arctic International Conference will be hosted by the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.

This conference aims to bring together scientists working on all aspects of Arctic methane and its role in the global carbon cycle. It will provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussion and exchange of knowledge relating to our current understanding of these complex systems and their response to and impact on, the rapid environmental and climatic changes that characterise the Arctic.

Themes

The conference will address themes including the formation, storage, cycling, transport, release and budgets of methane through the Arctic geo-, hydro-, cryo- and atmosphere since the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and towards the future. There will be a strong emphasis on integration of these themes, and the organizers encourage all relevant contributions to the following topics:

• Methane in the geosphere: subsurface thermogenic, (a-)biogenic and methane stores and sinks
• Methane in the hydrosphere: methane processes and budgets in marine and lacustrine settings
• Methane in the cryosphere: methane dynamics in ice sheets and permafrost
• Methane in the atmosphere: methane source, sinks, and budget in the atmosphere
• Microbial cycling of methane: the role of microbes in methane budgets
• Past methane histories: past methane processes and budgets as analogues for future climate scenarios

Important Dates

• 4 July 2022: Abstract submission extended deadline.
• 14 August 2022: Registration deadline.

ArcticNet is planning on hosting an in-person event for its Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) from 5-8 December 2022 at the Beanfield Centrein Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A joint ACUNS/ArcticNet Student Day will be held on Monday, 5 December along with a series of side meetings, and the topical sessions and networking events will take place Tuesday through Thursday, 6-8 December.

The ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting brings together researchers from the natural, health, and social sciences to meet the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing Arctic region, shaped by climate change and modernization. This conference will push the boundaries of our collective understanding of the Arctic and strengthen our ability to address the Arctic issues of today and tomorrow.

As a hub for Arctic research in Canada, the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) brings together a broad range of research in and about the Arctic and northern regions of Canada and the world. The ASM advances our collective understanding of the Arctic and North, with an inclusive view of the Arctic spanning from Inuit Nunangat, across the Canadian territories, circumpolar Arctic regions, and more.

The deadline for abstract submission is 14 September 2022.

Join ACCAP for the 100th NWS Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing!

Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for October 2022. Learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

Please register to attend.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) invites applications for their Early Career Conference Funding Award. This award supports U.S.-based, early career researchers and students to participate in meetings and events relevant to Arctic research, since 2020.

Awards will support registration fees, session/abstract submission costs, travel, and other relevant expenses related to in-person conference attendance for one U.S.-based conference or event scheduled to take place during the period of 15 October 2022 – 1 April 2023. This award also aims to specifically increase participation of early career, underrepresented minorities (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; BIPOC) in Arctic research.

Preference will be given to:

1. BIPOC applicants;
2. New applicants to the ARCUS Early Career Conference Funding Award (previous awardees are eligible, however); and
3. Applicants who are new to Arctic research and/or have never had the opportunity to attend an Arctic-themed conference or meeting.

This award is for conference attendance and participation—submitting an abstract will be optional. Prior experience in Arctic research is not required. In the event of COVID-19 related travel complications, ARCUS will work with each awardee individually to accommodate necessary schedule or travel changes.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Applicants should be early-career, defined for this award as a student (undergraduate or graduate) or within six years of terminal degree
• U.S.-based (U.S. citizenship not required)
• Intended conference must be held in the U.S., have Arctic-relevant sessions/themes (of any discipline), and occur before 1 April 2023
• Eligible expenses include airfare, per diem, lodging, conference registration, abstract/session submission fees, and other relevant expenses upon approval, which will be either paid directly or reimbursed by ARCUS
• Awardees will complete a brief follow-up survey about their experience

Funding for these awards is made possible through the National Science Foundation’s Arctic Sciences Section (PLR #1928794).

Application deadline: Friday, 16 September 2022, 5:00 p.m. AKDT.

For questions, contact:
Lisa Sheffield Guy, ARCUS
Email: lisa at arcus.org

Hosted every three years, the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) All Scientists' Meeting is a rare opportunity for researchers from all 28 LTER sites to explore wide ranging research questions. The focus is on research conducted in and with the LTER Network, but the meeting is open to all interested participants.

Rather than the more typical 15-minute talks, the All-Scientists’ Meeting is structured around 90-minute workshop blocks, which can take many different forms. Often, a block will kick off with a few short talks followed by in-depth discussion. Other times, the entire block is focused on a training-type activity or a scoping or planning discussion for future activities or proposals.

LTER ASM Workshops can be great ways to float ideas for collaborative projects, receive feedback, and find collaborators. They can also be effective in bringing group problem-solving approaches to common challenges. There are many ways to contribute to the meeting program this year.

Update: Following the outbreak of COVID19, this event was postponed to 19 to 30 September 2022. (The original dates were 20 to 31 July 2020.)

This two-week workshop at the Isaac Newton Institute (INI) will build on the successful scientific programme SIP’17 with a similar title that took place at the INI from 21/08/2017 to 20/12/2017. This programme stimulated new areas of enquiry and consolidation of existing work that is continuing. The aims of the present workshop are to support these advances, to give an extra impulse to new research on the mathematics of sea ice, and to review the progress achieved after the SIP’17 programme. The continuing changes in the Earth’s polar sea-ice covers under global warming make advances in the mathematics of sea ice timelier than ever.

Recognizing this urgency and the need for succession planning, the follow-on workshop will include a Summer School for early career researchers with lectures on ice models, ice physics and research challenges. An Industrial Day and a half-day colloquium with the British Antarctic Survey are also planned. Topics of the talks and discussions during the proposed workshop will include but are not limited to:

• Large-scale ice models for offshore engineering and shipping, environmental or climate modelling
• Multi-scale ice modelling through several scales
• Quantification of uncertainties in ice modelling
• Parsimonious models of continuous and broken ice

This event will also be livestreamed using Zoom.

This workshop reaches out to observational, modelling, remote sensing and assimilation communities to gain a holistic overview of the role of fresh water and the future evolution at high latitudes. The organizers welcome both regional and global ocean communities. One focus will be the linkage of the regional hydrological cycle, from source to export, and the dynamical impact on global ocean circulation and climate. The discussion aims at making recommendations for critical model improvements to better represent the distribution of salinity and ice-ocean processes while assessing available, necessary and desirable observations. The exact topics for the breakout discussion groups will be decided after feedback from registered participants.

This workshop will focus on the following topics:

• Hydrological cycle
  ​- Ocean fresh water linkages to global circulation
• Regional sources and sinks
• Effects of solid and liquid fresh water on regional environment (e.g. ocean circulation and stratification)

The workshop will be in an online format. The workshop will include overview talks, discussion groups, and plenary wrap-up. The organizers will make extensive use of discussion rooms so everyone can participate in the discussions.

Registration deadline is 1 September 2022.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Earth Observation (EO) training course in collaboration with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

The training is designed to promote and disseminate EO data and information-based solutions focussing on Arctic Methane and Permafrost. The programme will provide theoretical information followed by practical exercises and will feature the use of Satellite data from different missions together with airborne and ground based data together with process modelling.

The course is intended for researchers, students, PhD students and young professionals who use EO technology within their research or work and want to improve their knowledge of remote sensing.

Main Topics

• Introduction to the ESA NASA Arctic Methane & Permafrost challenge - AMPAC
• Arctic ecosystem science
• SAR & optical data focusing on permafrost regions
• Active & passive remote sensing of the atmosphere
• Synthesing Remote sensing, modelling and in situ observations
• Arctic Process Modelling
• Science Communication

Important Dates

• Registrations: 10 June – 15 July 2022
• Application deadline: 15 July 2022