Past Events

Join the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 for a unique event that combines the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) XI, UArctic Congress 2024, and High North Dialogue 2024.

The congress takes in Bodø, Norway from 29 May to 3 June 2024, hosted by Nordland Research Institute and NORD University. Bringing three conferences together in Bodø – one of the 2024 European Cultural Capitals - will be an extraordinary showcase of Arctic cooperation.

The congress includes high-level plenary sessions, several parallel sessions, network activities, and social and cultural events. It is an excellent opportunity for researchers, policymakers, businesses, and students to exchange knowledge and meet and connect across the Arctic. IASSA and UArctic will also hold their General Assemblies.

Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 takes place on Sami land. The congress’ logo honours the local cultures and we welcome you to Bodø in Lule Sami, Pite Sami, Norwegian and English.

Themes and Sessions

The themes of Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 will follow those of Norway’s Arctic Council chairship priorities in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Norway’s chairship of the Arctic Council focus on several core issues , including the impacts of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to enhance the well-being of people living in the region. Looking to the future, Arctic Youth and Arctic Indigenous peoples, cross-cutting priorities of the Norwegian chairship, will also be overarching themes at Arctic Congress Bodø 2024.

The main themes are (taken from the Norway’s Arctic Council chairship priorities):

1. Oceans
2. Climate and the environment
3. Sustainable economic developments
4. People of the North
5. Other

Organizers welcome proposals for sessions. Sessions must be submitted under either the main themes or sub themes. In addition, topics which are not covered by the proposed themes should be submitted in the theme “Other”. All sessions are encouraged to include youth, local and Indigenous people as speakers or discussants, and sessions should be transdisciplinary when possible. The language of the proposed sessions and the Congress is English.

The deadline for session proposals is 15 June 2023.

The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with a location in the high Arctic and easy accessibility, represents a unique platform for high quality international research and education.

Svalbard Science Conference focuses on achieving excellent science through cooperation, enhancing cooperation and quality within Svalbard research, building and strengthening interdisciplinary and international networks and consolidating Svalbard as an attractive platform for Arctic research.

The conference will be held at Scandic Fornebu, Oslo, Norway 31 October - 1 November 2023.

Organizers now invite researchers, research managers, and stakeholders to the fourth Svalbard Science Conference. The organizing committee for SSC2023 will be The Research Council of Norway, The Norwegian Polar Institute, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and Svalbard Science Forum.

There will be talks from invited keynotes and organizers invite participants to take an active role through presentations, poster sessions and group discussions.

Important Dates

• Registration to the conference is now open.
• Call for papers and abstract submission deadline is 15 June 2023.

The next UK Arctic Science Conference will be hosted by the British Antarctic Survey with support from the NERC Arctic Office in Cambridge, United Kingdom, 11-13 September 2023.

The in-person event will be hosted at the BAS Aurora Innovation Centre in Cambridge. The conference will be hosted in a simple hybrid format over Zoom.

The call for sessions is now open and organizers invite proposals to be submitted.

Important Dates:

• 16 January: Call for sessions closing
• 20 February: Call for abstracts and conference registration to open
• 16 June: Call for abstracts extended deadline
• 25 August: Conference registration closing

The organizers of the 6th European Conference On Permafrost are pleased to welcome you at the beginning of the summer 2023 in Puigcerdà, at the heart of the Eastern Pyrenees for three exciting days of plenary lectures, oral presentations and posters, combined with several local field trips across the eastern Pyrenees (Cerdanya, Núria, Andorra, etc). Two 3-day-long regional field trips across the Pyrenees will be organized before and at the end of the conference.

The organizing committee is fully committed to organizing an on-site conference to have the possibility to meet in-person, although they are also considering a hybrid format including online attendance depending on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Important dates

• The call for session proposals extended to 8 May 2022
• Abstract submission extended deadline is 5 February 2023
• Decision on abstracts (orals/posters) is 24 March 2023
• Early bird registration until 30 March 2023

Organizers are pleased to invite you to the 36th Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP 2023). The meeting will be in-person only and will be held at the Stalheim Hotel, a scenic two hours bus ride from Bergen.

Registration is now open – it will close 6 March 2023 (or when the meeting has reached full capacity). There is limited space. First come, first served.

The FRISP meeting is an opportunity for scientists working on ice shelf processes to meet in an informal setting and to exchange ideas, results and field plans. Presentations of research on all aspects of ice shelves and their interaction with the ocean, atmosphere, and ice sheet are welcome. Presentations are encouraged, but we also welcome participants without presentation.

Abstract submission will open once the registration is closed.

In an effort to address key capability gaps, the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) has established a Wildland Fire Program focused on impactful service delivery. NESDIS Wildland Fire Program projects, aimed at addressing critical active fire capability gaps, are underway, with product and service demonstrations expected to begin by July 2023. The improved products are generated using the Next Generation Fire System (NGFS), which consists of a sensor agnostic (applicable to geostationary or low earth orbit satellites) active fire algorithm and higher order capabilities, including alerting, incident situational awareness tools that are highly tolerant of cloud cover, and an event-based data model that combines time-resolved satellite fire detections with complementary geospatial data layers. Terrain corrected GOES-R ABI imagery and fire detections have also been developed. In addition, a lightning prediction model, customized for incident management, is under development. With Alaska wildland fire applications in mind, this presentation will introduce the NESDIS Wildland Fire Program, highlight product development and demonstration activities, and facilitate continued dialogue with stakeholders.

Please register to attend.

Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for July 2023 and the summer season. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.
Please register to attend.

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are an important component of the hydrological cycle and have been increasingly recognized as critical to Antarctic meteorology and climatology. Since just 2014, atmospheric rivers have been identified as a sub-tropical link to the Antarctic continent and create extreme atmospheric conditions that are largely consequential to surface melt, snowfall, and ice-shelf stability.

The goals of this workshop include reviewing the current state of knowledge, identifying research gaps and emerging science, as well as actively beginning a review paper. Specific science categories include tools, dynamics, impacts, energy and moisture budgets, climate change and variability, and cross polar themes.

This will be a hybrid workshop with both in-person and online participation. The workshop will be a mix of oral presentations, thematic discussion periods, workshopping projects, and an excursion in and around the Rocky Mountains for in-person participants.

Please register to attend. Abstracts are due Friday, 19 May 2023.

ARCUS invites registration for the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Alec Bennett, University of Alaska Fairbanks, titled "Arctic Sea Ice Decline and Geoengineering Solutions: Cascading Security and Ethical Considerations". The seminar will be held via Zoom.

Registration is required for this event. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to registrants prior to the event.

Seminar Abstract

Climate change poses sufficient risk for nation-states and residents throughout the Arctic to warrant potentially radical geoengineering solutions. Current geoengineering solutions are in the early stages of testing and development. Due to the scale of deployments necessary to enact substantial change, and their preliminary nature, these methods are likely to result in unforeseen consequences. The Arctic is an area that is experiencing rapid change, increased development, and exploratory interest, and proposed solutions have the potential to produce new risks to both natural and human systems. This talk explores potential security and ethical considerations of geoengineering solutions in the Arctic and the need for proactive and preemptive frameworks at the international level, while leveraging unique structures already present in Arctic governance.

Speaker Bio

Alec Bennett is a faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he teaches Climate Security coursework in the College of Business and Security Management, focusing on a mixture of computational and socio-political approaches to security. Alec is co-affiliated with the International Arctic Research Center, where he works on interdisciplinary research exploring the intersection between computational modeling, climate-driven extreme events, and security, from a range of perspectives. He is also a member of the Center for Arctic Security & Resilience, and helps to develop tools and frameworks toward translating Arctic research into actionable mechanisms for communities and organizations trying to plan for an uncertain future in the Arctic.

The first Arctic Shorebird Festival is happening this summer in Utqiagvik, Alaska, and everyone is invited!

As part of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Directorate Fellows Program initiative, they are collaborating with various organizations, including Audubon, Alaska, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to bring you an educational and fun (and free!) shorebird-centered experience.

The festival is tentatively scheduled for June 29th and 30th at the Utqiagvik Inupiat Heritage Center. Organizers have a Facebook page for updates. There will be a range of activities, including educational games and activities for kids of all ages, bird tours for birders of all levels, an artist workshop, and speakers from all over sharing their knowledge on shorebird and avian science and cultural importance.

Organizers are working with Alaska Airlines to provide discounted airfare for festival-goers. Please help spread the word about this opportunity, as the more people we reach, the more successful and memorable this experience will be for the community.

The International Glaciological Society will hold an International Symposium on the Edges of Glaciology at the University of Limerick in the west of Ireland. This will be an in-person conference.

The edges of glaciology are most obviously those parts of the study of ice and ice masses which involve boundaries: grain boundaries, ice cores, the glacier bed, the glacier surface, shear margins, crevasses, calving. But these and other subjects also sometimes involve philosophical edges, where different presumptions and practices can lead to controversy: for example, theories of drumlin formation or till deformation. And, yet again, there are territorial edges, where glaciology lies at the interface with other disciplines, as for example in ice-shelf–ocean interactions, rheology of granular materials, firn sintering and compaction. The aim of the symposium is to explore and encourage discussion of all such edges. In keeping with this aim, we hope to include some open problem-solving sessions, and will also recover the longlost final open discussion.

Sessions and Topics

Oral and poster presentations will be held on three and a half days. There will be ample opportunity for poster displays. There will be at least one ‘open problem’ session and a final open discussion. The suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Subglacial processes
2. Supraglacial processes
3. Snow, firn and ice at the grain scale
4. Calving and crevassing

Participants wishing to present a paper (oral or poster) at the Symposium will be required to submit an abstract by 1 March 2023.

The Ross Sea has been the site of extensive investigations since the earliest days of polar exploration. Three Ross Sea conferences were held in Italy in the 1990s and early 2000, providing an overview of the regional state of the art. While many features of its oceanography, ecology, physics, glaciology, geology, and biogeochemistry are known, recent advances provide new insights into its structure and function, as well as its importance on global scales.

This international symposium aims to resume the traditional meeting of the scientific community studying the Ross Sea and to provide a venue for recent advances from models, observations, experiments, remote sensing and other means. It also is intended to assess information regarding climate variability and change, as well as the key mechanisms and interactions that regulate processes on a variety of spatio-temporal scales.

The organizers welcome any contribution that enriches the scientific knowledge of the Ross Sea and the understanding of the occurring multidisciplinary processes.

The meeting will be held at University of Naples "Parthenope".

Deadlines

• The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 15 February 2023.
• Early registration begins 28 May 2023.
• Online Registration deadline is 25 June 2023.

The third Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) training workshop will be an opportunity to develop your modelling skills in microwave scattering of snow and for this workshop, particularly snow on sea ice. The workshop will be a mixture of lectures and tutorials and is suitable for all career levels and a range of experience with SMRT / python / microwave modelling from novice to expert! The workshop will cover the following topics, plus others:

• Snow microstructure
• Electromagnetic Theory
• Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation (passive, active and altimetry)
• Sea ice (and lake ice)
• One-slide lightning talks from participants

The workshop is free to attend and there are 27 places available.

Important dates

• 14 April 2023: Application deadline
• 28 April 2023: Participants informed of application outcome

The next International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly will take place at the Messe Berlin – City Cube in Berlin, Germany. The assembly will include IACS symposia and joint symposia with other IUGG Associations. IACS will have an open plenary meeting for its members and correspondents.

This is a special opportunity for participants from around the world to come together and share their science and culture. Join the IUGG) General Assembly for a host of scientific activities, including special public lectures, keynote Union lectures, and a wide variety of themed sessions.

Important Dates

• Abstracts must be submitted via the online submission system by the extended deadline of 21 February 2023.
• Abstract/grant acceptance sent to participants 7 March 2023.
• Early-bird registration closes 28 April 2023.

In this FREE teacher workshop, you’ll hear from MOSAiC scientists and the curriculum developers as they lead you through "A Changing Arctic Ecosystem", a MS/HS curriculum tied to NGSS Life Science standards in which students trace the flow of carbon through the Arctic food web to predict how declining sea ice might impact the Arctic food web. Engage with 360° virtual expeditions, authentic Arctic datasets, ArcGIS Storymaps, and more in this 2-day online teacher workshop.

This workshop is for Middle and High School Science Teachers.

This interactive workshop will be conducted virtually via Zoom. Please register to attend.

What is NSF’s Office of Polar Programs (also known as OPP)? How do you make your polar science proposal as NSF-savvy as possible? How do you best describe your broader impacts? What is cutting edge in data management? How do you identify the best program for application? How do you access available education and outreach funds? Where do you even start finding funding opportunities?

Learn answers to these questions when you meet in small groups with Program Officers. Learn what they are looking for, how to ask the right questions, give the right answers, and get funded! This workshop will include a presentation about NSF and the Office of Polar Programs (45 min) and breakout rooms for small group discussions with different OPP program officers (45 min). The workshop is aimed at early-career to mid-career participants, especially graduate students, post-docs, researchers, and tenure-track faculty thinking about applying for NSF/OPP funding for the first time.

The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) is the flagship conference of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). It is aimed at providing a platform for sharing knowledge and experience on recent developments and advancements in geoscience and remote sensing technologies, particularly in the context of earth observation, disaster monitoring and risk assessment.

The IEEE GRSS and the IGARSS 2023 Organizing Committee invite you to the 43rd annual IGARSS symposium to be held in person at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Key Dates

• Community Contributed Session Proposal Deadline: 18 October 2022
• Abstract Submission System On-Line: 18 November 2022
• Tutorial Proposal Deadline: 14 November 2022
• Abstract Submission Extended Deadline: 20 January 2023

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP), Arctic Sciences Section, has recently updated the solicitation for Arctic Research Opportunities. NSF invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to the Arctic Sciences Section in the OPP within the Geosciences Directorate, to conduct research about the Arctic region.

The goal of this solicitation is to attract research proposals that advance a fundamental, process, and/or systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment, and social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change.

The Arctic Sciences Section supports research focused on the Arctic region and its connectivity with lower latitudes. The scientific scope is aligned with, but not limited to, research priorities outlined in the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) five-year plan.

The Arctic Sciences Section coordinates with programs across NSF and with other federal and international partners to co-review and co-fund Arctic-related proposals as appropriate. The Arctic Sciences Section also maintains Arctic logistical infrastructure and field support capabilities that are available to enable research.

17 July 2023 - Target date. 15 July, Annually Thereafter.

Human-induced climate changes already affect every inhabited region across the globe, with potentially dire consequences for many ecosystems and human communities. Under current emissions trajectories, global surface temperatures will continue to rise. With further warming of the Earth system, every region is projected to experience increasingly concurrent climate extremes, associated with clear impact drivers. Limiting warming to levels that avoid extreme risk requires immediate and substantial reductions of greenhouse emissions, as well as the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. While emissions-reduction approaches are the primary component for addressing this challenge, negative emissions strategies will be essential for keeping global temperatures at or below target levels. Many of these techniques are promising in theory, and have garnered significant attention from venture capital, private companies, and large NGOs interested in offsetting their carbon footprints. This in turn has led to the development of new legislation targeted at developing a US strategy for carbon removal. Despite this emerging interest, all carbon dioxide removal of these techniques are currently in their infancy and require additional research to evaluate their effectiveness and scalability and explore potential co-benefits and environmental risk, as outlined by a recent consensus study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics. In this talk, Jessica Cross will profile marine carbon dioxide removal techniques that are relevant for Alaska and provide an opportunity for discussion.

Please register to attend.

The PSECCO Conversation Series provides an informal 1-hour discussion space for a small group of early career scientists to explore a topic of interest with a more experienced researcher with considerable success in the topic area. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to steer the conversation by submitting topic-related questions with registration. The host will entertain questions related to the session, so come prepared to have an active discussion.

Education, Outreach, and Exploring Broader Impacts

Anne Gold focuses on science education for educators, students, communities and the public around climate, water, polar regions and geosciences in general. She is interested in understanding and studying effective ways of teaching and learning and is dedicated to grounding her education work in solid research and evaluation. She is passionate about building local partnerships with diverse communities. Anne has led dozens of NSF, NOAA and NASA-funded education projects and leads a vibrant group of 24 outreach and education professionals in developing engaging and meaningful educational opportunities for all learners.

Please register to attend. Registration will open in June.