Past Events

The AGU Fall Meeting is the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences, attracting nearly 20,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and policy makers. This meeting showcases current scientific theory focused on discoveries that will benefit humanity and ensure a sustainable future for our planet.

For more information, please visit:
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/

The sixth Airships to the Arctic conference explores the forward and backward linkages of the emerging airship industry. The introduction of transport airship will require new locations for transshipment and generate economic opportunities that do not exist today. Just as these other modes of transport spawned an array of input suppliers, this conference examines the supply base of the airship industry. Construction of large transport airships will create the need for materials, engines, pilots, avionics and many other large and small input suppliers.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.airshipstothearctic.com/

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of California at Irvine announces the release of the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM, http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov), an ice sheet modeling software. To coincide with its release, the ISSM team is organizing a workshop at JPL in Pasadena, California on 12-13 December 2011, right after the AGU 2011 Fall Meeting.

The workshop will feature science talks centered on the capabilities of ISSM, such as inverse methods, higher-order modeling, and parallel computing; as well as classes and tutorials for beginners/users/power users and developers who are interested in learning modeling using ISSM. The goal of the workshop is to introduce potential users and/or developers to ISSM, and foster deeper integration of ice sheet modeling and observations within the cryospheric community.

The software was developed in the last 5 years with funding from JPL Research and Technology Development; the NASA Cryospheric and Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction (MAP) programs; and more recently the NSF Eager program. It will be released in the public domain under an open source license.

For more information or to register for the workshop, please go to:
http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov/issmworkshop2011/.

For questions, please email:
issm [at] jpl.nasa.gov.

This workshop will be held from 10-13 January 2012 at the Vital & Spa Resort Szarotka, Zieleniec, Poland. Participation is open to everyone interested in Arctic glaciology.

The purpose of this meeting is:

1. To present and discuss new results on observations and modelling of the dynmamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland ice sheet.
2. To plan and coordinate field work on Arctic glaciers with the aim of using the available infrastructure and logistics in the most efficient way.
3. To develop ideas for future projects and collaboration.

The program will be distributed in the second half of November 2011 and made available before the meeting.

Contributions are welcome in the form of oral presentations and/or posters. Three full days of talks and poster presentations are planned. Those intending to attend the meeting should submit abstracts no later than 2 December, 2011.

For planning purposes registration is recommended by 1 November, 2011.

For more information, please email:
krzysztof.migala [at] uni.wroc.pl

The Alaska Marine Science Symposium showcases ocean research in the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska. Plenary and poster sessions feature a broad spectrum of ocean science, including the fields of climate, oceanography, lower trophic levels, the benthos, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, local and traditional knowledge, and socioeconomic research. The symposium will also include keynote speakers, workshops, and special sessions.

Please note that the deadline is earlier than previous years. Late submittals will not be accepted. To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://ws.alaskamarinescience.org/ws/amss/abstract/.

Registration is free, and all attendees must register prior to 6 January 2012. Submitting an abstract will not register you for the symposium. To register, please go to:
http://ws.alaskamarinescience.org/ws/amss/register/.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 3 October 2011.
Registration deadline: 6 January 2012.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.alaskamarinescience.org/.

This international symposium brings together leading specialists of mountain cryosphere research giving a state of the art overview of recent findings and research strategies for the next decades. This includes glaciers and permafrost as well as combined hazard analyses. The results of this symposium will be published in a special issue of the journal Geografiska Annaler.

Inquiries can be sent to:
secretary.physicalgeography [at] geo.uzh.ch.

The conference will bring together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development, and will discuss the global energy outlook and assess the
potential of traditional and renewable energy resources in the North.

Arctic Frontiers is composed of a policy section and a scientific section. This call for papers addresses only the scientific section, scheduled 25-27 January 2012. Organizers welcome abstract submission for both oral and poster presentations to one of these four parallel science sessions:

• Arctic Geology, Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, and Gas Hydrates;
• Technological Development and Environmental challenges;
• Social, Political, and Economic Aspects of Energy Projects in the High North; and
• Renewable and Alternative Energy

For further information about the conference, including the complete call for papers and the abstract submission form, please go to:
http://www.arcticfrontiers.com.

Endorsed by the International Arctic Science Committee, this workshop is the first in a planned series of meetings that aim to collectively shape and coordinate initiatives for research that directly addresses the needs of stakeholders who are affected by change or who are addressing arctic environmental change. The long-term objective is to enable local people, the arctic nations and the wider global community, including the scientific community, to better respond to a changing Arctic. This workshop is a pre-IPY 2012 Conference event. It is intended to develop a science plan that will feed into and further evolve at the IPY 2012 Conference "From Knowledge to Action".

This meeting is co-sponsored by International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) and the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.

For more information and to register for the workshop, please visit:

http://www.queensu.ca/qieep/

Registration is now open for the Alpine Glaciology/Glaciologist Meeting (AGM) in Zürich, Switzerland. The meeting serves as informal exchange platform for researchers working on snow, glaciers and permafrost. Oral and poster presentations are welcome, and young researchers are especially encouraged to present their work in progress.

Deadline for registration is 19 January, 2012.
There is no registration fee.  Please register by email to luethi [at] vaw.baug.ethz.ch.

For more information, please visit:
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~glacier/agm2012/index.html

The Juneau Arctic Policy Forum will be hosted by the Institute of the North and will highlight the work done to develop and promote Alaska's role in Arctic decision-making. There will be presentations and discussion about the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Arctic Caucus and results from the Northern Waters Task Force. We also hope to include updates from the U.S. Coast Guard and the University of Alaska.

Moderated by Nils Andreassen, the program will feature:
* Sen. Lesil McGuire and Rep. Bob Herron - PNWER Arctic Caucus
* Rep. Reggie Joule - Northern Waters Task Force

We hope to be able to stream this for statewide viewing. Stay tuned for updates and additional speakers.

For more information, please visit:
https://www.institutenorth.org/calendar/events/juneau-arctic-policy-for…

The WRSA meeting includes a series of Remote Regions/Northern Development sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special interest in research on economic, social, political, and cultural issues in remote, sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and elsewhere. In the past, researchers from Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Greenland, Finland, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Israel, and Russia have presented papers in these sessions, which are in their thirtieth year.

For abstract submissions, please send or email a copy of your paper by Tuesday, 1 November 2011 to:

Lee Huskey
Dept. of Economics, College of Business and Public Policy
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Email: aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu

For further information, please contact:
Lee Huskey
Email: aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu

This meeting is sponsored by the British Geophysical Association/Royal Astronomical Society as the New Advances in Geophysics Meeting 2012.

Applied geophysics, together with more fundamental theoretical and forward and inverse modelling advances, has played a major role in the exploration of the world’s ice masses and their geological settings and sedimentological legacies for more than half a century. Geophysical techniques have also proven to be highly suited for the characterisation of the properties of and processes within permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, as well as those within snow and other frozen materials. Geophysical exploration, often qualitatively or quantitatively integrated with other geoscientific methods and findings, has thus resulted in many exciting discoveries and case studies.

We cordially invite contributions from all areas of geophysics and associated disciplines as applied or relevant to present-day ice masses, ice cores, frozen ground or snow. Likewise, we are keen to receive contributions on the application of geophysical and associated techniques to glacial materials and products to reconstruct past ice masses, dynamics, and hydrology.

Please submit your abstract via the submission site of the International Glaciological Society, which you can access from here by clicking on the link 'Abstract submission is now open':

http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2012/london/

Abstract Deadline: Friday, January 6th, 2012

For more information, please visit:
http://www.swan.ac.uk/environment_society/newscentre/latestevents/bgacr…

Organizers of the Community Earth System Model - Polar Climate Working Group Meeting announce a call for presentations. The meeting will be held 15-17 February 2012 in Boulder, Colorado at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research Mesa Laboratory.

The meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend, and all topics are welcomed. If you would like to give a short presentation about your work, please send a title via email (eclare [at] lanl.gov or jenkay [at] ucar.edu) by Monday, 16 January 2012. The agenda will be organized around the topics submitted. Additionally, a portion of the time will be dedicated to meeting jointly with the Land Ice Working Group and the Paleoclimate Working Group.

For further information about the Polar Climate Working Group, please go to:
http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Polar.

For questions, please contact:
David A. Bailey
Email: dbailey [at] ucar.edu

A workshop to present the new SMOS ice thickness product, as well as the scientific and technical outcome of the ESA SMOSIce study will take place at the KlimaCampus of the University of Hamburg. Potential participants are modelers, sea ice remote sensing and assimilation experts, as well as representatives from operational ice services and international projects (e.g. CliC, CCI) and potential data users. Contributions, conclusions and recommendations from the participants will be compiled in a workshop report.

For more details and first results see:
http://wiki.zmaw.de/ifm/SMOSIce

The workshop offers opportunities to learn details of the scientific outfitting of the new vessel and to network with other scientists. The draft schedule and details of the science sea trials will be presented and discussed. The workshop is scheduled to facilitate proposal submission deadlines in preparation for Sikuliaq funded science in early 2014.

The workshop is to take place from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with refreshments being provided both days. Dinner will be provided on Saturday, February 18th, and lunch will be provided on Sunday, February 19th. Workshop participants who are also attending the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting will be supported for their extra nights of lodging. Limited funds for airfare may be available for those without travel funds if prearranged with the Sikuliaq Project Support Office.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/arrv/workshops/slc/

This joint meeting is an international gathering of more than 4,000 attendees and is being sponsored by The Oceanography Society, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the American Geophysical Union.

The Scientific Planning Committee is developing a program that will cover a wide range of topics in aquatic sciences. Please continue to check the conference web site for up-to-date information and consult the program that will be posted on the website approximately four weeks prior to the meeting. A printed copy of the program will be handed out at the conference.

TOS, AGU and ASLO invite the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentation. You must submit before the abstract deadline of 23:59 pm Central Daylight Time on 7 October 2011 in order for your abstract to be considered. Registration and payment of all fees are due at the time of abstract submission and are payable in U.S. Dollars. Join or renew membership in one or more societies to take advantage of the discounted registration rate for participating society members.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/default.asp

The focus for the 2012 meeting is "Northern People and Landscapes in Times of Change." Sensitivity to change has always been a hallmark of Northern communities. The anthropological and archaeological historical record gives witness to tremendous endurance, creativity, and resilience in the face of climate, ecological, and social change. This record also provides insights into the limits of resilience, wrenching conflicts, and profound tragedies from broad to very local and personal scales.

Organizers encourage symposia and individual presentations focusing on the ever more pressing need to understand the human dimensions of changing landscapes. Welcoming the eclectic mix of presentations that makes each annual meeting fresh and engaging, organizers look especially for contributions that seek to draw lessons for the future from research
into the peoples and cultures of past and present.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 3 February 2012.

For further information, please click on the 'Annual Meeting' link at:

http://www.alaskaanthropology.org/.

Please join our annual gathering of international researchers to present your work on any aspect of high-latitude environments (past, present, and future). We strive for a relaxed, friendly, and interactive experience, fostered in part by our relatively small size. And unlike most meetings, you can present your very latest research; the abstract deadline is only 3 weeks before the Workshop. Student participation is strongly encouraged, with partial support available to those making presentations (limited number of slots).

The meeting is open to all interested in the Arctic, and will consist of a series of talks and poster sessions covering all aspects of high-latitude environments. Previous Arctic Workshops have included presentations on arctic and antarctic climate, archeology, environmental geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history, and more. A traditional strength of the Workshop has been Arctic paleoenvironments.

For more information, please visit:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/meetings/AW2012/about/index.html

With the IPCC AR5 report preparation well underway, sea level rise, glacial isostatic adjustment and ice mass balance are very much at the forefront of scientific interest. The aims and objectives of SLALOM2012 are as follows:

-Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA)
-Sea-level Indicators
-Post LGM ice sheet
-Sea-level reconstructions
-Space geodetic observations of ice mass balance

Abstracts should be submitted on the template at:
http://slalom2012.geol.uoa.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article…

Although this is the final conference for COST Action ES0701 "Improved constraints on models of glacial isostatic adjustment" it is a completely open meeting and we invite you all to submit abstracts. Conference numbers are limited to provide a focused meeting.

For more information, please visit:
http://slalom2012.geol.uoa.gr/

The Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration Group (PSICE) would like to invite you to this year's Midwest Glaciology Meeting (MGM), hosted at the Penn State Campus in University Park, PA.

MGM has historically been a small, informal meeting, with approximately 30 - 50 participants. Attendees are encouraged to present their work. Students are especially encouraged to attend, as MGM offers graduate students the opportunity to receive feedback from the glaciology community. There are no required abstract submissions, and talk titles will be collected during registration.

A registration fee ($30 for faculty, $20 for students) will be collected on Thursday morning. Coffee and snacks will be provided.