Past Events

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announces a roundtable meeting with Arctic Research Program Director, Jeremy Mathis. This roundtable will convene from 12:40-1:30 p.m. PST in the Arctic Community Meeting Room Foothill E on the second floor of the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.

This meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting and will feature the latest news from NOAA's Arctic Research Program, including funded 2017 work, the new NOAA Arctic website, NOAA support for the new interagency U.S. Arctic Observing Network (AON), and plans to co-lead the new Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Environmental Intelligence team.

A period of question and answer will follow. The setting is to be informal and open. Bring your questions.

Organizers have left time for participants to grab a quick lunch prior to the discussion as no food will be provided and carry-ins are not allowed in Marriott meeting rooms.

For questions, contact:
Sandy Starkweather
Email: sandy.starkweather [at] noaa.gov

Conveners will provide an overview of the science and policy drivers, scope, and research goals of the Arctic Research Plan FY2017-2021. The Research Plan describes Arctic research priorities of the Federal Government that are expected to benefit from interagency collaboration during the period FY2017-2021. The town hall will provide an opportunity for the research community to learn about the Research Plan and how they can engage in its implementation. The Plan, drafted by and approved by IARPC, is a product of the National Science and Technology Council of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

For questions, contact:
Jessica Rohde
Email: jrohde [at] arcus.org
Phone: 206-931-0090

The NSF Arctic Natural Sciences Program will hold a Town Hall meeting during the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. The meeting will be held Thursday evening, 15 December 2016, from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in the Arctic Community Meeting Room, Foothill E, in the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.

This open meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange information and concerns. Topics planned for discussion include:

• Introduction of new program officers
• An overview of the previous year’s funding portfolio
• A brief discussion of field facilities and opportunities
• Discussion of the new Arctic Research Opportunities solicitation and changes to the review process
• Challenges: Budget management, Logistics costs and availability, No-cost extensions, proposal preparation, review responses
• Future directions for the program

For questions, please contact:
Bill Wiseman
Email: wwiseman [at] nsf.gov

The North Pacific Research Board announces the 2017 Request for Proposals (RFP). The 2017 RFP has an anticipated funding amount of $4.55 million. This RFP is similar in form and content to past NPRB RFPs, with research categories structured around the 2005 NPRB Science Plan.

Applicants are encouraged to consult the 2017 RFP for further details on research priorities for this year.

Application Deadline: 16 December 2016.

To submit an RFP, go to:
http://grants.nprb.org/rfp/2017#/login

An international conference on high latitude dust will take place at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th May 2017. This will be the first such conference and focuses on all aspects of dust which is sourced from within the high latitudes (North of 50 deg. N and south of 40 deg. S). The meeting will include optional field excursions in southern Iceland.

Scientific themes will include:

• Sediment supply to high latitude dust sources (glacio-fluvial suspended sediment; catastrophic flooding)
• Cold climate aeolian processes
• Magnitude, frequency and timing of high latitude dust emissions
• Remote sensing of high latitude dust (supply, transport, deposition)
• Dust in the cryosphere
• Impact of high latitude dust inputs to marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments
• Modern high latitude dust as a modern analogue for paleo-dust activity
• Palaeo-records/archives of high latitude dust
• Challenges of modelling high latitude dust
• Anthropogenic influences on high latitude dust emissions
• Human impacts of high latitude dust

To register an expression of interest, please follow the link above.

The abstract deadline is Monday 19th December 2016

The 2017 GRC on Polar Marine Science "Understanding Polar Ecosystem Change Through Time Series Observations, Technological Advances, and Biophysical Coupled Modeling" will bring together leading investigators in Antarctic and Arctic marine research. Using a tradition of excellence facilitated by the Gordon Research Conferences (GRC), participants will present and discuss cutting edge interdisciplinary polar science observations, technological advancements and biophysical modeling activities associated with polar time series studies. The unique GRC format incorporates invited science talks by experts working at both poles, which are moderated by discussion leaders, and are followed by in-depth open discussion periods. We will have a highlight session daily for the afternoon poster session. The format of the GRC inspires scientists from different disciplines to synthesize new ideas and to brainstorm about the ongoing status and change in the polar oceans.

In both the Antarctic and Arctic, ecosystem variables such as sea ice dynamics, atmospheric and ocean exchange, biogeochemical cycles, food web dynamics, and sediment proxies have in the past and are currently responding to climate and environmental change. How the ecosystem is responding to ongoing stressors in the marine environment and devising appropriate modeling approaches to predict future change are important foci for polar science. The 11th GRC on Polar Marine Science will primarily discuss new findings and uncertainties in observing marine time series data, the use of developing technology for collecting those observations, and successes and challenges emerging from time series observations and biophysical modeling that can be used to accurately forecast future ecosystem response.

A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will occur the weekend prior to the 2017 Polar GRC to provide a forum for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to present their work and interface with their peers and experts in variable disciplines. The major focus at the 2017 GRS will be on innovative marine technology including autonomous and remotely operated instruments, camera systems, advanced laboratory techniques, and numerical modeling. The early career scientists will present data and discuss how these technological advances improve the physical-biological understanding of polar marine ecosystems. Financial support will be offered in priority to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attending both the GRC and the preceding GRS.

Interested persons must apply to participate in the seminar and conference. Those wanting to attend both, the seminar and conference, must apply to each separately. Early application is recommended, as the events will likely reach capacity. Refer to the application instructions on the website for more details.

Seminar abstract submission deadline: 25 December 2016
Seminar application deadline: 25 February 2017
Conference application deadline: 26 February 2017

Organizers of the Gordon Research Seminar in Polar Marine Science 2017 announce a call for abstract submissions. The seminar will convene 25 March 2017 in Ventura, California.

Abstract submission deadline: 25 December 2016.

The Gordon Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present. It stimulates the exchange of new data and cutting edge ideas among young fellows.

In 2017, the major focus will be on innovative marine technology including autonomous and remotely operated instruments, camera systems, advanced laboratory techniques, and numerical modeling. The early career scientists will present data and discuss how these technological advances improve the physical-biological understanding of polar marine ecosystems.

The meeting will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 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.

The Chairs will select speakers from abstracts submitted by December 25, 2016. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Deadline.

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Polar Marine Science" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information:

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=12642

The XI International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering will be held in Magadan, Russia on October 5 to 8, 2017.

Symposium themes include:

1. Permafrost as foundation, enclosing and construction material.
2. Physical, thermal and mechanical properties of permafrost and their changes due to external loads.
3. Control of engineering properties of permafrost soils during construction and service life of projects.
4. Urbanization in permafrost regions: experience, problems and prospects.
5. Construction, operation and maintenance of linear, mining and hydro-engineering structures on permafrost: case studies, problems and prospects.
6. Engineering site investigations and construction technologies for permafrost regions.
7. Regional climate changes and permafrost response.

Abstract submissions are due by 29 December 2016.

The Innsbruck Joint Summer School 2017 will take place in Obergurgl, Austria from July 16 to 22, 2017. The main goal is to provide participants with innovative practical and methodological skills to characterise complex terrain and objects using close-, near range and remote sensing techniques. The Summer School will be the second edition after a successful first version in 2015.

Theoretical lectures will be complemented by fieldwork assignments and hands-on data processing sessions using different novel software. The assignments will be divided into two different tracks. One track will focus on mountain research, the other on sensor and data processing techniques.

A variety of sensor systems will be available for data acquisition in the high mountain surroundings of the summer school venue, including terrestrial laser scanners, unmanned aerial vehicles and spectral cameras.

Thematic focus will be on mountain research, and will include vegetation mapping, monitoring and deformation analysis for glaciology, geomorphology and natural hazard research.

Technical focus will be on sensor and data aspects, such as sensor modeling, calibration, data acquisition, 2D and 3D data fusion, geometric methods for information extraction from point clouds and (multispectral) images and data quality assessment.

Theoretical focus will address critical steps within a processing chain, such as impact of a registration method, choice of stand points during data acquisition and derivation of deformation vectors, issues related to multispectral image analysis etc.

Practical exercises using predominantly open source software, deepen the conveyed knowledge and help all participants establish a workflow for their research.

The Summer School will take place in and around Obergurgl, at almost 2000 m the highest village in Austria. The main venue is the Obergurgl University Center. Here lectures will take place and accommodation and food is provided to all participants. Directions will be available via the website.

This summer school is designed for any well-motivated PhD student, post-docs and young researchers from any field, provided they have interest in these type of techniques.

Go to the website above for more information, and to register.

Registration deadline: 30 December 2016

The 4th Winter Field Course for Snow Measurement is a course for serious students of snow, whether engaged in modeling, measuring, or teaching about snow. The course will introduce students to standard and specialized quantitative and qualitative measurements of snowpack characteristics, as well as how to conduct safe and efficient snow field campaigns. Over three full days we will provide fundamental training to students in performing and analyzing snow measurements, including depth, density, snow water equivalence, grain size and shape, stratigraphy, temperature and hardness. Students completing this course will be able to perform high-quality fieldwork as well as design studies requiring snowpack measurements, including those required during snow remote sensing calibration and validation campaigns. Class credit will be offered through the University of Saskatchewan.

It will take place at Barrier Lake Field Station, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada (about 45 minutes west of Calgary) with field work at Fortress Mountain in the Canadian Rockies. See:

http://bgs.ucalgary.ca/facilities

The course is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, professionals and senior scientists, modelers and those who do snow remote sensing that will either need to make snow measurements as part of their research, or use snowpack data in their research. There are no prerequisites, but students will be selected from the pool of applicants based on applicability to their studies. Successful applicants will be notified by December 15, 2016. Students from any nation may apply.

Applications are due by December 1, 2016.

Instructors:

• Dr. Kelly Elder: US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Dr. Matthew Sturm: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
• Dr. John Pomeroy, Director, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
• Dr. Jessica Lundquist, Mountain Hydrology Research, University of Washington
• Dr. Alexandre Langlois, Centre d’applications et de recherches en télédétection, Université de Sherbrooke
• Dr. Nicholas Kinar, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the Arctic Research Seminar Series event featuring Craig Fleener, State of Alaska Arctic Policy Advisor. The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office and online as a live-stream event to those unable to attend in person.

Registration is required for this event.

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. These seminars will be of interest to Federal agency officials, Congressional staff, NGOs, associations, and the public.

This seminar will be presented by Craig Fleener, State of Alaska's Arctic Policy Advisor. To learn more about Craig and to register, please follow the link above.

The Science Symposium will be on 4-7 April 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic, and will address the three sub-themes: (a) Changes in the Arctic, (b) Global Implications of Arctic Changes and (c) Impacts of Global Change on the Arctic.

To facilitate the participation of early career scientists and indigenous peoples, the organizers recommend that each session proposal includes one early career scientist co-convener and/or one indigenous co-convener, if applicable. Session proposals should also consider the overall geographic and gender balance of the proposed co-conveners.

Conference dates & deadlines:
Business Sessions: March 31 to April 2 2017
Excursions, Day Off: April 3 2017
Scientific Sections: April 4 to April 7 2017
Early bird registration closes 17 December
Abstract submission deadline 10 January 2017
Abstract acceptance notification 3 February 2017

Any questions should be directed to info [at] assw2017.eu

Join us for a PolarConnect event with teacher Eric Thuma and Dr. Jim Madsen from the Antarctic Neutron Monitoring Program from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Read more about the research and what Eric and the team are learning here:

https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/antarctic-neutron-monitors-for-so…

This event is not hosted by PolarTREC. To register please go to the PolarConnect link above.

The meeting will convene Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at 10:00 a.m. AST. This meeting will be available via teleconference or in-person in the Dr. Glenn A. Olds Hall Conference room on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Pacific University (APU) campus, 4210 University Avenue, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Topics on the agenda for this meeting include the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Draft Work Plan, a period of public comment, an Executive Director
report, and project information reports.

Participants who need special accommodations to attend must make their request no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting.

To participate via teleconference, call 800-315-6338 and enter code 72241.

For meeting details and to view the draft agenda, go to:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/index.cfm?FA=events.home

For information about the Council, go to: http://www.evostc.state.ak.us

For more information about the meeting or to request special
accommodations, contact:
Cherri Womac
Email: cherri.womac [at] alaska.gov
Phone: 907-278-8012 or 800-478-7745

Organizers announce a call for registration for the Circum-Arctic Flux Workshop. This workshop is hosted by the Pan-Eurasion Experiment (PEEX) of the University of Helsinki and will be held 6-9 February 2017 in Hyytaila, Finland.

The workshop is open to all scientists interested in detailed observations of energetic, hydrological and chemical fluxes at the surface-atmosphere interface and how these may be used to understand and model the Arctic climate system. The Workshop is bringing professional and scientific experts together under research themes related to biogeochemistry, surface energy balance, atmospheric sciences, permafrost, hydrology, modeling, and remote sensing to help coordinate and synthesize polar flux data and models as an integrated systems of energy, moisture and chemical exchange.

The official language of the Workshop will be English.

Registration deadline: 15 January 2016.

The International Arctic Social Science Association (IASSA) announces a call for poster and paper abstract submissions to the 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences Conference (ICASS IX) entitled "People and Places." The conference will convene 8-12 June 2017 in Umeå, Sweden.

The Arctic is home to approximately four million people, counting numerous ethnicities among its inhabitants. More than ten percent of the total population living in the Arctic is Indigenous peoples. In modern times, rapid and extensive changes has brought opportunities but also challenges to peoples and places in the north, including climate change, industrial extraction, pollution, globalization, migration, food and water insecurity, and widening socio-economic gaps.

Social sciences and humanities have a great responsibility to address these challenges. Through focusing on people and place we highlight the many variances across the Arctic region in terms of sustainabilities, political systems, demography, infrastructures, histories, languages, legal systems, land and water resources, public health, and so on.

Arcum (Arctic Research Centre), Sámi dutkan (Language studies) and Vaartoe (Centre for Sami Research) at Umeå University are pleased to host “People & Place” - the ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Science (ICASSS IX) organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA). We encourage Indigenous peoples, northern residents, decision-makers, politicians as well as academics to participate.

The deadline for submitting papers and posters is January 16.

Presenter: Amy Merten, Ph.D., Chair of the Arctic Council's Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group, NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar host is tracy.gill [at] noaa.gov

Remote Access: Mymeeting webinar uses phone for and internet. Audio is only available over the phone: dial toll-free from US or CAN: 1-877-708-1667. Enter code 7028688#

For the webcast, go to www.mymeetings.com
Under "Participant Join", click "Join an Event", then add conf no: 744925156. No is code needed for the web. Be sure to install the correct plug‐in for WebEx before the seminar starts (temporary plugin works fine).

Join us for a PolarConnect event with teacher Eric Thuma and Dr. Jim Madsen from the Antarctic Neutron Monitoring Program from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Read more about the research and what Eric and the team are learning here:

https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/antarctic-neutron-monitors-for-so…

This event is not hosted by PolarTREC. To register please go to the PolarConnect link above.

The 2017 Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS), Alaska’s premier marine research conference, will take place on January 23-27, 2017 at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, Alaska.

AMSS brings together scientists, educators, resource managers, students, and interested public to discuss the latest and greatest marine research being conducted in Alaskan waters. Research will be presented by geographic theme, including the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands, and the Arctic. Topic areas will include ocean physics, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, local traditional knowledge and more. Keynote presentations will be held Monday, January 23rd; Gulf of Alaska presentations will be on Tuesday, Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands on Wednesday, followed by the Arctic on Thursday.

Registration ends January 18, 2017

Join us for a PolarConnect event with teacher Kate Miller and Dr. Jim Madsen from the Ice Cube project at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. Read more about the research and what Kate and the team are learning here:

https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/ice-cube-neutrino-observatory-2016

This event is not hosted by PolarTREC. To register please go to the PolarConnect link above.