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The ASSW2021 Local Organizing Committee in coordination with IASC decided to move the Science Symposium part of ASSW2021 (23 – 26 March 2021) into an online event. Follow the link above for more information.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is an annual gathering of international organizations involved in Arctic research. It is designed to strengthen collaborations across academia, government agencies, local communities, industry, non-governmental organizations and other Arctic stakeholders.

On behalf of the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Local Organizing Committee we are pleased to invite you to take part in the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021, which will take place in Lisbon from 20 to 26 March 2021. The Conference is organized by FCT, Ciência Viva, AIR Center, the Portuguese Arctic Community and by IASC and partners.

Framed by the overarching theme for the Science Conference “The Arctic: Regional Changes, Global Impacts”, Lisbon invites International experts on the Arctic and Indigenous Peoples to discuss the “New Arctic” and also its impacts and interactions to and with the lower latitudes.

Important Dates:

• January 2020 to April 30, 2020: Call for Scientific Sessions
• May 2020 to November 30, 2020: Call for Abstracts
• November 2020 to January 31, 2021: Early Bird Registration
• April 2020 to November 30, 2020: Call for Community Meetings Requests
• November 2020: Notification of Abstract Acceptance

Extended deadline for abstract submission is 10 December 2020.

It will be a pleasure to warmly receive you all in Lisbon for the ASSW2021.

Helena Pereira, President of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology
João Canário, Chairman of the ASSW2021
Gonçalo Vieira, Chair of the ASSW2021 International Scientific Committee

Join the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Program’s (OPP) Arctic Science (ARC) Section for program manager outreach during the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2020 Fall Meeting.

This virtual office hour will focus on orienting interested scientists to ARC, highlighting updated solicitations, and offering insight into how COVID-19 continues to impact operations. There will also be ample time for the community to ask questions of NSF staff.

NSF staff who will be joining include Gregory Anderson, Renee Crain, Roberto Delgado, Patrick Haggerty, Jennifer Mercer, Allen James Pope, Frank Rack, Marc Stieglitz, Colleen Strawhacker, and Beverly Walker. This webinar will be recorded.

International Glaciological Society Global Seminar:

Speaking: Agneta Fransson, Norwegian Polar Institute, Oslo, Norway, "Glacial Water Impacts on the Chemical Characteristics of Sea Ice and Seawater and Ocean Acidification in Svalbard Fjords".

Please register in advance for the seminars. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the seminar.

The seminar will also be available afterwards on the Friends of the International Glaciological Society Facebook page so that you can watch it there if technology fails or you can't make it.

The second Arctic Resilience Forum will be held online as a series of ten weekly webinars launching on October 7, 2020. Each session touches on a specific aspect of Arctic resilience, ranging from food security and Indigenous youth leadership, to gender, energy and connectivity. The forum seeks to actively engage participants in conversations about how to build resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems. It offers the opportunity to discuss concrete best practices and experiences from the Council and the broader community of circumpolar experts and knowledge holders. The Arctic Resilience Forum aims to continue to strengthen cooperation on resilience work.

The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

• October 7: Indigenous Youth Leadership
• October 14: Food Security
• October 21: Renewable Energy
• October 28: Human Health and Pandemics
• November 11: Broadband Connectivity
• November 18: Gender
• November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
• December 9: Infrastructure
• December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Follow the link above to learn more, register, and to get updates for the whole Arctic Resilience Forum series. Individual session pages will open up with registration for specific events approximately one week in advance. Russian language translation will be available for all session.

Arctic Change will make history by going virtual for the first time ever. ArcticNet’s international Arctic science conference takes place every 3 years, bringing together researchers and partners from around the world. This year, we’re taking the conference to you! Building on the success of our previous Annual Scientific Meeting while facing the realities of our times, we are pulling out all the stops to reach a bigger audience than ever before. The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and our partners warmly invite the global Arctic community to join us—from wherever you are—at the Arctic Change 2020 Virtual Conference.

The Arctic is experiencing an unprecedented change in its sea and terrestrial ice, permafrost, and ecosystems under the triple pressures of climate change, industrialization and modernization. The impacts of these pressures can be seen on food and energy security, shipping, sovereignty, northern community health and well-being, and sustainable development and resource exploitation. All these issues have brought the North to the forefront of national and international agendas. Circumpolar nations face an increased demand to enhance the observational capacity and understanding of this region to ensure that the best information possible is available to support evidence-based policy and decision-making. Science and knowledge mobilization play a pivotal role in this process.

Arctic Change 2020 will bring together leading Arctic researchers, Northern community representatives, graduate students, government and industry partners and stakeholders from all fields. During the week, the world’s foremost northern scientists will discuss the emerging global challenges and opportunities arising from climate change and modernization in the circum-Arctic. With over 1500 participants expected to attend, Arctic Change 2020 will be one of the largest trans-sectoral international Arctic research conferences ever held in Canada.

The deadline for abstract submissions is September 14, 2020 at midnight EDT. Follow the link above for more details.

UPDATE (June 11, 2020):

We are excited to announce that AGU20 will be mostly virtual. “Mostly” because if science and health professionals tell us it is safe for groups to convene, AGU would like to host a regional gathering in San Francisco. If we decide that is feasible, we will let you know by August. In addition, depending on where you’re located (and if it’s safe), you can create your own mini-AGU20 watch party or hub. We’ll share guidance if you’re interested in being a convener of one of these mini-AGU20 regional events.

No matter if we are 100% virtual or if regional gatherings are possible, AGU20 will remain the global convening meeting for the Earth and space sciences community. And this year, we will be able to engage the wider global community.

AGU20 will offer real-time sessions, networking and poster hall time that work for multiple time zones around the world. We will also offer recorded content so you can enjoy “on demand” or binge watch what others are sharing at any time.

We know that meeting fellow scientists and researchers are a major reason you attended Fall Meeting in the past and we’re going to make sure that remains a key feature this year. In fact, you may be able to meet even more people than you would have ever before by using some new tools that we’re testing out now.

This year’s theme is “Shaping the Future of Science.” We selected this theme in January 2020, but we couldn’t have imagined the events that have transpired over the last six months.

We have seen how the world’s trust and respect in science remains high. But we also know we have more work to do to be more inclusive and diverse.

Fall Meeting will offer sessions on:

• COVID-19, from lessons learned in Earth and space sciences to ideas for what to do to advance research when one can’t be in the field or in the lab.
• Actions the Earth and space sciences should take to remove discrimination and eliminate racism to improve diversity and inclusion.
• How to better communicate your science to policymakers, reporters, voters and other key audiences.

Please read more here.

Fall Meeting is the largest gathering of Earth and space scientists in the world. Back in San Francisco after celebrating our Centennial, Fall Meeting 2020 aims to bring a diverse and relevant set of topics to help move Earth and space science forward.

It all starts with the innovative and dynamic session proposals from AGU’s community. Session submissions are open now. We encourage sessions with diverse groups of conveners who can work together to broaden participation. Visit our session submission guidelines to get started.

Important dates:

• 23 April 2020: Extended deadline for session, town hall, and workshop proposals
• June 2020: Abstract submissions open
• 29 July 2020: Abstract submission deadline 11:59 p.m., ET

Join Indigenous leaders from around the world as they discuss Indigenous-led innovation in Earth observations data, science and technology. This will build on the GEO Indigenous hackathon, bringing together Indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art science and technology, as well as the global GEO community.

No registration required! Open to everyone, everywhere!

Themes: COVID-19, Women Empowerment, Education, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Knowledge Transfer.

Lightning talks session: Lightning talks are 3 minutes pre-recorded presentations related to the themes of the Summit. To submit an abstract complete the registration form (at the link above) by the 25th of November 23:59 CEST.

This webinar series is designed to increase transparency of the Arctic Science Ministerial science process and to provide additional opportunities for scientists, Indigenous Peoples and Arctic research stakeholders to further engage with the science and proposed actions leading up to the Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Tokyo, Japan in May 2021. The webinar series is a joint cooperation between the ASM3 Organizers in Iceland and Japan and the European Polar Board.

Each webinar will be shared afterwards on the European Polar Board YouTube page and a written summary will be made available on the ASM3 website.

Speaker:
John Telling, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

Abstract:

John Telling will give an overview of his past and present research into life and biogeochemical cycling beneath glaciers and ice sheets. He will start with his first research trips to glaciers and ice sheets over a decade ago, investigating if and how subglacial microorganisms can recycle glacially overridden soil carbon to methane, while learning first-hand the logistics required and potential dangers involved in polar and glacier fieldwork. He will talk about his current research into how the crushing of minerals under glaciers can split water and produce hydrogen and oxidants that could help support subglacial life and fuel biogeochemical cycling, and end with plans for a UK-Chile mission to drill down into and study a newly discovered subglacial lake in Antarctica, with links to an upcoming European Space Agency mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moons.

You can join this seminar for free by registering at the link above. A recording of the live session will be made available afterwards on the same website.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) is hosting a “Navigating the NSF System” webinar. This session is normally presented as a workshop at AGU, and is a good opportunity for first time proposers and early career scientists to gain insight into the “ins and outs” of NSF’s grant proposal process. The webinar consists of a presentation followed by a live Q&A session with a panel of Program Officers. EAR has hosted this webinar a couple of times this year and would like to engage with the broader GEO community, as EAR is offering this webinar in lieu of the normal AGU workshop.

Follow the link above for more information. To register, click here.