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The SCAR COMNAP 2020 Local Organising Committee, in consultation with the SCAR and COMNAP Executive Committees have decided to cancel SCAR COMNAP 2020 in light of the global Coronavirus situation. The Committee has given due consideration to local Tasmanian and Australian health advice as well as the global response to the pandemic.

The SCAR and COMNAP event hosts, the Australian Antarctic Division, the Tasmanian State Government and the Australian Academy of Science wish to express their gratitude and appreciation to SCAR and COMNAP for affording us the opportunity to host these premier Antarctic science and management events. We also wish to thank those members and sponsors who have been so generous in their support of this event.

We appreciate that this is a disappointing outcome for those that were planning to travel to Hobart in July 2020 and for those Hobart-based scientists and Antarctic industry representatives that were looking forward to showcasing our Antarctic gateway city, but the health and wellbeing of the people in the Antarctic sector and the Tasmanian community is paramount.

Further information will shortly be available regarding cancellation arrangements for registered attendees, sponsors and exhibitors and event-specific information will be sent separately from the SCAR and COMNAP Secretariats in regards to any alternative arrangements required. For any urgent enquiries please email scarcomnap2020 [at] antarctica.gov.au

We hope everyone in the global Antarctic community is able to stay safe and well in these challenging times.

The Australian Antarctic Division, the State Government of Tasmania, and the Australian Academy of Science welcomes SCAR and COMNAP participants and Delegates to SCAR COMNAP 2020 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

COMNAP Symposium: 2 August 2020
SCAR Open Science Conference: 3-7 August 2020
COMNAP XXXII Annual General Meeting: 3-6 August 2020
SCAR XXXVI Delegates Meeting: 10-11 August 2020

SCAR COMNAP 2020 will include a full program of meetings, symposia, side events and social events including the COMNAP Symposium, public SCAR lecture, and exhibition and poster sessions all structured to encourage SCAR and COMNAP attendee participation. It promises to be a world class event, capitalising on Hobart’s unique status as the gateway to East Antarctica and the home of Australia’s premier Antarctic institutions.

The SCAR Open Science Conference theme “Antarctic Science – Global Connections” recognises the significance of the scientific connections between Antarctica and the global system. It also reflects the strongly connected Antarctic science community and, in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty system, the importance of collaboration in Antarctic science.

Key dates:

• 31 October 2019: Abstract submission opens for the SCAR Open Science Conference (OSC)
• 1 January 2020: OSC Early Bird Registration opens
• 6 March 2020, 5pm AEST: OSC Abstract submission closes [extended deadline]
• 1 March 2020: COMNAP AGM Registration opens
• 16 April 2020: OSC General Registration
• 1 July 2020: OSC Late Registration
• 10 July 2020: COMNAP AGM Registration closes Onsite Registration for OSC will be available

The Russian State Hydrometeorological University is pleased to invite you to join the Arctic Days in St. Petersburg–2020: “International Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic in the Era on Climate Change” held in St. Petersburg on May 13–14, 2020.

The Conference will bring together social and natural scientists, industry professionals, policy makers, Indigenous leaders, and other stakeholders from across the Arctic. In response to ongoing climate change, the organizing committee invites you to participate in the formation of an international interdisciplinary platform for discussing pressing issues of socio-cultural, economic development and international cooperation in the Arctic. Learning from the past and planning for the future, we are welcoming the Arctic Days participants to discuss the themes that include, but are not limited to:

• International cooperation in the Arctic
• Climate change and environmental scenarios for the Arctic
• Science and diplomacy in the Arctic
• Paleoenvironmental archaeology and Arctic evolution
• The future of the Arctic economy
• The prospects for the Arctic shipping
• Human and social capital development
• The changing role of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic
• Gender studies in the Arctic

Working languages: Russian, English.

Free Registration: Registration is now open and there are no conference fees.

Registration and abstract submission deadline are March 5, 2020.

Visa support: If you need a visa, we encourage you to register as soon as possible.

Contact email: arctic.days.st.petersburg [at] gmail.com

Participants who wish to present a paper (oral or poster) at the conference will be required to submit an abstract information:

• Presenting author first and last name, e-mail address, organization, and country.
• If applicable, co-author(s) first and last name, e-mail address, organization, and country.
• Title of your presentation or poster.
• Abstract (length limit approximately 250 words/1600 characters, including spaces). This text is used by the Program Committee to assess the potential of the presentation.

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon and hopefully seeing you in St. Petersburg!

IGCs have come a long way since their inception in 1878 in Paris. We are, today, on the threshold of witnessing the 36th session of this prestigious global event.

India, with the scientific support of Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be hosting the 36th IGC at Delhi. With as many as 12 Plenary Talks by outstanding geoscientists from across the globe, 44 science themes, 71 exciting field trips spread in India and neighboring countries, a far-reaching Geohost Program, a massive Geoexpo, and many other attractions, the Congress promises to be a truly memorable experience.

India is known for its glorious history, rich cultural diversity, scintillating scientific wealth, and immaculate hospitality. We cordially invite you to participate in the Congress and experience the myriad flavors of India.

The 2nd International Conference on Processes and Palaeo-environmental Changes in the Arctic: From Past to Present’ (PalaeoArc) is being held at Earth Sciences Department of the University of Pisa, 25-29 May, 2020.

The PalaeoArc is a network research programme aiming to further understand past and present environmental changes and processes in the Arctic. It is the successor of the previous network programmes of PONAM (Polar North Atlantic Margins), QUEEN (Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North), APEX (Arctic Palaeoclimate and its Extremes) and, most recently, PAST Gateways (Palaeo-Arctic Spatial and Temporal Gateways).

We welcome contributions on the overall theme of Arctic palaeo-environmental changes and modern processes and we invite contributions particularly on: Role and dynamics of polar ice sheets and ice caps; Role and dynamics of high latitude ocean and sea ice; Role and dynamics of terrestrial environment and landscape evolution; Climate response to, and interaction between, different parts of the Arctic System.

The conference will include oral and poster presentations over 2.5 days and a mid-conference field trip. Workshops for young researchers will be offered. The Program Committee will select the winner for the Best Student Poster award. To be eligible, the presenting author of the poster must be a full-time student.

The deadline for abstracts and registration is 2 March, 2020.

The rapid warming in the Arctic has been revealed, however, the precision of forecasting the future of climate and environmental change is still insufficient for utilization in sustainable development in the Arctic, while interests for resource utilization and economical activities are growing and progressing rapidly. The ISAR is aimed at presenting and discussing the scientific research results together with the Arctic researchers from all over the world, extracting and sharing issues to solve, and exploring the future of the Arctic. In ISAR-6, we are planning to discuss how the Arctic research has been progressing in the past ten years, and what we should do in the next ten years for the sustainable development.

ISAR-6 will consist of general sessions and special sessions. The general sessions will address the following topics: atmosphere; ocean and sea ice; rivers, lakes, permafrost and snow cover; ice sheets, glaciers and ice cores; terrestrial ecosystems; marine ecosystems;
geospace; laws, politics and economy; language, culture and health; engineering for sustainable development. Special sessions will be solicited on cross-cutting themes, until May 6, 2019.

We would like to invite you to attend ISAR-6, which will be held at Hitotsubashi Hall in Tokyo. It will be organized by the Japan Consortium of Arctic Environmental Research (JCAR) with the auspices of several institutions in Japan.

Young scientists and students are encouraged to attend by lower registration fee. Presented papers in ISAR-6 are eligible to submit to the Special Issue (tbd) as a peer reviewed fall paper in "Polar Science."

Important Dates:

• January, 2019 Call for Session starts, First Circular.
• May 6, 2019 Call for Session ends. Session coordination starts.
• August 5, 2019 Call for Abstract/Registration starts, Second Circular.
• October 20, 2019 Call for Abstract ends (Extended from October 7).
• November 15, 2019 Accept/Reject notice ends.
• December 16, 2019 Oral/Poster notice starts.
• December 20, 2019 Program Open, Third Circular.
• January 20, 2020 Early Bird registration ends.
  February 3, 2020 Registration ends.

The Future of the Arctic Human Population: Migration in the North Conference takes place in Rovaniemi, Finland on 28–29 May 2020.

(Im)migration in the north is not a new phenomenon, but indeed an unexplored area of research and development. The Arctic region is facing new problems and challenges along the side of the already existing ones of Arctic migration. Asylum flows, refugees are a growing group of inhabitants in the Arctic. Cultural differences, acceptance of foreign citizens in the local communities, integration into local communities and labour market are some of the issues, which need cross border cooperation in order to contribute to innovative solutions. Our network (UARCTIC) wants to address these issues and carry out pioneering work in the field of Arctic migration. This will be the first ever conference on (im)migration in the cap of the north that is a part of series of activities of UArctic Thematic network on Arctic Migration. All international Arctic and non-Arctic actors, researchers and policymakers are invited to attend the conferences.

Objectives: The Nordic integration model is an effective model across the world and the Nordic countries share and follow a comprehensive integration path which is based on welfare schemes. However, there are some disparities between policies and implementation of those policies in practice regarding immigrants or refugees. Socio-economic integration is a complex phenomenon. Subjective happiness of immigrants’ and the degrees of being satisfied differ from immigrant to immigrant — individual to individual— cities to cities. The project will investigate whether there are regional differences in happiness among immigrants in Nordic countries that will support or strengthen the Nordic synergies and identity. The project will identify the degrees of satisfaction of immigrants and whether the impact of effective integration is similar across the Nordic cities. How the happiness of immigrants is distributed among the Nordic cities, whether the quality of life is similar within the Nordic countries. How we can build integrated societies, what could be the model, tools and measure for an inclusive society and for being resilient.

Call for abstracts:

The call for abstracts is open until 29 February 2020 (noon, GMT +2, Finnish time). The topics include:

• Gender and migration in the arctic
• Immigrants and the labour markets in the North
• The role of mass media in the integration of immigrants
• Cooperating the stateless
• Growing arctic cities, shrinking arctic cities, melting arctic cities
• Local languages, education: Integration of adult and youth
• Outward migration from the arctic

We regret to announce that in light of the recent outbreak of Coronavirus disease in northern Italy, we are forced to postpone the AGM 2020. To halt the spread of the virus, the conference of rectors of Italian Universities has decided to take extraordinary precautionary measures, which include suspension of teaching and all public events for the coming week (see announcement – Italian and English version). This leaves us no option but to postpone the meeting. We deeply apologise for the inconvenience. We will be able to reschedule the AGM 2020 once this emergency situation has cleared.

The 2020 Alpine Glaciology Meeting (AGM) will be hosted by the University of Milano in collaboration with the university of Milano-Bicocca. The meeting is an occasion for both young and more experienced researchers working on snow, glaciers, permafrost regions and glacial geomorphology not limited to the Alps to present their work in an informal context. We would like to especially encourage young researchers to present their work and both oral and poster presentations are welcome.

There is no registration fee to the meeting, but we recommend to book your accommodation in advance, since Milan is a beloved tourist destination all year round and more so because 27-28 February is also carnival holiday in Milan.

Registration deadline is February 5th 2020.

“Arctic Worlds: A Symposium on Environment and Humanities” will be hosted by BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. We will have speakers from the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities reflecting together on questions of time or history in their respective fields and how the Arctic/North can engender new understandings of temporality across disciplines and in our moment of climate crisis. Our keynote speaker will be the Head of Representation in North America for Greenland, Minister Inuuteq Holm Olsen.

Please RSVP at the link above.

The FRAM Centre, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Reviews Earth and Environment are pleased to present A Changing Arctic, which will take place June 2-5, 2020 in Tromsø, Norway.

Robust evidence now exists for anthropogenically-forced shifts in the Earth's environment. Observations in the Arctic reveal dramatic reductions in the extent and thickness of the sea ice, rising atmospheric temperatures, widespread permafrost degradation and ocean acidification. These changes bring with them implications for biology, ecosystem services and society in general.

Full understanding of current and projected Arctic environmental change is becoming an imperative in order to minimize and manage corresponding impacts. This conference aims to provide a forum for the three main themes of:

• Land - incorporating ecological impacts, permafrost, ice sheets and landscape evolution.
• Ocean (coastal and open) - incorporating physical changes, ocean acidification, and ecological impacts.
• The Future — covering social aspects and including transformation, exploration, and management.

Please note, the early registration period ends February 1, 2020.
Submit your abstract no later than Monday, February 24, 2020 at 18:00 (6:00 p.m.) EST.

The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) will host its 54th Congress from May 24-28, 2020 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott, Ottawa City Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The CMOS Congress in 2020 in Ottawa has the unique opportunity to highlight to policy makers the national observations, research and services that contribute substantively to reduction of society’s risk to extreme weather, climate and environmental events and to outline the challenges facing us in managing our Future Earth environment and societal resilience.

In addition, the Congress can foster cross-disciplinary dialogue amongst research and managerial professionals in meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, earth sciences, environment and social science on challenges facing us nationally and globally.

What measures can be taken to ensure that we have the necessary national and global infrastructure and expertise in place to maintain societal resilience?

Special sessions will be held not only on the use of weather, climate and environmental prediction for risk reduction but also on: (i) protecting Canada’s vast Arctic and sub-Arctic as weather, climate and environment changes and (ii) strengthening cooperation to reduce risks to agriculture and other sectors posed by changing weather and climate.

The Themes under which scientific and technical sessions will be organized are, in no order of priority:

• Risks and Impacts of Climate Change on the Resilience of Major Sectors
• Tornadoes and Other Extreme Weather Events Impacting Canadians
• Oceans and Ice in a Changing Climate
• Floods and Water Crises in Canada and Globally
• Impacts of A Changing Climate in the Arctic
• Climate-Weather-Water and Food
• Pollution of the Air, Water and Ecosystems
• The Cryosphere – Impacts Locally to Globally

Please submit abstracts online via the CMOS web site before 21 February 2020 (extended from February 14).