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To empower Indigenous scholars and provide a key opportunity for officials at US government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other groups working on Arctic issues to learn and integrate information/perspectives from multiple Arctic knowledge systems, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) and the Inuit Circumpolar Council - Alaska (ICC-Alaska) invite applications from US Arctic Indigenous scholars to travel to Washington DC.

Three scholars will be selected to participate in 2020 and travel expenses and per diem will be provided. While the selected Arctic Indigenous Scholars are in DC, ARCUS and ICC-Alaska will facilitate meetings with officials at relevant agencies and organizations, where scholars will be able to share their interests, learn of available resources, build toward collaborative relationships, and provide on-the-ground perspectives to key decision-makers. Scholars will also spend a full day hosted by the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center.

Application deadline: 21 February 2020 by 5:00 pm AKST.

The 26th International Symposium on Polar Sciences organized by Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) will be held on May 12-13, 2020 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. This symposium aims to bring polar scientists together to discuss their research findings and to promote international collaborative research. We cordially invite you to share your knowledge and perspectives on future outlook in polar research.

Theme:
Humanity is undergoing dramatic global climate changes and facing global issues such as extreme weather, rising sea levels, food and water shortage. ‘IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ has also expressed concern about rapid sea level rise and the possibility of increasing frequency of extreme sea level events in the near future.

The polar region is the place that holds the oldest climate records and shows the environmental changes earlier and clearer than any other place on earth.

During the symposium, we will highlight the findings in polar science and technology to understand the changes we are currently experiencing in the global perspective and to find the solutions to those global issues.

Abstract submission deadline is extended until February 21, 2020.

Registration will be available at the symposium website until April 24, 2020.

The tools and techniques for making monthly and season scale climate forecasts are rapidly changing, with the potential to provide useful forecasts at the month and longer range. We will review recent climate conditions around Alaska, review some forecast tools and finish up the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for the coming months. Feel free to bring your lunch and join the gathering in person or online to learn more about Alaska climate and weather.

Available online or in-person at: Room 407 in the Akasofu Building on the UAF Campus in Fairbanks.

We strongly encourage pre-registration for webinars. It helps speakers tailor their presentations to the audience. Follow the link above to register.

The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable will hold a webinar on the National Science Foundation's Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. Conceived as one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas in 2016, Navigating the New Arctic embodies the Foundation's forward-looking response to profound challenges and opportunities presented by warming Arctic temperatures and wide-scale changes to natural, social, economic, and political systems of the Arctic and across the globe. NNA seeks innovations in fundamental convergence research across the social, natural, environmental, and computing and information sciences, and engineering that address the interactions or connections between natural and built environments and social systems, and how these connections inform our understanding of Arctic change and its local and global effects. NNA promotes initiatives that empower new research communities, diversify the next generation of Arctic researchers, integrate the co-production of knowledge, and engage partnerships, particularly among international stakeholders.

Please join GUIRR for a webinar with Irina Dolinskaya and Colleen Strawhacker, Program Directors at NSF, to discuss the program and its approach to addressing convergent scientific challenges in the Arctic.

There is no cost to this webinar, but registration is required. A confirmation email will be issued prior to the event containing the webinar URL.

Join the International Arctic Research Center for this month’s IARC Salon featuring scientists Rob Rember and Marc Oggier. The pair will speak about their sea ice research on the historic Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAIC) expedition. Rember and Oggier recently returned from four months in the central Arctic Ocean on the expedition.

Rob Rember – UAF science lead on MOSAiC, studies the interface between the ocean, ice & atmosphere.
Marc Oggier – Research professional, specializes in sea ice science.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Program Directors from NSF’s OPP Arctic Sciences Section will provide an overview of our programs, as well as upcoming opportunities at NSF of interest to Arctic scientists. Organizers anticipate giving a brief presentation with the bulk of the time devoted to questions and discussion.

Primary Contact:
Cynthia L Suchman – National Science Foundation

Moderators:
Xujing Jia Davis – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Roberto Antonio Delgado – National Science Foundation

Presenters:
Xujing Jia Davis – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Roberto Antonio Delgado – National Science Foundation
Cynthia L Suchman – National Science Foundation

The workshop will be structured to reach specific outcomes through working group sessions and consensus building on themes such as the need for a national data management strategy for Canada, data discovery and federated search, all aspects of data interoperability, and other themes related to polar data broadly defined, including knowledge transfer and Indigenous data policies.

The workshop will also include a hackathon to advance technical aspects of polar data management in Canada. All members of the Canadian polar data and research community are invited to participate. Members of the broader data community are also welcome to attend. Additional details on expanded theme descriptions and registration details will be provided in the coming months.

The workshop will be hosted through partnership between the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network/Polar Data Catalogue (CCIN/PDC), Polar Knowledge Canada, and numerous other organizations.

Registration deadline: 15 January 2020.

The Snow Science Winter School aims to teach modern techniques of snow measurements, based on a field training and theoretical lessons. It includes the practice with some of the state-of-the-art snow measurement techniques (specific surface area by reflection and spectroscopy, near-infrared photography, high-resolution penetrometry, micro-tomography, etc). Students will learn about how to characterize the snow cover, what are the fundamental processes responsible for its evolution, and how does it interacts with the environment. For the 2020 edition, a special focus will be on snow in a changing climate, impact on human and nature.

Any graduate student or post-doc working on snow or in some snow related fieldis welcome to participate. The course corresponds to 3 ETCS-Points.

Application will close on October, 20th, 2019.

The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. As we approach the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, beginning in 2021, it is increasingly important to gather as a scientific community to raise awareness of the truly global dimension of the ocean, address environmental challenges, and set forth on a path towards a resilient planet.

The Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 is co-sponsored by AGU, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS). Through the combined power of these three organizations, along with the broader conservation-focused community, this meeting provides attendees the opportunity to bridge disciplines, connect communities, and make lasting partnerships.

Important dates:

• 11 September 2019: Abstract deadline
• 18 September 2019: Deadline to submit a town hall, workshop, committee meeting or social event, and the deadline to submit a travel grant application
• 8 January 2020: Early registration deadline

The XVII Glaciological Symposium will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 26-29 May 2020. The Glaciological Association, the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute are organizing the meeting.

The symposium will cover a wide range of cryospheric topics. It is expected that for the most part, presentations will describe results of recent investigations devoted to the main key issues of present-day glaciology. Each oral presentation will be allowed 20 minutes, including discussion. Poster sessions and discussion will also be scheduled. Working languages are Russian and English (no simultaneous translation will be provided). Please follow the link above for abstracts requirements.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 15, 2020.

All potential participants (including non-presenters) are invited to register online before February 15, 2020.