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Organizers invite applications for the Emerging Leaders program that will consist of a combination of technical, social, and cultural events. This program takes place 16-22 January 2019 in the Norwegian Arctic, starting in the city of Bodø, continuing onboard a coastal cruise to Lofoten, and ending in Tromsø, Norway.

Emerging Leaders is an Arctic early carrier and mentoring program in the High North for young scientists and professionals. If you are under 35 years and want to learn more about Arctic security, Arctic economy and Arctic environment, you are welcome to apply.

Emerging Leaders invite 30 selected candidates from different countries to participate in a blend of technical, social and cultural events accompanied by mentors from business, politics and academia. The program takes place in the Norwegian Arctic and starts in the city of Bodø, then continues onboard the coastal cruise M/S Hurtigruten to Lofoten and ends in Tromsø, “the gateway to the Arctic”.

The Emerging Leaders will explore topics and adventures that are specific to the Arctic mindset and engage in crucial and contemporary discussions on environment, resource management, security, the development of business and technology in the Arctic.

The Mentors will challenge the Emerging Leaders to present at the Arctic Frontiers Policy conference in Tromsø a professional view on the Arctic. What are the suggestions and solutions to Arctic opportunities and challenges? How should we best define Arctic sustainability, potentials and vulnerabilities?

Be prepared to make close friends across a variety of pan-Arctic regions and professions.

Participation fee is 35.000 NOK.

Apply before 1 November 2018.

An International Symposium on Mitigation Measures against Snow Avalanches and Other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows will be held in Siglufjörður, N-Iceland, from April 3rd to April 5th, 2019, by the Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland (VFI).

Abstract submission deadline: 31st October 2018.
Registration deadline: 15th December 2018

Rapid gravity mass flows pose a threat to settlements and infrastructure and limit the use of land on all continents of the world. The symposium seeks to bring together scientists, engineers, architects and representatives of local and central authorities to discuss the state-of-the art of mitigation measures against snow avalanches and other rapid gravity mass flows and the challenges that lie ahead in the management of those natural hazards.

Presentations at the symposum are centered around four topical areas:

1. Risk management
2. Planning, design, construction and management of protection measures
3. Observations and simulations of avalanches
4. Society and environment

See the symposium website and the 1st circular for further programme details.

The symposium will be held in Siglufjörður, N-Iceland, an ideal location for a symposium about avalanche mitigation measures. Siglufjörður and the surrounding rural area has a long history of avalanches and avalanche catastrophes and the area offers great opportunities for a symposium field excursion. An extensive programme for the construction of avalanche protection measurements for the town has been ongoing for more than two decades.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces the next Arctic Research Seminar featuring Karin Buhmann, Professor of Business and Human Rights at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). The event will be held in the ARCUS D.C. office at 1201 New York Avenue, NW Washington D.C.

This seminar will also be available as a webinar live-stream for those unable to attend in person. Registration is required for this event.

This seminar, titled Responsible Investments in Arctic Mining: Implications of Chinese Policies, will be presented by Karin Buhmann, Copenhagen Business School. Karin’s Arctic-related research interests focus on potential beneficial and adverse social impacts of natural resource exploration and extraction, and on citizen involvement in impact assessment processes. Karin is the deputy representative at the University of the Arctic (UArctic) for CBS, a founding member and lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility, and is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

There is no fee for the registration but registration is mandatory as the number of participants is limited to 150. We also have a few travel support grants for Early Stage Researchers (up to PhD plus 6 years). Application is done during the abstract submission and the selection will be done by the scientific committee.

Important dates:

7 September 2018: abstract submission deadline. Abstract submission form is now available here
21 September 2018: acceptance for oral/poster
21 September 2018: registration without abstract open
15 October 2018: registration deadline (or up to 150 participants)

Sessions:

Each session will have posters and 3-5 talks (15 min incl. discussion) depending on submissions.

1. Intercomparison of measurement methods , remote sensing product and assessment of their errors
2. Recommendations on measurement methods and instrumentation
3. Snow observation reporting and dissemination
4. Snow data assimilation methods in NWP, hydrology, and other disciplines
5. Representation of errors in NWP, hydrological and climate models
6. Intercomparison of snow models and future of snow modeling across disciplines
7. Actions and methods for training snow scientists and observers
8. Harmonization strategies across international organizations and other activities

We would like to announce an Elmer/Ice advanced users workshop will provisionally take place at the CSC-IT Center for Science in Espoo, Finland.

This workshop is intended for advanced Elmer/Ice users that want to exchange between each other and get information on latest developments within the package. The advantage this time is, that Elmer specialists from CSC will be present and available to discuss problems and possibilities that link to the code-base of Elmer.

Organizers invite abstract submissions and registration for the 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference. This conference will convene 13-15 March 2019 at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland.

The conference is the tenth in line of international conferences organized within the framework of CAA (Circumpolar Agriculture Association), aimed at people involved in northern agriculture such as researchers, practitioners, administrators, managers, policy-makers and students. The conference will address a bottom-up approach and new thinking of local agriculture, food production and rural development in the northern areas. The goal is to open up and discuss versatile meanings of circumpolar agriculture and call for new thinking to address its topical challenges and opportunities. In accordance with the theme of Finland’s Chairmanship period of the Arctic Council, UN Sustainable Development Goals will be highlighted in the program. The sessions will examine among others best practices and resilient solutions in the utilization of animal and plant resources, local breeds, reindeer herding, small-scale farming and non-timber forest products. The conference will address the high quality of arctic foods, their local profitability and business opportunities. The importance of food security and sustainability in different regions and countries will also be discussed.

The conference is hosted by the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland together with the Natural Resources Institute Finland; other co-organisers are ProAgria Lapland, Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Regional Council of Lapland and Reindeer Herders’ Association.

Sessions will examine best practices and solutions in the utilization of animal and plant resources, local breeds, reindeer herding, small-scale farming, and non-timber forest products.

Abstract submission deadline extended to: 29 October 2018
Early-bird registration deadline: 30 November 2018
Registration deadline: 15 February 2019

An excellent and exciting opportunity awaits university students interested in the Arctic and Arctic affairs. University of Lapland and University of Oulu (Finland), in cooperation with the Model Arctic Council Thematic Network, will host a Model Arctic Council 2018.

The Model Arctic Council (MAC) is an experiential learning exercise, in which graduate and advanced undergraduate students from different disciplines and universities all over the Arctic region come together to simulate the work of the Arctic Council. The Council is the primary forum for international cooperation and environmental protection in the Arctic; its working groups contribute to knowledge creation on the Arctic and its fragile ecosystem.

The MAC will engage graduate and advanced undergraduate students from universities in the Arctic states, and possibly from some Arctic Council observer countries, to simulate the work and processes of the Arctic Council and its working groups. In the simulation each student will represent her/his assigned Arctic Council role – representing either one of Member States, or Permanent Participants or Observer countries – together with 1-2 other students as a delegation.

The Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan Plateau are located in the furthest ends and the highest peak of the Earth. The climate systems of the three regions greatly influence the weather and environment of the world through interactions between the five spheres of the Earth, and the research related to those regions takes an important scientific status in the global change research.

Wuhan University and Beijing Normal University would like to invite you to Wuhan, China for the International Symposium on Remote Sensing and Global Change: The Antarctic, Arctic, and Tibetan Plateau. The symposium will focus on the latest result and development in theory, technology and application of remote sensing in the Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan Plateau, promoting the participants to exchange their innovative thoughts.

Topics:

1) Surveying, mapping and remote sensing in the Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan Plateau
2) Sea ice in the Antarctic and Arctic
3) Ice sheet mass balance
4) Climate and environment in the Antarctic and Arctic
5) Climate and environment in the Tibetan Plateau
6) Cooperative observation in the Antarctic, Arctic and Tibetan Plateau

The 10th Portuguese Conference on Polar Sciences will be hosted for the first time by the University of Aveiro, Portugal. This meeting has been boosted by the Portuguese polar programme (PROPOLAR) yearly as forum where researchers working both in the Arctic and the Antarctica share their newest results. It has traditionally been an advanced venue for the discussion and triggering of fruitful national and international cooperation towards improved research in polar regions.

The organizing committee welcomes all members of the Portuguese polar community to the Conference, as well as researchers, students and stakeholders interested in polar regions and their global importance. The meeting will include platform and poster sessions covering a wide range of topics within e.g. atmospheric sciences, biology, environmental sciences, geochemistry, geology, geography, social sciences, space sciences, all linked to polar research. Internationally renowned invited speakers will honor the event with plenary sessions that should be of great interest of all attendees.

The European Commission, Finland and Germany will co-host the 2nd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM 2).

The aims of this 2nd ministerial meeting are to promote the results of the deliverables agreed at the 1st Arctic Science Ministerial, increase capacity to respond to major societal challenges in the Arctic, encourage further scientific cooperation among a large number of countries and representatives of indigenous peoples.

The 1st Arctic Science Ministerial, hosted by the White House in 2016, brought together science ministers from 24 governments, EU representatives and delegates from Arctic Indigenous peoples’ organisations. Their discussions centred on collective efforts to step up international scientific cooperation in the Arctic. The 2nd Arctic Science Ministerial is not an Arctic Council event. However, Finland is chairing the Arctic Council from May 2017 to May 2019. This guarantees strong links between the Ministerial and the Arctic Council. All delegations present at the 1st Ministerial and other interested governments are invited - participation of indigenous Arctic communities is a priority.

What will be on the agenda?

On Day 1 an Arctic Science Conference will showcase the latest achievements as regards the deliverables agreed for each thematic area at the 1st Ministerial. The discussion will focus on scientific advances in the deliverables and on the commitment needed in future. It will be open to a wide range of Arctic stakeholders, policymakers and media. The first day of the conference will be followed by an evening networking reception at 7 p.m. These discussions will prepare the ground for Day 2 on which government ministers and delegates will meet to discuss the main scientific issues. The main objectives are to release a Joint Statement, issue a report on initiatives taken over the preceding 2 years and an updated list of deliverables expected to generate results over the next few years. Further details will be published in the run-up to the conference.