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The IGS meeting is hosted by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, with additional support from the IGS and the Academy of Finland. Presentations will take place in the Polarium lecture hall at the Arktikum house.

An icebreaker reception will be available on the evening of Tuesday 23rd October if there is sufficient interest. A conference dinner will take place on the evening of Wednesday 24th October.

There will be no conference fees, but participants will need to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

Major goals of this meeting are to coordinate FAMOS activities, report accomplishments, exchange ideas and hypotheses, enhance international arctic studies collaboration and discuss plans for continuing FAMOS work beyond 2019.

The major goals of the 2018 Meeting are to coordinate FAMOS (Forum for Arctic Modeling and Observational Synthesis) activities, report accomplishments, exchange ideas and hypotheses, enhance international arctic studies collaboration and discuss plans for continuing FAMOS work beyond 2019.

Please see the link above for much more information.

Registration deadline: August 1, 2018.

This year GCOS organizes its annual Steering Committee meeting from 23 to 26 October, 2018 in Helsinki, FINLAND. In conjunction with the GCOS Steering Committee Meeting, there will be a GCOS Science Day on Monday, 22 October 2018, at the premises of the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

The Science Day aims at informing the regional and national community on activities related to systematic climate observations and their relevance to pressing environmental concerns.

In the past years, the Science Day had convened climate scientists and observation experts from South Africa, South America and China, and facilitated valuable exchange of news and views.

In 2018, the Finnish and regional community is invited to present local actions with regard to climate observations, science and adaptation in the Arctic region. The GCOS Science Day will consist of 4 sessions:

1. GCOS activities in global and regional context
2. Arctic now and tomorrow
3. Science-based information for decision makers
4. Climate change and observing initiatives

More details on the venue, speakers and talks will be published later.

More info about GCOS:
https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system

We would like to announce an Elmer/Ice beginner level course planned for this October in Finland. This will take place at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi.

This course intended for people who have a background in glaciology, but never have used Elmer/Ice before. We will start with principle concepts, introducing how to set up flowline models in diagnostic and progmostic with accumulation/ablation distributions. On the second day, we introduce three-dimensional modelling concepts based on a real world case.

The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. It is attended by heads of states and governments, ministers, members of parliaments, officials, experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, business leaders, indigenous representatives, environmentalists, students, activists and others from the growing international community of partners and participants interested in the future of the Arctic.

Please follow the link above for the most up-to-date information.

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 November and the early winter season.

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 the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 407 IARC/Akasofu building, 12:00pm AKDT, 4:00pm EDT.

Environmental change and extreme events are an ongoing part of the Alaskan scene, impacting individuals, communities, businesses, tribes and governments on time scales of hours to decades. Impacted areas range from Interior Alaska to coastal and offshore areas. This review will provide updated examples of climate and environmental change in Alaska, results of recent research on the drivers of these changes, and a look ahead at what the best information we have suggests future decades will bring to Alaska.

The Arctic Shipping Forum North America is a two-day conference dedicated to the latest regulatory and technological developments for the Arctic region.

Exploring the latest in operations, design and technology for shipping in the Arctic. With over 150 industry professionals in attendance, Arctic Shipping Forum North America is the ideal location for advancing your business interests.

The primary goal of the meeting is to review the status of on-going Polar CORDEX activities and to plan and coordinate future activities.

Please register for the 2018 Polar CORDEX meeting by filling out the registration form at: http://bit.ly/2EuEk8Z
The deadline for registration is 15 September 2018.

If you are giving a presentation, then please send a title and short abstract to marz at igf.edu.pl