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The United States is hosting the 5th Northern Oil and Gas Research Forum from October 11-13, 2017, in Anchorage, Alaska. This meeting will feature current research and highlight information needs for management of petroleum activities in the US and Canadian Arctic. Abstracts for poster presentations on research and how research is used in management actions are presently being solicited. Please visit the Forum's website for additional details.

Deadline for abstract submission is September 10.

There is no registration fee for the Forum. Please use the website link above for information on registration, agenda, lodging and transportation.

Increasing focus on the Arctic region due to climate change and natural resources such as oil and minerals has made Greenland a hot topic recently and it is of course an excellent place to meet and discuss polar and alpine microbiology.

The theme of PAM 2017 will be: Coming in from the Cold: Microbial Roles in the Warming Cryosphere

This theme should reflect that PAM 2017 will place emphasis on novel research showcasing the roles of microbes in the rapidly changing polar and alpine environments. Greenland-related research will of course be prominent throughout the conference.

We hope you will join us for an interesting conference and look forward to welcoming you to Greenland in 2017.

The 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM), co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), and The Oceanography Society (TOS), will be held 11-16 February 2018 in Portland, Oregon.

The OSM is an important venue for scientific exchange across broad marine science disciplines. Sessions will include all aspects of oceanography, especially multidisciplinary topics, as well as presentations that reflect new and emerging research on the global ocean and society, including science education, outreach and public policy. The OSM originated in 1982 as a joint effort between AGU and ASLO; TOS joined as a regular co-sponsor in 2004.

Increasing evidence of multiple human impacts on the oceans makes this a critical time for the largest international assembly of ocean scientists, engineers, students, educators, policy makers, and other stakeholders to gather and share their results on research, application of research, and education.

Abstract submission deadline: 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Wednesday, 6 September 2017.

Lancaster Environment Centre and Lancaster Data Science Institute are pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 2017 British Branch meeting of the International Glaciological Society.

The conference will follow the traditional format of oral and poster presentations, spread over two days, on a wide range of snow and ice research and we have three keynote speakers scheduled to present on topics including ice core science, glacier and ice sheet hydrology and glacio-volcanism. Delegates from overseas are very much welcome to attend.

Keynote talks will be given by:

• Dr. Robert Mulvaney, British Antarctic Survey
• Prof. John Smellie, University of Leicester
• Prof. Jemma Wadham, University of Bristol

We also hope to deliver a one-day workshop on Tuesday the 5th September aimed at postgraduate students and postdocs on the theme of data science for cryospheric research.

There will be an ice-breaker barbeque at the Lancaster Environment Centre on Tuesday the 5th September and the conference dinner will take place at Lancaster Brewery on the evening of Wednesday 6th. En-suite accommodation has been reserved on-campus and a number of other accommodation options are available for those who wish to make their own arrangements.

Theme:
Past and present changes in the mass balance of the Earth's glaciers and ice caps induce present-day deformation of the solid Earth on a range of spatial scales, from the very local to global. Of principal interest are geodetic observations that validate, or may be assimilated into, models of glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) and/or constrain models of present-day ice mass change through measurements of elastic rebound. Using geometric measurements alone, elastic and viscoelastic deformations cannot be separated without additional models or observations. The conference will focus on resolving these issues and work on dissemination of these measurements within the glaciological community.

• Session 1. Observations of present-day changes in glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets and the associated Earth deformation
• Session 2. Measurement and Models of Elastic Rebound
• Session 3. Glacial isostatic adjustment on a Heterogeneous Earth
• Session 4. Reconciling models and observations of GIA

Both Oral and Poster sessions will be held.

Abstract submission deadline: June 16, 2017

Final detailed programme: June 30, 2017

Application deadline for early career scientists travel support: July 1st, 2017

Registration deadline: August 2nd, 2017

Lancaster Data Science Institute are hosting a one-day training course on Tuesday September 5th in conjunction with the International Glaciological Society British Branch 2017 meeting. Quantitative analysis relies on numerical methods, however methodological developments in the ‘data sciences’ (e.g. maths/computing) are not often brought directly into polar research. This training event aims to encourage the adoption of cutting-edge data science methods by polar researchers. The day will provide an overview of statistical and computational methods which can be employed by polar scientists and will deliver in-depth practical sessions on the application of changepoint analysis and extreme value theory to polar data. There will also be an opportunity to develop ideas around the application of data science techniques to your own data with feedback given by Lancaster's experts in Environmental Data Science. The course also offers the opportunity to develop skills in analysis using R, and working in a cloud-based environment, through the practical components of the course.

The workshop will be held from 09:00 – 17:45 on Tuesday 5th September in Lancaster Post-graduate Statistics Centre. Note that this is the day preceding the British Branch 2017 meeting. Registration is free via the eventbrite link above, but places are limited; priority will be given to PhD students but other early career researchers are encouraged to apply. For those arriving the day before (Monday 4th September), on-campus en-suite B and B accommodation has been reserved at a cost of £38.50 per night.

Prior knowledge of R is not required, but attendees should have a basic statistical awareness, for example an understanding of linear regression and the concept of a probability distribution. If you have any questions please contact Amber on a.leeson at lancaster.ac.uk.

Follow the Eventbrite link above to register for the course.

Symposium themes include:

1. Permafrost as foundation, enclosing and construction material.
2. Physical, thermal and mechanical properties of permafrost and their changes due to external loads.
3. Control of engineering properties of permafrost soils during construction and service life of projects.
4. Urbanization in permafrost regions: experience, problems and prospects.
5. Construction, operation and maintenance of linear, mining and hydro-engineering structures on permafrost: case studies, problems and prospects.
6. Engineering site investigations and construction technologies for permafrost regions.
7. Regional climate changes and permafrost response.

Abstract submissions are due by 29 December 2016.

A key challenge for the meteorological and climatological communities is how best to harness the wealth of data now available – both observational and modelled – to generate and communicate effectively relevant, tailored, and timely information, ensuring the highest-quality support for users' decision-making.

This is relevant for the whole spectrum of users: from specific user groups such as the emergency management agencies, local planners and enterprises that are weather sensitive, to individual members of the general public. Realizing the value of meteorological and climate information to government, industry, and all sectors of society is the focus of this conference.

Some of the prevalent issues to be discussed include:

• Observation data
• Instrumentation
• User focus and support tools
• Big data
• Open data
• Communication
• Decision-making under uncertainty
• Weather and climate predictions and projections

Abstract submission deadline is 21 April, 2017.

For more information, please go to the website above.

This conference will be held at the Institute of Linguistics RAS, Moscow, Russia from 27-29 October 2017.

The circumpolar world includes the Arctic as defined by AMAP (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program) with adjacent areas. This vast territory has a number of common features that set it apart from any other part of the world: extremely harsh climate conditions, low population density, large distances between speakers of different languages or even of the same language, seasonal migrations for hundreds of miles, prevalence of hunter-gatherers with absolutely no traditional farming, etc. While language contact has been a popular topic of linguistic research in the last couple of decades, there have been few studies that would concentrate on the circumpolar region and specifics of language contact in the area.

The ‘Language contact in the circumpolar world’ conference will bring together researchers studying language contact in the North, and discussions of any aspect of the topic are welcome. Of particular importance is the question of whether language contact in the circumpolar world is different from that of other areas, and if so, in which particular respects.

The conference will feature papers selected by the Organizing committee, invited lectures by leading international experts specializing in the topic, and two extended tutorials on particular parts of the circumpolar world, ‘Language Contact in Arctic Canada & Greenland’ by Michael Fortesque (University of Copenhagen) and ‘Language Contact in Arctic Europe’ by Jussi Ylikoski (The Arctic University of Norway & University of Oulu).

We welcome abstracts from colleagues working on a variety of topics pertaining to language contact in the circumpolar region that include but are not limited to:

• Language change conditioned by language contact
• Mixed languages
• Linguistic areas or Sprachbund’s
• Reconstructing the past through linguistic data
• Patterns of traditional or modern multilingualism
• Northern varieties of larger languages that are not restricted to the region (e.g. dialects of Russian, Swedish, English, etc.)
• Cartography of language contact areas
• Methodology of language contact studies which takes into account specific features of the region

The conference is organized by a new research group on Language Contact in the Circumpolar World at the Institute of Linguistics, supported by the Russian Science Foundation.

The conference will be held in English. Organizers will assist participants in finding accommodation in the vicinity of the conference location.

The extended deadline for abstract submission is August 31, 2017.

Notifications of acceptance or non-acceptance will be sent via email soon after that date. Please submit an anonymous abstract of no more than 1 page (excluding references) by email to circumpolar.conference2017 [at] gmail.com; include a title, authors, and affiliations in your email.

PolarTREC staff will host a webinar for both teachers and researchers. The informational webinar will give an overview of the PolarTREC program, its goals and objectives, program components, the application process, and will address frequently asked questions. To attend, please fill out the following information on the linked page and register. You will be sent information on how to join the event. If you miss the webinar, an archive of the event will be posted here for your viewing.