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The WIHAH conference is bringing together Alaskan, U.S., and international engineers, health experts, researchers, community members, policymakers, and innovators to discuss health benefits, challenges and innovations associated with making running water and sewer in remote northern communities safe, affordable and sustainable. A conference proceedings publication and a summary report of the meeting will be produced. This conference will consist of expert speaker and poster presentation sessions, along with selected innovative technical demonstrations.

This circumpolar conference is identified as an official event in conjunction with the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, as an endorsed project of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is partnering with a number of U.S. agencies to sponsor this informative conference. Federal sponsors include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the U.S. Department of State; and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Program.

Conference themes:

Human health benefits from household water and sanitation in Arctic rural communities
Climate change impacts on water and sanitation infrastructure in the Arctic
Innovative engineering approaches to increase access to water of adequate quality and quantity, including water reuse
Methods of ownership, operations and maintenance to maximize useful life of water and sewer systems in the Arctic
Regulations and policies affecting access to and the cost of providing adequate quantities of water in the home
Conference registration:

There is no registration fee. However, due to space and cost limitations and to ensure broad participation from different countries and areas of expertise, attendance is by invitation only. If you would like to attend the WIHAH conference and/or give a presentation, please provide information about how your expertise or experiences would add value to the conference by filling out the “Expression of Interest” web form due on the corresponding date indicated below.

Important dates:

Participants who want to present at the conference must submit the Expression of Interest web form by June 24, 2016. The form includes a field for abstract submission (300 words max). Types of presentation include 20 to 40 minute talks, posters, and exhibition or demonstration of an innovation.

Participants who want to attend the conference without giving a presentation must submit the Expression of Interest web form by July 1, 2016.

ABOUT THE EVENT:
The “Chronobiology of Marine Organisms Summer School” aims to bring together young international researchers who are interested in the phenomenon of biological timing with special focus on the polar and marine environment. It will give insight in general concepts of chronobiology, biological timing in model organisms and in the marine environment, orientation mechanisms in animals and the modelling of cycles and endogenous clocks. The summer school will be supported by several guest speakers e.g. Charlotte Förster (University of Würzburg), Kristin Tessmar-Raible (University of Vienna), Kim Last (SAMS, Oban) and Henrik Mouritsen (University of Oldenburg).

The summer school is organised by PolarTime, a consortium of international research facilities with the aim of investigating clocks and rhythms in polar marine key organisms (www.polartime.org). The project is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer, head of the research group “Ecophysiology of pelagic key species” (http://bit.ly/1hCyMMQ), and Dr. Mathias Teschke both at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany.

ABOUT THE VENUE:
The Island of Spiekeroog is one of the East Frisian Islands within the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Site located at the north-western coast of Germany. It is a small island with only 18.25 km2 and a total population of around 800 people. Spiekeroog is famous for its breathtaking nature: wide salt marshes, small forests and a rich variety of flora and fauna. A special feature of the island is that there are no cars allowed and only small electro vehicle are used for transportation. However, due to the small size of the island it is possible to walk everywhere. The island is connected to the mainland with a daily ferry service starting from the small town of Neuharlingersiel.

Registration fee: 350 euro including ferry, accommodation, meals and excursion

All students are invited to contribute to the summer school by presenting a poster.

Deadline for application: 30th of June

In order to apply please send an email with your personal details, short description of your actual project and your institute and a statement of motivation to:

Fabio Piccolin (fabio.piccolin [at] awi.de)

Flavia Höring (flavia.hoering [at] awi.de)

The seminar will be hosted and financially supported by the Centre for Polar Studies - University of Silesia and Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland under the umbrella and with support of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), through its Network on Arctic Glaciology, and the Committee of Polar Research Polish Academy of Sciences.

It will take place in the seaside resort Sopot, Poland, 15 - 17 October 2016.

The purpose of the meeting:

• Assess the current knowledge on ice mass loss at fronts of Arctic tidewater glaciers
• Provide a consistent description of methodologies and terminologies so that inter-comparison between Arctic regions will be more feasible
• Consider estimation of discharge for regions where they currently do not exist
• Assess the importance of frontal mass loss for the general mass budget of glaciers in different Arctic regions

Participation:

The seminar will bring together invited experts on Arctic calving glaciers and mass balance (ca. 20 people) and is open to everyone interested in these issues. The total number of participants is limited to 40 persons.

Four - five working session are planned with 1-2 invited introductory talks and longer time slot for discussion during each. Uninvited presentations are not expected. Nevertheless, brief interventions on methods and regional data/results (up to 5 min.) could be possible.

Expected seminar outcome:

A report with recommendations for further coordinated activity and sketch of an overview paper(s) on already gained knowledge on frontal ablation and dynamic discharge of mass as a part of mass balance of Arctic glaciers.

Registration deadline is September 15, 2016

Everyone intending to attend the seminar is asked to submit short (maximum 300 words) motivation letter by email:
Jacek Jania
jam.jania [at] gmail.com

For more information please follow the link above.

Co-hosted by the West Big Data Innovation Hub (WBDIH), Research Data Alliance (RDA), and Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP).

Sept 15, 2–5pm MDT.

By convening data scientists, engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to work on challenges with “marathon”-like intensity, data-focused hackathons can spark meaningful collaborations and produce viable solutions. This hands-on, interactive workshop seeks to empower our community leaders with lessons learned and best practices from hackathon organizers and participants. Workshop attendees will meet and collaborate with other innovation enthusiasts from academia, government, nonprofits, and industry as we capture insights about the design, implementation, and scalability of data-focused hackathons.

Follow the link above for information on how to register for the International Data Week / Research Data Alliance Plenary 8 — the RDA registration includes the Hackathon Workshop.

Early Career Researcher Travel Grants are available from WBDIH and the Computing Community Consortium (CCC).

The University of Washington's eScience Institute is hosting a GeoHack week, November 14-18, 2016. Join us for five days of tutorials, data exploration, software development and community networking, focused on open source tools to analyze and visualize geospatial data. Our event will include a team from Google Earth Engine who will lead a series of workshops.

Several organizers have expertise in glaciology and can provide guidance on handling of field and remote sensing datasets related to the study of ice.

Please visit the link above for more details.

Application deadline: September 15, 2016.

As the Arctic experiences rapid changes in the marine environment, there is unprecedented need for effective communication, collaborative science, and actionable knowledge to support responses by a variety of stakeholders. This workshop will focus on the implications of diminishing Arctic sea ice by convening diverse science experts, decision-makers, Arctic residents, industry specialists, NGO's, and other stakeholders to define and address important societal questions.

The First SEARCH Knowledge Exchange Workshop will gather 30-50 invited experts to discuss impacts of sea-ice loss on:

• Arctic ecosystems. How are marine ecosystem structure and primary productivity changing, and what are the implications for the Arctic and beyond?
• Lower latitude weather. What are the linkages between Arctic sea ice loss, amplified Arctic warming, and changing mid-latitude weather patterns?
• Human activities in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. What roles can improved understanding of current and future sea ice conditions play in informing the actions and decisions of Arctic residents and regional stakeholders?

Goals/objectives:

1. Provide a forum where Arctic scientists, stakeholder community representatives, and decision makers can share perspectives on Arctic research priorities and effective means for cross-community communication and collaboration;
2. Identify critical knowledge gaps where scientific synthesis efforts are (a) needed to support stakeholders and decision makers and (b) currently possible based on existing data and knowledge;
3. Identify emerging research topics that warrant scoping studies;
4. Develop new communication pathways to sustain continued and focused knowledge exchange between Arctic scientists, stakeholders, and decision-makers.

Agenda:

Coming soon...

Organizers:

• Matthew Druckenmiller, Rutgers University and National Snow and Ice Data Center, Univ. of Colorado, druckenmiller [at] nsidc.org
• Jennifer Francis (SIAT co-lead), Rutgers University, francis [at] marine.rutgers.edu
• Henry Huntington (SIAT co-lead), Huntington Consulting, hph [at] alaska.net

Contact: Matthew Druckenmiller, Email: druckenmiller [at] nsidc.org

The course provides a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. The course is meant for Ph.D. students that work on (or will soon start working on) a glaciology-related climate project. A few places are available for junior scientists.

Deadline for applications is 23 May 2016.

See the website for more information.

Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm (EDT)

The ARCUS Arctic Research Seminar Series brings some of the leading Arctic researchers to Washington, D.C. to share in person and via webinar the latest findings and what they mean for decision-making. The seminars are open, and will be of interest to Federal agency officials, Congressional staff, NGOs, associations, researchers, and the public.

Registration
To register please visit: https://www.arcus.org/research-seminar-series
Registration is required for the live seminar as well as the webinar. We will be using the Adobe Connect platform for the webinar. Once you register for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email giving you the link and directions on how to join.

Presentation Abstract
Why do people move to an eroding village? Why do fishermen go farther north in the Bering Sea in cold years? Why would hunters report an ecosystem in trouble when subsistence harvests are up? And what does AmazonPrime have to do with food security?

Research on human-environment interactions in the Arctic has demonstrated the strong connections between people and their ecosystems. But those connections do not always lead to the outcomes one might expect. In addition to examining the physical and biological aspects of Arctic change, we need more attention to the social dynamics that shape human responses to climate and other types of change.

This presentation will review some of the basics of what we know in these areas, and then discuss how to start studying the things we cannot yet explain.

Speaker Details
Henry P. Huntington studies human-environment interactions in the Arctic and beyond, and also works to conserve the Arctic environment in light of climate change and industrial development. His research has examined traditional knowledge of marine mammals and sea ice, the impacts of climate change on Arctic communities, the regulation of subsistence hunting, and other topics. In addition to dozens of scientific papers, he has written chapters in several major Arctic Council reports, co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences committee that wrote The Arctic in the Anthropocene, and served on a Council of Canadian Academies panel on food security in the North. He is also one of the authors of The Meaning of Ice, a recent book about sea ice in three Arctic communities. Huntington has made long journeys in the Arctic by snowmachine, dog team, and small boat. He lives with his wife and two sons in Eagle River, Alaska.

Henry currently co-leads the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Sea Ice Action Team.

We are excited to invite you to the first UArctic Congress, held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from September 12-16, 2016. It will be hosted by Saint Petersburg State University and will feature Science and Meeting sections, including:

• Acclaimed keynote speakers and scientific experts presenting their views and latest research.
• Parallel sessions on an array of Arctic science, policy, and education topics.
• Formal meetings for representatives of the Council of UArctic and UArctic Rectors’ Forum.
• Side-meetings to foster contacts and enhance networking.
• Opportunities for promoting and marketing your organization and activities.
• A UArctic Student Forum with workshops.
• A Cultural and Social program like no other.

The 2016 UArctic Rectors’ Forum and the 19th meeting of the Council of UArctic form an integral part of the congress. Please visit the conference website for updates.

The theme of the 14th ICRSS symposium is Remote Sensing applications for addressing emerging research questions and management needs in polar regions. This symposium is unique in that it deals specifically with remote sensing applications in Arctic and Antarctic environments and how the broad suite of remotely sensed information and remote sensing techniques can provide much needed information for rapidly changing polar regions.

Unique to the 14th ICRSS will be a day long special session on remote sensing of permafrost regions. Abstracts are being requested that directly address this topic in the polar regions as well as techniques applied to boreal permafrost regions that are applicable to the Arctic and Antarctic.

Both oral presentation and poster presentation abstracts are being accepted at this time.

For a full list of topics that will be considered and detailed information on abstract submission, go to:
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2016/dates.php.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2016.

Early registration deadline: 1 June 2016.

Regular registration deadline: 20 July 2016.

For questions, please visit the website or contact:
Ben Jones
Email: bjones [at] usgs.gov

or

JJ Frost
Email: jfrost [at] abrinc.com