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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in collaboration with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of California at Irvine will host the 2016 Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM) Workshop. It will be sponsored by Pr Helen Fricker who graciously offered to host the workshop.

Interactive sessions will be offered for beginners/advanced users and developers interested in learning how to use ISSM. Updates to ISSM since the 2014 workshop, including user-requested features will be presented. Specific focus will be on tutorials that allow users to make use of altimetry data, and simulate the evolution of surface topography on ice shelves or over grounded ice. Data assimilation will also be at the core of several tutorials, relying on the use of inverse methods in particular. Participants will be invited to showcase their work during an open poster session, and science talks will be organized around relevant topics.

Please see the link above for more information and for registration.

USAPECS is organizing a webinar series for Spring 2016 (April - June) focused on how to best share your science.

Writing for Media and the General Public
With Jeff Richardson, public information officer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Jeff Richardson has experience working in local media and as the public information officer for the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His webinar will give some tips about finding the story in your research, and other strategies to consider when writing for the media and general audiences.

Register here for the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3408656845374928387

Thanks to APECS for the use of the GoToMeeting platform for hosting the webinars.

The conference organizing committee invites you to the 11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) to be held in Potsdam, Germany, 20-24 June, 2016.

The Alfred Wegener Institute has teamed up with UP Transfer GmbH and the University of Potsdam to organize a great conference for you, permafrost researchers. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional level. The conference website, containing all relevant information, is now online: www.icop2016.org and will be updated on a regular basis.

If you wish to get all conference updates, please subscribe to our newsletter on the website. The newsletter will replace circulars.

We hereby open the call for session proposals that should be submitted online until 1 April 2015:
http://icop2016.org/index.php/program/call-for-session

If you intend to submit a session proposal, the following items will be requested in the online form:
1.) Title of session;
2.) Conveners (name, affiliation, and e-mail), including the indication of PYRN convener(s);
3.) Session description (max. 300 words).

Each session will be organized by up to three conveners (i.e. those that submit the session proposal). We encourage a high degree of internationality for the convener boards. At least one convener should be a member of the Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN). PYRN conveners are students or young researchers within six years after completion of their doctoral thesis, however, they must not be students or formally under the supervision of the senior conveners of the according session. PYRN will find a suitable candidate, if a session was proposed without involvement of PYRN conveners. The conveners will be responsible for the selection of abstracts and for the organization of oral or poster presentations.

The following themes denote the diversity of research to be presented at the conference, but are by no means restrictive:

1. Lowland permafrost
2. Mountain permafrost
3. Planetary permafrost
4. Subsea permafrost and gas hydrates
5. Periglacial geomorphology
6. Periglacial paleoenvironments
7. Permafrost and climate change
8. Permafrost in the water cycle
9. Ecology, microbiology, biogeochemistry, and gas fluxes
10. Natural hazards: assessment, adaptation, and mitigation
11. Foundation engineering and architecture
12. Infrastructure on permafrost
13. In-situ and remote observation techniques and programs
14. Modeling
15. Socioeconomic and cultural dynamics
16. History of permafrost engineering and research
17. Education and outreach

If key fields are not represented in the submitted list of session proposals, the ICOP Local Organizing Committee (LOC) and the International Scientific Committee (ISC) will suggest special sessions to cover all relevant topics.

By 30 May 2015, a decision will be presented on the acceptance of submitted sessions. The decision will be based on the inherent scientific interest and quality of the session proposal, the potential to attract participants, the thematic overlap and number of available slots at the conference.

The call for abstracts for the accepted sessions will open 1 August 2015 until 15 December 2015. After that date, depending on number of abstracts being submitted to each session, the LOC and the ISC may propose session joining or cancelling.

RATIC is a new initiative organized through the Terrestrial, Cryosphere, and Social & Human working groups of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). It is a forum that addresses the cumulative effects of infrastructure and climate change. A full description of RATIC and goals can be found in the RATIC white paper presented at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Fairbanks, Alaska (ASSW 2016):

http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org/sites/arcticobservingsummit.org/fi…

Permafrost thawing and its associated impacts on natural and built environments are identified in the RATIC white paper as priority issues for circumpolar study because permafrost is universally present in the Arctic and plays major roles in the stability of Arctic infrastructure and social-ecological systems. The specific issues related to permafrost are different in each region of the Arctic and require detailed ground-level knowledge for anticipating change through social-ecological-system and permafrost scenario modeling, planning and engineering.

The organizers of RATIC decided to meet informally prior to the 11th International Conference on Permafrost (EICOP) because the meeting place in Potsdam is rather easily accessible to European members of RATIC and to take advantage of this gathering of the world’s permafrost experts to inform them of RATIC and invite them to participate in this new initiative.

The intent of this informal meeting is to communicate progress on RATIC since the Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) at ASSW 2015 in Yohama, Japan, and to begin organization of a larger meeting and session during Arctic Science Summit Week 2017 in Prague.

Although permafrost is a major unifying theme within RATIC, most of the members of RATIC are not permafrost scientists and will not be at EICOP. Consequently, we arranged a rather small meeting room. However, if you are interested in the topics discussed for RATIC, you are welcome and invited to the meeting at Telegrafenberg, Room A43-KR, Sunday, 13 June, 13:00-15:00. Please plan to help us develop the permafrost themes of RATIC and the next meeting in Prague.

This 1-day meeting will be held just prior to the start of ICOP (http://icop2016.org/). The program and exact location on the Telegrafenberg campus (building and room) will be announced soon.

Researchers are invited to participate in a one-day side meeting on Arctic Coastal Permafrost in Transition (CPiT). We seek to energize and connect the coastal scientific community, to continue the legacy of the IPA-sponsored Arctic Coastal Dynamics group (ACD, an IASC network and LOICZ-affiliated project). The meeting seeks to coordinate research efforts on coastal dynamics along circum-arctic permafrost coasts, with a focus on physical processes.

The specific objectives of the this one-day meeting are to:

• Unite researchers from diverse geographic backgrounds and career stages
• Explore future research and data needs
• Discuss best practices for a range of methods
• Solicit suggestions from participants regarding next steps for ACD
• Identify funding sources for future networking opportunities

Invited speakers will open the meeting providing an overview of the history of coordinated arctic coastal dynamics research, the state of ACD, and knowledge gaps in the field. *Following a joint lunch break, discussions focussing on current research, and future coordination will follow. We seek participants willing to give brief presentations on insights into cutting edge methodologies for data collection and analysis in Arctic coastal settings.

We strongly encourage participants in the following sessions to join the Coastal Permafrost in Transition (CPiT) discussion:

• Session 22. Integrating hydrology and biogeochemistry along the land-to-ocean continuum
• Session 23. Advances in our understanding of submarine permafrost, Arctic gas hydrate deposits, and greenhouse gases in Arctic coastal waters
• Session 24. Polar coastlines in transition
• Session 28. Hazards and risks related to changing mountain, low-land and coastal permafrost

We hope to see you there. Please register by March 1, 2016.

A "Young Researchers Workshop" will take place at the XI. International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) on 18 - 19 June 2016. This workshop is organized as a joint effort of PYRN (Permafrost Young Researchers Network), APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists), the young researcher representatives of the USPA (United States Permafrost Association), and ADAPT (Arctic Development and Adaptation to Permafrost in Transition).

The workshop aims at providing opportunities to young researchers to learn and build interdisciplinary knowledge:
* How to get published in scientific journals (professional trainer)
* Practical methods
* Essential soft skills

For detailed information on the Young Researchers Workshop program, please download the program on the conference and workshop website.

The soft skills portion, presenting and sharing knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic permafrost regions, will be a focus. To achieve this, the participants will enter into dialogue and exchange in thematic break-out sessions.

The application deadline for abstract submission as well as the application for the workshop: December 1, 2015.

The maximum number of participants is 150. If more applications are submitted, an evaluation of the applications will be done. To apply for the workshop, please use the suitable category in the conference registration system and please be prepared to provide the following there:
* A letter of motivation stating why you are interested in participating in the ICOP and the workshop (500 words)
* If you are part of a network (PYRN, IPA, APECS, USPA...), how are you involved? If you are not part of a network, are you interested to increase your activity e.g. for the future PYRN or APECS executive committee, council and/or national representation? (300 words)

The deadline for registration for the 2016 UK Antarctic Science Conference in University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, is fast approaching: deadline of Friday 17th June.

The main conference will be preceded by a meeting of the UK branch of APECS - the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists - (4th-5th July), and followed by a Workshop on Southern Ocean biases in Climate Models (afternoon of 7th July).

Online booking is available at:
http://store.uea.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=28…

Accommodation on the UEA Campus may be booked on the website for the low cost of £40 per night B&B, or there are a range of other accommodations available on and off campus in the fine medieval city of Norwich.

The conference includes talks on the New UK Polar Research Vessel, the Sir David Attenborough, and the iSTAR Pine Island Glacier traverses.There will be invited talks by David Wilson (great nephew of Edward Wilson who died with Scott) on the Centenary of the Shackleton Expedition to Antarctica, and by Amanda Lynnes of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. There is an exciting programme of talks and posters on all aspects of Antarctic Science.

The programme for the main meeting can be found at the link above.

Partial registration fee rebates are available for UK-based PhD students thanks to funding by the Natural Environment Research Council.

If you have any enquiries or issues, please contact:
online.registration [at] uea.ac.uk

Organizers announce that the Girls on Ice 2016 Expeditions are now accepting applications. The 2016 program includes two expeditions. The original North Cascades expedition in Washington State will be held 10-21 July 2016, and an Alaska-based expedition will take place 17-28 June 2016.

Girls on Ice is a unique, free, wilderness science education program for high school girls. Each year a team of nine teenage girls and three instructors spend 12 days exploring and learning about mountain glaciers and alpine landscapes through scientific field studies with professional glaciologists and mountaineers.

Applicants must be at least 16 years old by the Alaska program start-date (17 June) and no older than 18 on the North Cascades program end-date (21 July). International students are welcome to apply to the North Cascades expedition. The Alaskan expedition is primarily intended for girls from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

Application deadline: 29 January 2016.

The FRISP meeting will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, and it is for scientists working with various aspects of ice shelf processes meet in an informal setting and exchange ideas, results and field plans. This year there will be a special focus on under ice observations, including information and feedback with the SOOS under ice working group presently being formed. The meeting includes an APECS mentor panel discussion, prizes for best student presentations, and a guided excursion to the historical station Bornö situated in the Gullmar fjord, famous for its geology and marine life. Students are eligible for travel support.

The meeting will take place in one of the University of Gothenburg marine field stations, Kristineberg.

The deadline for registration is on June 15th, 2016.

For more information please follow the link above.

The 14th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium (ICRSS) will be held in Homer, Alaska.

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