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Mark Brzezinsky will present an update on the activities of the U.S. Arctic Executive Steering Committee and the upcoming White House Arctic Science Ministerial being planned for this fall.

For more information and to learn about the speaker, please visit the link above.

This event is a brown-bag lunch. Cookies and beverages will be provided. A live webinar is also available to those unable to attend in person. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to 'Webinar Only' registrants prior to the event.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces a call for abstracts for an online conference titled "Polar Science: Through New Eyes." The conference will be held online on 18 May 2016.

This conference will encourage scientific dialogues between early career scientists from multiple disciplines and backgrounds, with presentations on new research perspectives from a range of research fields. With increased attention on the changing polar environment and the future challenges this will bring, this conference aims to convey the broad range of new research currently being conducted internationally.

Early career researchers are well placed to present new developments in their own fields through “new eyes,” while the conference provides an opportunity for those in the audience to gain exposure to a range of new techniques, methods, questions and themes. All polar researchers are invited to share their current research findings, but APECS particularly encourages the submission of abstracts by early career scientists, so they can gain invaluable experience presenting their research projects to the public. There will be a $300 prize given for best presentation at this conference which has been donated by APECS.

Sessions will be organized under the following themes:

• Biological – marine/freshwater/terrestrial;
• Geological/Environmental/terrestrial cryospheric environments;
• Atmospherics/Climatology Oceanography/Sea-ice; and
• Cultural/Historical/Policy/Education.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 25 April 2016.

To submit and abstract, go to:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rp9VegWQvHjfhLu48V4olKL_af19zAKajwUJgN…

For questions, please contact:
Rachel Downey
Email: rachel.v.downey [at] gmail.com

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

Building Bridges & Designing Activities with Teachers webinar
Want to inspire the next generation? Webinar presenter Morgan Seag has trained hundreds of scientists to conduct engaging, interactive outreach lessons in elementary and middle schools. Join us to learn how to build bridges with teachers and design simple activities that leave an impact.

Register here for the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9103766436088789762

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

The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) and the University of Minnesota announce registration for the 2016 Polar Geospatial Center Boot Camp. This
workshop will take place on 13-16 June on the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The workshop will focus on applications of commercial satellite imagery for polar science. Instructor-led courses include Discovering Geospatial Data at the Poles, DEM Extraction from Stereoscopic Imagery, Georeferencing Maps and Aerial Imagery, and more. The PGC Boot Camp also hosts visiting speakers and offers dedicated project work time for one-on-one support from PGC staff.

Registration Deadline: 16 May 2016

For questions, please contact:
Lucas Winzenburg
Email: winz0017 [at] umn.edu

or

Jonathan Pundsack
Email: pundsack [at] umn.edu

We are pleased to announce that Korea Polar Research Institute will hold the 22nd International Symposium on Polar Sciences in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on May 10-11, 2016 and that registration for the symposium has opened.

The 2016 International Symposium on Polar Sciences is organized in an effort to understand the accelerating changes in the Arctic and to reflect on how to prepare for their anticipated impacts, and thus is entitled “The Future of the Arctic: Science and Governance”. We cordially invite our colleagues to share and discuss the current scientific achievements and law and policy based efforts which will help guide future research and observations of the rapidly changing Arctic.

Abstract Submission:
Please submit the abstract at the symposium website no later than March 25th, 2016.

Registration:
Please register at the symposium website no later than April 22nd, 2016.

FOR POLAR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS:
KOPRI wished encourage the participation of early career scientists at this symposium. Awards will be presented to the outstanding contributions by young scientists.

The organizers of the NextProf Science 2016 Workshop announce a call for applications. The workshop will be held 10-13 May 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The NextProf Science 2016 Workshop aims to encourage talented scientists, who have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, to consider academia as a career. The workshop is targeted at postdoctoral fellows and advanced doctoral students and will help participants develop strategies that strengthen their ability to pursue academic careers.

Underrepresented minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Travel, lodging, and meals will be provided to selected participants.

For questions, please contact:
Deborah Goldberg
Email: degold [at] umich.edu

Organizers of the Polar Weather and Climate Week 2016 announce a call for registration and abstracts for associated workshops and meetings.

Workshop registration and abstract submission deadline: 9 May 2016.

Polar Weather and Climate Week 2016 will include the following workshops:

International Workshop on Coupled Modeling of Polar Environments
4-5 June 2016
Organizers invite contributions on the use and development of fully coupled models in high northern and southern latitudes, including those based on the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport model (COAWST), the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM), and the Model Prediction Across Scales (MPAS). Organizers hope to attract broad interdisciplinary modeling participation from atmospheric scientists, physical oceanographers, sea ice specialists, land surface scientists, etc. The workshop goal is not only to discuss scientific advances but promote collaborative work.

The 11th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting Workshop
6-8 June 2016
This workshop will bring together investigators with research and operational/logistical interests in Antarctic meteorology, forecasting, and related disciplines. The annual activities and status of Antarctic observing and modeling efforts will be addressed, and feedback and results from their user communities will be solicited. More broadly, this workshop will provide a forum for current results and ideas in Antarctic meteorology, numerical weather prediction, and weather forecasting, from contributors around the world.

International Symposium on Atmospheric Boundary Layers in High Latitudes
9 June 2016
This symposium will focus on the atmospheric boundary layer over snow, ice, and water in high latitudes with the scientific focus from small to large scale processes that are responsible for control exchanges through the boundary layer. The symposium is intended to provide an interdisciplinary forum to bring together researchers working in the areas of high-latitude experimental and theoretical studies of the stable and unstable boundary layers over land, ice, water and sea ice, including atmospheric chemistry.

Please note: The Year of Polar Prediction Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) Planning Meeting will convene 6 June 2016.

For more information on the YOPP-SH Program, go to:
http://polarmet.osu.edu/YOPP-SH/

To register for any of the meetings and workshops or to submit an
abstract, go to: http://polarmet.osu.edu/AMOMFW_2016/registration.php

As you may know, four years ago, ESA, the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project of the WCRP and EGU organized the first EO and Cryosphere Science Conference in ESRIN. This meeting will be a followup to that meeting. We will be looking for a wide discussion and networking forum for the cryosphere, climate, hydrology, modeling and EO communities to review the latest advances in the use of EO for cryosphere science and discuss the main scientific opportunities and research challenges for the future.

The purpose of this topical conference, jointly organized by ESA and CliC, is:

• To assess recent progress in the full range of cryosphere relevant EO-based observations and techniques;
• To review the major scientific advances in cryosphere science;
• To discuss the challenges and opportunities in cryosphere science offered by the new generation of EO satellites as well as the major observational gaps for the coming decades;
• To consolidate a scientific roadmap outlining the main priorities and challenges for the cryosphere community in terms of novel observations, enhanced EO-based products and techniques and innovative scientific results.

Please, submit your abstracts before the 16th October 2015 using the dedicated link on the ESA Living Planet Symposium Website (see above). Ensure to select "Cryosphere" as theme for your abstract.

For questions, please contact:
Jenny Baesman
Email: jenny [at] climate-cryospere.org

Since the start of operations, the CryoSat mission has been providing systematic data to the scientific community supported by validation and calibration activities to ensure high data quality. The 4th CryoSat Workshop is intended to provide a forum to present and discuss all topics related to the exploitation of the CryoSat mission and to identity novel scientific challenges.

The CryoSat 4th User Workshop is organised, as a dedicated event, within the Living Planet Symposium 2016.

It will focus on CryoSat technical/engineering/operational/Validation and novel applications driven by the missions.

Major scientific results, based on the exploitation of the CryoSat products in combination with other sensors and modelling, will be part of the thematic sessions of the Living Planet Symposium 2016 on Cryosphere, Hydrology and Oceanography.

Objectives of the CryoSat 4th User Workshop (CUW):

• Provide information on the mission status
• Provide information on the latest and future CryoSat IPF developments and improvements
• Inform about the CryoSat mission performance, product status, calibration and validation results as well as new kind of validation approaches
• Receive recommendations from the CryoSat users to improve the CS2 ocean and ice processors
• Identify opportunities of exploiting CryoSat data for service –oriented applications
• Identify potential synergies of CS2 products with modelling (validation, assimilation) and with other EO satellite missions for validation purposes (new metrics) and higher level processing (multi-sensor mapping)
• Define recommendation for a CryoSat mission extension and requirements for a CryoSat mission follow-on

CryoSat users are encouraged to apply to the 4th CryoSat Workshop, by selecting "User-Workshop" as one of the keywords and "CryoSat" as satellite data keyword when submitting abstracts to the Living Planet Symposium. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 16 October 2015.

The 2016 European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 09 to 13 May 2016. It is organized with the support of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

The event, which in 2013 attracted 1800 participants, will focus on the exploitation of satellite data in various thematic domains:

• Atmosphere,
• Oceanography,
• Cryosphere,
• Land, Hazards,
• Climate and Meteorology,
• Solid Earth/Geodesy,
• Near-Earth Environment,
• New Methodologies and Products, and
• Open Science 2.0.

Abstract submission deadline: 16 October 2015

Registration opens: February 2016

More information will be posted as it becomes available.