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Organizers of the Energy Law Conference announce a call for papers. The theme of the meeting is "The legal issues associated with the development and use of energy resources in the Arctic." It will be held 25-26 September 2014 in Tromso, Norway.

Papers addressing the conference theme, broadly construed, are welcome. Without intending to be prescriptive, examples of topics that would fall within the scope of the conference include legal issues (domestic and international law) related to any of the following in an Arctic context: the role of strategic and project-specific environmental assessments; energy markets; energy security in an Arctic context; energy relations between the EU and Russia; the energy relations of Nordic States; energy relations between the EU and Arctic states; the role of renewables in the Arctic including wind, geothermal, tidal; non-conventional energy resources such as gas hydrates; regional governance issues (e.g. the role of the Arctic Council, OSPAR etc); and many more.

Proposals will be considered by the conference conveners on the basis of academic merit, policy significance, and fit with the conference theme. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted via email (maria.m.neves [at] uit.no) by 30 April 2014. Organizers anticipate (depending on numbers) being able to cover the costs of hotel accommodation and meals for those selected to present papers.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2014.

For more information on the conference, please go to the conference website.

For questions, please email: christin.skjervold [at] uit.no.

The Integrated Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Project will convene an Open Science Conference from 23-27 June 2014 in Bergen, Norway, with the aims:

• to highlight IMBER research results;
• to promote integrated syntheses of IMBER-relevant research;
• to develop a new global research agenda on marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems in the Anthropocene.

Nine workshops and 24 contributed sessions have been accepted (see http://www.imber.info/index.php/Meetings/IMBER-OSC-2014/Sessions-Worksh…). Several sessions in the IMBER Open Science Conference 2014 are especially relevant to the Arctic and polar research communities:

• Session A4 - End-to-end modelling for research and management – conveners: Stuart Corney; Jessica Melbourne-Thomas; Andrew Constable, http://www.imber.info/index.php/Meetings/IMBER-OSC-2014/Sessions-Worksh…
• Session B4 - Ocean biogeochemical dynamics under changing climate: feedbacks and impacts – conveners: Christoph Heinze, Are Olsen; Jerry Tjiputra; http://www.imber.info/index.php/Meetings/IMBER-OSC-2014/Sessions-Worksh…
• Session E1 - Changing ecosystems in Subarctic and Arctic regions – conveners: Franz Mueter; Sei-ichi Saitoh; Ken Drinkwater, http://www.imber.info/index.php/Meetings/IMBER-OSC-2014/Sessions-Worksh…
• Session E2 - Detecting, projecting and managing the impacts of change in Southern Ocean ecosystems – conveners: Rachel Cavanagh; Keith Reid; Nadine Johnston; Andrew Constable; Eileen Hofmann; Eugene Murphy, http://www.imber.info/index.php/Meetings/IMBER-OSC-2014/Sessions-Worksh…

Plenary Speakers include:

• Eileen Hofmann (Old Dominican University, USA);
• Nicholas Gruber (ETH Zurich, Switzerland);
• Jean-Pierre Gattuso (Lab. d'Océanographie de Villefranche, France);
• Coleen Moloney (University of Cape Town, South Africa):
• Alistair Hobday (CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research, Australia);
• Kon-Kee Liu (National Central University, Taiwan);
• Alida Bundy (Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada);
• Corinne Le Quéré (University of East Anglia, UK);
• Claudio Campagna (Wildlife Conservation Society, Argentina);
• Carol Robinson (University of East Anglia, UK).

The Call for Abstracts is open! Deadline for abstract submission: 31 January 2014. Contributions are welcome from all marine research communities!

We encourage you to submit an abstract, and we look forward to meeting you in Bergen.

Under the overarching theme “Arctic in the Anthropocene” (http://potsdam-summer-school.org/), this two-week (10 working days) interdisciplinary and interactive event running from 23 June to 4 July 2014 will be the first in a series of Potsdam Summer Schools to be held annually. The goal is to bring together early-career scientists and young professionals from research departments, governmental and non-governmental agencies and organizations, as well as the private sector from all around the world. The summer school will provide a unique opportunity for students and speakers to foster and enhance international cooperation and exchange of ideas.

Participants will deal with global challenges and address urgent questions on how to shape sustainable futures in the Arctic and beyond from a scientific and socio-economic point of view.

In partnership with the City of Potsdam, the 2014 Potsdam Summer School will be jointly conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and the University of Potsdam. Experts, stakeholders, and guest lecturers from national and international institutes and organizations will contribute high-level knowledge to the Summer School programme.

Applications are due on April 15th, 2014.
The Potsdam Summer School will be conducted in English therefore all submitted documents have to be in English.

We are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2014 Juneau Icefield Research Program.

JIRP is an experience-based educational and research program that takes senior high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students on an 8-week, self-powered expedition from Juneau, AK, to Atlin, BC, over the Juneau Icefield. During this expedition, students receive training and experience in backcountry skiing, glacier travel, and crevasse rescue; participate in JIRP’s long-running mass balance and surface elevation surveys; receive lectures from top scientists in a range of natural sciences (including glaciology, geology, climatology, meteorology, biology, and ecology); and perform individual research projects, the results of which they present at public symposia in Atlin and Juneau. Eligible students receive academic credits for participation in the program from the University of Alaska Southeast.

This year’s program will run from June 22 through August 17. The cost for the program is $4950; this includes all transportation, food, lodging, and instruction following arrival in Juneau, Alaska (but does not include transportation to and from Juneau). Some scholarships are available. Application materials and additional information are available at http://JuneauIcefield.com/apply/. To ensure full consideration for acceptance and scholarships, completed applications should be submitted by April 15.

Please pass this information along to interested students, colleagues, and friends. You can also visit our blog at http://JuneauIcefield.com/blog/ and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Juneau-Icefield-Research-Program-JIRP/185…) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/JuneauIcefield).

For further information about JIRP, please contact Director Jeff Kavanaugh at the address below.

Jeff Kavanaugh
Director, Juneau Icefield Research Program
Associate Professor
University of Alberta
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
1-26 Earth Sciences Building
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E3
Canada
jeff.kavanaugh [at] ualberta.ca

Further details of the meeting, venue and accommodation, including instructions for on-line registration will follow in due course.

As always, we welcome presentations on all aspects of ice shelf research, including, but not limited to:

• formation, flow and disintegration of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers;
• response of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers to past, present and future climate variability;
• surface and basal mass balance of ice shelves;
• ice-ocean interaction at the calving front of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers;
• mass transport across the grounding line;
• ocean circulation and water mass transformation beneath ice shelves and within pro-glacial fjords;
• impact of ice shelves on the global ocean;
• processes controlling the delivery of ocean heat to glaciated coastlines;
• climate records from on or near current or former ice shelves;
• iceberg calving, drift, melting, and decay.

Further information about FRISP, including reports from previous workshops can be found on the conference website.

Join assistant curator Dawn Biddison for a curator’s tour of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center. Gain a better understanding of Alaska’s nine Indigenous cultures through 600 Alaska Native artifacts. Learn about traditional lifeways in Alaska’s diverse regions through clothing, tools, ceremonial objects and more. Curator tours are offered the third Friday of every month. Included with admission.

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.

The period of global cooling commonly referred to as the 'Little Ice Age' (LIA) covered the period ca AD 1200-1900 and had a significant impact on landscapes in terms of glacial/periglacial processes, land use change, the redistribution of blown sand, etc. In the North Atlantic/European region, asynchronous glacial advances in the Alps, Scandinavia and Iceland suggest that local climate was sensitive, but responded differently, to changes in oceanic and atmospheric circulation dynamics during this period, with implications for landscape response.

Despite this, interpretations of landscape evolution are rarely considered alongside our understanding of large scale climatic controls on the regional patterns of temperature, precipitation, storminess etc. For this reason, our workshop aims to bring together researchers with interests in climatic modelling, palaeoclimatic reconstruction and geomorphology to discuss various interpretations of LIA landscape change in the context of oceanic/atmospheric circulation dynamics.

This one day event will include sessions focusing on 'Little Ice Age landscape change', 'Empirical evidence for the Climate of the Past Millennium' and 'Palaeoclimatic modelling of the Little Ice Age'. During the workshop there will also be an opportunity for postgraduate students to display their research activities during a poster session.

The workshop is co-convened by Craig Frew (University of Aberdeen) and Rob Wilson (University of St Andrews) and we invite the submission of abstracts for student poster presentations. Some limited funds are available for supporting the travel costs of postgraduate students. If you would like to attend, please contact Craig Frew (R02CF12 [at] ABDN.AC.UK).

Confirmed Guest Speakers include:

• Martin Kirkbride (University of Dundee)
• Rob Wilson/Milos Rydval (University of St Andrews)
• Andrew Schurer (University of Edinburgh)
• Alaistair Dawson (University of Aberdeen)
• Craig Frew (University of Aberdeen)

The University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Permafrost offers an International Bachelor Permafrost Summer Field School in Svalbard, 19 June to 11 July 2014. We welcome senior bachelor students, who are interested in obtaining an overall knowledge about permafrost. The course will offer insights into:

• Permafrost history and its distribution globally.
• Permafrost temperatures in various parts of the World – climatic and other controls.
• Methods of permafrost observations, focusing on drilling, coring and instrumentation.
• Permafrost databases and their use in permafrost analyses.
• How does permafrost affect local community infrastructure and cultural life?
• Interaction between carbon and water in permafrost landscapes.
• How sensitive are permafrost landforms towards climate change?

Application deadline: 15 April 2014, using the UNIS online application system (http://www.unis.no/10_STUDIES/1030_Admission/how_to_apply.htm)

IARPC Collaboration Teams meet on a regular basis to implement the Arctic Research Plan: FY 2013-2017. Most meetings are open to the Arctic research community. Collaboration teams facilitate communication and collaboration between Federal agencies, the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and State, local and tribal groups.

Contact Sara Bowden, bowden [at] arcus.org, if you would like to join this meeting.