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The Fourteenth International Scientific Student Conference "Problems of the Arctic Region" is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic. The conference will be divided into sections:

• Biology and Medicine;
• Chemistry and Technology;
• Ecology of the North;
• Economical problems of Arctic Development;
• Geology and Geophysics of the Arctic Region;
• Information Technologies and Mathematical Methods;
• Marine biology;
• Physical studies; and
• Humanitarian and Social problems.

Suggestions on new topics are welcome. The conference will be introduced by a plenary report on one of burning issues of modern science. At each section conveners will present reports to the participants devoted to important issues of the section topic.

Students interested in participating in the Conference are welcome to e-mail their registration forms and papers to the Steering Committee until 26 April 2014. The registration form must contain the title of the report, names of the authors, scientific advisor, full name of the organization, address, e-mail of the contact person, dates of arrival and departure. The volume of the paper should not exceed 1 page. Participants should also indicate if they need assistance with the hotel booking. The paper is to be arranged in the following way:

1. Title of the Report (14 pt type Times New Roman Bold, center);
2. Names and surnames of the authors (12 pt, Bold, center);
3. Organization name; e-mail of the contact person (12 pt, center);
4. Empty line;
5. Text of the report.

The paper is to be printed with single-spaced text and 12 pt type Times New Roman in MS Word. All margins are to be 2 cm.

When the Conference is over, the Steering Committee is planning to publish the proceedings of the Conference. Participants interested in publishing their papers should submit electronic and hard copies of their papers to the Steering Committee until 15 July 2014. The paper should contain till 6 pages and is to be printed with single-spaced text and 12 pt type Times New Roman in MS Word. All margins are to be 2.0 cm. Electronic version of the paper can be submitted via e-mail.

Languages of the Conference – English and Russian

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.

Organizers of the 29th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, entitled "Fisheries Bycatch: Global Issues and Creative Solutions" announce a call for early registration. The symposium will convene 13-16 May 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska.

The symposium will bring together fishery and social scientists, managers, fishermen, and other stakeholders from around the world to report on creative approaches to solving fishery bycatch issues. Keynotes, invited talks, and oral and poster contributions will be presented on new technologies, advancements toward full accounting of fishing mortality into harvest control rules, approaches to industry-derived solutions, incentive programs, new regulatory solutions, and studies on social and economic implications related to bycatch issues.

Early registration deadline: Sunday, 13 April 2014.

For questions, contact:
Symposium coordinator
Email: seagrant.meetings [at] alaska.edu

​This webinar will provide a briefing on the new NRC report Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18625). Martha Grabowski from Le Moyne College / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and chair of the study committee, will discuss the report’s main points regarding key oil spill research priorities, critical data and monitoring needs, mitigation strategies, and important operational and logistical issues. There will be an opportunity for questions at the conclusion of the briefing.

Register for the webinar here: https://nasevents.webex.com/mw0401l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&site….

When science questions are complex and large-scale, it requires a supercomputer to crunch the copious amounts of data. Discover how you and your department might take advantage of Arctic Region Supercomputing Center capabilities.

This symposium is designed to highlight various ways supercomputing can aid research through high performance computing, access to ARSC’s virtualized hosting environment, its user support and large data storage.

For more information, please email consult [at] arsc.edu or call: 907-450-8602.

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.

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.

Polar Educators International (PEI), a vibrant network promoting polar education and research to a global community, is pleased to announce the development of a new Master Class series targeting a dual audience: educators seeking cutting-edge professional development on the latest polar science discoveries and researchers interested in learning proven tactics for communicating scientific concepts in a clear and meaningful way.

We welcome your support in getting the word out to your member networks to participate in the first Master Class: “Slip Sliding Away: Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise”, held 7-23 May 2014.

Featuring leading researcher Dr. Richard Alley and polar educator, Ms. Nell Herrmann, the class is being offered free to all participants. Membership in PEI is required for participation in Master Class activities. Registration is due by 2 May 2014, with the initial web seminar taking place Wednesday, 7 May 2014 @ 8PM EDT/Thursday, 8 May 2014 @ 0000 GMT.

More information on the Master Class: http://www.polareducator.org/activities/master-class/may-mc
Visit the full site here: http://www.polareducator.org/

The Alaska Arctic Policy Commission (AAPC) has more important work to do in 2014. Together we will strive to gather public input and engage with Alaskan communities, state agencies, federal partners, and the international organizations working in the Arctic.

In order to meet our goals AAPC will convene three in-person meetings over the course of the year where we will focus on implementation and final recommendations.

Tentative meeting dates and locations for 2014:
May 6-7 Anchorage
August 26-27 Kotzebue-Nome (Public testimony reviewed, revisions begun for final report)
November 13-14 Anchorage (Final recommendations reviewed and report finalized)

The 5th, and final, IGCP 588 conference will take place in coastal south-central Alaska in 2014 from the 4th to 10th May. It will be a weeklong combined conference-fieldtrip in the 50th anniversary year of the 1964 Mw9.2 Good Friday earthquake. We will visit sites which experienced co-seismic deformation during 1964, but also record late Holocene paleosiemiscity and add to an increasing knowledge of seismic and tsunami hazard along the Aleutian megathrust. We will travel west to east from Anchorage to the Copper River Delta, taking in key seismic, tsunami, glacial and geological sites. There will be a 1.5 day paper session in the middle of the week based at a wilderness lodge on the edge of Prince William Sound, in an area impacted by the Exxon-Valdez disaster, now regularly frequented by sea otters which play outside the lodge. This trip will not only include excellent science, but will also be a once in a lifetime opportunity to take in many of the natural and scientific highlights of southern Alaska.

Being in Alaska there will be a seismic and glaciological focus; however the usual breath of IGCP science is of course welcome during the paper sessions. Due to the nature of this meeting being in a relatively remote location, it will be capped ~40 participants. We will circulate further details in the summer, including expected costs, with registration opening on a first-come-first-served basis in the late autumn. This trip follows after Seismological Society of America (SSA) Annual Meeting in Anchorage (30th April – 2nd May) and is supported by both IGCP 588 and SSA.

For more information, and a full copy of the flier with a provisional schedule, please email Natasha Barlow (n.l.m.barlow [at] durham.ac.uk) or Ian Shennan (ian.shennan [at] durham.ac.uk).