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On April 24, Greg Walker, manager of Poker Flat Research Range and the UA Unmanned Aircraft Program, will present "Alaska – As Seen From an Unmanned Aircraft."

Walker and the UA Unmanned Aircraft Program garnered international attention when one of their small aircraft helped the Nome refueling effort in January 2012. This project and others will be covered in the April 24 lecture in Room 110 of UAA's Rasmussen Hall.

This upcoming international forum in April 2012 will be a valuable opportunity to demonstrate and apply the latest findings of polar research on a broad range of topics from oceans and sea ice, to permafrost, vegetation and wildlife, to changes in Arctic communities and beyond. The From Knowledge to Action Conference will present the highlights of IPY 2007-2008 and the recent polar science assessments that are advancing our knowledge of the polar regions.

The Conference will draw on examples and best practices of the application of this knowledge to policies, programs and education, as well as to observation systems and networks and other actions. The From Knowledge to Action Conference will bring together internationally-renowned polar researchers with policy makers, analysts, community members, industry representatives, non-governmental organizations and other interested groups to discuss the results of the largest-ever coordinated program of multi-disciplinary research in the earth’s polar regions. The From Knowledge to Action Conference will examine the current state and key changes in the polar regions and identify actions that will be important in a global context.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/program/overview.php

The EGU General Assembly 2012 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists, it is the aim of the EGU to provide a forum where they can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.egu2012.eu/home.html

We cordially invite you to participate in the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) being held from 19-22 April 2012. This event will be a great opportunity to strengthen collaboration and cooperation among the participants and sponsoring organizations. ASSW 2012 is being held immediately before the IPY2012 Conference and concurrently with the APECS Career Development Workshop.

The ASSW is an annual gathering of international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating arctic research. The purpose is to provide opportunities for international coordination, collaboration, and cooperation in all fields of arctic science and to combine science and management meetings.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.assw2012.org.

On April 18 and 19, 2012, a free Science Social will take place in Centennial Hall from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The social will have hands-on demonstrations and featured speakers, including Greg Walker, manager of the UA Unmanned Aircraft Program, Jason Amundson, an assistant professor of geophysics at UAS, and Jessica Garron, a senior science consultant with the Alaska Satellite Facility.

The Science for Alaska Lecture Series has partnered with Alaska BioPREP and the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center to offer this event.

For more information: email info [at] gi.alaska.edu or call 907-474-5823.

The Seminar will include a series of lectures given by research scientists from Turkey, Finland, and the USA on physical aspects of snow remote sensing, satellite sensors used to map and monitor global snow cover, available snow products, validation techniques and application of satellite-derived information on snow cover in environmental models.

The Seminar is sponsored by Turkish Water Foundation in cooperation with Turkish State Meteorological Service. Graduate and PhD students, postdocs and research scientists interested in satellite remote sensing and cryosphere studies are invited to attend.

The United States Coast Guard Academy and the Law of the Sea Institute at the University of California's Berkeley School of Law are sponsoring a two-day interdisciplinary conference on key issues facing global leaders tasked with shaping and implementing policy for the rapidly emerging human activities in the Arctic.

The sponsors' goal in convening this conference is to provide academics, maritime professionals, and law specialists with an opportunity to share their professional views with those charged with exercising leadership on Arctic policy formulation and implementation in the coming decade.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.uscga.edu/arctic

The primary purpose of this conference is to bring together Polar Scientists and Technology Developers in a forum to exchange information on research system operational needs and technology solutions that have been successful in polar environments. This exchange of knowledge helps to address issues of design, implementation, and deployment for systems that are to achieve their research goals in the Polar Regions.

Past participants have come from the private sector, state and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and academia. Presentations generally cover system requirements for proposed research along with descriptions of systems and approaches that have been proven in polar deployments. Typical hardware and software topics have included weather stations, robotics, power systems, telemetry, and remote communications. The scale of systems ranges from the autonomous data collection towers to large scale research stations. Polar venues represented include under, on, and above the ice, tundra, or sea.

Discussions on intra- and inter-national cooperation in site deployment and maintenance are encouraged. Informal breaks allow for opportunities for networking and information exchange. A poster session is also included. Workshops are being planned to offer tutorial exchanges on specific technologies (e.g., power systems, Iridium). We are pleased to have support from the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs as an endorsement of the concept of bringing together providers and consumers of these technologies in hopes of benefiting from that synergy. Previous years' lists of presentations and participants can be found through links on the conference website.

Presentations in all technology fields are invited. Regular oral presentations and a poster session will be scheduled. The final agenda,list of participants, and the topics they will be presenting, will be posted when finalized.

A fee of $150 for all 3 days or $60/day will be collected to cover conference expenses, coffee breaks, and lunch each day. A hosted banquet is planned for Wednesday evening. Graduate students may be eligible for a reduced rate of $5/day.

For further information and to register, please go to: http://PolarTechnologyConference.org or register at: http://regonline.com/PTC-2012

E-mail questions to:
register [at] PolarTechnologyConference.org

Hosted by University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus.

The South West Interagency-Fish Meeting (SWIM) is being held in conjunction with WAISC. The agenda and schedule for SWIM will be posted as soon as they are available.

For more information, please visit:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/waisc/index.html

The Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration Group (PSICE) would like to invite you to this year's Midwest Glaciology Meeting (MGM), hosted at the Penn State Campus in University Park, PA.

MGM has historically been a small, informal meeting, with approximately 30 - 50 participants. Attendees are encouraged to present their work. Students are especially encouraged to attend, as MGM offers graduate students the opportunity to receive feedback from the glaciology community. There are no required abstract submissions, and talk titles will be collected during registration.

A registration fee ($30 for faculty, $20 for students) will be collected on Thursday morning. Coffee and snacks will be provided.