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The Juneau Arctic Policy Forum will be hosted by the Institute of the North and will highlight the work done to develop and promote Alaska's role in Arctic decision-making. There will be presentations and discussion about the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Arctic Caucus and results from the Northern Waters Task Force. We also hope to include updates from the U.S. Coast Guard and the University of Alaska.

Moderated by Nils Andreassen, the program will feature:
* Sen. Lesil McGuire and Rep. Bob Herron - PNWER Arctic Caucus
* Rep. Reggie Joule - Northern Waters Task Force

We hope to be able to stream this for statewide viewing. Stay tuned for updates and additional speakers.

For more information, please visit:
https://www.institutenorth.org/calendar/events/juneau-arctic-policy-for…

Endorsed by the International Arctic Science Committee, this workshop is the first in a planned series of meetings that aim to collectively shape and coordinate initiatives for research that directly addresses the needs of stakeholders who are affected by change or who are addressing arctic environmental change. The long-term objective is to enable local people, the arctic nations and the wider global community, including the scientific community, to better respond to a changing Arctic. This workshop is a pre-IPY 2012 Conference event. It is intended to develop a science plan that will feed into and further evolve at the IPY 2012 Conference "From Knowledge to Action".

This meeting is co-sponsored by International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) and the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.

For more information and to register for the workshop, please visit:

http://www.queensu.ca/qieep/

The conference will bring together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development, and will discuss the global energy outlook and assess the
potential of traditional and renewable energy resources in the North.

Arctic Frontiers is composed of a policy section and a scientific section. This call for papers addresses only the scientific section, scheduled 25-27 January 2012. Organizers welcome abstract submission for both oral and poster presentations to one of these four parallel science sessions:

• Arctic Geology, Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, and Gas Hydrates;
• Technological Development and Environmental challenges;
• Social, Political, and Economic Aspects of Energy Projects in the High North; and
• Renewable and Alternative Energy

For further information about the conference, including the complete call for papers and the abstract submission form, please go to:
http://www.arcticfrontiers.com.

This international symposium brings together leading specialists of mountain cryosphere research giving a state of the art overview of recent findings and research strategies for the next decades. This includes glaciers and permafrost as well as combined hazard analyses. The results of this symposium will be published in a special issue of the journal Geografiska Annaler.

Inquiries can be sent to:
secretary.physicalgeography [at] geo.uzh.ch.

The Alaska Marine Science Symposium showcases ocean research in the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska. Plenary and poster sessions feature a broad spectrum of ocean science, including the fields of climate, oceanography, lower trophic levels, the benthos, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, local and traditional knowledge, and socioeconomic research. The symposium will also include keynote speakers, workshops, and special sessions.

Please note that the deadline is earlier than previous years. Late submittals will not be accepted. To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://ws.alaskamarinescience.org/ws/amss/abstract/.

Registration is free, and all attendees must register prior to 6 January 2012. Submitting an abstract will not register you for the symposium. To register, please go to:
http://ws.alaskamarinescience.org/ws/amss/register/.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 3 October 2011.
Registration deadline: 6 January 2012.

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

This workshop will be held from 10-13 January 2012 at the Vital & Spa Resort Szarotka, Zieleniec, Poland. Participation is open to everyone interested in Arctic glaciology.

The purpose of this meeting is:

1. To present and discuss new results on observations and modelling of the dynmamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland ice sheet.
2. To plan and coordinate field work on Arctic glaciers with the aim of using the available infrastructure and logistics in the most efficient way.
3. To develop ideas for future projects and collaboration.

The program will be distributed in the second half of November 2011 and made available before the meeting.

Contributions are welcome in the form of oral presentations and/or posters. Three full days of talks and poster presentations are planned. Those intending to attend the meeting should submit abstracts no later than 2 December, 2011.

For planning purposes registration is recommended by 1 November, 2011.

For more information, please email:
krzysztof.migala [at] uni.wroc.pl

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of California at Irvine announces the release of the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM, http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov), an ice sheet modeling software. To coincide with its release, the ISSM team is organizing a workshop at JPL in Pasadena, California on 12-13 December 2011, right after the AGU 2011 Fall Meeting.

The workshop will feature science talks centered on the capabilities of ISSM, such as inverse methods, higher-order modeling, and parallel computing; as well as classes and tutorials for beginners/users/power users and developers who are interested in learning modeling using ISSM. The goal of the workshop is to introduce potential users and/or developers to ISSM, and foster deeper integration of ice sheet modeling and observations within the cryospheric community.

The software was developed in the last 5 years with funding from JPL Research and Technology Development; the NASA Cryospheric and Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction (MAP) programs; and more recently the NSF Eager program. It will be released in the public domain under an open source license.

For more information or to register for the workshop, please go to:
http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov/issmworkshop2011/.

For questions, please email:
issm [at] jpl.nasa.gov.

The AGU Fall Meeting is the largest worldwide conference in the geophysical sciences, attracting nearly 20,000 Earth and space scientists, educators, students, and policy makers. This meeting showcases current scientific theory focused on discoveries that will benefit humanity and ensure a sustainable future for our planet.

For more information, please visit:
http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/

The sixth Airships to the Arctic conference explores the forward and backward linkages of the emerging airship industry. The introduction of transport airship will require new locations for transshipment and generate economic opportunities that do not exist today. Just as these other modes of transport spawned an array of input suppliers, this conference examines the supply base of the airship industry. Construction of large transport airships will create the need for materials, engines, pilots, avionics and many other large and small input suppliers.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.airshipstothearctic.com/

On Friday, December 2, 2011, President Obama will host the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior. As part of President Obama’s ongoing outreach to the American people, this conference will provide leaders from the 565 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with the President and representatives from the highest levels of his Administration. Each federally recognized tribe will be invited to send one representative to the conference. This will be the third White House Tribal Nations Conference for the Obama Administration, and continues to build upon the President’s commitment to strengthen the nation to nation relationship with Indian Country. Additional details about the conference will be released at a later date.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/24/president-obama-a…