Date

Multiple Meeting Announcements

  1. Remote Regions/Northern Development Sessions
    Western Region Science Association Annual Meeting
    8-11 February 2012
    Kauai, Hawaii

  2. Conference Announcement
    6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum
    3-6 September 2011
    Hveragerdi, Iceland

  3. Early Registration Available
    27th Lowell Wakefield International Fisheries Symposium
    14-17 September 2011
    Anchorage, Alaska

  1. Remote Regions/Northern Development Sessions
    West Region Science Association Annual Meeting
    8-11 February 2012
    Kauai, Hawaii

The 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association
(WRSA) will be held at the Sheraton Kauai hotel in Hawaii. The
conference is scheduled 8-11 February 2012.

The WRSA meeting includes a series of Remote Regions/Northern
Development sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special
interest in research on economic, social, political, and cultural issues
in remote, sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and
elsewhere. In the past, researchers from Canada, Alaska, Hawaii,
Greenland, Finland, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia,
Israel, and Russia have presented papers in these sessions, which are in
their thirtieth year.

Organizers are issuing a general call for papers from social scientists
doing research in northern and other remote regions. The organization of
special sessions is also welcome, and organizers are particularly
interested in sessions that address a particular theme from the
perspective of a number of countries or regions. Please contact Lee
Huskey (aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu) if you are interested in organizing such a
session.

For abstract submissions, please send or email a copy of your paper by 1
November 2011 to Lee Huskey:

Dept. of Economics, College of Business and Public Policy
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Email: aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu

Anyone responding to the call for papers will receive information about
association membership, registration, hotel reservations, and related
matters.

Abstract deadline: 1 November 2011.

Further information is available at:
http://www.wrsa.info.

  1. Conference Announcement
    6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum
    3-6 September 2011
    Hveragerdi, Iceland

The 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum, entitled "Our Ice
Dependent World," will be held 3-6 September 2011 in Hveragerdi,
Iceland.

The Open Assembly will address the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the
Himalayans, targeting policymakers, the research community, business
people, civil society, and community leaders from these areas. The main
theme of the conferences includes several integrated sub-themes
representing different perspectives for viewing the subject of natural
ice and evaluating its importance. The sub-themes cover the interface of
nature and society, humanity and communities, knowledge and education,
international law and governance, economics, and geopolitics. Sub-themes
include:

- Implications of the ice melt;
- Humanity, communities, minds, perceptions, and knowledge on ice;
- International law, soft law, and governance on ice; and
- Geopolitics and international security on ice.

For further information, including details on registration, venue, and
accommodations, please go to: http://www.nrf.is/hveragerei.

For questions, please contact:
nrf [at] unak.is.

  1. Early Registration Available
    27th Lowell Wakefield International Fisheries Symposium
    14-17 September 2011
    Anchorage, Alaska

Early registration for the 27th Lowell Wakefield International Fisheries
Symposium, entitled "Fishing People of the North: Cultures, Economies,
and Management Responding to Change," is open through 14 August 2011.
The event will be held 14-17 September 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska.

The symposium will provide a forum for scholars, fishery managers,
fishing families, and others to explore the human dimensions of fishery
systems and the growing need to include social science research in
policy processes. It will be a place for sharing knowledge about the
opportunities and constraints that fishing people in northern countries
encounter in a time of significant environmental, social, and economic
change. Diverse panels and presentations will address sources and
effects of external impacts on fishing people and their communities.

For further information or to register, please go to:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/conferences/2011/wakefield-people/.