Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
2nd Western Alaskan Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum
"Energizing Our Future"
Nome, Alaska
6-10 April 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 February 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uaf.edu/waisc/
Or contact:
Claudia Ihl
Email: ftci [at] uaf.edu
Phone: 907-443-8417
The second annual Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference
and Forum (WAISC), "Energizing Our Future," will be held 6-10 April
2009, in Nome, Alaska. The first conference of this type, held in April
2008 in Dillingham, Alaska, brought together 120 scientists, educators,
rural leaders, and subsistence hunters and gatherers to discuss science
and issues relevant to western Alaska. This year's conference is hosted
by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus and the Bering
Strait Development Council (ARDOR).
The conference will highlight regional scientific efforts and
traditional knowledge that provide an interdisciplinary approach to
scientific inquiry and resource management. In addition to scientific
sessions, the conference will include several workshops addressing
topics relevant to life in rural western Alaska. Organizers welcome
submissions from all individuals and organizations collecting data in
western Alaska. Scientific sessions and workshop topics will include:
- Fisheries
- Science Education in Rural Alaska
- Mining in Western Alaska
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Energy
- Freshwater Quality and Watersheds
- Subsistence and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- Public Health
- Reindeer Herding
- Ecology and Wildlife
- Beringia
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations or workshops are invited and
should be submitted before Sunday, 1 February 2009. Abstracts should be
no more than 500 words (single-spaced) for oral or poster presentations
(15 minutes) and 1000 words for workshops (up to 1.5 hours).
Poster and Oral presentation abstracts must include the following:
1) Author name, title, and institutional affiliation;
2) Presentation title; and
3) Research question, methods, data, and results.
Abstracts for workshops must include:
1) Name of workshop leader and team members, their titles, and
institutional affiliation;
2) Workshop title;
3) A description of workshop activities, materials provided by the
workshop team, other materials needed; and
4) Anticipated length of workshop (up to 1 hr 30 min).
Please send abstracts, as either a PDF or Word attachment, to:
Claudia Ihl
Email: ftci [at] uaf.edu
Notifications of proposal acceptance or denial will be sent by 1 March
2009. If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must register for the
conference in order to participate.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uaf.edu/waisc/
Or contact:
Claudia Ihl
Assistant Professor of Biology
UAF Northwest Campus, Nome
Email: ftci [at] uaf.edu
Phone: 907-443-8417