Important Deadline Reminder
ARCUS 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008
Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change
13-15 May 2008
Washington, DC
Registration and poster abstract submission deadline: Friday, 2 May 2008
For further information, to register, and to submit an abstract, please
go to:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/index.html
The ARCUS 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008 will be held 13-15
May 2008, in Washington, DC. The theme of this year's meeting is
"Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change." The deadline for
registration and poster abstract submission is Friday, 2 May 2008.
The increasing pace and scale of observed environmental change in the
Arctic and around the globe raises an important question: Have we
reached major tipping points in the arctic system?
Interconnectedness of the Arctic is demonstrated when a single change
sends ripple effects throughout the marine, terrestrial, atmospheric,
socioeconomic, and global systems. Participants at the Arctic Forum will
discuss how such changes may be "tipping points" that represent new,
unknown, and potentially irreversible vanguards of arctic and global
change. Arctic Forum sessions will explore tipping points over different
scales of time and space, both environmental and socioeconomic, as well
as potential consequences, opportunities, and policy and management
response strategies.
The 2008 Arctic Forum is co-chaired by Martin Miles, Environmental
Systems Analysis Research Center in Boulder, Colorado, and Craig
Fleener, Gwich'in Council International.
In addition to highlighting current research and policy issues relevant
to the Arctic through the Arctic Forum, the ARCUS Annual Meeting and
Arctic Forum serve to gather together members of the arctic research
community, students, key agency personnel and policy makers, as well as
ARCUS member institution representatives, board members, and staff.
Additionally, the Council Forum, the ARCUS annual membership meeting,
will take place Wednesday morning, 14 May 2008, and will include
presentations from member institution representatives and sessions on
various issues of interest to the research community, member
institutions, and the public. On Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.,
the opening reception of the 2008 Arctic Forum will be held at the
Finnish Embassy in Washington DC. All are welcome.
Registration and poster abstract submission is free. The deadline for
both is: Friday, 2 May 2008.
For further information, to register, and to submit an abstract, please
go to:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/index.html
Or contact:
Tina Buxbaum, ARCUS
Email: tina [at] arcus.org
Phone: 907-474-1600