Date

Multiple Meeting Announcements

  1. Conference Announcement
    Polar Technology Conference
    3-5 April 2012
    Fairlee, Vermont

  2. Working Group Meetings Announcement
    International Arctic Science Committee
    Arctic Science Summit Week 2012
    19-22 April 2012
    Montreal, Canada

  3. Conference Announcement
    North to Alaska: A Confluence of Science and Culture
    24-28 June 2012
    Anchorage, Alaska

  4. Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
    OS20 - Circumpolar Arctic Shelf System: Perspectives on Recent
    Climate Change
    AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly
    13-17 August 2012
    Singapore

  1. Conference Announcement
    Polar Technology Conference
    3-5 April 2012
    Fairlee, Vermont

Organizers announce that the 8th Annual Polar Technology Conference will
be held 3-5 April 2012 at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont. The
meeting is co-hosted by the Dartmouth College Institute of Arctic
Sciences and the Ice Drilling Program Office at Dartmouth's Thayer
School of Engineering

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.

Presentations in all technology fields are invited. Regular oral
presentations and a poster session will be scheduled. Discussions on
intra- and international cooperation in site deployment and maintenance
are encouraged.

Further information on the agenda, abstracts, and registration will be
posted when available, at: http://polartechnologyconference.org/.

  1. Working Group Meetings Announcement
    International Arctic Science Committee
    Arctic Science Summit Week 2012
    19-22 April 2012
    Montreal, Canada

The five Working Groups (WGs) of the International Arctic Science
Committee (IASC) will meet during the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)
in Montreal, Canada on 19-22 April 2012. For a full schedule, please go
to: http://www.assw2012.org.

The WGs (Marine, Terrestrial, Atmosphere, Cryosphere, and Human and
Social) are the main tool by which IASC performs its activities. WGs
identify and formulate science plans and research priorities, encourage
science-led programs, promote future generations of arctic scientists,
and act as scientific advisory boards to the IASC Council. All WG
meetings are open to the public and anyone interested in the meetings
can attend as observer.

Scientists are invited to submit ideas for international collaborative
activities for consideration by the WGs to IASC by Sunday, 1 April 2012.
If you wish to submit an idea, please do so in writing to:
iasc [at] iasc.info. Include your name and contact information. You need not
be present at the WG meeting in order for your suggestions to be
considered.

IASC is a non-governmental, international scientific organization. The
IASC mission is to encourage and facilitate cooperation in all aspects
of arctic research, in all countries engaged in arctic research, and in
all areas of the arctic region. Overall, IASC promotes and supports
leading-edge multidisciplinary research in order to foster a greater
scientific understanding of the arctic region and its role in the Earth
system.

For more information about IASC, its WGs, the ASSW and the
IASC-supported activities during the IPY Montreal Conference, please see
the IASC website at: http://www.iasc.info.

  1. Conference Announcement
    North to Alaska: A Confluence of Science and Culture
    24-28 June 2012
    Anchorage, Alaska

Organizers announce that a conference entitled "North to Alaska: A
Confluence of Science and Culture" will be held 24-28 June 2012 on the
University of Alaska Anchorage campus. The meeting is sponsored by the
Alaska Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE-AK) and the
Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators (NAME).

Educators and scientists are invited to attend and submit proposals for
presentations or posters about marine and aquatic education and
outreach. The deadline for acceptance is Wednesday, 29 February 2012.
Dorm housing and spaces in pre-conference workshops, day field trips to
Seward and Anchorage area destinations, and post-conference field trips
to Homer and Cordova can now be reserved.

NMEA provides conference scholarships and stipends based on need and to
encourage non-members to attend in the areas of broadening participation
and incorporating traditional knowledge into marine and aquatic
education and outreach. NMEA chapters also have travel scholarship
programs. For information about travel assistance from the Alaska NAME
chapter, please contact Robin Dublin (robindublin [at] coseealaska.net).

Further information, registration, and travel scholarship details are
available at: http://www.pacname.org/conf.shtml.

  1. Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
    OS20 - Circumpolar Arctic Shelf System: Perspectives on Recent
    Climate Change
    AOGS-AGU Joint Assembly
    13-17 August 2012
    Singapore

Organizers of session OS20, entitled "Circumpolar Arctic Shelf System:
Perspectives on Recent Climate Change," announce a call for abstracts.
The session will be convened at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
(AOGS) - American Geophysical Union (AGU) Joint Assembly, scheduled for
13-17 August 2012 in Singapore.

This session is dedicated to the response of the arctic shelf seas to
recent climatic and environmental changes. The Arctic Ocean marginal
seas are an important component of the arctic environment and Earth's
climate system. The recent decrease of perennial sea ice during the
summer season over the arctic shelves has imposed severe changes to the
arctic shelf environment. These include the timing of sea-ice
freeze-up/break-up, the off-shore migration of the seasonal ice zone,
and a substantial increase in the extent and duration of summer ice-free
period when the water column is exposed to solar heating and wind-forced
mixing. In addition, the total annual discharge from the six largest
Eurasian rivers draining into the Arctic show a positive trend and
recently reached an all-time record high in 2007. The dramatic changes
in the Arctic in recent years may have wide significance for the shelf
environment, and must be considered in the quest for understanding the
interactions and feedbacks between environmental system components.
Presentations from multiple disciplines are encouraged.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 12 March 2012.

To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2012/public.asp?page=abstract.htm.

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