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Events in 2009

June 2009

International Polar Field School: An Interdisciplinary Experience in Polar Studies

15 June - 3 July 2009, University Centre, Svalbard, Norway

In celebration of the International Polar Year (2007-09), this 3-week course will focus on environmental change in the Arctic and Antarctic through a series of lectures and field excursions in Svalbard, Norway. The course will cover topics on Glaciology, Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Marine/Terrestrial Biology, and the Human Dimension in Polar Regions. The field school is organized by APECS in collaboration with UNIS, UArctic and IPY Norway.

Applicants should be Undergraduates or Masters students, with a minimum of 1 year in physical/technical and/or natural sciences.

Application deadline: 27 March 2009

For more information and to apply, please visit the APECS website. For a course description and information about UNIS, visit the UNIS website. For further details, please contact Dr Liz Thomas at the British Antarctic Survey (+ 44 1223 221658).

Course circular

July 2009

IPICS meeting

6 - 7 July 2009, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

To take place immediately before the PAGES Open Science Meeting, Oregon State University campus. For details, contact Edward Brook (email: brooke@geo.oregonstate.edu)

'Polar regional climate modeling and global impacts' session as part of IAMAS meeting

7 July 2009, Montreal, Canada

Sponsored by CliC, IASC and SCAR, ICPM, ICCL (International Commission on Climate). Organizers are Rinke, Proshutinsky, Döscher, Connolley. For further details please contact Victoria Lytle (email: vicky@npolar.no)

PAGES 3rd Open Science Meeting

8 - 11 July 2009, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

A PAGES Young Scientists' Meeting will be held from 6-7 July 2009. A website with more details will be set up shortly. Contact PAGES IPO. Web: http://www.pages-igbp.org/

14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health

11 - 16 July 2009, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Abstracts are now being accepted via links on the congress website, where information on sponsorship opportunities is also available and registration will begin soon. The deadlines for submitting abstracts of oral and poster presentations is 31 January 2009 and for congress registration is 15 June 2009.

MOCA-09 - IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS Joint Assembly

19 - 29 July 2009, Montreal, Canada

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 23 January 2009

For further details on the Assembly, visit the MOCA-09 Assembly website.

Session J03, International Polar Year - Early Results

This symposium provides the first opportunity after the official end of the observing period of the International Polar Year 2007-2009 to report new results from IPY projects. The session will particularly highlight interdisciplinary results addressing the IPY themes of assessing the present environmental status of the polar regions; quantifying and understanding environmental changes in polar regions; and better understanding the links between the polar regions and the rest of the globe. Contributions on advances towards implementation of sustainable observing systems of the earth system in polar regions are also welcome.

We are very pleased that the following invited speakers have confirmed that they will give talks:

For information about the other symposia, please visit the Symposia page of the Assembly website.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 23 January 2009. To submit your abstract, please go to the abstract submission page of the Assembly website. If you have any questions, please contact the Assembly's Management Office at:
Montreal2009-abstracts@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

iAnZone Biennial Meeting and SASSI IPY Programme Workshop

25 - 26 July 2009, Montreal, Canada

The iAnZone Biennial Meeting and SASSI IPY Programme Workshop will immediately follow the IAPSO/IAMAS/IACS Assembly, MOCA-09 and will be held at the Delta Hotel, which is the conference headquarters. A meeting room has been booked there, for which there will be a charge of about 40 Canadian dollars per person, including tea and coffee. If this will be a problem for you please let us know.

Many sessions at MOCA will be relevant to iAnZone people, including:

J01 Observations of High Latitude Climate Change
J03 International Polar Year Early Results
J04 The Contribution of Greenland and Antarctica to Fresh Water Input to the Ocean and Sea Level Change
J14 Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Boundary Layers and Interactions
P04 Overflows and Abyssal Currents
P05 Physics and Chemistry of the Oceans: General Topics
P06 Ocean Mixing Processes and Consequences
P07 The Southern Ocean: Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Links to the Global Climate System
P09 Deep Ocean Exchange with the Shelf

The deadline for abstract submission is 23 January 2009. For further details, contact Karen Heywood (k.heywood@uea.ac.uk).

Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium

26 - 31 July 2009, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Deadline for abstract submission extended to 20 February 2009

The theme is Antarctic Biology in the 21st Century - Advances in and beyond IPY. Six sub-themes under the main theme are:

  1. Antarctic evolutionary history
  2. Adaptation to extreme environments
  3. Marine biodiversity and processes
  4. Patterns and diversity in the terrestrial systems
  5. Environmental change and the human factor
  6. Outreach and education

This is the first time this prestigious symposium has been held in Asia. For details please visit the Symposium website. Deadline for abstract submission is now 20 February 2009. Student and early career scientists within 5 years of Ph.D completion can apply for a discount registration fee.

View the First Circular.

International Symposium on Glaciology in the International Polar Year

27 - 31 July 2009, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

This is a SCAR co-sponsored meeting. Abstract submission is now open via the submission web page. The Second Circular contains information about the Symposium and venue, and a registration form.

For further details, visit the Symposium website or contact John Woodward, Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
(email: john.woodward@unn.ac.uk).

August 2009

Ice Sheet Modelling Summer School

3 - 14 August 2009, Portland, Oregon, USA

Proposed schedule:
Monday 3: arrive and settle in
Tuesday 4 - Friday 7: "school"
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9: break / excursion
Monday 10: break / excursion or "school"
Tuesday 11 - Friday 14: "school"
Saturday 15: depart

For further details, please contact Kees Vanderveen (email: cjvdv@ku.edu).

4th International SOLAS Summer School

3 - 15 August 2009, Cargèse, Corsica, France

SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study) is running a summer school, aimed at graduate students and early career scientists with research interests in air-sea interactions, exposing them to recent developments and methodologies in the study of biogeochemical and physical feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere in a changing environment. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2009. For more information, visit the summer school website.

SCAR Chief Officers Meeting

4 August 2009, Punta Arenas, Chile

This is a closed meeting with attendance by invitation only.

SCAR Executive Committee Meeting

5 - 7 August 2009, Punta Arenas, Chile

This is a closed meeting with attendance by invitation only.

Workshop on the Response of Antarctic Biota to Climate Change

24 - 29 August 2009, Madralin, near Warsaw, Poland

Announcement of a workshop on the response of marine and terrestrial biota along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to climate change (IPY34 ClicOPEN). This interdisciplinary workshop will address issues of regional climate change and its impact on the marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the maritime Antarctic. The aim of the workshop will be to present new data gathered during IPY ClicOpen and related projects and to discuss potential system changes in the region of the Antarctic Peninsula in the global context. Much of the work and focus will be on King George Island.

For more details of the workshop, please see the First Circular.

September 2009

Joint SCADM and SC-AGI Meeting

7-10 September 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Combined meetings of SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM) and Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographical information (SC-AGI). Contact Kim Finney for details (Kim.Finney@aad.gov.au).

Note: these are closed meetings, by invitation only.

First Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Symposium

7 - 11 September 2009, Parque de las Ciencias (Science Museum), Granada, Spain

Full details can be found on the Symposium website, including the First Circular and Symposium flyer. For more information, contact C. Dotti (email: cescutia@ugr.es).

Workshop on Ocean Biology Observations

16-18 September 2009, Mestre, Venice, Italy

The SCOR Panel on New Technologies for Observing Marine Life announces a Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories. The goal of the workshop is to bring together biologists, the observing community, and the technology community to develop ocean biology observatories that could address the challenges of observing ocean life and its response to global change.

Registration is now open. The early registration deadline is 1 July 2009

For more information, visit the workshop website.

OceanObs'09

21 to 25 September 2009, Venice, Italy

A follow-up to the successful OceanObs'99 Symposium. Further details are available in the conference circular. For more information, visit the conference website.

October 2009

ACUNS/APECS International Science Conference

October 2009, Whitehorse, YT, Canada

More information in due course.

November 2009

Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance

30 November - 3 December 2009, Baird Auditorium of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC

The timing of the meeting ensures that it will take place during the 50th anniversary of the initial signatures to the Treaty (1 December 1959). For details, please contact Paul Berkman (email: berkman@bren.ucsb.edu).

December 2009

4th International conference Earth From Space: The most effective solutions

1 - 3 December 2009, Moscow, Russia

For more information, visit the conference website.

IPY Early Career Research Symposium

4 - 8 December 2009, Victoria, BC, Canada

The IPY Early Career Research Symposium is organized in conjunction with the 2009 ArcticNet Science Meeting, which will be held after the Symposium in Victoria. With the support of IPY Canada, ArcticNet, and the Northern Research Forum, the Symposium will bring together Arctic and Antarctic early career researchers from across the world with experts to build skills, knowledge, and networks. The workshop is based around seven themes:

The training sessions will give concrete and useful advice, insight, and skills to help early career researchers meet the demands of polar science. The Symposium will also provide an unmatched opportunity to meet and collaborate with fellow early career researchers, and build the networks that will strengthen polar research in the future. Lodging and food will be included and travel support will be available. Registration will be capped at 120 participants. Please visit the workshop website for more information and to register for future information packages and application forms.

Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on Ship-borne Tourism

9 - 11 December 2009, Wellington, New Zealand

Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on Management of ship-borne tourism in the Antarctic Treaty Area. For details, please e-mail atme@tcc.co.nz

Events in 2010

APECS/IARC Bellingshausen Field School

January 2010

More information in due course.

Advanced Biology Training Course in Antarctica

January 2010, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

"Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms"

This National Science Foundation sponsored course will be held in Antarctica at the United States' McMurdo Station for one month, starting January 2010. This is an international course, open to all nationalities. Applications are invited from graduate students currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career faculty who are interested in the study of extreme environments and the biology of Antarctic organisms. Full scholarships are available for each participant accepted into the course to cover the cost of travel from home institution to Antarctica, and room and board while in Antarctica. The emphasis of the Antarctic Biology Course is on integrative biology, with laboratory- and field-based projects focused on biological adaptations in an extreme environment, with an emphasis on rapid climate change in polar regions. A diverse teaching faculty will offer students the opportunity to study a wide range of Antarctic organisms (bacteria/archaea, algae, invertebrates, and fish), as well as studying several different levels of biological analysis (molecular biology, biomechanics, physiological ecology, species diversity, and evolution).

Deadline for receipt of completed applications is August 1, 2009.

For more information and on-line applications, please visit the course website.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)

13 - 16 April 2010, Nuuk, Greenland

ATCM XXXIII - CEP XIII

3 - 14 May 2010, Punta del Este, Uruguay

International Symposium on Sea Ice

31 May - 4 June 2010, Tromsø, Norway

The International Glaciological Society announces an International Symposium on Sea Ice in the Physical and Biogeochemical System, to be held in 2010 in Tromsø, Norway. This symposium will present an opportunity for interdisciplinary, biological, chemical, and socio-economic research on sea ice. Planned topics include:

Participants wishing to present a paper at the workshop are required to submit an abstract. A pre-print of submitted abstracts will be provided for all participants at the symposium. The International Glaciological Society will offer a volume of Annals of Glaciology on 'Sea ice in the physical and biogeochemical system' and participants are encouraged to submit manuscripts for this volume.

If you wish to attend the symposium, please visit the website and complete the form on the first circular. The second circular will give further information about accommodation, the general scientific programme and additional activities, and preparation of abstracts and final papers. Copies of the second circular will be sent to those who return the form associated with the first circular.

For further details, including information on abstract submission, please go to the Symposium website.

First Circular

IPY Oslo Science Conference

8 - 12 June 2010, Oslo, Norway

Co-sponsored by SCAR and IASC. An opportunity to present first results from the IPY. This is the second of three major IPY conferences. See the First Circular for more information or go to the conference website.

Conference on the Politics of Antarctica

8 - 9 July 2010, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Antarctica is the world's fifth largest continent, with a wealth of valuable resources, governed by no one country, yet a place where politics is very much to the fore. For the last fifty years Antarctica has been managed under the Antarctic Treaty system, a body which, according to its critics, by the terms of its membership effectively excludes most of the nations of the world as they do not have the resources to engage in scientific research in Antarctica. Will the Antarctic Treaty be able to last another 50 years? Will the emergence of new actors with interest in Antarctica upset the current system? Does Antarctica governance need to democratise? How might that be achieved? These are some of the questions this conference will explore from the perspective of

  1. relevant international relations theory and political theory;
  2. case studies of individual countries or groups of countries working in Antarctica or critiquing the existing order;
  3. analysis of the politics of various burning issues in Antarctica such as the expansion of tourism, bio-prospecting, and the role of the military in Antarctica.

Antarctic political science is virtually non-existent as an academic discipline, yet Antarctic affairs are highly politicised and frequently contentious. In the interest of developing Antarctic political science as a specialist sub-field, the conference welcomes papers written from within the framework of political science methodology. Graduate students are especially encouraged to participate. Non-political science specialists who are interested observers are warmly invited to attend and contribute to discussions.

The call for papers will open from 1 December 2009 and close from 28 February 2010. Participants should submit a 250-word abstract to the conference organiser, Associate-Professor Anne-Marie Brady (email: anne-marie.brady@canterbury.ac.nz). For more information, please see visit the School of Political and Social Sciences website, or see Conference web page.

Co-Sponsored by Gateway Antarctica, Christchurch, New Zealand.

XXXI SCAR and Open Science Conference

30 July - 11 August 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The dates are confirmed as follows:

World Seabirds Conference

September 2010, Victoria, BC, Canada

Census of Marine Life 2010: A Decade of Discovery

4 - 8 October 2010, London, UK

Further details are available in the draft schedule.

Events in 2012

ISAES XI

10 - 16 July 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

For details, please contact Dr Tom Bradwell, email: tbrad@bgs.ac.uk, or write to him at the following address: British Geological Survey, Murchison House, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, UK.

XXXII SCAR and Open Science Conference

13 - 25 July 2012, Portland, Oregon, USA

Confirmed dates are as follows: