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November 2008

IMPETUS 2008: Techniques in Polar Ocean Observation and Monitoring

19 - 22 November 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia

A training workshop on monitoring techniques in polar ocean and sea-ice observation jointly organised by the Otto-Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research in Saint-Petersburg (OSL) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). For more information, visit the workshop website.

December 2008

XXXI Symposium on Polar Biology

3 - 5 December 2008, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan

CliC Scientific Steering Committee

8 - 11 December 2008, WMO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

By invitation only.

Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)

15 - 19 December 2008, San Francisco, California, USA

Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 September 2008

There is full information on the meeting website. Papers are invited. For session information, please go to the session search page. For abstract submission procedures and instructions, please go to the submissions page. Registration is now available on the registration page.

AGU Meeting Sessions:

Remote Sensing of Changes in Terrestrial Permafrost. Read more about the session.
Satellite Geodesy of the Polar Oceans. Read more about the session.
Progress in Quaternary Geochronology in Polar Regions. Read more about the session.
C02: Cenozoic Antarctic glacial history. Read more about the session.
Cryospheric Climate Data Records. Read more about the session.
International Collaboration to Build Understanding of Climate Change in Polar Regions. Read more about the session.
Snow/Ice Chemistry: Impacts on Atmospheric and Hydrologic Systems. Read more about the session.
Ice Sheet Hydrology and Dynamics. Read more about the session.

Conveners:
Seymour Laxon, Phone: +44-207-679-3932, Email: swl@cpom.ac.uk
Ron Kwok, Phone: 818-354-5614, ron.kwok@jpl.nasa.gov
David McAdoo, Phone: 301-713-2857, Email: Dave.McAdoo@noaa.gov
Andy Shepherd, Phone: +44-131-651-4345, Email: Andrew.Shepherd@ed.ac.uk

APECS Mentor Panel and Social Meeting are begin planned – contact Rhian Salmon for more details.

Events in 2009

March 2009

Gordon Research Conference in Polar Marine Science

15 - 20 March 2009, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

For more information, please contact David Thomas, email: oss102@bangor.ac.uk or visit the conference website.

Antarctic Sea Ice Workshop - IPY Cruises

23 - 24 March 2009, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Contact Steve Ackley (email: sackley@pol.net) and Klaus Meiners (email: Klaus.meiners@acecrc.org.au). For hotel bookings, contact Mr Gianpaolo Lucchesi via email (prenotazioni@ciocco.it) and state you are attending the "Antarctic Sea Ice Workshop - IPY Cruises". For more information see the news item on the SCAR News page.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)

23 - 28 March 2009, Bergen, Norway

Visit the ASSW website for more information. The second circular is now available.

April 2009

4^th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA4) - Legacy of IPY to the Tropics

1 - 3 April 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 4th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA4) is jointly organised by University of Malaya (UM), Malaysian Antarctic
Research Program (MARP) and Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM). We cordially invite you to participate in this polar sciences seminar. More details are available on the seminar website.

XXXII ATCM - CEP XII

6 - 17 April 2009, Baltimore, USA

For more information, see the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website.

Geomorphology - Cold Regions (session at EGU General Assembly)

19-24th April 2009, Vienna, Austria

Abstract submission deadline: 13th January 2009

Geomorphology - Cold Regions (High-latitude terrestrial chronological records of glaciation), a session at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Abstract submission is now open. For more information, please see the meeting website.

May 2009

WMO/GEO/WCRP IPY Legacy Workshop

May 2009, WMO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop on Sustaining Projects' Contributions to WMO Global Cryosphere Watch and GEOSS. For more information, see the announcement.

Oceans Past II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the History and Future of Marine Animal Populations

26 - 28 May 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Call for papers deadline: 1 December 2008

This international open science conference will take place at the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) of the University of British Columbia. Information on the call for papers is available to download. For more information on the conference, visit the conference website or email enquiries.oceanspast@gmail.com

June 2009

APECS/UNIS Summer School

15 June - 3 July 2009, Svalbard, Norway

For more information, visit the field school web page.

Symposium on Glaciology in the International Polar Year

27 - 31 June 2009, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

See the Second Circular for details.

July 2009

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

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)

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)

PAGES 3^rd 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/

14^th 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.

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

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

Antarctic evolutionary history
Adaptation to extreme environments
Marine biodiversity and processes
Patterns and diversity in the terrestrial systems
Environmental change and the human factor
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 early January 2009. Student and early career scientists within 5 years of Ph.D completion can apply for a discount registration fee.

View the First Circular.

Glaciology in the IPY

27 - 31 July 2009, Newcastle, UK

For details, please contact John Woodward, Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
(email: john.woodward@unn.ac.uk).

September 2009

First Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Symposium

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

For details, contact C. Dotti (email: cescutia@ugr.es).

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.

Events in 2010

APECS/IARC Bellingshausen Field School

January 2010