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Events in 2010

September 2010

1st World Seabird Conference

7 - 11 September 2010, Victoria Conference Center, Victoria, BC, Canada

The goal of this Conference is to put seabird management and conservation into a worldwide perspective. By bringing 800 - 900 participants from over 40 countries together, we will comprehensively address the global issues and data needs for these species, most of which inhabit multiple countries and waters within their own ranges. For more information, please visit the Conference website.

11th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium

20 - 24 September 2010, Cambridge, UK

The 11th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium will be held in September 2010 at Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute. Prior to the conference (Monday, 20 September 2010), there will be a one day UK Polar Network Workshop on Circumpolar Remote Sensing.

The conference deals specifically with remote sensing applications in the polar environments, both Arctic and Antarctic. It will provide an international forum for the discussion of work currently being carried out in the circumpolar regions. Topics that have been discussed at previous CRSS meetings have included environmental monitoring, the cryosphere, resource prospecting, vegetation measurement, LiDAR, RADARSAT, polar GIS applications, and many others.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 May 2010.

Prior to the conference, the UKPN Workshop is directed at graduate students and other early career researchers. Sessions in development include Open source remote sensing and GIS, Imaging climate change, and Innovating new techniques; suggestions from potential participants are encouraged. The day will also feature a career mentoring panel and will culminate with the CRSS Icebreaker Reception.

Further details of the conference and workshop are under development.
Please contact Allen Pope (allen.pope@polarnetwork.org) with questions and input.

South Georgia Town Meeting

28 September 2010, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, UK

Open invitation to a meeting being held at BAS to discuss science currently being done at South Georgia, to stimulate interest in the scientific opportunities that exist at King Edward Point and provide information on the accommodation, scientific facilities, logistic support, means of reaching the Island etc that prospective scientific visitors will need. For full details, please visit the meeting page on the BAS website.

October 2010

Census of Marine Life 2010: A Decade of Discovery

4 - 8 October 2010, London, UK

Further details are available in the draft schedule.

6th Northern Research Forum (NRF) Open Assembly

24 – 27 October 2010, Oslo and Kirkenes, Norway

The Northern Research Forum (NRF) is a venue for open dialogue to address issues and opportunities which face people living in the regions of the Circumpolar North. In order to do so, the NRF hosts a biennial Open Assembly where stakeholders, including researchers, educators, politicians, business leaders, civil servants, community leaders, NGO representatives, and resource users and managers come together and address the issues that are in focus. The NRF is an UArctic institute.

The 6th NRF Open Assembly will be held in Norway in October and the NRF is currently searching for Young Researchers to participate at the Assembly, where the NRF gives out travel grants for participation. Further information is available on the Assembly website.

November 2010

Research network for permafrost microbiology

8 - 10 November 2010, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany

An international workshop to initiate the circumpolar integration of permafrost microbiological studies, MicroPerm aims at establishing a research network bringing together early career scientists with expert researchers in the field of permafrost microbiology. The workshop is meant to provide a forum for all scientists interested in permafrost microbiology and to work towards a project integrating results and methods relevant to that topic. Travel grants will be available for early career scientists.

We identified the following issues to be most relevant to this workshop, but would welcome your suggestions for additional topics:

In addition to these topics of discussion, the workshop will focus on defining a workplan for MicroPerm driven by science questions and heavily relying on international collaboration. To do so, the workshop will be divided in working groups focusing on the following issues:

For more information, please see the MicroPerm First Circular or visit the project website.

Events in 2011

History Workshop: 'Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War'

27 - 29 January 2011, Deutsche Museum, Munich, Germany

This workshop is interested in new research projects at the interface of environmental history, military history and the history of science and technology to contribute to the discussion on the scientific perception and constitution of nature in the Cold War. It is supported by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich. Travel and accommodation costs will be met by the organizers. Applications must be written in English. Abstracts (500 words) and a short CV should be submitted by email no later than 30 August 2010 to Dr. Christian Kehrt (kehrt@hsu-hh.de). For more information on the workshop and how to take part, please see the Workshop Call For Proposals or contact Dr. Franziska Torma (franziska.torma@carsoncenter.lmu.de).

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2011

28 March - 1 April 2011, Seoul, Korea

The meeting will be convened in the Coex Center in Seoul, Korea. ASSW 2011 will have an integrated Science Symposium covering the theme: 'The Arctic: The New Frontier for Global Science'. The Science Symposium, organised for the second time after a successful launch in Bergen 2009, creates a platform for exchanging knowledge, cross fertilization, and collaboration in Arctic science. The Scientific Steering Group for ASSW 2011 is chaired by Byong-Kwon Park of the Korea Polar Research Institute, and Jacqueline Grebmeier of the University of Maryland.

First Circular

ISAES XI - 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences

10 - 16 July 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

The symposium will take place at the John McIntyre Conference Centre in Edinburgh, adjacent to Holyrood Park and the University of Edinburgh's Halls of Residence. Our ambition is to bring together scientists studying the different components of Polar Earth Science to exchange information and perspectives. As we come to terms with climate change, understanding the landscape and environmental response of the Polar regions, in particular the great Antarctic Ice Sheets, becomes ever more important. Study of geological archives, ice cores, and modern systems offers an unrivalled opportunity to reconstruct and understand the Earth's climatic variability - something which impacts on all countries and peoples of the world.

We invite proposals for Sessions up until 31 August 2010. To propose a session, simply fill in the session proposal form (MS Word document) and return it by email to the organisers listed on the form. Alternatively, visit the ISAES XI website and download the form from there.

Abstract submission will open on 30 September 2010.

For more information, please download the flyer or visit the Symposium website.

WCRP Open Science Conference

24 - 28 October 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA

The World Climate Research Programme announces its 2011 Open Science Conference, entitled Climate Research in Service to Society. More information is available in the First Announcement, or by visiting the Conference website.

Events in 2012

International Polar Year (IPY) Conference - "From Knowledge to Action"

22 - 27 April 2012, Montreal, Quebec

For more information, please see the Government of Canada news release.

Tenth International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP)

25 - 29 June 2012, Tyumen, Russia

The International Permafrost Association (IPA) and the Tyumen Oil and Gas University are excited to present the First Circular on the conference to be held in Russia for the first time since 1973. The International Conference on Permafrost, held every four years, is the premier venue for all research related to permafrost. The circular outlines the themes proposed for the sessions, the abstract policy, the registration, and the excursions planned around the conference. In addition, the IPA invites you to register your interest in the conference and to provide feedback on the associated activities at the address below. The organisers would greatly appreciate receiving your opinion.

The conference will focus on arctic, antarctic and alpine permafrost research. The theme of the conference is "Resources and Risks in permafrost regions in a changing world" and refers to both the impacts of a changing world on permafrost and the impact of permafrost on a changing world. It also uses the world "resource", which, in the host university tradition, relates to permafrost as both an industrial and environmental resource. The conference will also host official IPA Executive Committee and Council meetings. Stipends will be available for young scientists.

For more information, please see the First Circular or visit the Conference website, or email the organisers (ticop@tmsnc.ru).

XXXII SCAR and Open Science Conference

13 - 25 July 2012, Portland, Oregon, USA

Confirmed dates are as follows: