Past Events - 2006

SCAR Workshop to review the risks associated with marine acoustics in the Southern Ocean

The workshop will take place in the Faculty of Marine Sciences, Puerto Real Campus, University of Cadiz, Spain. It will run from Tuesday 24th to Thursday 26th January 2006. Details of the accommodation and travel to the venue are provided here. Enquiries about the local arrangements should be made to the local organiser Professor Manuel Catalan Perez-Urquiola at manuel.catalan@uca.es All enquiries about the program should be sent to Professor David Walton at d.Walton@bas.ac.uk

All intended participants participants must register. The completed registration form should be emailed to Manuel Catalan by 16th January 2006 latest. Please note that the number of participants at the workshop is strictly limited by the facilities provided.

GLIMS workshop in Twizel, South Island, New Zealand

6-10 February 2006, Mackenzie Country Inn, Twizel, South Island, New Zealand

Dates:
6 and 7 February GLIMS workshop
8 February SIRG Workshop
9 and 10 February Field trips to local glaciated areas

Abstract submission deadline extended: 20 January 2006

Students wishing to attend this workshop have a chance to obtain travel grants. Please contact Shulamit Gordon at: S.Gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz for more information.

Additional costs in NZ will be for: transport from Christchurch to Twizel, accommodation in Twizel, evening meals, field trips. These can all be paid for at the conference in local currency.

http://www.geog.canterbury.ac.nz/

Marine Acoustics
20-24 Feb 2006, Honolulu, Hawai

For leaflet with information click here
To submit papers visit: www.agu.org/meetings/os06
Closing date for submission: 20^th Oct 2005,
for more information contact Dr Bev Mackenzie at IMarEST on: bev.mackenzie@imarest.org

SCOSTEP 11th Quadrennial Solar Terrestrial Physics Symposium "Sun, Space Physics and Climate"

6-10 March 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Includes "Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System: CAWSES"
Themes: Solar Influence on Climate, Space Weather: Science and Applications, Atmospheric Coupling Processes, Space Climatology
Website: http://www.abc.org.br/scostep2006/

IPY-CliC polar re-analyses meeting

10-12 March 2006, Cambridge, United Kingdom

A one day visit to European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting will be organized to discuss IPY matters.
For further details please contact John Turner at jtu@bas.ac.uk

SCAR Standing Scientific Group on the Physical Sciences (SSG-PS) will held a Workshop on the Antarctic Wind Field

13-15 March 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This workshop will be of interest to meteorologists, climatologists, glaciologists and those concerned with the oceanic and cryospheric impacts of the winds. More details can be found at:

http://www.ippp.um.edu.my/antartika/

Arctic Summit Science Week (ASSW) 2006

22-29 March 2006, Potsdam, Germany
Early Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 28 February 2006

The purpose of the ASSW is to provide opportunities for coordination, collaboration, and cooperation in all areas of arctic science, and to
combine science and management meetings, thus saving on travel and time.
The ASSW is an initiative of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), but all interested circumarctic research organizations are
invited to join.

The ASSW 2006 comprises meetings or presentations of the following organizations:
- International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
- Arctic Ocean Science Board (AOSB)
- European Polar Board (EPB)
- Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)
- Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFOPS)
- Pacific Arctic Group (PAG)
- Ny-Alesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC)
- International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC)
- Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), Arctic Council

For further information and registration, please visit the conference website: http://www.assw2006.de

International Conference on Alpine and Polar Microbiology

27-30 March 2006, Innsbruk, Austria

Deadline for abstract submissions: 1^st November 2005

Type of Event: Conference
Theme(s): The objective of thismeeting is to bring together scientistsand professionals to discuss allaspects of psychrophilic andcold-tolerant microorganisms, in atrans-polar and alpine context.
The broad conference topics for oral and poster sessions are:

Ecology and biodiversity of cold terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling in cold ecosystems
Biotransformation and biodegradation of biopolymers and xenobiotics at low temperatures
Physiology and metabolism of psychrophiles: Biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, and stress responses, etc.
Genetic approaches: Genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics of cold growth
Biotechnology using psychrophiles: Bioremediation of contaminated cold environments, cold-active enzymes, genetic tools, etc.
Astrobiology
Methods in alpine and polar biosciences

For information on abstract submission, registration, and accommodation, please visit the conference website:
http://www.alpine-polar-microbiology2006.at/
Contact: Rosa Margesin Email: rosa.margesin@uibk.ac.at or info@alpinepolar-microbiology2006.at
Web Link www.alpine-polar-microbiology2006.at Click here for a Conference Information leaflet in .PDF format

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly

2-7 April 2006, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

Any information about the General Assembly and guidelines regarding the abstract format, submission and oral/poster presentations are available on the Assembly Web Site (http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006/).

Several sessions are of interest to SCAR scientist. Therefore, we encourage all members of the SCAR community to participate in this conference presenting the results of your research. All sessions are announced via different mail lists and details are on the EGU website.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts : 13 January 2006
This deadline also accounts for invited speakers.
Deadline for pre-registration : 10 March 2006

Further details on the sessions can be found at:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/programme/view.php?m_id=29&p_id=199&PHPSESSID=0c390de01c13f852a2104985f9f73ea7

Workshop on Non-native Species in the Antarctic Region

10-12 April 2006, Christchurch, New Zealand

Gateway Antarctica at the University of Canterbury will host a 3-day
Workshop on Non-native Species in the Antarctic Region.

For the Workshop Programme click here

For more information contact:

Michelle Rogan-Finnemore
Centre Manager
Gateway Antarctica, Centre for Antarctic Studies and Research
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand

Phone 64 3 364 2273
Fax 64 3 364 2197
michelle.finnemore@canterbury.ac.nz
www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz

Guiding National Ocean Research Investment: Public Workshop for the Development of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan

18-20 April 2006, Denver, Colorado

For more information on the workshop go to: http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/jsost_workshop/welcome.html

For more information on the Ocean Research Priorities Plan go to: http://ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_prioritiesplan.html

1st Asia CliC Symposium: The state and fate of Asian Cryosphere

20-22 April 2006, Yokohama, Japan

For more information go to the CliC website:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/sympo/asiaclic2006/

Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS), Cryosphere Theme meeting

24-25 April 2006, Kanazawaku, Yokohama, Japan

The 2nd IGOS Cryosphere Theme (IGOS-Cryo) development workshop will take place in conjunction with the Asia CliC meeting (20-22 April 2006).

The goal of the second workshop is to bring together representatives from the user and scientific communities to identify the major issues in cryospheric information needs, particularly our current and planned observational capabilities, applications, and observational requirements. This information forms the core of the Theme Report. In fact, the desired outcome of this workshop is to finalize the draft of the Report, modifying the cababilities and requirements tables, adding applications and societal benefits, etc.

The workshop will consist of presentations and breakout sessions. The presentations will span the major topical areas, e.g., terrestrial snow cover, seasonally frozen ground, permafrost, ice sheets, ice caps, and glaciers, sea ice, river and lake ice, and solid precipitation. Both the presentations and the breakout sessions will address observational requirements, measurement accuracies and the gaps between the two, particularly from an Asian perspective.

For more information go to: http://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/igos-cryo/workshop2/second_wrkshp.html
Registration to IGOS-Cryo meeting is a part of the 1st Asia CliC Symposium registration procedure.
The form can be found at: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/sympo/asiaclic2006/

International workshop: "Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE)in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008: Advanced Science andTechnology Planning"

The workshop will be held in Grenoble, France, 24-26 April 2006.

The meeting is jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs (OPP), Texas A&M University, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Centre National dela Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environment (LGGE).

The workshop will include mornings of invited presentations, afternoon discussion groups, and a concurrent poster session.Topics will include SALE geology and tectonic settings, SALE glaciohydrogeology and paleoclimate, the limnology and biogeochemistry of SALE, SALE biology and genomics, planetary analogues and environmental protection, and SALE technology challenges.

The goals are to:

refine and focus the disciplinary scientific questions posed initially at the Cambridge workshop, and developed further by SCAR-SALE GOS, to strengthen interdisciplinary linkages and expand on the vision for each science component;
develop an integrated science plan that clearly shows how the pieces from (1) fit together into a coherent plan including expected outcomes and an indication of timing;
identify the sample and technological needs to accomplish the science of (1) and (2) (with as much specificity as possible).

There will be limited travel funds available for students, young investigators, and those from under represented groups.

Application Deadline for Travel Assistance: 15 February 2006

An application form is available on the workshop website: http://salepo.tamu.edu/saleworkshop2006/travelgrants

For further information, please go to:
http://salepo.tamu.edu/saleworkshop2006 or send an inquiry to Chuck Kennicutt at: m-kennicutt@tamu.edu

13th International Symposium on Polar Sciences

9-11 May 2006, Seul, Korea

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) will hold an International Symposium on Polar Sciences under theme: 'From Molecules to Ecosystems in Polar Science: Toward IPY 2007~2008'.
This symposium is expected to bring together scientists working on polar biology, and to provide an international forum for exchanging new ideas. It will also help to develop new international collaborative exploration. The main focus of the Symposium will be molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, ecology and biodiversity of polar organisms.

For more information please visit the symposium website: http://www.kopri.re.kr/english/sympo/index.html

Symposium 2nd Circular

Symposium Programme

An International Workshop on: "Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: Observations, Models, and Plans for IPY Research"

14-16 May 2006, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Please indicate if you are interested in attending this workshop by sending an e-mail to: nsidc@nsidc.colorado.edu.

Abstracts due April 1,2006. Registration due April 21, 2006.

The payment of a small registration fee (approx. US$60) will be accepted on site as the workshop commences.
For more information go to: http://nsidc.org/events/IPY_APCV.

9th Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium

15-18 May 2006, Seward, Alaska

For further information, please go to: http://alaska.usgs.gov/geography/conference/index.html
or Email: acbrown2@usgs.gov

Abstract submission deadline: Wednesday, 1 March 2006

16th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference and Exhibition (ISOPE)

28 May-2 June 2006, San Fancisco, United States
Type of Event Conference
Theme(s)
Organized by International Offshore and Polar Engineers with cooperating organizations.
Contact ISOPE, P O Box 189, Cupertino, California 95015-0189, USA
Fax: +1 650 254 2038
Web link www.isope.org

Conference: "Earth Cryosphere Assessment: Theory, Applications, and Prognosis of Alterations" organized by Russian Academy of Sciences and Scientific Council of Earth Cryology

29-31 May 2006, Tyumen City, West Siberia, Russia

Abstract Submission Deadline: Saturday, 25 February 2006

For further information, please contact:
David Gilichinsky
Russian Academy of Sciences
E-mail: dgilichin@issp.serpukhov.su and gilichin@online.stack.net

or contact:
Elena Spirina
E-mail: lena@issp.serpukhov.su

The conference will be focused on Russian and International Permafrost Association activities in the
framework of the forthcoming International Polar Year.

III International Conference "Scientific investigations in Antarctica"

29 May - 2 June 2006, Kyiv, Ukraine

In 2006 Ukraine marks the ten years anniversary of the beginning of Ukrainian Antarctic research on Akademik Vernadsky Antarctic Station. During this period much scientific research has been carried out in the Antarctic region. The National Antarctic Scientific Center invites scientists from Ukraine and from "Antarctic" countries to discuss the latest results of Antarctic research and prospects for IPY 2007/8.

Second circular

Registration deadline: 7th April 2006

Abstract submission deadline: 10th April 2006

Contact: National Antarctic Scientific Center, 16, Taras Shevchenko blvd., of. 101, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
tel.: +38 044 2463883, tel/fax: +38 044 246 3880, E-mail: science@uac.gov.ua

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting 2006

4-9 June 2006, Victoria, British Columbia

Some sessions might be of interest to SCAR scientific community (e.g. "Linking the Nutrient Physiology of Marine Phytoplankton to Regional and Global Biogeochemistry" (TS-B08))

For further meeting information, please go to:
http://aslo.org/meetings/victoria2006/

CAML Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and Invited Experts Meeting (by invitation only)

6-8 June 2006, Bremerhaven, Germany

The Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (www.awi-bremerhaven.de) has kindly agreed to host the meeting. For more information please contact Victoria Wadley at: Victoria.Wadley@aad.gov.au

SCAR-MarBIN Workshop (by invitation only)

9-10 June 2006,Bremerhaven, Germany

The meeting will take place at the Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (www.awi-bremerhaven.de). For more information please contact Victoria Wadley at: Victoria.Wadley@aad.gov.au

UNESCO/IOC/SCAR/WCRP sponsored workshop on "Understanding Sea Level Rise and Variability".

6-9 June 2006, Paris, France

Further information can be obtained from:
http://copes.ipsl.jussieu.fr/Workshops/SeaLevel/index.html

The XXIX Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

12-23 June 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

For information check Antarctic Treaty Secretariat web site: www.ats.aq

International Symposium on Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Glacier Volcano/Geothermal Interactions

12 - 16 June 2006, Rekjavik, Iceland
Web link http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2006/iceland/

20th International Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP)

21-22 June 2006, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registration and further information about FRISP, including reports from previous workshops can be found at
http://www.gfi.uib.no/frisp/index.html

Antarctic Sea-Ice Thickness International Workshop

5-7th July 2006, Hobart, Tasmania

Application deadline: 28 February 2006

Registration and funding information can be found at: http://www.aspect.aq/workshop2006.html

XXIX SCAR Meeting with Open Science Conference, 8 - 19 July 2006, Hobart, Tasmania

The conference web page and registration: www.scar2006.org

The XXIX meeting of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research will include three seperate but related events:

8 - 11 July 2006; the Business Meetings of the SCAR Standing Scientific Groups
10-11 July 2006 - 2nd Meeting of Joint SCAR/SCOR Expert Group in Oceanography
12 - 14 July - SCAR Open Science Conference - deadline for abstract submission extended to 13th Feb 2006!!!
17 - 19 July 2006; XXIX SCAR Delegates Meeting

Southern Oceans Observing System Workshop

15 July 2006, (following SCAR Open Science Conference), Hobart, Tasmania

Workshop Objectives:
The overall objective of this workshop is therefore to examine the feasibility of establishing a Southern Ocean Observation System (SOOS) and in particular to investigate the possibility of incorporating data collected by marine mammals and seabirds.

Specifically the workshop will:

Briefly review existing technology, and assess suitability and shortcomings
Review existing oceanographic data sets collected by seals and seabirds
Briefly review the important biological questions
Consider what species would be suitable for on-going studies
Assess data-handling and compatibility issues, consider protocols for integrating data sets
Consider existing ocean data-sets that would benefit from such data
Establish a framework for on-going (post IPY) data collection
Address outreach facilities to share the vision beyond the technical community

Information regarding the meeting has been made available on the POGO web site:

http://www.ocean-partners.org/documents/SOOS_SCAR_Workshop.pdf

For further information regarding the workshop, please contact Victoria Wadley at: Victoria.Wadley@aad.gov.au

36th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).

16 - 23 July 2006, Beijing, China

This meeting will bring together approximately 2000 scientists and engineers from all over the world to present the latest
results in 82 symposia and special events covering all areas of space science. Scientific program and abstract instructions:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/cospar2006/ .

Abstract deadline: 17 February 2006

Registration and hotel reservations:
http://www.cospar2006.org/ .
Early registration deadline: 15 May 2006

Asian Conference on Permafrost, Lanzhou, China

7 - 9 August 2006, Lanzhou, China

SCAR-sponsored Asian Conference on Permafrost in Lanzhou, China will be combined this year with a field excursion along the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). The excursion is scheduled for 10-16 August 2006.

For more information please contact Lai Yuanming at: ymlai@lzb.ac.cn or Jerry Brown at: jerrybrown@igc.org.

The Conference web site can be found here:
http://www.casnw.net/permafrost/home.html

Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Workshop

17-18 August 2006, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK

The workshop is organized in conjunction with IGS International Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of Global Climate Change (21-25 August 2006).

Further information and registration forms are available at:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/tlc/igs/meetings.php

International Symposium on Cryospheric Indicators of Global Climate Change

21 - 25 August 2006, Cambridge England

For details go to: http://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2006/cambridge/

The cryosphere, consisting of snow cover, sea-, lake- and river-ice, glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets, and frozen ground including permafrost, is a fundamentally important part of the global climate system. Many components of the cryosphere respond sensitively and very visibly to climate changes. Cryospheric changes provide important information about past climatic conditions in regions where other climate observations are sparse, and they have significant implications for global sea level, regional water resources, and both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Feedbacks between the cryosphere and other components of the climate system play a key role in how the climate system evolves over time. In situ observations, remote sensing, the analysis of proxy records, and numerical modelling all contribute to understanding the dynamics of cryospheric change and cryosphere/climate interactions. Building on the foundation laid by the first Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Science Conference, held in Beijing in April 2005, this symposium will promote discussion of the evidence for changes in all components of the global cryosphere, their interdependence and causes, our current ability to model these changes, and what they tell us about changing global climate.

A special session on Antarctic Astronomy at the IAU General Assembly

22-23 August 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The program will contain four main topics: developments at South Pole, Dome C, Dome A and the International Polar Year (IPY) of 2007-08.
As with all IAU GA's, registration for the GA is required to attend any of the sessions. Details as to the overall program, and registration, are available from the GA web site at www.astronomy2006.com.

The IAU GA website is also used for submission of abstracts for giving talks or posters at any of the meetings taking place at the GA. As with all the meetings at the GA, the final program for the Antarctic astronomy session will be determined from the abstracts submitted for that session.

However, the SOC for the Antarctic Astronomy session would be interested in receiving expressions of interest to give presentations at the session. Please send such expressions to the chair of the SOC, including the title and an abstract.

Information about the meeting will be provided at: www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/iau

International Glaciological Society (IGS) British Branch Annual Meeting 2006

13th - 14th September 2006, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University

Further information available at: www.esci.keele.ac.uk/igs2006
Contact with the organisers: igs06@esci.ac.uk

The 36th Annual Northwest Glaciology Meeting

15-16 September 2006, Fairbanks, Alaska

Northwest Glaciology is an informal meeting open to everybody interested in the cryosphere. The meeting will be followed by a 1- to 2-day field trip (details to be determined) and a workshop on repeat and time-lapse photography in Juneau, Alaska (http://www.earthslot.org/photoworkshop).
Additional information can be found at http://www.northwestglaciology.org or by contacting Jason Amundson at amundson@gi.alaska.edu

International Ice Drilling Technology Workshop

17-23 September 2006, Sheperdstown, West Virginia, USA
Please indicate your interest in attending the workshop by Wednesday, 12 April 2006 using the online form on the workshop website at: http://www.idt-workshop.unh.edu

Further information is available on the same website.
Workshop Co-Chairs are Joan Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA, and Frank Wilhelms, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

Joint IGAC/CACGP/WMO Symposium with session on: "Interface Processes Between the Ocean, Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Snow in Polar Regions"

17-23 September 2006, Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract Submission Deadline: Sunday, 30 April 2006

For further information, please go to: http://www.atmosphericinterfaces2006.co.za/

Conference/Workshop - 'The History of Convergent and Passive Margins in the Polar Realm: Sedimentary and Tectonic Processes, Transitions and Resources'

18-22 September 2006, Quebec City, Canada

For further information, please go to: http://www.sedimentarybasins2006.ggl.ulaval.ca/

Workshop on the Uses of Photography to Detect Change in the Cryosphere

18-22 September 2006, Juneau, Alaska

This workshop follows the annual Northwest Glaciology meeting being held in Fairbanks from September 15-16 (www.northwestglaciology.org)
Further information available at the Workshop website

2nd Workshop of the SCAR Action Group on "History of Institutionalisation of Antarctic Research within SCAR"

21 - 23 September 2006, Santiago, Chile

The 2nd Workshop on the History of Antarctic Research will take place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Edificio José Miguel Carrera, Teatinos 180, Santiago, Chile. Local organizing committee, represented by Jorge Berguño, recommends that participants arrive in Santiago on 20 September. The closing on 23 September will allow sufficient time for participants to leave Chile on the same day (Saturday).

Information concerning hotels, city travel and a reference map of the area surrounding the Carrera building will be given in due time. For more details please contact Dr. Cornelia Lüdecke at: C.Luedecke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

SCAR AG History of Antarctic Research
Valleystrasse 40
D-81371 Munich
Germany
Tel./Fax: +49 89 725 6 725

Transatlantic Science Week 2006: Arctic Meltdown Global Effects

2-5 October 2006, Washington DC, USA

For further information, please go to:
http://www.norway.org/restech/Science+week+2006.htm

Workshop for Polar Earth Observing Network (POLENET) for the International Polar Year

4-6 October 2006, Dresden, Germany

The workshop is sponsored by SCAR and the International Association of Geodesy. More details can be found on the workshop website:
http://www.geo.tu-dresden.de/ipg/polenet

The local organizing committee can be contacted at: polenet@ipg.tu-dresden.de, Reinhard Dietrich at: dietrich@ipg.geo.tu-dresden.de and Terry Wilson at: twilson@mps.ohio-state.edu

SCAR Workshop on Terrestrial Biodiversity in the Antarctic: Microbial, Macroscopic, Indigenous and Alien

18-20 October 2006, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, South Africa

For further information, please contact Steven Chown (Email: slchown@sun.ac.za)

Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Meeting

23 October - 3 November 2006, Hobart, Australia

The meeting includes the Scientific Committee Meeting from 23-27 October 2006.
www.ccamlr.org

Public Meeting: Arctic Workshop and Film Evening, London United Kingdom

31 October 2006, London, UK

The workshop will be held at the City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., followed by a reception and film
screening featuring short films about the Arctic. Both events are free and open to the public, though attendees are requested to register in
advance.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.imarest.org/events/arctic/

or contact: Bev MacKenzie at: bev.mackenzie@imarest.org

Second International Young Scientists Global Change Conference

7-8 November 2006, Beijing, China

Important Deadlines:
Expression of Interest Form (Recommended but Optional): 15 November 2005
Abstract Submission: 1 March 2006
Notice of Acceptance: 30 June 2006
Registration Form: 15 July 2006

For further information, please contact Ms. Amy Freise at ysc@agu.org

All application and conference information will be posted as it becomes available on the START website:
http://www.start.org

An Earth System Science Partnership Global Environmental Change Open Science Conference

9-12 November 2006, Beijing, China

SSP is organizing an Open Science Conference to present progress in our understanding of the natural and social systems of global environmental change and to highlight the ESSP approach to the study of the Earth System.
Conference themes:

Earth System Science Approach: New advances in studies of the physical, biogeochemical, biodiversity, and human dimensions aspects of global environmental change.
Science for Sustainability: Global environmental change research relating to carbon, food, human health, and water; as reflected in the ESSP Joint Projects.
Integrated Regional Studies: The dynamics, impacts and consequences of the interactions between natural and social systems at regional scales, including extreme events, and how they connect with global-scale phenomena.
Global Change in Monsoon Asia: Global environmental change research in monsoon Asia.

For more information go to: http://www.essp.org/essp/ESSP2006/

Sun-Earth Connection Virtual Conference Series, Session 1: Worldwide Data Exchange and Sun-to-Earth Science Issues

13-17 November 2006, internet only

The series addresses the state of the Sun-Earth system during extreme space weather. For details of the conference structure and logistics please go to http://workshops.jhuapl.edu/s1/index.html Further information is also available from Dr. D Pallamraju (Email: raju@cawses.bu.edu)

Southern Ocean Region Panel Meeting

14-17 November 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina

For further details, please contact Mike Sparrow (Email: m.sparrow@noc.ac.uk)

Clic SSG Meeting

4-6 December 2006, Boulder, Colorado, USA

http://clic.npolar.no

For further details, please contact Clic International Project Office, Norwegian Polar Institute, Polarmiljøsenteret, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway. Tel: +47 7775 0147. Fax: +47 7775 0501. Email: angelique@npolar.no

2006 Fall AGU Meeting - Call for Cryospheric Session Proposals

11-15 December 2006, San Francisco, USA

Planning the Cryosphere sessions at the 2006 Fall AGU meeting has begun. The last day for nominating an idea for a session is Thursday, June 8. Ideas for sessions (title and brief session description) and names of two conveners are expected. It would also be helpful at this stage to suggest 2-3 people who could be invited to submit an abstract to the proposed session. Session proposals can be submitted at:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/?content=program#sessionProposals

Open Meeting: IPY Opportunities for Early-Career Polar Scientists

11 December 2006, San Francisco, California

The Early Career Polar Scientist Network and Whitman College are hosting an open meeting on planned IPY activities for students and early-career researchers on Monday, 11 December 2006, during the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California. The meeting will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Marriott Hotel, Pacific A Room.

The meeting will consist of brief presentations on IPY opportunities, including the DIALOG, DISCCRS, and New Generation of Polar Researchers symposia, as well as a question-and-answer session. David Carlson, director of the IPY International Programme Office, and Chris Elfring and Maria Uhle, of the National Academies Polar Research Board, will attend the meeting and be available to answer questions.

For further information, please contact:
Jenny Baeseman, Early Career Polar Scientist Network at: jbaesema@kent.edu
or
Susan Weiler, Whitman College at: weilercs@whitman.edu

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