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February 2007

Kick-off meeting for the ICESTAR-IPY project, Helsinki , Finland.

More information is available at:
http://www.space.fmi.fi/ipyid63/

Workshop on Dynamics and Impacts of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM)

7 - 8 February 2007, Adelaide, Australia

This workshop is part of the 14th Australian Meteorolgical and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) National Conference during 5-8 February 2007, For further details please go to http://www.cedl.unsw.edu.au/news/2007/disam.html

7th International Conference on Global Change: Connection to the Arctic

19 - 20 February 2007, Fairbanks, Alaska

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 December 2006

For more information, including registration and abstract submission instructions, please go to:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/workshops/GCCA-7/index.php

March 2007

Asian Collaboration in IPY 2007-2008 Symposium

1 March 2007, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 12 January 2007

For further information, please go to: http://www.nipr.ac.jp/~ipy/sympo/
or contact: Hajime Ito, National Institute of Polar Research, email: ipy2007@nipr.ac.jp

11th Alpine Glaciology Meeting 2007

1 - 2 March 2007, VAW, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

The meeting serves as informal exchange platform for researchers working on snow, glaciers and permafrost.
For further information go to:
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~glacier/agm2007/index.html

An European Commision Symposium on Polar Research: "Polar Environment and Climate: The Challenges - European Research in the Context of the International Polar Year"

5 - 6 March 2007, Brussels, Belgium

By bringing together key polar scientists at the start of both the International Polar Year and the Seventh Framework Programme, this symposium will provide a unique occasion to review the European research activities in the Polar Regions and to discuss future research challenges. The sessions of the symposium will be organised around the following themes: past, present and future climate; natural, health, and socio-economic impacts; research infrastructures and public outreach.

Further information is available on the Cordis website:
http://cordis.europa.eu/sustdev/environment/ev20061023.htm

As the number of attendees is limited to less than 150, and participants should register at the European Commision secretariat by 20th December 2006
(Immaculada.Menendez-Garcia@ec.europa.eu Fax 32 2 299 57 55).
For additional information, please contact Damien Cardinal (Damien.Cardinal@ec.europa.eu)

Community Climate System Model - Polar Climate Working Group Meeting, National Center for Atmospheric Research

12 - 13 March 2007, Boulder, Colorado

For further information about the Polar Climate Working Group, please go to:
http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Polar

or contact David A. Bailey, National Center for Atmospheric Research, email: dbailey@ucar.edu

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2007

13 - 20 March 2007, Hannover, USA

Further information will be available at: www.iasc.se

SCAR and CliC joined workshop on the Southern Ice Ocean Model Intercomparison (SIOMIP)

14 - 15 March 2007, Boulder, Colorado
Further information will be posted as it becomes available

3rd Malaysian International Seminar on Antartica (MISA3)

21 - 23 March 2007, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Malaysian Antarctic Researche Program (MARP) will organise the 3rd Malaysian International Seminar on Antartica (MISA) in University Malaysia Sabah.
Please visit the seminar website for more information:
http://www.ums.edu.my/ipb/misa/misa.htm

MISA3 second circular

Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science: "An Interdisciplinary Look at Processes Over Multiple Scales of Variability"

25 - 30 March 2007, Ventura, California, USA

For further information, please go to:
http://www.grc.org/

April 2007

Arctic System Synthesis Workshop: New Perspectives through Data Discovery and Modeling

2 - 4 April 2007, Seattle, Washington

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 7 February 2007

For further information and to submit an application, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/2007_data/index.html

or contact the ARCSS Science Management Office at ARCUS: Laurie Hueffer, email: laurie@arcus.org

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in Extreme Environments

11 - 13 April 2007, Scott Polar Research Insitute, Cambridge, UK

Objectives: to explore the possibilities of using AUVs for science in other ways within extreme environments, and to ask what would we like to be able to do in 10-15 years time? The meeting is in its planning stage and details will be posted on:

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/CASEE/CASEE2/pages/Science.html

EGU 2007 with SCAR-related sessions

15 - 20 April 2007, Vienna, Austria

General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2007) will be held again at the congress centre Austria Center Vienna (ACV) in Vienna, Austria.

Important deadlines:

8 December 2006 - Deadline for Support Application
15 January 2007 - Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts
28 February 2007 - Deadline for Letters of Invitation for obtaining visas & receiving travel funds
31 March 2007 - Deadline for pre-registration

All details are available on the EGU 2007 website:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007

There will be a number of sessions related to SCAR research groups during the EGU 2007:

Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) - Sessions on Cryospheric Studies

17 - 21 April 2007, San Francisco, USA

For further information, please go to http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/SF2007/

Number of sessions will depend on number of abstract submissions. Papers covering any research area related to the cryosphere, including physical and social sciences, education, and outreach are welcomed and encouraged. Deadline for abstract submissions is 20 October, 2006. If you have any questions prior to abstract submission, please contact Oliver W. Frauenfeld (Email: oliverf@colorado.edu)

Register for the annual meeting and submit your abstract online at:
http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/SF2007/registration.cfm

3rd Annual Polar Technology Conference

26 - 27 April 2007, Menlo Park, California

For further information, please go to:
http://www.polartechnologyconference.org/

or contact: Jill Ferris, email: jill@polarfield.com

XXX Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting

30 Apr - 11 May 2007, New Delhi, India

More information will be available at: www.ats.aq

May 2007

37th Annual Arctic Workshop

2 - 5 May 2007, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland

Abstract Submission Deadline: Saturday, 31 March 2007

For further information, please go to:
http://www.earthice.hi.is/page/arctic

The 14th International Symposium on Polar Sciences: 'Polar Regions in Global Change'

15 - 17 May 2007, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon, Korea

For further information, please go to: http://symposium.kopri.re.kr

Workshop Announcement: "Advanced Concept for Radar Sounder", Cambridge, United Kingdom

21 - 22 May 2007, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Sponsored by ESA and supported by the British Antarctic Survey, Vexcel, DLR, MPS and EADS Astrium, the workshop will provide an opportunity to go forward in a new area of activity. For more information please read the full announcement or contact: David Blake, British Antarctic Survey, at: d.blake@bas.ac.uk

When available, details of the event will be published at:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ACRAS

AGU Joint Assembly

22 - 25 May 2007, Acapulco, Mexico

Deadline for abstracts - 1 March 2007. For more information: www.agu.org/meetings/ja07/.

List of topic sessions:

Cosponsored sessions:

ARCUS 19th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2007

23 - 25 May 2007, Washington, DC

The focus of the Arctic Forum this year is: "Water in the Arctic: International Collaborations and Understanding Environmental Change."
The agenda, online registration, poster abstract submission, hotel, and other venue information will be available soon at:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2007/index.html

For further information about the Arctic Forum, please contact ARCUS at: email: info@arcus.org

Air, Ocean, Earth and Ice on the Rock - A Joint CMOS-CGU-AMS Conference

28 May - 1 June 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

CHANGED! Abstract deadline: 28 February 2007.
Further details are available at:
http://www.cmos2007.ca/en/index.htm

4th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Japan

28 May - 1 June 2007, Hiroshima, Japan

Abstract submission deadline: 16 December 2006

Further information is available at:
http://www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2007_symposia/4th_Zooplankton/4th_Zoopl.aspx

June 2007

Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) meetings in Białowieża, Poland (by invitation only)

For further information please contact CAML Project Manager, Dr Victoria Wadley, at: Victoria.Wadley@aad.gov.au

Kick-off meeting of the SCAR Action Group in Environmental Contamination in Antarctica (ECA)

14 - 16 June 2007, Venice, Italy

The main aims of the workshop are:

For information please contact: Gabriele Capodaglio (capoda@unive.it)

July 2007

Student Opportunity: International Sea-Ice Summer School, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

2 - 13 July 2007, Svalbard

Application Deadline: Thursday, 15 February 2007

For further information, please go to:
http://www.seaice.info

New Zealand's 50 years in Antarctica Conference

2 - 6 July 2007, Wellington, New Zealand

The Royal Society of New Zealand (www.rsnz.org) and Antarctica New Zealand (www.antarcticanz.govt.nz) are jointly organizing a major conference to celebrate 50 Years in Antarctica. The conference is to be held at the Duxton Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand from 2 July 2007 to 6 July 2007 inclusive.

Further information is available at the conference website.

XXIV IUGG 2007: Earth - Our Changing Planet

2 - 13 July 2007, Perugia, Italy

The 50th Anniversary of the International Geophysical Year at IUGG will be celebrated during the IUGG, and several special
interest session are a part of the celebrations.

Deadlines:
Cryospheric Program (9 - 13 July 2007) of the XXIV IUGG:

This program is co-sponsored by the International Glaciological Society.

More information is available at: http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/

SCAR SSG Chief Officers Meeting (by invitation only)

7 - 8 July 2007, Washington DC, USA

SCAR Executive Committee Meeting (by invitation only)

9 - 11 July 2007, Washington DC, USA

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007 (IGARSS)

23 - 27 July 2007, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 12 January 2007

For further information, please go to: http://www.igarss07.org or contact:
Ellsworth LeDrew, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, E-mail: ells@watleo.uwaterloo.ca
Sheldon Drobot, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, E-mail: drobot@colorado.edu

Antarctic session: 'Climate and Ice in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean since the LGM' at XXVII INQUA Congress

28 July - 3 Aug 2007, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia

Chairs: Martin Siegert (Edinburgh, UK) and Eric Wolff (British Antarctic Survey)

This session will concentrate on interactions between the Antarctic ice sheet, the surrounding Southern Ocean, and global climate change, from the Last Glacial Maximum onwards. Recent evidence suggests that these interactions are far stronger than previously thought and that changing ocean temperatures may well be one of the primary controls on the growth and retreat of the ice sheet. Study of the period of the Last Glacial Maximum onwards allows us to address high profile issues such as the timing and controls of grounding line retreat in the Amundsen, Ross and Weddell Sea sectors. It also allows a focus on the highly contentious source of Meltwater Pulse 1A. Contributions from marine and terrestrial geomorphological communities are anticipated, as well as from modelling, paleoceanography and ice-core groups.

This session is proposed by the LGM-Holocene subcommittee of the Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) programme of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

Details can be found at: www.inqua2007.net.au

August 2007

IAG/AIG Regional Conference on Geomorphology: Geodiversity of Polar Landforms

2 - 5 August 2007, Longyearbyen, Svalbard

The conference is organised in association with the International Polar Year 2007-08.
Full details are available in the Circular

CCAMLR Workshop on Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean

13 - 17 August 2007, Brussels, Belgium

The workshop is viewed as a next step in the progression of endeavours leading to the establishment of a system of marine protected areas (MPAs) harmonised for the protection of the Antarctic marine environment across the Antarctic Treaty System. The focus of the workshop will be on the technical development of methods for bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean. The aim of the workshop is to advise on a bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean, including, where possible, advice on fine-scale subdivision of biogeographic provinces. The outcomes of this analysis will be specifically applied in the selection of a representative system of MPAs for the Southern Ocean.

For further details, please contact Polly Penhale (email: ppenhale@nsf.gov) or Susie Grant (email: suan@bas.ac.uk)

8th International Workshop on Layered Phenomena in the Mesopause Region

20 - 23 August 2007, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

More information is available at: http://www.gi.alaska.edu/lpmr8/

1st International Circumpolar Conference on Geospatial Sciences and Applications - IPY GeoNorth 2007

20 - 24 August 2007, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

More information is available at: http://www.IPYGeoNorth.org

10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES X)

26 Aug - 1 Sept 2007, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Conference Themes:

  1. Antarctic Climate Evolution(ACE): Global Linkages from Records in Ice Cores, Geological Cores, Outcrops, and Models
  2. CeoCryoDynamics: Feedbacks and Coupling between the Geosphere, Cryosphere and Climate
  3. Antarctica in the Global Geodynamic System
  4. Antarctic Earth Sciencein the International Polar Year
  5. Antarctica's Impact on Global Biosphere Evolution
  6. New Frontiers in Technologies and Polar Databases

Important Deadlines:

Further details can be found at the Symposium website: http://isaes2007.geol.ucsb.edu/

International Antarctic Zone Program (iAnZone) 10th biennial meeting

27 - 28 August 2007, Bergen, Norway

Meeting will be held at Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen. For further details please contact Peter Haugan (email: peter.haugan@gfi.uib.no)

Workshop on Glaciers in Watershed and Global Hydrology

27 - 31 August 2007, Obergurgl, Austria

Abstract deadline: 1 April 2007

No Registration Fee!

Scope:
Glaciers significantly modify streamflow both in quantity and timing. This workshop aims to bridge the gap between glaciologists and hydrologist and will focus on the:

The workshop will address all spatial scales from small-scale catchment to regional and global hydrological modelling.

More information:
http://www.usask.ca/hydrology/icsih/obergurgl.htm

Open Science Conference on Polar Dynamics - monitoring; understanding and prediction

29 - 31 August 2007, Bergen, Norway

A meeting to commemorate the 90-year anniversaries of the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway and the Norwegian Geophysical Society.

The aim of the conference is to provide an overview of ongoing and emerging monitoring programmes; recent advances in process studies and understanding, and new opportunities for prediction based on state-of-the-art regional or general circulation models of the high-latitude systems.

For further details please go to http://web.gfi.uib.no/conference2007/

September 2007

JCADM-11 meeting

3 - 7 September 2007, Rome, Italy

Further details will be posted on the Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM) website.

IGS Symposium on Snow Science

3 - 7 September 2007, Moscow, Russia

British Ecological Society 2007 Annual Meeting: Life in Extreme Aquatic Environments

10 - 12 September 2007, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

For further information, please go to:
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/articles/meetings/current/

Interdisciplinary Opportunity for Recent PhD Graduates: Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research Symposium

10 - 17 September 2007, Kilauea, Hawaii

Application Deadline: 30 April 2007

For further information, please go to: http://disccrs.org

6th Karthaus course on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System

11 - 22 September 2007, Karthaus, Italy

The course will provide a basic introduction to the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets with a focus on ice-climate interactions. The course is meant for Ph.D. students that work on (or will soon start working on) a glaciology-related climate project. A few places are available for junior scientists. The registration fee will be €250. This includes lodging, full board, course material and excursion.

For further information, please visit the website:
http://www.phys.uu.nl/%7Ewwwimau/education/summer_school/

GEOSS in the Americas Symposium

17 - 19 September 2007, Magaratiba, Brazil

Purpose of the Symposium is to increase understanding of GEOSS in the region, raise awareness about existing GEOSS in the Americas' activities, strengthen partnerships and advance a dialogue about opportunities, capabilities and requirements.

Hotel and registration information is available on http://www.dpi.inpe.br/GEOSS_Americas. For questions about the programme, please contact Peter Colohan at pcolohan@colohangroup.com. For questions concerning the logistics and registration, please contact geoss_americas@dpi.inpe.br

IMBER/LOICZ Continental Margins Open Science Conference

17 - 21 September 2007, East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China.

More information is now available on the conference website
http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=792

October 2007

The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) planning meeting (by invitation only)

1 - 3 October 2007, Bremen, Germany

The aim of this meeting is to develop a plan for a (post IPY) Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS). For further details please see http://www.clivar.org/organization/southern/expertgroup/SOOS_workshop.htm or contact Mike Sparrow, SCAR Executive Officer (email: mds68@cam.ac.uk)

Ocean Biodiversity Informatics Conference 2007 (OBI'07)

2 - 4 October 2007, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth NS, Canada

Major point of discussions will be data policy issues and the advantages of free and open sharing of biodiversity data. For more details, please visit the conference website

IHO Hydrographic Committee Antarctica (HCA) meeting

3 - 5 October 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina

For further details, please contact Captain Hugo Gorziglia, Director, International Hydrographic Bureau, BP 445, MC 98011 Monaco Cedex. (Tel: +377 93108100; Fax: +377 93108140; Email: hgorziglia@ihb.mc)

SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SC-AGI) meeting (by invitation only)

8 - 10 October 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina

For further details please see http://www.antsdi.scar.org/events or contact Henk Brolsma (email: henk.brolsma@aad.gov.au)

Joined SCAR-CliC-IPCM-IASC Workshop on Recent High Latitude Climate Change

22 - 24 October 2007, Seattle, USA

Please contact John Turner (jtu@bas.ac.uk) for details

2nd Asia CliC Symposium

22 - 26 October 2007, China
Further information is available at: http://www.casnw.net/clic/Asia_clic.html.
Deadline for sending the registration and accommodation request form: 15 May 2007

3rd workshop of the SCAR History of Antarctic Research Action Group: "National and transnational agendas in Antarctic Research from the 1950s and beyond"

25 - 26 October 2007, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Deadlines:

For details please contact: Dr Cornelia Lüdecke, email: C.Luedecke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

November 2007

Census of Marine Life (CoML) - All Programmes Meeting

12 - 18 November 2007, Auckland, New Zealand

Among other programmes, CAML will present its latest results at this meeting.

Information about CoML is available at: http://www.coml.org/

Polar Fieldwork and Archive Fever

19 - 20 November 2007, London, UK

An interdisciplinary symposium focusing on the curation and production of climate change knowledge and the polar regions. Please see http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/about-the-faculty/events/php for further details or email k.yusoff@open.ac.uk

CliC SSC meeting (by invitation only)

19 - 21 November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland

Austral Summer Institute VIII (ASI VIII)

27 November 2007 - 26 January 2008, Concepción, Chile

See further details

December 2007

1st Open Science CLIOTOP (CLimate Impacts on Oceanic TOp Predators) Symposium

3 - 7 December 2007, La Paz, Mexico

The symposium will provide a forum for researchers with interest in the various components of CLIOTOP related science. It will highlight the state of the art in the field and try to identify emerging directions and future challenges. It is open to all scientists interested in top predators and oceanic ecosystems functioning, management and conservation, in a climate change perspective. Online registration as well as the online abstract submission are open on the symposium website.

Abstract submission deadline: 15 July 2007. Early registration deadline (with reduced registration fee): 15 July 2007. Final registration deadline (full registration fee): 3 December 2007. Total or partial grants for scientists from developing countries and students are available upon request to the Symposium Secretariat.

See further information about CLIOTOP and SCAR'S Scientific Standing Group on Life Sciences (SSG-LS)