Past Events - 2008

January 2008

Advanced Biology training course

Starting January 2008 (one month), US Mcmurdo Station, Antarctica

This is an international course, open to all nationalities. Applications are invited from graduate students currently enrolled in a PhD program, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty level research scientists who are interested in the study of extreme environments and the biology of Antarctic organisms. Application deadline: 15 August 2007. Please see http://antarctica.usc.edu/ for further details.

March 2008

2008 TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting

2 - 7 March 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA

The meeting is co-sponsored by AGU, ASLO and TOS and will bring together leading oceanographers from around the world. The meeting will focus around the theme of 'From the Watershed to the Global Ocean' but we encourage sessions and submissions from all areas of oceanographic research and study. The Call for Sessions will be sent to all society members the end of March 2007 and will be due back for consideration the end of April. Please see printable poster listing key dates. For further information, please contact Jennifer Ramarui at info@tos.org or go to http://aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/

A special SO GLOBEC session will be held at the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting. The session title will be "Synthesis of coupled physical-ecosystem dynamics and linkages to environmental forcing on event to climate scales" organised by Enrique Curchitser, Hal Batchelder, Eileen Hofmann and Cabell Davis. See the link below for the schedule:
http://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/orlando2008/sessionschedule.asp?SessionID=052

The Arctic Science Summit Week 2008

26 March - 1 April 2008, Syktyvkar, Russia

More information will be available on the IASC website.

The Geological Society of America Northeastern Meeting: "Antarctic Climate Evolution"

27 - 29 March 2008, Buffalo, New York

For more information about the meeting, see www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/northe/08mtg/techprog.htm
Note: the session is not listed in the preliminary program, but if you go to Submit Abstract you will see it there. Contact Sandra
Passchier, Montclair State University, passchiers@mail.montclair.edu, +1-973-655-3185; or Beata Csato, SUNY-Buffalo, bcsatho@buffalo.edu, +1-716-645-6800 ext. 3921

April 2008

General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)

13 - 18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria

Note: session on "Cenozoic Antarctic Glacial History", in general session CL31 on "Climate: Past, Present, Future". Organizers Fabio Florindo, David Harwood and Rainer Gersonde. Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 14 January 2008. For information about the General Assembly and guidelines regarding the abstract format, submission and oral/poster presentations see:

http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/index.html

Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED) programme - first model development workshop

16 - 18 April 2008, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA

Integrating Climate and Ecosystem

This is the first in a series of ICED modelling workshops and will be focused on Southern Ocean food web models. For further information contact Rachel Cavanagh at RCAV@bas.ac.uk

IPICS Steering Committee Meeting

19 - 20 April 2008, Vienna, Austria

The IPICS Steering Committe meeting will take place after the EGU meeting. For further details, contact Eric Wolff at ewwo@bas.ac.uk

May 2008

IPY New Generation Polar Research (NGPR) Symposium

4 - 11 May 2008, La Foret Conference Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Early-Career Polar Researchers: Become Part of the International Polar Year (IPY) Legacy

For more information, see: http://www.disccrs.org.ngpr/. Advanced students and PhD graduates conducting research in the Arctic or Antarctic region during the IPY and who complete their degree between 1 January 2002 and 31 March 2009 are eligible to apply. Applicants must be conducting polar research during the IPY, but they do not need to be part of an IPY-approved project. Scholars from the full range of natural and social sciences are eligible. While the focus is on the US system with preference given for American citizens and US residents, a few slots will be reserved for citizens of any country who are residing outside the US and demonstrate interests in working with US researchers.

4^th International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Congress

5 - 9 May 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

Sustainable Livelihood in a Changing Earth System

Attendance at the Congress is by invitation only, but anyone wishing to contribute ideas may contact the relevant participant via the UK website: http://web.pml.ac.uk/uk-igbp/activities/congress.htm

Sea Ice Field Course on Field Techniques In Interdisciplinary Sea-ice Research

17 - 28 May 2008, Barrow, Alaska

Application Deadline: Friday, 22 February 2008

Given by University of Alaska Fairbanks and Hokkaido University. For course and registration information, please go to:
http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/research/seaicebiota/barrowcourse/

IOC/ ICES/ IOC Effects of climate change on the world's oceans

19 - 23 May 2008, Gijon, Spain

This symposium, co-sponsored by GLOBEC, will bring together results from observations, analyses and model simulations at a global scale, and will include discussion of the climate change scenarios and the possibilities for mitigating and protecting the marine environment and living marine resources. Registration and abstract submission are now available from the symposium website:
http://www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2008_symposia/Climate_change/climate_background_3.aspx

June 2008

XXXI Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)

2 - 13 June 2008, Kiev, Ukraine

American Quaternary Association Biennial Meeting

5 - 7 June 2008, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA

Quaternary Ice Sheet-Ocean Interactions and Landscape Responses

The meeting will focus on a theme of general interest to a broad spectrum of disciplines (e.g. oceanography, paleoclimatology, glaciology, geomorphology, paleoecology, anthropology, etc.). Invited plenary talks will be given by experts in the field and a dedicated poster session will be open to all attendees.

Early Registration and Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 30 April 2008

For further information on the conference and submitting an abstract, please go to the Conference website, or contact Jeffrey P. Donnelly (phone: 508-289-2994; email: jdonnelly@whoi.edu) or Benjamin P. Horton (phone: 215-573-5388; email: bphorton@sas.upenn.edu)

ASLO Summer Meeting, session SS34 - Impacts of Climate Warming on Polar Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

8 - 13 June 2008, St. John's, New Foundland, Canada

Organizers: Carlos M. Duarte, IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB, Mallorca, Spain (email: carlosduarte@ifisc.uib.es) and Susana Agust, IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB, Mallorca, Spain (email: sagusti@uib.es)

Abstract deadline 28 February 2008. For more information, see: http://www.aslo.org/meetings/stjohns2008/

5^th International Workshop on Antarctic Peninsula Climate Change

24 - 26 June 2008, UC Irvine, California

Presentations on recent climatological, oceanographic, environmental, and glaciological research. Contact Eric Rignot, ESS/Univ. California Irvine, email: erignot@uci.edu

9^th International Conference on Permafrost

29 June - 3 July 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska

The conference marks the 25th Anniversary of the formation of International Permafrost Association (IPA), 50th Anniversary of IGY and 25th Anniversary of the first IPY. The main Theme for this conference is: "Permafrost on a Warming Planet: Impacts on Ecosystems, Infrastructure and Climate".

Abstract submission deadline: 1 September 2007

For further information, please go to the conference website or contact Elizabeth Lilly (email: elilly@nicop.org)

July 2008

Biennial SCAR Meeting

5-7 July 2008, St Petersburg, Russia:

XXX SCAR Science Week with business meetings and workshops of SCAR's Standing Scientific Groups.
Final schedule for SCAR 2008 Business meetings and pre-conference workshops
Workshop on improving Ice Sheet Models, 5-7 July 2008, St Petersburg, Russia - Register for Workshop

8 July 2008, 6-7 p.m., Hotel Pribaltiyskaya, St Petersburg (in the same hall as the main XXX SCAR plenary sessions).

"POLAR-PALOOZA St. Petersburg" - a chance to see the world premiere of HD videos documenting the arrival of the Norwegian-US Scientific Traverse at Amundsen-Scott South Pole station (after visiting the Pole of Inaccessibility) and scenes from the first-ever extended season in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Plus a report on POLAR-PALOOZA's North American tour and plans for "International POLAR-PALOOZA" with comments from researchers who've participated in "Stories from a Changing Planet" or hosted PPZA video crews on location.

8-11 July 2008, St Petersburg, Russia:

Joint SCAR-IASC Open Science Conference (4-days). The theme is Polar Research - Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year. More information is available on the Conference Website.
View the Conference Programme Outline
Final programme of the SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference
Schedule for the opening ceremony and Plenary Session (July 8th)

14-16 July 2008, Moscow, Russia:

XXX SCAR Delegates' Meeting.

Russian Visas

SCAR's recommendation to all those attending must be to apply for a business visa, which takes time and effort. An alternative option (which is not recommended but is available) is to go on a tourist visa, but this would be at people's own risk.

First Circular

Second Circular

Details of the Science Sessions

Workshop on Improving Ice Sheet Models

5 - 7 July 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Workshop is scheduled immediately prior to the SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, and will involve one day of invited presentations, followed by one day of discussions and writing in break-out groups, and half a day of concluding plenary discussions. We anticipate bringing together some 50 participants from diverse disciplines including glaciology, high-latitude oceanography and meteorology, geophysics, representing both modelling and observational communities.

For further information, visit the Workshop website.

Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) One Day Conference

7 July 2008, St Petersburg, Russia

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is hosting a free one-day professional development workshop prior to the joint SCAR/IASC conference in St Petersburg. It's an international and multidisciplinary event aimed at early career researchers addressing key issues such as grant proposal writing, research productivity, communication and international collaboration with sessions run by leading polar researchers.

For more information or to apply visit us online at www.polarnetwork.org

Arctic and Boreal Entomology Course

7 - 18 July, Churchill, Canada

For information about the course, see the Course Flyer and Details, or contact the organisers: Dr Peter Kevan (email: pkevan@uoguelph.ca) or Dr Rob Roughley (email: rob_roughley@umanitoba.ca).

37^th COSPAR Scientific Assembly

13 - 20 July 2008, Montreal, Canada

More information on the COSPAR website. Contact CAWSES Scientific Coordinator, CAWSES site: http://www.bu.edu/cawses

August 2008

International Geological Congress

7 - 14 August 2008, Oslo, Norway

Note session AAN-02: 'Cenozoic Antarctic glacial history'; Chairs: Fabio Florindo, Peter J. Barrett, David M. Harwood.
Further details see http://www.33igc.org/coco/

Fourth International Conference on the Biology and Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

11 - 15 August 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

Recommended that delegates stay in the Breakwater Lodge - same building complex as the conference venue (www.proteahotels.com/breakwaterlodge), or in nearby hotels in the waterfront area. A day pelagic trip to view albatrosses and petrels at sea off the Cape Peninsula is being planned for the weekend immediately after the conference. Please go to www.iapc4.org to find the pre-registration form.

31^st International Geographical Congress

12 - 15 August 2008, Tunis

For more information visit:
http://www.homeofgeography.org

4^th Meeting of ACAP Advisory Committee (AC4)

22 - 25 August 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

Information is available in the Meeting Circular No. 1. Further information in relation to the organisation and conduct of the meeting will be provided in later meeting circulars.

7^th International NCCR Climate Summer School: "Key challenges in climate variability and change"

31 August - 5 September 2008, Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ticino, Switzerland

The NCCR Climate, Switzerland's Centre of Excellence in Climate and Climate Impact Research, invites young scientists to join leading climate researchers for keynote lectures, workshops and poster sessions on the occasion of the seventh NCCR Climate Summer School 2008.

The summer school is open to young researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) worldwide. Participation is highly competitive and will be limited to a maximum of 70. The registration fee (1400 CHF) includes full board accommodation, excursion and teaching material. A small number of grants will be available for students from developing countries.

Deadline for Applications: 20 December 2007. Successful applicants will be notified in February 2008.

On-line information, the preliminary programme and the application form are available at:
www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html

September 2008

IV Latin American Symposium on Antarctic Investigations

September 2008

See the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) website.

ITASE Synthesis Workshop

2 - 5 September 2008, Castine, Maine, USA

A joint NSF-SCAR sponsored workshop hosted by the Climate Change Institute (CCI) at the University of Maine. Contact Paul Mayewski (paul.mayewski@maine.edu) to register. Preferred deadline for registration is 1 May 2008. Please see the Workshop Details for more information.

European Ecological Congress - 'Biodiversity in an Ecosystem Context'

15 - 20 September 2008, Leipzig, Germany

Several sessions of interest to the SCAR community. For more information, see the conference website.

ICES Annual Science Meeting

22 - 26 September 2008, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

One of the theme session presented will be on the role of sea ice in polar environments (details below). Any researchers interested in this important aspect of Arctic and Antarctic environments, as well as those interested in climate change in polar regions, are encouraged to consider presenting and/or attending this session.

Theme Session B: Role of sea ice in polar ecosystems. Contributions are sought on issues such as: Physical processes related to sea ice; Plankton production; Ecological role of ice edge; Pelagic-benthic coupling; Sea ice as marine mammal habitat; Earth Observation approaches; or any other topic related to sea ice.

The deadline for abstracts is 21 April 2008 and can be made through the ICES Conference Website.

For more information, please see the ICES Conference website or contact the conveners:
Garry Stenson (email: Garry.Stenson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
Ken F. Drinkwater (email: ken.drinkwater@imr.no)
Kai Wieland (email: kw@difres.dk)

15^th International Symposium on Polar Sciences - KOPRI - 'Polar Ecosystems: Biodiversity and Adaptation'

24 ~ 26 September 2008, Songdo Techno Park, Incheon, Korea

Abstract submission and registration deadlines: Thursday, 31 July 2008

The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) announces the 15th International Symposium on Polar Sciences. This year's theme is "Polar Ecosystems: biodiversity and adaptation." The purpose of the symposium is to bring together polar ecologists and biologists and to provide an international forum for exchanging ideas and results. The symposium will focus on ecology, classification, cold adaptation, and natural products of polar organisms. In addition, the conference organizers would like to start discussing and developing an international research effort using Araon, the upcoming Korean icebreaker.

An extended abstract with references and figures (4 page limit) is required for both oral and poster presentations. Online registration and abstract submission can be found on the Symposium website. Registration and abstracts will be accepted from 1 May 2008 - 31 July 2008.

For more information, download the First Circular or visit the Symposium website at: http://symposium.kopri.re.kr/ or contact Hak Jun Kim at Korea Polar Research Institute (Email: hjkim@kopri.re.kr).

October 2008

Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Environments: Proxies for Understanding Climate Change and Global Warming

5 - 9 October 2008, Houston, Texas, USA

Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 3 June 2008

A joint announcement by the Paleontological Society and Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies of a special session to be held at the 2008 Geological Society of America meeting. The session will focus on multidisciplinary studies that encompass multiple proxy indicators of ancient high latitude ecosystems, particularly in the northern hemisphere. Papers focusing on reconstructing both local and regional ecosystems are particularly encouraged.

For further information, please contact Anthony Fiorillo, Museum of Nature and Science, PO Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315 (email: tfiorillo@natureandscience.org) or Paul McCarthy, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (email: mccarthy@gi.alaska.edu)

2^nd Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO₂ World

6 - 9 October 2008, Monaco

For details please see the Symposium website at http://www.highco2world-ii.org. Space is limited, so you are advised to register early.

Science Festival

24 October - 4 November 2008, Genova, Italy

For more details, see the festival website.

27th CCAMLR Meeting

27 October - 7 November 2008, Hobart, Australia

Attendance by invitation only.

November 2008

Evolution and molecular adaptation in Polar Regions

3 November 2008

Coordinator: Cinzia Verde; Speakers: Sergey Bulat, Thomas Near, Lloyd Peck and Cinzia Verde; Moderator: Guido di Prisco.

IPY Oslo Science Conference planning meeting (closed)

7 November 2008, Oslo, Norway

SCAR-MarBIN Workshop

8 - 9 November 2008, Valencia, Spain

Contact Dr Claude De Broyer, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, email: claude.debroyer@naturalsciences.be

EPICA Open Science Conference

10 - 13 November 2008, Venice, Italy

Quaternary Climate: from Pole to Pole

EPICA2008 will highlight the progress made in understanding the climate of the Quaternary through ice cores and marine sediments records. It will be based on the outstanding results obtained during decades of fruitful research programs such as EPICA and EPICA-MIS. Authors wishing to present papers are invited to submit, by September 1st, 2008, an abstract of no more than 300 words via the conference website (http://www.unive.it/epica2008). The official language is English.

World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

10 - 15 November 2008, Valencia, Spain

The aims of the Conference are:

To review the current understanding of marine biodiversity, its role in marine ecosystem functioning and its socio-economic context.
To assess current and future threats and potential mitigation strategies for conservation and regulation of marine resources.
To identify future research priorities.

For further details, see the conference website

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:

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.

AGU Town Hall Meeting Announcement - 'Antarctic Scientific Drilling: Long-range Science Planning'

18 December 2008, San Francisco, USA

As part of the AGU 2008 Fall Meeting, an AGU Town Hall Meeting entitled "Antarctic Scientific Drilling: Long-range Science Planning" will be held from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on Thursday 18 December in Moscone West, Room 2003. The meeting will be co-hosted by the ANDRILL Science Management Office, SCAR-Antarctic Climate Evolution, and the "AURORA BOREALIS" Project Office at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research. For further information, please contact: Frank R. Rack, ANDRILL Science Management Office (email: frack2@unl.edu).

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

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