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February 2009

SCAR Performance Review

2 - 3 February 2009, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK

Closed meeting.

SCAR Cross-Linkages Meeting

5 - 6 February 2009, Modena, Italy

Closed meeting.

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.

International School of Space Science (ISSS) Course: 'Solar terrestrial physics from the polar regions'

6 - 11 April 2009, L'Aquila, Italy

The aim of the school will be to report advances and propose developments in several fields of research in the framework of SCAR and the IPY. The IPY has addressed both hemispheres, Antarctica and the Arctic; both will be focused on in the presentations. For more information, visit the School website.

XXXII ATCM - CEP XII

6 - 17 April 2009, Baltimore, USA

For more information, see the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website.

European Geosciences Union, General Assembly

19 - 24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria

Financial Support Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2008
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

The EGU General Assembly 2009 will bring together geoscientists from all over Europe and the rest of the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists the EGU appeals to provide a forum to present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences.

Sessions at the EGU General Assembly include:

For more information on sessions, follow the session links above or visit the Cryospheric Sciences page or the general session programme page. For other information, including registration and abstract submission, see the general meeting website.

Workshop on Measuring Climate Change Impacts in the Southern Ocean

20 - 24 April 2009, CCAMLR Headquarters, Hobart, Tasmania

A timely interdisciplinary workshop to address important issues in measuring, assessing and providing early-warning detection of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and biodiversity, by measuring change in the Southern Ocean. A key focus will be to promote national and international collaboration and the aim is to develop further a Southern Ocean Sentinel programme. For more information, view the workshop poster, email sos@aad.gov.au, or visit the workshop website.

2^nd International Forum on the Sub-Antarctic: 'Environmental Change in the Sub-Antarctic'

26 – 27 April 2009, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

The 2009 Forum follows on from the very successful 2006 Forum which was believed to have been the first forum to comprehensively develop the perception that the Sub-Antarctic islands and surrounding seas should be viewed not as a sub-division of Antarctica but as a distinct circumpolar domain. Visit the Forum website for further information, including the Forum flyer, registration form, draft programme, accommodation details and map to the conference.

ACAP Third Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MoP3)

27 April - 1 May, Bergen, Norway

Written applications for observer status from the international scientific, environmental, cultural or technical bodies should be submitted to the Secretariat at least 90 days prior to the MoP3 (26 January 2009). Requests for observer status from any other scientific, environmental, cultural or technical bodies should be submitted to the Secretariat at least 60 days prior to the meeting (25 February 2009).

MoP3 First Circular and Guide to Bergen

MoP3 Second Circular

MoP3 Third Circular and Registration Form in MS Word format

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.

3^rd ARENA Conference - "An Astronomical Observatory at Concordia (Dome C, Antarctica) for the next decade"

11 - 15 May 2009, Grand Hotel Villa Tuscolana, Frascati, Italy

Topics for the conference are:

Dome C Site testing
Wide field optical/IR surveys
Submillimetre astronomy
Interferometry
Long time series observations
Cosmic Microwave Background
Solar Physics

Visit the ARENA Conference website for more information and registration.

IV IAC - III International Polar Year 2007-2008: Results and Outlooks

12 - 14 May 2009, Kyiv, Ukraine

This international science conference is an interdisciplinary forum consisting of three sections: Geosciences, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences. The conference will be conducted in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Abstracts and publications should be presented in English and Ukrainian/Russian. Abstracts will be published before the Conference.

Deadline for applications: 1 March 2009. Please give your name, affiliation, title of your paper.

Deadline for abstract submission: 10 March 2009.
Please send your abstracts by email to uac@uac.gov.ua (not more than 300 words, MS Word, Arial 12 (text) and 10 (information about authors). Name of presenting author should be in bold script, his e-mail should be presented. No pictures or graphs are allowed.

Deadline for hotel reservation: 10 April 2009 by e-mail to vozhol@newlogic.ua (Mrs.Tatiana Vozhol)

Registration fee: 20 USD

For further information, please visit the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine website.

American Meteorological Society's 10^th Polar Conference on Meteorology and Oceanography

18 - 21 May 2009, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 12 January 2009

Organizer: AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Committee. For details, please see the AMS conference website.

International Polar Year in Ukraine: results and horizons - IAC2009

22 - 24 May 2009, Kharkiv, Ukraine

An international conference to discuss the scientific contribution of Ukraine to the world's treasury of knowledge of the Polar Regions, created by the International Polar Year. Sessions will cover: biology and ecology; physics of atmosphere and near space; meteorology and climate; geology, geophysics, and glaciology; underwater investigations (photo, video), Antarctic (photo, video). The conference will be carried out in English and Ukrainian, with publication in English.

Deadline for applications and abstracts: 15 March 2009.
Please give your name, affiliation, title of your paper and text. Please send your applications and abstracts by email to IAC_2009@ukr. Name of presenting author should be in bold script, his e-mail should be presented. No pictures or graphs are allowed.
Registration fee: 20 USD

For more information, please see the Conference website.

Conference Programme

Abstract Book

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

Mechanisms of Quaternary Climate Change: Stability of Warm Phases in the Past and in the Future
(ESF-FWF-LFUI Conference)

6 - 11 June 2009, Obergurgl, Austria

Deadline for applications: 2 March 2009

The conference, chaired by Carlo Barbante (University of Venice, Italy), will address the difference between past interglacials, their climatic stability and their interaction with polar ice sheets and with the biosphere. The conference will cover several complementary disciplines in the field of climate change and will also aim to involve scientists of other disciplines closely related to climate changes, such as socio-economics and politics. It is therefore perfectly suited to a large variety of researchers. Some grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and travel costs. For more information, please visit the conference website.

5^th SALE Meeting

10 - 11 June 2009, Brussels, Belgium

The next SALE meeting will take place at the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office, Rue de la Science 8 Wetenschapsstraat, Brussels (access map). The meeting agenda and further details are available on the SALE website.

Please Note: this is a closed meeting with attendance by invitation only.

KOPRI 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences: Polar Exploration with ARAON

10 - 12 June 2009, Incheon, South Korea

The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) annually hosts an international symposium to discuss the progress and future of polar sciences. This year, the symposium will be dedicated in particular to celebrating the launch of a brand new icebreaker, R/V Araon. The themes of this symposium, under the banner of "Polar Exploration with Araon", will be focused on the polar research that can be achieved in the field of geosciences on the platform of an icebreaker or research vessel.

Abstract submission deadline: 17 April 2009

Registration deadline: 15 May 2009

Information on the symposium is available in the first circular and will be updated on the symposium website. Any inquiries may be addressed to the symposium organising committee, Sung-Hyun Park (shpark314@kopri.re.kr) and Tae Siek Rhee (rhee@kopri.re.kr).

View the First Circular

Chapman Conference on Abrupt Climate Change

15 - 19 June 2009, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 20 March 2009

The main objective of the conference is to bring together a diverse group of researchers who deal with paleo-proxy records such as ice cores, corals, marine sediments, terrestrial (lakes and speleothems) archives, and coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models to discuss recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of abrupt climate changes.

Travel support will be provided for as many graduate students and postdocs as possible. Information on the financial support for this conference will be updated on the web page. Participants interested in applying for travel support must submit their application online no later than Friday, 20 March 2009.

For full details, please visit the Conference website.

International Polar Field School: An Interdisciplinary Experience in Polar Studies

15 June - 3 July 2009, University Centre, Svalbard, Norway

In celebration of the International Polar Year (2007-09), this 3-week course will focus on environmental change in the Arctic and Antarctic through a series of lectures and field excursions in Svalbard, Norway. The course will cover topics on Glaciology, Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Marine/Terrestrial Biology, and the Human Dimension in Polar Regions. The field school is organized by APECS in collaboration with UNIS, UArctic and IPY Norway.

Applicants should be Undergraduates or Masters students, with a minimum of 1 year in physical/technical and/or natural sciences.

Application deadline: 27 March 2009

For more information and to apply, please visit the APECS website. For a course description and information about UNIS, visit the UNIS website. For further details, please contact Dr Liz Thomas at the British Antarctic Survey (+ 44 1223 221658).

Course circular

3^rd Environmental Contamination in Antarctica (ECA) Workshop

22 - 23 June 2009, Venice, Italy

The workshop is aimed at:

completing datasets for environmental contaminants;
identifying gaps in the existing data;
defining topics for joint research projects on environmental contamination in Antarctica.

The workshop programme will present contributions from scientists involved in programmes dealing with ECA and studying the transport of micro-components and pollutants in polar regions. In this context, contributions from researchers studying environmental contamination on a large scale, especially in relation to climate change, are of particular interest. The workshop will be dedicated to the memory of colleague Kevin Rosman, who recently passed away. A special talk will present his important contribution towards using stable isotopes as markers of sources and processes contributing to the transport of micro-components.

The workshop is organised through oral presentations and posters, and contributions are invited. Please send the title and authors of your presentation, indicating if you prefer an oral presentation or poster, before 15th May and one abstract of 3-5 pages before 5 June to Gabriele Capodaglio <capoda@unive.it>. In view of SCAR's interest in the environmental contamination of the Antarctic continent by POPs, presentations in this field are particularly welcomed. For more information about the workshop, please contact Gabriele Capodaglio.

3^rd GLOBEC International Open Science Meeting

22 - 26 June 2009, Victoria, BC, Canada

The 3^rd and final GLOBEC Open Science Meeting is entitled "Marine ecosystems: from function to prediction" and will focus on the overall objective of GLOBEC of "providing a new mechanistic understanding of the functioning of the marine ecosystem, in order to develop predictive capabilities and propose a framework for the management of marine ecosystems in the era of global change".

Abstract submission has now been extended to 31 January 2009; a reduced early registration fee is available until 30 March. Limited financial support is available for scientists from developing countries and for early career scientists worldwide, the deadline for financial support is 15 January 2009. Please see the GLOBEC website for further details.

July 2009

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)

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

7 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)

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.

MOCA-09 - IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS Joint Assembly

19 - 29 July 2009, Montreal, Canada

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 23 January 2009

For further details on the Assembly, visit the MOCA-09 Assembly website.

Session J03, International Polar Year - Early Results

This symposium provides the first opportunity after the official end of the observing period of the International Polar Year 2007-2009 to report new results from IPY projects. The session will particularly highlight interdisciplinary results addressing the IPY themes of assessing the present environmental status of the polar regions; quantifying and understanding environmental changes in polar regions; and better understanding the links between the polar regions and the rest of the globe. Contributions on advances towards implementation of sustainable observing systems of the earth system in polar regions are also welcome.

We are very pleased that the following invited speakers have confirmed that they will give talks:

For IPY THORPEX - Thor Erik Nordeng, Mel Shapiro
For ASPECT/Antarctic Sea Ice - Steve Ackley
For ASAID - Bob Bindschadler
For APECS - Liz Thomas, British Antarctic Survey, UK
For SASSI - Alex Orsi, Texas A&M, USA
For DAMOCLES - Jean-Claude Gascard, LOCEAN, France

For information about the other symposia, please visit the Symposia page of the Assembly website.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 23 January 2009. To submit your abstract, please go to the abstract submission page of the Assembly website. If you have any questions, please contact the Assembly's Management Office at:
Montreal2009-abstracts@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

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

Deadline for abstract submission extended to 20 February 2009

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 now 20 February 2009. Student and early career scientists within 5 years of Ph.D completion can apply for a discount registration fee.

View the First Circular.

International Symposium on Glaciology in the International Polar Year

27 - 31 July 2009, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

This is a SCAR co-sponsored meeting. Abstract submission is now open via the submission web page. The Second Circular contains information about the Symposium and venue, and a registration form.

For further details, visit the Symposium website or contact John Woodward, Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
(email: john.woodward@unn.ac.uk).

August 2009

Ice Sheet Modelling Summer School

3 - 14 August 2009, Portland, Oregon, USA

Proposed schedule:
Monday 3: arrive and settle in
Tuesday 4 - Friday 7: "school"
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9: break / excursion
Monday 10: break / excursion or "school"
Tuesday 11 - Friday 14: "school"
Saturday 15: depart

For further details, please contact Kees Vanderveen (email: cjvdv@ku.edu).

4^th International SOLAS Summer School

3 - 15 August 2009, Cargèse, Corsica, France

SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study) is running a summer school, aimed at graduate students and early career scientists with research interests in air-sea interactions, exposing them to recent developments and methodologies in the study of biogeochemical and physical feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere in a changing environment. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2009. For more information, visit the summer school website.

SCAR Chief Officers Meeting

4 August 2009, Punta Arenas, Chile

This is a closed meeting with attendance by invitation only.

SCAR Executive Committee Meeting

5 - 7 August 2009, Punta Arenas, Chile

This is a closed meeting with attendance by invitation only.

Workshop on the Response of Antarctic Biota to Climate Change

24 - 29 August 2009, Madralin, near Warsaw, Poland

Announcement of a workshop on the response of marine and terrestrial biota along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to climate change (IPY34 ClicOPEN). This interdisciplinary workshop will address issues of regional climate change and its impact on the marine and terrestrial ecosystems in the maritime Antarctic. The aim of the workshop will be to present new data gathered during IPY ClicOpen and related projects and to discuss potential system changes in the region of the Antarctic Peninsula in the global context. Much of the work and focus will be on King George Island.

For more details of the workshop, please see the First Circular.

September 2009

Joint SCADM and SC-AGI Meeting

7 - 10 September 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Combined meetings of SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM) and Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographical information (SC-AGI). Contact Kim Finney for details (Kim.Finney@aad.gov.au).

Note: these are closed meetings, by invitation only.

First Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Symposium

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

Full details can be found on the Symposium website, including the First Circular and Symposium flyer. For more information, contact C. Dotti (email: cescutia@ugr.es).

Workshop on Ocean Biology Observations

16 - 18 September 2009, Mestre, Venice, Italy

The SCOR Panel on New Technologies for Observing Marine Life announces a Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories. The goal of the workshop is to bring together biologists, the observing community, and the technology community to develop ocean biology observatories that could address the challenges of observing ocean life and its response to global change.

Registration is now open. The early registration deadline is 1 July 2009

For more information, visit the workshop website.

OceanObs'09

21 - 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.

International Polar Year Film Festival

28 - 30 September 2009, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Letter of Introduction & Call for Submissions:

The Canadian Film Institute, working in partnership with the International Polar Year, is seeking entries for the International Polar Year Film Festival. The International Polar Year is an event with over 60 countries involved in an intense program of scientific research focused on the Arctic and Antarctic. This special film festival will bring together an international selection of works exploring the issues and activities of the International Polar Year. Ranging from educational works (documentaries, industrial films) to fiction films, the Festival will celebrate the rich diversity of the polar region, as well as examine the many challenges it faces in the 21st Century.

The Canadian Film Institute, committed to programming a dynamic and diverse selection of works related to the representation of the Arctic, welcomes submissions from all film and video practices, including science and research.

The IPY Film Festival will take place from September 28-30 in the Auditorium of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Submissions must be sent in a playable DVD or video format (NTSC). Send submissions as soon as possible, as the process of selection is already underway. If possible, please include a director's biography, filmography, a film still, contact information, and any other relevant information.

Send submissions to the Canadian Film Institute, 2 Daly Avenue, Suite 120, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6E2; Tel: 613.232.6727; Fax: 613.232.6315; Email: info@cfi-icf.ca

For further information, contact Scott Birdwise of the Canadian Film Institute (email: birdwise@cfi-icf.ca).

October 2009

9^th ACUNS International Student Conference on Northern Studies and Polar Regions

2 - 5 October 2009, Yukon College, Whitehorse, YT, Canada

Entitled 'Communities of Change - Building an IPY Legacy'. For more information, please visit the Conference website.

November 2009

3^rd IBCSO Meeting

30 November 2009, AWI Bremerhaven, Germany

This is a closed meeting, with attendance by invitation only

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.

IPY Early Career Research Symposium

4 - 8 December 2009, Victoria, BC, Canada

The IPY Early Career Research Symposium is organized in conjunction with the 2009 ArcticNet Science Meeting, which will be held after the Symposium in Victoria. With the support of IPY Canada, ArcticNet, and the Northern Research Forum, the Symposium will bring together Arctic and Antarctic early career researchers from across the world with experts to build skills, knowledge, and networks. The workshop is based around seven themes:

Community-based research;
Funding your ideas;
Working with policy makers;
Communicating your science;
How do I get started in science?
Data management; and
Time management & work/life balance.

The training sessions will give concrete and useful advice, insight, and skills to help early career researchers meet the demands of polar science. The Symposium will also provide an unmatched opportunity to meet and collaborate with fellow early career researchers, and build the networks that will strengthen polar research in the future. Lodging and food will be included and travel support will be available. Registration will be capped at 120 participants. Please visit the workshop website for more information and to register for future information packages and application forms.

Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on Ship-borne Tourism

9 - 11 December 2009, Wellington, New Zealand

Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts on Management of ship-borne tourism in the Antarctic Treaty Area. For details, please e-mail atme@tcc.co.nz

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

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