Date

Multiple Meeting Announcements

  1. Session Announcement and Call for Papers
    Societal Changes in the Arctic and North-South Relations
    Arctic Science Summit Week 2011
    27 March - 1 April 2011
    Seoul, Korea

  2. Session Announcement and Call for Papers
    Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
    Arctic Science Summit Week 2011
    27 March - 1 April 2011
    Seoul, Korea

  3. First Circular Available
    IPY 2012 Montreal: From Knowledge to Action Conference
    22-27 April 2012
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  4. Special Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
    Cold Regions Geophysics
    Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and
    Engineering Problems
    Charleston, South Carolina
    10-14 April 2011

  1. Session Announcement and Call for Papers
    Societal Changes in the Arctic and North-South Relations
    Arctic Science Summit Week 2011
    27 March - 1 April 2011
    Seoul, Korea

Organizers of a session entitled "Societal Changes in the Arctic and
North-South Relations" announce a call for abstracts. The session will
be convened at the Arctic Science Summit Week, 27 March - 1 April 2011
in Seoul, Korea.

The Arctic is now widely seen as an early warning system and observatory
for climate change and has therefore received increased attention from
other regions of the world. As global fossil fuel resources are
depleted, nations and industries are turning towards the Arctic for new
sources of these; paradoxically these non-renewable fossil fuel
resources are contributing to a warming climate, the impacts of which
are exacerbated in the Arctic.

This session considers the increased importance of global demands for
development in the circumpolar Arctic with a focus on arctic peoples.
Contributions are invited on past, present, and future human livelihoods
in the Arctic. In a globalizing world the Arctic is no longer isolated;
even the remotest settlements have access to global mobile
communications and are impacted by global demands for resources. How
have arctic peoples' perceptions of the world changed as a result of
globalization and these demands? How has globalization influenced
northern livelihoods? How has contact between the north and the south
changed? Issues such as the impact of extractive industries,
development-induced resettlement and displacement, environmental
migration, the social and economic consequences of technological change,
language transition, and reduction of religious diversity are all
pressing in the Arctic, and have global implications, particularly for
regions considered peripheral.

Presenters are encouraged to reflect upon the relevance of their
research findings not only to arctic science and arctic peoples, but
also to provide general insights on the global human condition within
the context of thinking about North-South relations.

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 20 December 2010.

To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.assw2011.org/submission_abstracts.php.

For further information, please contact the session conveners:
Maribeth Murray
Email: ffmsm [at] uaf.edu

SangHoon Lee
Email: shlee [at] kopri.re.kr

Florian Stammler
Email: florian.stammler [at] ulapland.fi

  1. Session Announcement and Call for Papers
    Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
    Arctic Science Summit Week 2011
    27 March - 1 April 2011
    Seoul, Korea

Organizers of an interdisciplinary session entitled "Arctic Ecosystem
Responses to Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future" announce a call
for abstracts. The session will be convened at the Arctic Science Summit
Week, 27 March - 1 April 2011 in Seoul, Korea.

Understanding the temporal and spatial variability of arctic ecosystem
responses to climate-related changes is critical for identifying the
thresholds that lead to alternative steady states in their structure and
functioning. In particular, regime transitions have direct consequences
on arctic ecosystem resource management and on how arctic biota
influence biogeochemical cycling and feedback to climate processes.
Knowledge on the responses of arctic ecosystems to the mosaic of natural
and human-induced environmental changes at high northern latitudes
cannot be gained by only one discipline alone. Moreover, the
inter-connectivity of arctic physical components (e.g., land, ocean, sea
ice, and atmosphere) requires a holistic approach, including a
time-frame that spans multiple scales.

The objective of this session is to bridge across traditional
disciplines in order to provide a multifaceted perspective on how arctic
ecosystems respond to past, present, and/or future climate change.
Paleo-record studies, observational investigations, process-oriented
experiments, data syntheses, and modeling analyses are all welcomed.
Contributions that integrate multidisciplinary datasets (e.g. ecology,
physiology, geochemistry, remote sensing, biogeography) are particularly
encouraged.

Organizers also seek contributions that lie within the scientific
framework of the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) Initiative, a new
international program endorsed by the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board that
aims at studying changes and feedbacks among the physical and
biogeochemical components of the Arctic Ocean and their ultimate impacts
on biological productivity (http://aosb.arcticportal.org/art.html).

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 20 December 2010.

To submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.assw2011.org/submission_abstracts.php.

For further information on the session, please contact:
Karen Frey
Email: KFrey [at] clarku.edu

Sung-Ho Kang
Email: shkang [at] kopri.re.kr

Alexandre Forest
Email: Alexandre.Forest [at] ete.inrs.ca

  1. First Circular Available
    IPY 2012 Montreal: From Knowledge to Action Conference
    22-27 April 2012
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference will be held in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 22-27 April 2012. Organizers announce that
the first circular for the conference is now available at:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/001_welcome_e.shtml. The conference will
be organized around four main areas (details available in the circular):

- Highlighting the latest polar science findings;
- Synthesizing knowledge and results into system-scale understandings;
- Linking knowledge to action; and
- Advancing public engagement to further action on polar issues.

Feedback is invited on the following four questions:

- Are the proposed topics (see website) for the integration of the
science appropriate? Do they allow for the latest polar science to
be highlighted?
- For the synthesis of the polar research findings and results into
system-scale understandings, what are the session topics that you
would find most useful?
- What are your suggestions for the topics or the approach to link
new knowledge on the polar regions with actions?
- On education and outreach and communication, what topics interest
you for presentations or workshops?

A form for feedback submission is available online, at:
https://www.csoconferences.org/ei/getdemo.ei?id=216&s=_4QK0L68CV.

Feedback deadline: Friday, 19 November 2010.

Further information on the IPY 2012 Montreal Conference will be posted,
as available, at: http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/020_impdates_e.shtml.

  1. Special Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
    Cold Regions Geophysics
    Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and
    Engineering Problems
    Charleston, South Carolina
    10-14 April 2011

There will be a special session on Cold Regions Geophysics at the
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and
Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) 10-14 April 2011 in Charleston, South
Carolina. This is a joint session with the American Geophysical Union.
Short, 300-word abstracts for SAGEEP are due Friday, 19 November 2010.

Topics for this special session include the application of geophysical
techniques to permafrost mapping, permafrost characterization, glacier
studies, and arctic hydrology. Organizers also encourage research topics
on development of new geophysical methodologies including data
collection, processing, and interpretation techniques. The session will
include both talks and posters.

Submission deadline: Friday, 19 November 2010.

More information about SAGEEP, including instructions for abstract
submission, can be found at: http://www.eegs.org/sageep.

For inquiries on the Cold Regions Geophysics session, please contact the
session conveners:
Beth Astley
Email: Beth.N.Astley [at] usace.army.mil

Bruce D. Smith
Email: bsmith [at] usgs.gov