Registration and Call for Abstracts
ARCUS 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008
Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change
Washington, DC
14-15 May 2008
For further information, to register, and to submit an abstract, please
go to:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/index.html
Deadline for registration with accommodation: Monday, 7 April 2008
Deadline for registration without accommodation: Friday, 25 April 2008
Deadline for submitting a poster abstract: Monday, 21 April 2008
Registration and abstract submission is now open for the ARCUS 20th
Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008, to be held in Washington, DC on
14-15 May 2008. The theme of this year's meeting is "Tipping Points -
The Arctic and Global Change."
The increasing pace and scale of observed environmental change in the
Arctic and around the globe raises an important question: Have we
reached major tipping points in the arctic system?
Interconnectedness of the Arctic is demonstrated when a single change
sends ripple effects throughout the marine, terrestrial, atmospheric,
socioeconomic, and global systems. Participants at the Arctic Forum will
discuss how such changes may be "tipping points" that represent a new,
unknown, and potentially irreversible vanguard of arctic and global
change. Arctic Forum sessions will explore tipping points over different
scales of time and space, both environmental and socioeconomic, as well
as potential consequences, opportunities, and policy and management
response strategies.
The 2008 Arctic Forum is being co-chaired by Martin Miles, Environmental
Systems Analysis Research Center in Boulder, Colorado, and Craig
Fleener, Gwich'in Council International.
In addition to highlighting current research and policy issues relevant
to the Arctic through the Arctic Forum, the ARCUS Annual Meeting and
Arctic Forum serve to gather together members of the arctic research
community, key agency personnel and policy makers, as well as ARCUS
member institution representatives, board members, and staff.
Additionally, the Council Forum, the ARCUS annual membership meeting,
that will take place the morning of Wednesday, 14 May 2008, will include
presentations from member institution representatives and sessions on
various issues of interest to the research community and member
institutions. The public are invited and encouraged to attend.
ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Online registration is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/forms/registration.html
Deadline for registration with accommodation: Monday, 7 April 2008
Deadline for registration without accommodation: Friday, 25 April 2008
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT
Arctic Forum participants are invited to submit an abstract to present
one or more posters on any topic related to arctic research or
education, though abstracts on this year's Forum topic, "Tipping
Points-The Arctic and Global Change," are highly encouraged. Select
abstracts may be invited for plenary talks.
Abstracts may be submitted at:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/abstracts.html
Abstracts submission deadline: Monday, 21 April 2008
There is no fee for registration or abstract submission.
For more information, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/index.html
Or contact:
Tina Buxbaum, ARCUS
Email: tina [at] arcus.org
Phone: 907-474-1600