Date

Multiple Calls for Input and Contributions

  1. Call for Input
    Website User Survey
    International Arctic Research Center

  2. First Call for Community White Papers
    Arctic Observing Summit 2016
    ISAC International Program Office

  3. Call for Contributions
    Icelandic Arctic Journal
    Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network

  1. Call for Input
    Website User Survey
    International Arctic Research Center

The International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks is conducting a ten-minute survey of scientists,
agency/industry representatives, interested members of the public, and
others who use the IARC website. Voluntary participation and anonymous
responses from the public will help IARC better align the website with
user needs.

Deadline for survey response: 15 September 2015.

To take the IARC website survey, go to:
https://arcticresearch.typeform.com/to/wdyGzF.

To visit the IARC website, go to: www.iarc.uaf.edu.

For questions, contact:
Carolyn Rosner
Email: crosner [at] alaska.edu

Yuri Bult-Ito:
Email: ybult-ito [at] iarc.uaf.edu

  1. First Call for Community White Papers
    Arctic Observing Summit 2016
    ISAC International Program Office

The International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) International Program
Office, at the Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary,
announces a first call for community white papers and short statements
for the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) 2016, which is planned in
conjunction with the Arctic Science Summit Week 2016, and will convene
15-18 March in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The AOS is a high-level, biennial summit that aims to provide
community-driven, science-based guidance for the design, implementation,
coordination and sustained long-term (decades) operation of an
international network of Arctic observing systems. The AOS provides a
platform to address urgent and broadly recognized needs of Arctic
observing across all components of the Arctic system, including the
human component.

The design, development, implementation, and sustained operation of an
adaptive, relevant, and responsive Arctic observing system requires the
expertise and input from everyone affected by, or interested in,
observing activities, applications, and derived products. Community
input and perspectives are invited in the form of white papers and short
statements for AOS 2016.

Community input can serve to highlight important data, management, or
logistical needs or gaps; explore emerging opportunities; address a
current challenge; present new initiatives or technology that can
contribute to Arctic observing (including global programs); or review
on-going observing activities or issues that are relevant for the
development, application, operation, or support of a sustained Arctic
observing network. Community white papers and short statements should
link to the following six themes for AOS 2016:

  1. International and national strategies for sustained support of
    long-term Arctic observing,
  2. Technology and innovation for sustained Arctic observations,
  3. Contributions of the private sector and industry to sustained Arctic
    observations,
  4. Actor and stakeholder engagement and needs in sustained Arctic
    observations,
  5. Arctic observations in the context of global observing initiatives,
    and
  6. Interfacing traditional knowledge, community-based monitoring and
    scientific methods for sustained Arctic observations.

Deadline for submissions: 18 October 2015.

For more information about the AOS 2016 themes and for important
announcements, click on the "Learn More" tab under the AOS 2016 header
found at: http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org.

For more information about submission of white papers and short
statements, click on the "Now Open!" link under the AOS 2016 header
found at: http://www.arcticobservingsummit.org.

For questions, contact:
Gabriela Ibarguchi
Email: gabriela.ibarguchi [at] ucalgary.ca
Phone: 403-220-7294

  1. Call for Contributions
    Icelandic Arctic Journal
    Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, Publisher

The Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network announces a call for
contributions to the Icelandic Arctic Journal, which is edited by Embla
Eir Oddsdottir, Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network and Tom
Barry, Executive Secretary, of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and
Fauna (CAFF) working group of the Arctic Council.

This call is for contributions from a cross-section of stakeholders,
including interdisciplinary researchers and members of the business and
political community on topics including opportunities and challenges
related to climate, perception, cooperation, governance, sustainability,
adaptability, resilience, vulnerability, and resources such as fish,
marine mammals, and oil and gas.

Submission deadline: 25 August 2015.

Submissions maybe sent via email to: iacn [at] arcticiceland.is.

For further information, go to:
http://arcticiceland.is/en/utgefid-efni/iaj.

For questions, contact:
Embla Eir Oddsdottir
Email: embla [at] arcticiceland.is

Tom Barry
Email: tom [at] caff.is

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