2020 Polar Technology Conference
10-12 March 2020
University of Colorado Boulder, SEEC Auditorium
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Final Agenda
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Nancy French, Michigan Technological University |
| 9:20 am |
National Science Foundation Arctic Program Perspectives Kate Ruck  Download presentation (PDF - 2.59 MB) |
| 9:40 am |
National Science Foundation Antarctic Program Perspectives Mike Jackson and Wilson Sauthoff Download presentation (PDF - 940 KB) |
| 10:00 am |
A Look at Past Polar Technology Conferences Satish Chetty Download presentation (PDF - 15 KB) |
| 10:40 am |
What Are the Causes and Consequences of Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts in Polar Regions and How Can We Better Detect and Assess Hot Spots of Change? Merritt Turetsky Download presentation (PDF - 1.99 MB) |
| 11:00 am |
Satellite Remote Sensing and Data Access in Relation to Studying Arctic Marine Mammal Sea Ice Habitat Olivia Lee Download presentation (PDF - 3.99 MB) |
| 11:20 am |
Understanding the Space Weather and Thermospheric Wind in the Polar Region Qian Wu Download presentation (PDF - 2.52 MB) |
| 11:40 am |
Science Drivers Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 1:00 pm |
The Human Face of Polar Power Piper Foster Wilder Download presentation (PDF - 2.98 MB) |
| 1:20 pm |
UNAVCO Continuous GNSS Station Updates Thomas Nylen Download presentation (PDF - 6.87 MB) |
| 1:40 pm |
Microturbine Power Generation Demonstraton at the Summit, Greenland Station Richard Armstrong Download presentation - (PDF - 1.89 MB) |
| 2:00 pm |
Power Systems Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 2:40 pm |
Re-envisioning the Polar Technology Conference Kate Ruck Download presentation (PDF - 1.9 MB) |
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 8:50 am |
Welcome and Summary of Day 1 |
| 9:00 am |
Communication, Storage, and Computation Infrastructure for Challenged Environments Martin Swany Download presentation (PDF - 5.36 MB) |
| 9:20 am |
Using Big Data to Understand Arctic Surface Water Change Erin Trochim Download presentation (PDF - 3.56 MB) |
| 9:40 am |
Increasing High Resolution Data Coverage and New Possibilities in the Polar Regions Cole Kelleher Download presentation (PDF - 8.27 MB) |
| 10:00 am |
Data Access and Sharing Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 10:40 am |
An Overview of Satellite Communications for Polar Research and Operations Michael Prior-Jones Download presentation (PDF - 7.29 MB) |
| 11:00 am |
Iridium Government Solutions Charlie Lever Download presentation (PDF - 2.88 MB) |
| 11:20 am |
MUOS Communication Coverage Beyond the Arctic Circle Shelley Johnson Download presentation (PDF - 2.96 MB) |
| 11:40 am |
Communications Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 1:00 pm |
Satellite Communications Special Session Patrick Smith, National Science Foundation Download presentation 1 (PDF - 5.67 MB), Download presentation 2 (PDF - 2.34 MB) |
Thursday, 12 March 2020
| Time | |
|---|---|
| 8:50 am |
Welcome and Summary of Day 1 and 2 |
| 9:00 am |
Documenting High Latitude System Dynamics: New Technologies for Persistent Monitoring of Critical Parameters at Appropriate Time-Space Scales Philip McGillivary Download presentation (PDF - 5.08 MB) |
| 9:20 am |
Instrumentation and Secondary Applications of Observations from the Transportable Array in Alaska and Canada Jeremy Miner Download presentation (PDF - 3.07 MB) |
| 9:40 am |
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Measuring Water Vapor Isotopes Above the Greenland Ice Sheet: Implications for Understanding Water Vapor Exchange Bruce Vaughn Download presentation (PDF - 5.02 MB) |
| 10:00 am |
Instrumentation Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 10:40 am |
Integrated Technologies for Iceberg Surveying and Monitoring: A Comprehensive Data Collection Campaign in the Labrador Sea during the 2019 Iceberg Season Robert Briggs Download presentation (PDF - 5.44 MB) |
| 11:00 am |
Using Science to Improve Winter Logistics Sally Shoop Download presentation (PDF - 7.62 MB) |
| 11:20 am |
Overarching and Integrative Technologies Q&A and Panel Discussion |
| 1:00 pm |
Next Steps for the Polar Technology Community Kate Ruck Download presentation (PDF - 6.8 MB) |