Date

Multiple Meeting Announcements

  1. Call for Papers
    12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
    14-18 May 2012
    Levi, Finland

  2. Call for Applications
    Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
    13-20 October 2012
    Colorado Springs, Colorado

  3. Event Announcement
    Antarctica Day
    1 December 2011

  4. Public Lecture Announcement
    Not the Time to COP Out
    Tuesday, 29 November 2011
    Online Broadcast

  1. Call for Papers
    12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
    14-18 May 2012
    Levi, Finland

Organizers of the 12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing
Symposium (CRSS) announce a call for papers. The theme for the symposium
is 'Polar Regions in Transformation; Climatic Change and Anthropogenic
Pressures' and it will be held 14-18 May 2012 in Levi, Finland.

CRSS deals specifically with remote sensing applications in the polar
environments, both arctic and Antarctic. It will provide an
international forum for the discussion of work currently being carried
out in the circumpolar regions of the world, and for the exchange of
current applied international research, the presentation of new
technology, and the advancement of internal co-operation in the
circumpolar regions of the world. The symposium will be of interest to
scientists, scholars, and industry and government professionals involved
in renewable and non-renewable resource management in both polar
environments.

Presentations are invited in both oral and poster form. Discussion
topics include remote sensing of the arctic, subarctic, and Antarctic
regions. A full list of topics is available at:
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2012/dates.php. The website
also includes specific instructions for abstract submission.

Abstract submission deadline: 1 March 2012.

For further information, please go to:
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2012/index.php.

  1. Call for Applications
    Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
    13-20 October 2012
    Colorado Springs, Colorado

Organizers of the "Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium"
announce a call for abstracts and applications. This symposium is for
early-career climate change researchers. The symposium is hosted by
Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research
(DISCCRS), and is scheduled for 13-20 October 2012 in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.

The goal is to catalyze international, interdisciplinary collaboration
while laying the foundation for dynamic, communicative collegial
networks that are better-equipped to understand and respond to the
myriad challenges posed by climate change. Thirty invited DISCCRS
Scholars will have the opportunity to present their research, hone
interdisciplinary communication and teambuilding skills, and discuss
emerging research and trends. Scholars will also have the chance to talk
about the societal and professional challenges involved in climate
change research, with each other and with established researchers
invited to serve as mentors.

Applications will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary committee of
research scientists. The selection committee will favor applicants who
plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject
relevant to the study of climate change, its impacts or its solutions.
Interested researchers from the natural and social sciences,
mathematics, engineering, and other fields are encouraged to apply so
long as their research focus relates to climate change, its impacts, or
its solutions. Although the emphasis is on the U.S. research system,
applicants from all countries who are interested in learning about the
U.S. research system or connecting with U.S. researchers are welcome.
Airfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and
NASA.

Application deadline: 29 February 2012.

For further information on how to apply, please go to:
http://disccrs.org/application_instructions.

  1. Event Announcement
    Antarctica Day
    1 December 2011

The 2011 Antarctica Day will be held on Thursday, December 1st. The
event celebrates the signature day of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, and is
intended to engage the next generation in recognizing Antarctica's
lessons in international governance and the significance of its science
in planning how to manage our changing world.

Antarctica Day began in 2010 as an annual legacy of the Antarctic Treaty
Summit (http://www.atsummit50.aq). The 2010 event was celebrated with an
inaugural lecture at the University of Cambridge's Scott Polar Research
Institute, a balloon launch held in 15 countries on six continents, and
an international webinar hosted by PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers
Exploring and Collaborating, http://www.polartrec.com).

This year's events will again include balloon launches and a PolarTREC
webinar. The 2011 webinar will be held live from Antarctica
(http://www.polartrec.com/polar-connect). Multiple collaboration options
are available for anyone who would like to participate in Antarctic Day:

- Consider initiating your own Antarctica Day activity;
- Inform local libraries about Antarctica Day so they can display
books about Antarctica on December 1st; and
- Launch a virtual balloon for Antarctica Day to signal "common
interest" from around the world (http://apecs.is/antarcticaday).

Anyone active in primary or secondary schools who would like to create
an Antarctica Day activity or who would benefit from educational
materials about Antarctica (such as the book 'Polar Science and Global
Climate: An International Resource for Education and Outreach,' which
emerged from the International Polar Year 2007-08), is invited to
contact Allen Pope at APECS (apope00 [at] gmail.com). Suggestions for
Antarctica Day activities this year or in the future are also welcome.

For further information, including Antarctica Day fliers, please go to:
http://apecs.is/education-outreach/antarctica-day.

  1. Public Lecture Announcement
    Not the Time to COP Out
    Tuesday, 29 November 2011
    Online Broadcast

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, an Inuk climate change advocate and Nobel Peace
Prize Nominee, will give a public lecture on the human dimensions of
climate change Tuesday, 29 November 2011 at 7:00 p.m. EST. The lecture
will be held in Convocation Hall at Mount Allison University (Sackville,
New Brunswick, Canada) but will also be broadcast online.

Entitled 'Not the Time to COP Out,' the lecture will mark the second day
of the international United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP-17)
climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa.

In addition to the local event in New Brunswick, the lecture will be
broadcast live over the internet on IsumaTV, an indigenous-focused
multi-media website. Communities across Canada and the world are
encouraged to organize screenings. These satellite events can tune in
(at http://www.isuma.tv or via Skype address isumatvwebcaster) live to
Mount Allison University to ask questions.

For more information, please contact:
Patrick Forestell
Email: plforestell [at] mta.ca
Phone: 506-227-3632