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February 2009

SCAR Performance Review

2 - 3 February 2009, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK

Closed meeting.

SCAR Cross-Linkages Meeting

5 - 6 February 2009, Modena, Italy

Closed meeting.

March 2009

Gordon Research Conference in Polar Marine Science

15 - 20 March 2009, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

For more information, please contact David Thomas, email: oss102@bangor.ac.uk or visit the conference website.

Antarctic Sea Ice Workshop - IPY Cruises

23 - 24 March 2009, Il Ciocco, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Contact Steve Ackley (email: sackley@pol.net) and Klaus Meiners (email: Klaus.meiners@acecrc.org.au). For hotel bookings, contact Mr Gianpaolo Lucchesi via email (prenotazioni@ciocco.it) and state you are attending the "Antarctic Sea Ice Workshop - IPY Cruises". For more information see the news item on the SCAR News page.

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)

23 - 28 March 2009, Bergen, Norway

Visit the ASSW website for more information. The second circular is now available.

April 2009

4^th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA4) - Legacy of IPY to the Tropics

1 - 3 April 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 4th Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA4) is jointly organised by University of Malaya (UM), Malaysian Antarctic
Research Program (MARP) and Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM). We cordially invite you to participate in this polar sciences seminar. More details are available on the seminar website.

XXXII ATCM - CEP XII

6 - 17 April 2009, Baltimore, USA

For more information, see the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat website.

European Geosciences Union, General Assembly

19 - 24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria

Financial Support Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2008
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

The EGU General Assembly 2009 will bring together geoscientists from all over Europe and the rest of the world into one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. Especially for young scientists the EGU appeals to provide a forum to present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences.

Sessions at the EGU General Assembly include:

For more information on sessions, follow the session links above or visit the Cryospheric Sciences page or the general session programme page. For other information, including registration and abstract submission, see the general meeting website.

Workshop on Measuring Climate Change Impacts in the Southern Ocean

20 - 24 April 2009, CCAMLR Headquarters, Hobart, Tasmania

A timely interdisciplinary workshop to address important issues in measuring, assessing and providing early-warning detection of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and biodiversity, by measuring change in the Southern Ocean. A key focus will be to promote national and international collaboration and the aim is to develop further a Southern Ocean Sentinel programme. For more information, view the workshop poster, email sos@aad.gov.au, or visit the workshop website.

ACAP Third Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MoP3)

27 April - 1 May, Bergen, Norway

Written applications for observer status from the international scientific, environmental, cultural or technical bodies should be submitted to the Secretariat at least 90 days prior to the MoP3 (26 January 2009). Requests for observer status from any other scientific, environmental, cultural or technical bodies should be submitted to the Secretariat at least 60 days prior to the meeting (25 February 2009).

MoP3 First Circular and Guide to Bergen

MoP3 Second Circular

May 2009

WMO/GEO/WCRP IPY Legacy Workshop

May 2009, WMO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop on Sustaining Projects' Contributions to WMO Global Cryosphere Watch and GEOSS. For more information, see the announcement.

American Meteorological Society's 10^th Polar Conference on Meteorology and Oceanography

18 - 21 May 2009, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 12 January 2009

Organizer: AMS Polar Meteorology and Oceanography Committee. For details, please see the AMS conference website.

Oceans Past II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the History and Future of Marine Animal Populations

26 - 28 May 2009, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Call for papers deadline: 1 December 2008

This international open science conference will take place at the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) of the University of British Columbia. Information on the call for papers is available to download. For more information on the conference, visit the conference website or email enquiries.oceanspast@gmail.com

June 2009

Mechanisms of Quaternary Climate Change: Stability of Warm Phases in the Past and in the Future
(ESF-FWF-LFUI Conference)

6 - 11 June 2009, Obergurgl, Austria

Deadline for applications: 2 March 2009

The conference, chaired by Carlo Barbante (University of Venice, Italy), will address the difference between past interglacials, their climatic stability and their interaction with polar ice sheets and with the biosphere. The conference will cover several complementary disciplines in the field of climate change and will also aim to involve scientists of other disciplines closely related to climate changes, such as socio-economics and politics. It is therefore perfectly suited to a large variety of researchers. Some grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and travel costs. For more information, please visit the conference website.

APECS/UNIS Summer School

15 June - 3 July 2009, Svalbard, Norway

For more information, visit the field school web page.

3^rd GLOBEC International Open Science Meeting

22 - 26 June 2009, Victoria, BC, Canada

The 3^rd and final GLOBEC Open Science Meeting is entitled "Marine ecosystems: from function to prediction" and will focus on the overall objective of GLOBEC of "providing a new mechanistic understanding of the functioning of the marine ecosystem, in order to develop predictive capabilities and propose a framework for the management of marine ecosystems in the era of global change".

Abstract submission has now been extended to 31 January 2009; a reduced early registration fee is available until 30 March. Limited financial support is available for scientists from developing countries and for early career scientists worldwide, the deadline for financial support is 15 January 2009. Please see the GLOBEC website for further details.

Symposium on Glaciology in the International Polar Year

27 - 31 June 2009, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

See the Second Circular for details.

July 2009

'Polar regional climate modeling and global impacts' session as part of IAMAS meeting

July 2009, Montreal, Canada

Sponsored by CliC, IASC and SCAR, ICPM, ICCL (International Commission on Climate). Organizers are Rinke, Proshutinsky, Döscher, Connolley. For further details please contact Victoria Lytle (email: vicky@npolar.no)

IPICS meeting

6 - 7 July 2009, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

To take place immediately before the PAGES Open Science Meeting, Oregon State University campus. For details, contact Edward Brook (email: brooke@geo.oregonstate.edu)

PAGES 3^rd Open Science Meeting

8 - 11 July 2009, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

A PAGES Young Scientists' Meeting will be held from 6-7 July 2009. A website with more details will be set up shortly. Contact PAGES IPO. Web: http://www.pages-igbp.org/

14^th International Congress on Circumpolar Health

11 - 16 July 2009, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Abstracts are now being accepted via links on the congress website, where information on sponsorship opportunities is also available and registration will begin soon. The deadlines for submitting abstracts of oral and poster presentations is 31 January 2009 and for congress registration is 15 June 2009.

MOCA-09 - IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS Joint Assembly

19 - 29 July 2009, Montreal, Canada

For further details, visit the Assembly website.

iAnZone Biennial Meeting and SASSI IPY Programme Workshop

25 - 26 July 2009, Montreal, Canada

The iAnZone Biennial Meeting and SASSI IPY Programme Workshop will immediately follow the IAPSO/IAMAS/IACS Assembly, MOCA-09 and will be held at the Delta Hotel, which is the conference headquarters. A meeting room has been booked there, for which there will be a charge of about 40 Canadian dollars per person, including tea and coffee. If this will be a problem for you please let us know.

Many sessions at MOCA will be relevant to iAnZone people, including:

J01 Observations of High Latitude Climate Change
J03 International Polar Year Early Results
J04 The Contribution of Greenland and Antarctica to Fresh Water Input to the Ocean and Sea Level Change
J14 Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Boundary Layers and Interactions
P04 Overflows and Abyssal Currents
P05 Physics and Chemistry of the Oceans: General Topics
P06 Ocean Mixing Processes and Consequences
P07 The Southern Ocean: Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Links to the Global Climate System
P09 Deep Ocean Exchange with the Shelf

The deadline for abstract submission is 23 January 2009. For further details, contact Karen Heywood (k.heywood@uea.ac.uk).

Xth SCAR International Biology Symposium

26 - 31 July 2009, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

The theme is Antarctic Biology in the 21st Century - Advances in and beyond IPY. Six sub-themes under the main theme are:

Antarctic evolutionary history
Adaptation to extreme environments
Marine biodiversity and processes
Patterns and diversity in the terrestrial systems
Environmental change and the human factor
Outreach and education

This is the first time this prestigious symposium has been held in Asia. For details please visit the Symposium website. Deadline for abstract submission is early January 2009. Student and early career scientists within 5 years of Ph.D completion can apply for a discount registration fee.

View the First Circular.

Glaciology in the IPY

27 - 31 July 2009, Newcastle, UK

For details, please contact John Woodward, Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
(email: john.woodward@unn.ac.uk).

August 2009

4^th International SOLAS Summer School

3 - 15 August 2009, Cargèse, Corsica, France

SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study) is running a summer school, aimed at graduate students and early career scientists with research interests in air-sea interactions, exposing them to recent developments and methodologies in the study of biogeochemical and physical feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere in a changing environment. The deadline for applications is 1 February 2009. For more information, visit the summer school website.

September 2009

First Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Symposium

7 - 11 September 2009, Science Museum "Parque de las Ciencias", Granada, Spain

For details, contact C. Dotti (email: cescutia@ugr.es).

OceanObs'09

21 to 25 September 2009, Venice, Italy

A follow-up to the successful OceanObs'99 Symposium. Further details are available in the conference circular. For more information, visit the conference website.

October 2009

ACUNS/APECS International Science Conference

October 2009, Whitehorse, YT, Canada

More information in due course.

November 2009

Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance

30 November - 3 December 2009, Baird Auditorium of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC

The timing of the meeting ensures that it will take place during the 50th anniversary of the initial signatures to the Treaty (1 December 1959). For details, please contact Paul Berkman (email: berkman@bren.ucsb.edu).

December 2009

4th International conference Earth From Space: The most effective solutions

1 - 3 December 2009, Moscow, Russia

For more information, visit the conference website.

Events in 2010

APECS/IARC Bellingshausen Field School

January 2010