Dear UKPN,
Please see below for a conference announcement regarding indisciplinarity in polar studies. The meeting is especially geared towards early-career students and researchers, and is especially useful to acquire new skills and techniques.
Please contact the relevant persons via the attached link.
Hope all is well,
TJ
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Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Svalbard (IPSiS) Meeting
Scientific Conference: Longyearbyen, 20-21 September 2015
Field Workshops for young researchers: Longyearbyen area, 18-19 September 2015; Hornsund, 22-24 September 2015
The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway (UNIS) and the Centre for Polar Studies, Poland (CPS) together with University of Oslo and University of Sheffield invite to conference and field workshops under the common title Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Svalbard (IPSiS).
The main goal of IPSiS is to facilitate international and interdisciplinary cooperation in studies on the interactive effects of climate change on Arctic nature and societies. The meeting has a special focus on young scientists and PhD students in particular, and is meant to enable them to share ideas and acquire new skills and experiences in Arctic research, mainly by participating in the workshops.
The conference part of IPSiS will provide a venue where scientists, authorities, entrepreneurs and local inhabitants will have an opportunity to meet, exchange experience and discuss monitoring the current climate change and its effects in the Arctic. The plenary sessions of the conference will be open to general audience including Longyearbyen citizens, authorities and entrepreneurs.
IPSiS will cover wide range of disciplines and study areas: climatology and atmosphere physics, glaciology, geomorphology, periglacial processes, freshwater hydrology, terrestrial ecology, physical oceanography, marine ecology, environmental chemistry, human activity in the Arctic. Abstracts of oral presentations and posters are welcomed for submission.
Important dates:
Abstracts submission, application for workshops: 15 May 2015
Notification on acceptance of abstracts and participation in workshops: 8 June 2015
Registration with regular fee rate: 30 June 2015
Late registration: 31 July 2015
First circular is available at http://www.polarknow.us.edu.pl/ipsis-meeting/.
Application forms will be available at the webpage shortly.
