First Announcement: 2010 State of the Arctic Conference
Hyatt Regency Miami at the Miami Convention Center
Miami, Florida
16-19 March 2010
For more information, please contact:
Helen V. Wiggins, Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
Email: helen [at] arcus.org
Registration and other information will be coming soon via a State of
the Arctic website.
The State of the Arctic Conference, to be held 16-19 March 2010 in
Miami, Florida, will be an international meeting to present, exchange,
and discuss the latest knowledge on the state of the Arctic and future
directions of arctic science and policy.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
The State of the Arctic Conference will review our understanding of the
arctic system in a time of human-induced, rapid environmental change. It
will provide an open international forum to discuss future research
directions towards a better understanding of the arctic system and its
trajectory. It will address topics ranging from basic understanding of
the Arctic and system-wide change, to developing response strategies for
better adaptation to, and mitigation of, the impacts of change.
Specifically, the conference will address the following topics:
1. Scientific understanding of the basic functioning of the arctic
system, including human subsystems;
2. Capacity to observe and understand the system, especially in light
of rapid system-scale changes in all subsystems;
3. Capability to project future states of the arctic system under
various scenarios; and
4. Options for solutions to the problems caused by human-induced
environmental change.
This science meeting will provide ample opportunities to present and
discuss research results, and a conference report will summarize the
meeting's major findings.
VENUE
The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami at the Miami
Convention Center in Miami, Florida
(http://miamiregency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp).
ORGANIZERS & SPONSORS
The State of the Arctic Conference is being organized by the Arctic
Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS), with major funding provided by
the National Science Foundation Division of Arctic Sciences, including
the interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) and the
Arctic System Science Program (ARCSS). Other sponsors include: the
International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC), the Canadian ArcticNet
Network of Centres of Excellence, and the European Developing Arctic
Modelling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies
(DAMOCLES) program. Additional sponsorship is invited and interested
parties are encouraged to contact Helen Wiggins, ARCUS, at
helen [at] arcus.org.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information, including registration, abstract submission, and
other materials, will be available soon through a State of the Arctic
Conference website, which will be announced via the ArcticInfo mailing
list and linked through the ARCUS website at: http://www.arcus.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:
Helen Wiggins, ARCUS
Email: helen [at] arcus.org