Announcing the ARCUS 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008
14-15 May 2008
National Association of Home Builders Conference Center
Washington, DC
Information about the Arctic Forum will soon be available at:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/index.html
You are invited to participate in the ARCUS 20th Annual Meeting and
Arctic Forum in Washington, DC, on 14-15 May 2008. The theme of this
year's meeting is "Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change."
The increasing pace and scale of observed environmental change in the
Arctic and around the globe raises an important question: Have we
reached major tipping points in the arctic system?
The interconnectedness of the Arctic is demonstrated when a single
change - even a small one - sends ripple effects throughout the marine,
terrestrial, atmospheric, socioeconomic, and global systems.
Participants at the Arctic Forum will discuss how such changes may be
"tipping points" that represent a new, unknown, and potentially
irreversible vanguard of arctic and global change. Arctic Forum sessions
will explore tipping points over different scales of time and space, as
well as potential consequences, opportunities, and policy and management
response strategies.
The 2008 Arctic Forum is being co-chaired by Martin Miles, Environmental
Systems Analysis Research Center in Boulder, Colorado, and Craig
Fleener, Gwich'in Council International.
In addition to highlighting current research and policy issues relevant
to the Arctic through the Arctic Forum, the ARCUS Annual Meeting serves
to gather together members of the arctic research community, key agency
personnel and policy makers, as well as ARCUS member institution
representatives, board members, and staff.
The agenda, online registration, poster abstract submission, hotel, and
other venue information will be available soon at:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2008/index.html
For further information about the Arctic Forum, please contact ARCUS at:
E-mail: info [at] arcus.org
Phone: 907-474-1600