Date

Workshop Announcement
The 36th Annual International Arctic Workshop
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado
16-18 March 2006
Boulder, Colorado

For more information, please go to:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/meetings/AW2006

or contact:
ArcticWS [at] colorado.edu

Deadline for Registration and Abstracts: Wednesday, 22 February 2006


The 36th Annual International Arctic Workshop will be held 16-18 March
2006 at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR),
University of Colorado at Boulder. The meeting is open to all interested
in the Arctic, and will consist of a series of talks and poster sessions
covering all aspects of high-latitude environments, past and present.
Previous Arctic Workshops have included presentations on arctic and
antarctic climate, archeology, environmental geochemistry,
geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography,
Quaternary history, and more.

WHEN
A reception and registration is scheduled for Wednesday evening March
15th from 5 pm - 8 p.m. The main program is scheduled for Thursday
through Saturday, March 16th to 18th.

ABSTRACTS
Submission of abstracts through the website will begin before Thursday,
15 December 2005. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, 22 February
2006. Presentations can be either a poster or a talk, but probably not
both.

REGISTRATION
Registration through the website will begin before Thursday, 15 December
2005. Professional registration will be $135 USD if paid by Wednesday,
22 February or $160 USD thereafter. Students presenting a talk or poster
can register for free. Other students can register for $60 USD until
Wednesday, 22 February or $160 USD thereafter.

LODGING
Organizers will provide updated links on the website to Boulder motels
and plan to arrange block reservations at a local hotel.

RESEARCH THEMES
This workshop has grown out of a series of informal annual meetings
sponsored by INSTAAR and other academic institutions worldwide. In
keeping with this tradition, there are no formalized topics, and the
workshop is organized around themes developed from the abstracts
submitted for presentation. However, organizers can accommodate specific
themes and arrange small group meetings. Please identify any special
topics or needs by e-mailing Tad Pfeffer at pfeffer [at] tintin.colorado.edu.

SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS
Student participation is a vital component of this workshop. A limited
number of graduate student presenters will receive free registration and
reimbursement for meals and hotel.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Support for student participation is subsidized by the U.S. National
Science Foundation (NSF, grant OPP-0425387).