International Day Presentations Now Available
Day 4 was devoted to discussion of international collaboration in arctic research and was sponsored by ISAC. There were 100+ participants, presentations from more than 15 international, national organizations, programs and projects, a panel discussion, and a talk and Q and A period with Alaska Senator, Hon. Lisa Murkowski. The presentations, (oral and poster/pdf) are posted on the ISAC website (see more below) and on the SoA Conference website. A summary report of the activities of Day 4 will also be prepared. Below you can read presentation abstracts, follow links to different organizations, program and projects, and view the presentations from Day 4.
Final Agenda
Day 4 State of the Arctic Conference - International Collaboration
Friday, 19 March 2010
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Location)
8:30 Open and Welcome
Maribeth Murray, Executive Director, International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC), Stockholm, Sweden
8:40 Perspectives on International Collaboration (tentative title)
Karl Erb, Director, Office of Polar Programs, U.S. National Science Foundation, Presentation
9:00 Perspectives on International Collaboration – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Abstract
Wendy Watson Wright, Assistant Director General, UNESCO and Executive Secretary, IOC, Presentation
9:20 International Arctic Science - A Vision for the Future
Michael Tjernström, Professor, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden, Presentation
9:40 Short Break for Coffee
10:00 Progress and Pitfalls in International Arctic Science - Perspectives from the International Community
David Barber, Canada Research Chair, Arctic System Science, University of Manitoba, Canada, Session Chair, Presentation
10:10 International Polar Year (IPY)
David Carlson, Director, IPY International Programme Office, Cambridge, UK, Video Presentation
10:20 World Wildlife Fund
Martin Sommerkorn, Senior Climate Change Advisor, WWF Arctic Programme, Oslo, Norway
Susan Evans, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Canada, Presentation
10:30 International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
David Hik, Canada Research Chair, Northern Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada, Presentation
10:40 Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)
David Hik, Canada Research Chair, Northern Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada, Presentation
10:50 Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment
Lawson Brigham, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, Presentation
11:00 International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC)
John Walsh, President's Professor of Climate Change and Chief Scientist, International Arctic Research Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, Presentation
11:10 Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies (DAMOCLES, EU Integrated Project), Jean-Claude Gascard, Physical Oceanography, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France, Presentation
11:20 ArcticNet (Canada)
Martin Fortier, Executive Director, Arctic Net Centers of Excellence Canada, Laval University, Canada, Presentation
11:30 Study of Environmental Arctic Change (USA), Abstract
Hajo Eicken, Professor, Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, Presentation
11:40 International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA), Abstract
Lisa Darby, Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, USA
James Drummond, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Taneil Uttal, Earth Science Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder, USA, Presentation
11:50 National Ice Center (USA), Abstract
Caryn Panowicz, NIC Operations Technical Advisor, NOAA, Washington D.C., USA, Presentation
12:00 World Meteorological Organization/Gobal Cryosphere Watch, Abstract
Barry Goodison, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland
Jeffery Key, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Presentation
12:10 Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study
David Barber, Canada Research Chair, Arctic System Science, University of Manitoba, Canada, Presentation
12.20 Geotraces, Abstract
David Kadko, Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, USA, Presentation
12:30 Present Day Processes and Past Changes (PPS Arctic IPY Project)
David Cairns, Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA, Presentation
12:40 Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership (NEESPI)
Pavel Groisman, UCAR/NOAA National Climatic Data Center, North Carolina, USA
Vladimir Kattsov, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
Richard Lawford, International Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Project Office, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Presentation
12:45 LUNCH
2:00 p.m. Hon. Lisa Murkowski, Senator from Alaska
3:00 Panel Discussion: How can national and international agencies address an International research agenda over the long-term?
Moderator: Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University
Panelists:
Karl Erb, US NSF
Helen Joseph, DFO, Canada
Lars-Otto Reiersen, AMAP/SAON
3:20 Open Discussion
Moderator: Peter Schlosser, Vinton Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
4:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourns
Other contributions (electronic, video and print):
Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System
Igor Polyakov, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks http://nabos.iarc.uaf.edu/movies.php
Data Sharing and Coordination - Lessons learned from IPY and continued development through the Polar Information Commons and ICSU
Mark Parsons, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Presentation
Svalbard Integrated Earth Observing System
Georg Hansen, Department for Climate and the Environment, Research Council of Norway
Arctic Human Development Report and the Arctic Social Indicators Project
Andrey Petrov, Department of Geography, University of Northern Iowa
Circumpolar Biodiverstiy Monitoring Program
Mike Gill, Chair, Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Environment Canada, Whitehorse, Canada
Narwhale Tusk Research
Martin Nweeia and Frederick Eichmille, Sharon, Connecticut, Presentation
