The Polar Technology Conference (PTC) was a small, but impactful meeting held annually from 2005–2016, which created sp ace for polar scientists, technology developers, and technology users to sh are technology needs and discoveries. The absence of this opportunity for p olar people to connect has resulted in reduced connectivity and collaborati on within the broader polar science community. The National Science Foundat ion’s Office of Polar Programs has responded to this need with support to r esume the PTC as a biennial meeting.
Planning for the next PTC is und erway in partnership with ARCUS and a ten-member, multidisciplinary Organiz ing Committee. The 2020 meeting will be held in Boulder, Colorado during 10 –12 March at the University of Colorado’s Sustainability, Energy and Enviro nment Community (SEEC) building. This interdisciplinary c onference is intended to provide an opportunity for technical and theoretic al exchange on challenges impeding polar research and field operations. Com munity input is crucial to ensure that technological infrastructure investm ents are efficient, satisfy science drivers, and meet field requirements. T he conference will address approaches to working and studying in the polar regions, including: terrestrial, marine, atmospheric, and social science di sciplines; autonomous instrumentation; observation platforms; and all level s of logistical support.
The goal of the meeting is to link experts i n polar science and technology development to discuss current technological resources for polar research and identify barriers to research and applica tion of technology for problems unique to polar regions. The conference aim s to: (1) identify and define priorities using bottom-up community feedback to enhance polar science through technological advances; (2) scope out are as where research and development (R&D) projects could deliver new tech nology to meet scientific or logistical user needs and identify where new t echnology would benefit from field trial; (3) increase awareness of current funding calls appropriate for technical or R&D projects and provide in put to funding agencies on effective support of technology-related projects for polar research; and (4) build on past PTCs to create a community of pr actice for future dialogue between the users, manufacturers, and developers of technology used in polar research. Science topics are anticipated to in clude science drivers, power systems, instrumentation, communications, data access and sharing, and overarching integrative technology.
Organize rs welcome abstracts for oral and poster presentations that address one or more of the six conference themes and topics:
There is no registration fee for the PTC. Registration is limited to 100 participants, and will be first-come, first-served. Present ing authors of submitted abstracts will be given priority registrat ion until Friday, 24 January 2020. Submitters will receive an emai l confirmation that contains a link to the priority conference registration form. General registration will open for all attendees on Friday, 24 Janua ry and close either on 9 March 2020 or when the conference has reached capa city.
A call for abstracts and registration information is forthcomin g. For more information on the conference, please visit https://www.arcus.org/log istics/2020-polar-technology.
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