BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7704025f8f2264235b3d23e9f1b7ea7f CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20200817T134246 SUMMARY:WAIS Workshop 2020 DESCRIPTION:We are please to announce that registration and abstract submission for our WAIS Workshop 2020 Virtual Science Sessions is now open. Sessions will tak e place during the weeks of September 21 and September 28. Multiple distrib uted, virtual science sessions will take place via Zoom during the weeks of September 21 and September 28. Each week, participants will be organized i nto groups of <15 participants, with up to 10 speakers who each give an 8 minute talk. Talks will be followed by a WAIS-style 20 minute discussion moderated by a session convener. The goal is that most participants will at tend and present in two ~100-minute sessions scheduled at the convenience o f the session participants during the designated week. All sessions will be recorded and posted on YouTube for future community consumption.\n \n Plea se register and submit your abstract by August 28 via our Google Form (http s://forms.gle/gbzku22mNaUybuSQ6). Topics for virtual session include,\n - S now/firn/surface-mass balance\n - Grounding zones and ice shelves\n - Past records of changes and processes\n - Oceanography and marine biology\n - Sc ience communication and outreach\n - Subglacial environments, processes, an d lifeforms\n - Leading edge (new technology, modern methods, and data scie nce)Abstracts will be reviewed by WAIS Workshop organizers and session conv eners. Decisions and session placement will be announced by September 7 and session scheduled finalized by September 14. Diversity, equity, and inclus ion are embraced at the WAIS Workshop, and we are committed to creating and maintaining a workshop environment that is safe, inclusive, and welcoming to all genders, races, identities, self-expressions, ethnicities and cultur es. Please contact the Organizing Committee if you have any questions or co ncerns regarding the WAIS Workshop by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots . You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloa k6d983bd3ef60311ad4e109b8b14a4840').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'm ;a' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy 6d983bd3ef60311ad4e109b8b14a4840 = 'wais' + '@'; addy6d983 bd3ef60311ad4e109b8b14a4840 = addy6d983bd3ef60311ad4e109b8b14a4840 + 'm 5;nes' + '.' + 'edu'; var addy_text6d983bd3ef60311ad 4e109b8b14a4840 = 'wais' + '@' + 'mines' + '.' + 'edu';document.getElementById('cloak6d983bd3ef60311ad4e109b8b14a 4840').innerHTML += ''+addy_text6d983bd3ef60311ad4e109b8b14a4840+''; .\n \n And don't forget to mark your calendars for WAIS community discussio ns covering race and racism in West Antarctic research and early-career imp acts of CoViD-19 on October 6 and 7. More information about registration an d discussion details will be announced in the coming weeks.\n \n Hope to se e you all at some point during our three weeks of WAIS Workshop 2020!\n \n Best,\n The WAIS Workshop Organizing Committee\n \n Knut Christianson\n Ind rani Das\n Joseph Macgregor\n Brooke Medley\n Matthew Siegfried\n Lauren Si mkins X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We are please to announce that registration and abstract su bmission for our WAIS Workshop 2020 Virtual Science Sessions is now open. S essions will take place during the weeks of September 21 and September 28. Multiple distributed, virtual science sessions will take place via Zoom dur ing the weeks of September 21 and September 28. Each week, participants wil l be organized into groups of <15 participants, with up to 10 speakers w ho each give an 8 minute talk. Talks will be followed by a WAIS-style 20 mi nute discussion moderated by a session convener. The goal is that most part icipants will attend and present in two ~100-minute sessions scheduled at t he convenience of the session participants during the designated week. All sessions will be recorded and posted on YouTube for future community consum ption.

Please register and submit your abstract by August 28 v ia our Google Form. Topic s for virtual session include,
Abstracts will be reviewed by WAIS Workshop organiz ers and session conveners. Decisions and session placement will be announce d by September 7 and session scheduled finalized by September 14. Diversity , equity, and inclusion are embraced at the WAIS Workshop, and we are commi tted to creating and maintaining a workshop environment that is safe, inclu sive, and welcoming to all genders, races, identities, self-expressions, et hnicities and cultures. Please contact the Organizing Committee if you have any questions or concerns regarding the WAIS Workshop by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

And don't forg et to mark your calendars for WAIS community discussions covering race and racism in West Antarctic research and early-career impacts of CoViD-19 on O ctober 6 and 7. More information about registration and discussion details will be announced in the coming weeks.

Hope to see you all at some point during our three weeks of WAIS Workshop 2020!

Best,
The WAIS Workshop Organizing Committee

Knut Christianso n
Indrani Das
Joseph Macgregor
Brooke Medley
Matthe w Siegfried
Lauren Simkins
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