We are inviting Session Proposals for the 2018 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2018) until Friday, May 18, 2018.
In a year of possible renewal of the Network, ArcticNet and its partners invite Northern researchers, stakeholders and decision-makers to the ASM2018 at the Ottawa Shaw Centre between December 10-14, 2018.
The ASM2018 will bring together leading researchers, students, Northerners including Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples, policy-makers, private sector representatives and media to address the numerous environmental, social, economic and political challenges and opportunities as a result of climate change and modernization in the Arctic.
Call for Sessions
The ArcticNet ASM2018 Organizing Committee welcomes proposals for Topical Sessions of interest to the Northern research community. Proposals should identify at least two co-Chairs planning to attend the Conference. Session proposals including Early Career Researchers as co-Chairs are encouraged. Session proposals should include an informative title (max 150 characters) and a short description (less than 2500 characters). Descriptions should be broad enough to include all interested researchers, regardless of affiliation or research background. Please submit session proposals online using the session submission form, also available on the ASM2018 website.
General Topics
The ASM2018 will be the largest national venue for scientific exchange across a broad range of Arctic research disciplines in natural, human health and social sciences. General topics to be addressed include, but are not restricted to:
• Monitoring, Modeling and Predicting Circumpolar and Regional Arctic Systems
• Ocean and Atmospheric Fluxes through the Arctic
• Sensitivity and Change of Cryospheric Systems
• Tracking and Predicting Socio-Economic, and Cultural Change in the Arctic
• Rapid Arctic Transitions and Impacts on Infrastructure and Planning
• Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic Regions
• Mapping the Arctic Ocean, Continental Shelves and Margins
• Arctic Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystem Structure, Biodiversity and Services
• Coastal Processes and the Vulnerability of Communities, Infrastructures and Resources
• Assessing, Understanding and Monitoring the Health of Ecosystems and Humans in the Arctic
• Legal, Political, Security and Navigation Issues in Opening Arctic Waterways
• Sustainable Development and Prosperity in the Arctic
• Adapting New Technologies to the Advantage of Arctic Research and Monitoring
• Arctic Data Management, Access and Integration
• From Knowledge to Decision and Policy-Making
• New Research Priorities listed in the ArcticNet 2018 Call for Letters Of Intent
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Information will soon be available on the Conference, venue, lodging, registration, sponsor/exhibitor opportunities.
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We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa!
Warm regards,
Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director - ArcticNet
