Past Events

The following is a list of past events of interest to the ice coring and glaciological community. You can also view a listing of upcoming events.

Sixth International Summer School in Glaciology

June 7-17, 2022
Wrangell Mountains Center, McCarthy, Alaska

Dear glaciology graduate students,

After two pandemic-related cancelations, the Sixth International Summer School in Glaciology organized by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF)/Oslo University, will (hopefully) be held in McCarthy, central Alaska, from 7 to 17 June 2022 (just before the IGS Symposium on Maritime Glaciers, to be held in Juneau, Alaska, 19 - 24 June; https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2022/juneau2022/).

The summer school will provide a comprehensive overview of the physics of glaciers and current research frontiers in glaciology with focus on quantitative glaciology and remote sensing. The course is open to 28 graduate students from around the world targeting primarily early stage PhD students who perform glacier-related research. It will be taught by faculty of UAF’s glaciology group and several invited guest instructors from outside Alaska.

Application deadline: 15 January 2022

See for further information
https://glaciers.gi.alaska.edu/courses/summerschool

Regine Hock (UAF, Oslo University)
Martin Truffer (UAF)
Andy Aschwanden (UAF)
Ed Bueler (UAF)
Mark Fahnestock (UAF)

International Firn Workshop

May 2022
Online Workshop

Over the last decade, substantial progress has been made on observing and modeling firn processes on land ice, including glaciers and ice caps outside of the large ice sheets. Understanding firn layer processes such as accumulation and water percolation is critical for assessing, for example, mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet, the risk of destabilization for the floating ice shelves that buttress much of Antarctica’s ice and, on the other side of the mass balance equation, the future role of East Antarctica in potentially storing more ice on land. With increasing detail and resolution of ice sheet and climate models, as well as remote sensing products, the time is right to bring together the global research community on firn processes to discuss the current state of our knowledge and identify the future developments which will serve the broader cryosphere community. To discuss this in a collaborative, collaborative and global framework, we propose to bring together the firn research community in an online workshop, organized during the month of May 2022. The workshop is funded by the AntClimNow Scientific Research Program by the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (https://www.scar.org/science/antclimnow/home/).

The goals of our workshop are:

  • To provide an accessible-for-all framework for presenting, sharing, and discussing new research on firn processes on land ice, with a particular focus on early-career scientists.
  • To discuss and synthesize the current state of knowledge and open questions regarding the general theme of firn on land ice.
  • To enhance collaboration between data-focused (observational) and modeling-focused communities, and entrain expertise from neighboring disciplines such as seasonal snow and ice sheet dynamics, which are essential steps in addressing the next big challenges in understanding firn.

The workshop will be organized throughout the month of May 2022, and consists of three phases:

  • Sharing phase (May 2-13): presenters will share their work online (via pre recorded presentations). Everyone gets a chance to explore the shared work on a cloud based video platform, which will be organized into themes that are defined by the participants. Slack will be used to communicate within the community. Monetary awards will be given out to excellent student and early-career scientist presenters.
  • Topical discussion phase (May 16-20): each theme will organize an online discussion focused on the shared work. Each topical discussion will be organized and led by two coordinators, one early career representative and one senior scientist.
  • Joint session phase (May 23-24): overview talks by themes and outlook/summary talks, spread over two days (Monday and Tuesday).

All live sessions will accommodate as many time zones as possible. Participants unable to attend live sessions will have immediate access to recordings of the sessions.

The synthesis phase (June-September) will feature the writing of the workshop outcomes in a review paper. Each pair of topical coordinators will lead the writing of a section, and will be co-author of the review paper.

Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Final Summit

May 1-4, 2022
Montreal (QC), Canada

The Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Final Summit will take place in Montreal (QC), Canada, on 1-4 May 2022. The YOPP Final Summit website has been launched now and the link for abstract submission is open.

The YOPP Final Summit is the apex of the decade-long Polar Prediction Project initiated by the World Meteorological Organization’s World Weather Research Programme in 2013. The conference aims to review progress, share key findings and success stories, and discuss and shape the legacy of the Polar Prediction Project. The summit will bring together polar science experts from operational prediction centres, academia and research institutes, government, and corporate representatives as well as northern communities and users of polar prediction services.

Contributors are invited to submit their abstracts on their research and achievements produced in the frame of PPP and YOPP, on the below topics:

  • Advancements in polar prediction during YOPP (2017–2019) and their operationalization;
  • Building international cooperation amongst the polar prediction community;
  • Paving the way for the legacy of the Polar Prediction Project, to enable environmental safety in the Arctic and Antarctic in the future;
  • Representation of polar processes in numerical models, with a focus on coupling of the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice;
  • Ocean and sea ice modelling and services;
  • The MOSAiC expedition and other polar observation campaigns;
  • Supersite multi-variate observations and process studies (YOPPsiteMIP);
  • Observing System Experiments (OSE) and reanalyses in polar regions;
  • Teleconnections linking polar weather to mid-latitudes predictability;
  • Science to services: tailoring polar forecasting products and services to meet user needs; and
  • Societal and economic implications of accessible, relevant, and useable forecasts.

Early Career Researchers (ECRs)

Participation of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) is encouraged. A third Polar Prediction School will precede the YOPP Final Summit from 27–30 April 2022 in Rimouski, QC, Canada. Also, PPP Early Career Scientist fellowships will provide ECRs with the opportunity to showcase their research and networking with senior mentors at the YOPP Final Summit. For information how to apply to become a YOPP Final Summit Fellow (self-nominations are welcome) and to participate in the Polar Prediction School, please find more information on the YOPP final summit website.

Plenary Speakers

The following science plenary speaker have confirmed their contributions:

  • Petteri Taalas (WMO), Secretary General of WMO;
  • Thomas Jung (AWI), PPP Steering Group Chair, on the realization and successes of YOPP, and on the PPP legacy;
  • Gilbert Brunet (BoM), on the design of the WMO WWRP Polar Prediction Project;
  • Peter Bauer (ECMWF), on Earth System Modelling and predictability in polar regions and beyond;
  • Gunilla Svensson (Stockholm University), on the supersite multi-variate observations and process studies (YOPPsiteMIP);
  • Gregory Smith (ECCC), on the NWP modelling contributions to YOPP;
  • Matthew Shupe (CIRES/NOAA), on the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC);
  • Jackie Dawson (University of Ottawa), on societal and economic research and applications of YOPP; and
  • Karin Strand (Hurtigruten), Vice President of Expeditions.

Abstract Submission

Submit your abstract by 15 November 2021 at yoppfinalsummit.com. Early Bird registration will be open until 15 February 2022. All information including for the Early Career Researchers' opportunities and options to request funding to attend can be found at https://yoppfinalsummit.com/

Follow also @polarprediction on Twitter and Instagram for any updates.

Best wishes,
Kirstin Werner, WMO WWRP Polar Prediction Office

EGU General Assembly 2022

3–8 April 2022
Vienna, Austria

2022 Ice core Analysis Techniques (ICAT) PhD school

March 14-18, 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark

The ice core analysis techniques PhD school (ICAT) will be running again from March 14th to March 18th, 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The ICAT PhD school (2 ECTS) is aimed at PhD students and junior postdocs who conduct ice core analysis or are users of ice core data (glaciologists, oceanographers, climate modelers, earth scientists). ICAT aims to educate a new generation of ice core researchers and foster a collaborative environment for future glaciological projects. This course will educate young scientists regarding new methods developed for the analysis of ice cores with regard to climate research, with dedicated theoretical and laboratory exercise sessions.

Application deadline is December 19th, 2021.

More information can be found here https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/1329/overview

Spread the word and let your colleges and students know.

We hope to see many of you for ICAT in 2022.

Best wishes,
the ICAT team

Ice Core Early Career Researchers Workshop (ICECReW)

January 5-8, 2022
Online and in-person in Salt Lake City, Utah

We would like to bring to your attention the Ice Core Early Career Researchers Workshop (ICECReW) sponsored by the U.S. Drilling Program!
https://icedrill.org/meetings/ice-core-early-career-researchers-workshop-icecrew

We hope you will share this opportunity with your students, postdocs, and colleagues.

ICECReW is a professional development workshop for early career researchers. It will be held both in-person and online January 5-8, 2022 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT.

The workshop is free to attend. Travel stipends and childcare are available.

ICECReW is intended for early-career researchers whose work contributes to the drilling, processing, or interpretation of ice core data. We hope to attract a diverse group of participants who may not have extensive experience working with ice core data.

Participants will connect with potential collaborators, learn about opportunities of future ice core drilling and research efforts, learn how to utilize resources available from past ice core projects, and engage in career development activities. Participants will also work together to develop two synthesis papers.

Deadline for registration is September 30. Participants must be affiliated with a U.S. institution to be eligible.

Please see the workshop website listed above for additional information.

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

13-17 December 2021
New Orleans, LA & Online Everywhere

Northwest Glaciologists’ Annual Meeting (virtual) 2021

13-15 Oct 2021
Virtual online meeting

Dear colleagues,

Please consider joining us for the Annual Meeting of the Northwest Glaciologists. This meeting is an informal gathering with no abstracts, no pre-registration, and a strong history of student participation.

The meeting will be held virtually again this year:

13-15 Oct 2021, Wednesday-Friday, 13:00 PDT start (PDT = UTC-7:00)

If you are interested in attending, please send us an email: northwestglaciologists2021@gmail.com . Indicate if you are interested in giving a talk or poster, and if you are, the general topic of your presentation. Meeting details will be sent directly to participants.

More information: http://www.sfu.ca/~gflowers/nwg2021

Fourth Polar Data Forum

20-24 September 2021
Den Haag, The Netherland

The Polar Data Forum (PDF) is a place where polar data holders get together and make more use of data. The Forum has two main components: the Conference, where the border between funding, policy and data is explored through presentations and posters; and Workshop Sessions & Hackathons, where the Polar Data Community opens the dialogue to make progress on their shared objectives.

Polar Data Forum IV

After a long period of uncertainty due to the current Covid-19 crisis, we are pleased to announce that the Fourth Polar Data Forum (PDF IV) will be co-hosted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the European Polar Board (EPB) at the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in The Hague (NL) from September 20th to 24th, 2021.

The meeting will be co-organized with regional partners including the Southern Ocean Observing System, Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management, the World Data System, EuroGOOS, and many other organizations engaged in polar data management.

Based on the activities and discussions from PDF III, and particularly, on a workshop focused on marine data, the focus of PDF IV will be put on the polar oceans. This also enables the Forum to be aligned with the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the 2nd Southern Ocean Regional Workshop which will be co-organised during the same week as PDF IV.

PDF IV will consist of a series of workshops and hackathons from September 20th to 22nd to build on the development work done during previous meetings, followed by a 2-day plenary conference to be held from September 23rd to 24th in support of information exchange.

2nd Southern Ocean Regional Workshop

20-22 September 2021
Virtual Online Event

Following a successful First Southern Ocean Regional Workshop held in San Diego, CA, USA in early 2020, the Southern Ocean UN Decade is pleased to announce that the 2nd Southern Ocean Regional Workshop will be co-hosted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the European Polar Board (EPB) at the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in The Hague (NL) and held online from September 20th to 22th, 2021. This event will be co-located with the 4th Polar Data Forum and related Hackathon.

The workshop will be co-organized with regional partners including the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS), the ICED Programme, the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Programme, and many other organizations engaged in polar activities.

The Southern Ocean Task Force will launch a survey in the coming days to gather your input on the activities and contribution that should be developed in the Southern Ocean in the context of the UN Ocean Decade. If you are interested in participating, please subscribe to our Newsletter and follow us on Twitter. We will notify you through this list and social media channels when the survey is open. The information that you will provide will be summarised in the form of a Draft Southern Ocean Action Plan, which will be presented and open for consultation at the 2nd Southern Ocean Regional Workshop.

Based on the first workshop, this 2nd volume of the Southern Ocean contribution to the UN Ocean Decade will combine a conference style meeting in support of knowledge exchange, with a public consultation approach that will build up to the development of the Final Southern Ocean Action Plan for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Stay tuned! Practical information will be communicated soon.

Kind regards,
The SOdecade Team