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Forthcoming meetings

Below are some forthcoming meetings which may be of interest to IGS members.

Please send announcements about meetings suitable for inclusion on this page to us at our usual contact details.

Items marked ** are IGS sponsored
Items marked * are IGS co-sponsored

16–19 February 2009

GLACIODYN (IPY) meeting
Workshop on the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers

Biogeoscience Institute, University of Calgary
Barrier Lake Station, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada

See workshop website

26–27 February 2009

The 13th ALPINE GLACIOLOGY MEETING

Innsbruch, Austria

See meeting website
Contact: Irmgard Juen (Irmgard.Juen@uibk.ac.at),
Andrea Fischer (andrea.fischer@uibk.ac.at)
Georg Kaser (Georg.Kaser@uibk.ac.at)

2–4 March 2009

GPS data analysis workshop in Europe

LMU Munich, Germany

Contact: Bob King (rwk@chandler.mit.edu)

15–20 March 2009

Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Conference

Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga) Italy

See conference website

22–24 March 2009

IPY Antarctic Sea Ice Workshop

Lucca, Italy

Contact: Tony Worby [a.worby@utas.edu.au]

22–27 March 2009

Association of American Geographers, AAG, 2009 Annual Meeting
Includes: Glacier session, Changing Geographies of Arctic and more that may be of interest to glaciologists

Las Vegas, USA

See meeting website

25–26 March 2009

Workshop on subglacial processes and related topics

Svartisen subglacial laboratory, Engabreen glacier, Norway

Contact: Miriam Jackson; mja@nve.no
See workshop web-site

6–10 April 2009

**International Symposium on Snow and Avalanches

Manali, India

Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
See symposium website

29 April – 1 May 2009

Atmosphere and Modelling Skills Workshop
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

Organized by The UK Polar Network

See Polar Network Website

1–5 June 2009

Training School on 'Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Modelling'

See training school website

6–11 June 2009

66th annual Eastern Snow Conference

Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada

See conference website

6–11 June 2009

Mechanisms of Quaternary Climate Change: Stability of Warm Phases in the Past and in the Future

A ESF-FWF-LFUI Conference
Obergurgl, Austria

Contact Ms. Jean Kelly, Conference Officer: jkelly@esf.org
See conference website

8–10 June 2009

High mountain glaciers and challenges caused by climate change

Tromsø, Norway

See conference website

6–7 and 8–11 July 2009

PAGES (Past Global Changes) Young Scientists Meeting and Open Science Meeting
"Retrospective views on our planet's future"

Corvallis, Oregon, USA

See meeting website

6–11 July 2009

7th International Conference on Geomorphology (ANZIAG)

Melbourne, Australia

See Conference website
Contact: geomorphology2009@tourhosts.com.au

16–17 July 2009

International Collaboration in Arctic System Modeling

University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

See workshop website

19–29 July 2009 (Cryospheric sessions 20–24 July)

'Our Warming Planet' IAMAS, IAPSO, IACS joint assembly

Montréal, Canada

See Assembly website
Contact: montreal2009@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

27–31 July 2009

**International Symposium on Glaciology in the International Polar Year

Newcastle, UK

Contact: John Woodward; john.woodward@unn.ac.uk
Secretary General, International Glaciological Society

25–27 August 2009

Workshop: Changes of the Greenland Cryosphere

Nuuk, Greenland

See Workshop website
Contact: Rene Forsberg, DTU-Space, rf@space.dtu.dk

8–19 September 2009

Karthaus 2009 summer course on
'ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM'

Karthaus, Italy

See Karthaus summer school website

27 September–2 October 2009

International Snow Science Workshop, ISSW

Davos, Switzerland

See workshop website

29–31 October 2009

Nordic Branch meeting of the International Glaciological Society

Höfn in Hornafjörður, Iceland

Contact: Sverrir Guðmundsson, Helgi Björnsson, Tómas Jóhannesson at nigs2009@vedur.is

10–13 November 2009

International Workshop on Glacier Hazards, Permafrost Hazards and GLOFs in Mountain Areas: Processes, Assessment, Prevention, Mitigation

Vienna, Austria

See workshop website

25–26 March 2010

The 14th ALPINE GLACIOLOGY MEETING

Milano, Italy

See meeting website (to be announced)

31 May–4 June 2010

**International Symposium on Sea Ice

Tromsø, Norway

Symposium theme: The role of sea ice in the physical and biogeochemical system

Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society

21–25 June 2010

**International Symposium on Snow, Ice and Humanity in a Changing Climate

Sapporo, Japan

Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society

16–20 August 2010

International Symposium on Disappearing Ice
A celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Byrd Polar Research Center

Byrd Center, Ohio State University, USA

Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society

5–10 June 2011

International Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society

2011

IUGG
The International Commission on Snow and Ice Hydrology

Melbourne, Australia

Contact: Regine Hock (Regine.hock@gi.alaska.edu)