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
9–12 January 2012
Nordic Geological Winter Meeting
Reykjavík, Iceland
Permafrost and Perglacial Processes session. Conveners: Ivar Berthling [ivar.berthling@svt.ntnu.no] and Bernd Etzelmüller [Bernd.etzelmuller@geo.uio.no]
See meeting website
10–13 January 2012
Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers/IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting
Zieleniec, Poland
Details as PDF
Contact Krzysztof Migała [krzysztof.migala@uni.wroc.pl]
20 January 2012
Symposium: The mountain cryosphere – a holistic view on processes and their interactions
University Zurich Irchel, Switzerland
Flyer as PDF
Contact Stephan Gruber [stephan.gruber@geo.uzh.ch]
30 January–1 February 2012
Responding to Arctic Environmental Change: Translating Our Growing Understanding into a Research Agenda for Action
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
See workshop website
2–3 February 2012
6th Alpine Glaciology Meeting
ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Contact: Martin Lüthi [luethi@vaw.ethz.ch] or Martin Funk [funk@vaw.ethz.ch]
See meeting website
6–7 February 2012
Trans-Himalayan workshop: Glaciers, Snow Melt and Runoff in the Himalayas
Kathmandu, Nepal
See meeting website
9–10 February 2012
*The Geophysics of the Cryosphere and Glacial Products: Properties, Processes and Technical Advances: New Advances in Geophysics Meeting 2012
British Geophysical Association/Royal Astronomical Society/The Geological Society
Burlington House, London, UK
See meeting website
13–15 February 2012
*Snow and Ice Research Group (SIRG) New Zealand Annual Workshop 2012
Lake Ruataniwha Rowing Complex, near Twizel, New Zealand
See meeting website
15–17 February 2012
Land Ice Working Group (LIWG) of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) annual winter meeting
Boulder, Colorado, USA
To receive further meeting announcements, including information on how to register, please sign up for the LIWG mailing list
20–24 February 2012
2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah
Session 008: Arctic Ocean Boundary Currents: Observations, Theory and Modeling. Conveners: Mary-Louise Timmermans [mary-louise.timmermans@yale.edu], Sheldon Bacon [s.bacon@noc.ac.uk], Robert Pickart [rpickart@whoi.edu]
Session 165: Climate Change Impacts on the Bering Sea and Related Polar Seas: From Observation to Prediction. Conveners: Thomas Van Pelt [tvanpelt@nprb.org], Michael W. Lomas [Michael.Lomas@bios.edu], Mike Sigler [mike.sigler@noaa.gov]
See meeting website
24–28 February 2012
2012 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
New York, USA
Session: Understanding climate in the cryosphere through observations and models. Organizers: Neil P. Barton [barton30@llnl.gov], Gina R. Henderson [ghenders@usna.edu]
Session: A perspective on the changes in Arctic environment. Organisers: Debjani Ghatak [ghatak@marine.rutgers.edu], Allan Frei [afrei@hunter.cuny.edu]
See meeting website
1–12 March 2012
Short Course in Physical Principles of Hydrology
Kananaskas Valley, Alberta, Canada
See course website
5–8 March 2012
German Geophysical Society Meeting 2012
Hamburg, Germany
The conference has three key topics: Geophysical earth system research, Passive seismics in applied geophysics, and Natural Hazards and Geophysics
See meeting website
7–9 March 2012
42nd Annual International Arctic Workshop
Winter Park, Colorado, USA
See workshop website
19–22 March 2012
SLALOM2012 (Sea-Level and Adjustment of the Land: Observations and Models) Conference
Athens, Greece
14–18 April 2012
12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
Levi, Finland
19–22 April 2012
Arctic Science Summit Week
Montréal, Canada
In conjunction with the IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action conference
See conference website
22–27 April 2012
IPY From Knowledge to Action Conference
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Session 1.2.1: Atmospheric, physical, and chemical processes in the polar regions. Conveners: Takashi Yamanouchi [yamanou@nipr.ac.jp], Taneil Uttal, Alexander Makshtas, Jenny Fisher
Session 1.2.3: Diminishing snow and ice. Conveners: Martin Sharp [martin.sharp@ualberta.ca], Alexandra Jahn [ajahn@ucar.edu]
Session 1.2.4: Permafrost on a warming planet. Conveners: Hugues Lantuit [Hugues.Lantuit@awi.de], Michael Angelopoulos [michael.angelopoulos@mail.mcgill.ca]
Session 1.3.3: Polar microbes, genetics, and molecular biology. Conveners: Carlos Pedrós-Alió [cpedros@cmima.csic.es], Yoo Kyung Lee [yklee@kopri.re.kr], Trista Vick [trista.vick@msu.montana. edu]
Session 1.5.2: Polar observing systems, including observations from space. Conveners: Marcel Babin [Marcel.Babin@takuvik.ulaval.ca], Gijs de Boer [gdeboer@lbl.gov]
Session 2.2.6: Past, present and future polar climate change. Conveners: Ian Allison [Ian.Allison@utas.edu.au], Michael Fritz [Michael.Fritz@awi.de], Michele Koppes [koppes@geog.ubc.ca]
Session 3.3.2: Polar knowledge in action – the Antarctic. Conveners: Natalia Galin [n.galin@ucl.ac.uk], Colin Summerhayes [cps32@cam.ac.uk]
See conference website
22–27 April 2012
European Geosciences Union: General Assembly 2012
Vienna, Austria
Session CL1.3: Polar continental margins and fjords - glacial and climatic evolution in the Cenozoic. Conveners: Jan Sverre Laberg, H. Brinkhuis, A. Camerlenghi, C. Escutia, F. Florindo, Matthias Forwick [matthias.forwick@uit.no], D. Harwood, C. Hass, B.O. Hjelstuen, K. Hogan, M. Rebesco
Session CL2.1: Arctic climate change: governing mechanisms and global implications. Convener: Richard Bintanja [bintanja@gmail.com]
Session CL4.5/OS1.8: Global and regional sea level rise and variability: from past to future. Conveners: Anny Cazenave. Aslak Grinsted [ag@glaciology.net], Svetlana Jevrejeva
Session CR1.30: Projections of the cryospheric contribution to sea-level rise over the next century: progress in modelling and related observations. Conveners: Sophie Nowicki [sophie.nowicki@nasa.gov], Tony Payne
Session CR1.50: Earth Observations in support of cold regions atmospheric and hydrology research and operational communities.
Convener: Claude Duguay [crduguay@uwaterloo.ca]
Session CR3.10: Remote sensing of the cryosphere. Conveners: Marco Tedesco [mtedesco@ccny.cuny.edu], T. Parrinello, A. Shepherd, T. Painter
Session CR1.90: Modeling, measurements and applications of snow stratigraphy and microstructure. Conveners: Henning Löwe [loewe@slf.ch], Samuel Morin
Session CR3.20: Creating glacier inventories from remote sensing data: Challenges and solutions. Convener: Frank Paul [frank.paul@geo.uzh.ch]
Session CR5.10: Glaciers and ice caps under climate change. Conveners: Jon Ove Hagen [j.hagen@geo.uio.no], Georg Kaser, Matthias Huss, William Lipscomb
Session CR5.20 Modelling ice sheets and glaciers. Conveners: Frank Pattyn [fpattyn@ulb.ac.be]
Session CR5.30 Ice shelves – dynamics, interactions, observations, modelling. Convener: Angelika Humbert [angelika.humbert@zmaw.de]
Session CR6.10: Mass and energy balance of snow and ice. Conveners: Willem Jan van de Berg,[w.vandeberg@uu.nl], Thomas Mölg
Session CR8.20: Debris covered glaciers. Conveners: Lindsey Nicholson [lindsey.nicholson@uibk.ac.at], Doug Benn, Martin Kirkbride
Session CR9.10 Sea ice and sea ice–climate interactions. Convener: Daniel Feltham [dlf@cpom.ac.uk]
Session CR9.20: Interactions among biology, structure and processes in sea-ice. Convenes: Maddalena Bayer [Maddalena.Bayer@awi.de]
Session CR10.10: Ice-sheet and climate interactions. Conveners: Philippe Huybrechts [phuybrec@vub.ac.be], Andrey Ganopolski [andrey@pik-potsdam.de], Thierry Fichefet [thierry.fichefet@uclouvain.be]
Session CR10.20: Climate change impacts on glaciers, permafrost and related hazards. Conveners: Christian Huggel [christian.huggel@geo.uzh.ch], Bruce Raup, Andi Kääb, Christoph Schneider
Session GM3.4: Glaciation as a control on mountain building and topography. Conveners: Frédéric Herman, Pierre Valla [pierre.valla@erdw.ethz.ch], Jean-Daniel Champagnac
Session GM 9.2: Glacial landforms and palaeoclimatic interpretation. Conveners: Tim Davies, Lasafam Iturrizaga, Martin Kirkbride, Stefan Winkler [Stefan.Winkler@uni-wuerzburg.de]
Session HS2.3. Sub-Arctic hydrology: hydrological processes, modelling and change in the Northern Hemisphere. Conveners: Helen Dahlke [helen.dahlke@natgeo.su.se], S. McGrane, H. Laudon, K. Bishop
See conference website
23–26 April 2012
Interpraevent 2012 – 12th Congress: Protection of Living Spaces from Natural Hazards
Grenoble, France
26–27 April 2012
David C. Sego Symposium
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
14–18 May 2012
12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
Levi, Finland
28 May–1 June 2012
**International Symposium on Seasonal Snow and Ice
Lahti, Finland
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
Links on symposium website
3–8 June 2012
XV Glaciological Symposium: Past, Present and Future of the Cryosphere
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Contact: Stanislav Kutuzov [s.kutuzov@gmail.com]
See symposium website
5–8 June 2012
Canadian Geophysical Union Annual Meeting
Banff, Alberta, Canada
See meeting website
11–15 June 2012
21st IAHR International Symposium on Ice
Dalian, China
Contact: Pat Langhorne [pat.langhorne@otago.ac.nz]
See symposium website
12–14 June 2012
26th International Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes (FRISP)
Utö, Stockholms Archipelago, Sweden
Contact: Adrian Jenkins [ajen@bas.ac.uk]
See workshop website
24–29 June 2012
Goldschmidt Conference
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Session 10e: Geochemical approaches to reconstructing ice sheet history: modern processes and paleo-perspectives. Conveners:Alberto Reyes [avreyes2@wisc.edu], Anders Carlson [acarlson geology.wisc.edu]
See conference website
25–29 June 2012
**International Symposium on Glaciers and Ice Sheets in a Warming Climate
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
Links on symposium website
25–29 June 2012
Tenth International Conference on Permafrost
Salekhard, Russia
2–6 July 2012
International Training Workshop: Micromorphology of Glacigenic Sediments
Centre for Micromorphology, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
Details as PDF
Contact: Simon Carr [s.carr@QMUL.AC.UK]
13–25 July 2012
SCAR 2012: Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World
Portland, Oregon, USA
Session 6: Status and trends in Antarctic sea ice and ice shelves. Conveners: Marilyn Raphael [raphael@geog.ucla.edu], Steve Ackley [Stephen.Ackley@utsa.edu], Laurie Padman
Session 29: Advancing clean technologies for exploration of glacial aquatic ecosystems. Conveners: Jemma Wadham [J.Wadham@bristol.ac.uk], Peter Doran [pdoran@uic.edu], Warwick Vincent [Warwick.Vincent@fsg.ulaval.ca]
Session 32: Observing Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Convener: Louise Newman [Louise.Newman@utas.edu.au]
Session 40: Antarctic education, outreach and training. Conveners: Jenny Baeseman [jbaeseman@gmail.com], Jose Xavier, Erli Costa
See conference website
13–17 August 2012
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society/American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly
Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
See assembly website
26–30 August 2012
IGU 32nd International Geographical Congress
Cologne, Germany
IGU Cold Regions Environment (CRE) Commission Sessions – see website
5–6 September 2012
**International Glaciology Society British Branch Meeting 2012
Aberdeen, UK
Contact: Douglas Mair [d.mair@abdn.ac.uk]
11–22 September 2012
Karthaus course on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System
Karthaus, Italy
See course website
16–23 September 2012
5th International Workshop on Ice Caves
Barzio and Milano, Italy
See workshop website
24–29 September 2012
Symposium: 20 years of Progress in Radar Altimetry
Venice-Lido, Italy
1–5 October 2012
*International Symposium on Ice Core Science
Giens, France
13–20 October 2012
Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
To apply see DISCCRS website
10–12 November 2012
International Conference on the Cryosphere: Changes, Impacts and Adaptation
Sanya, China
See conference website
8–13 July 2013
Joint IACS/IAMAS Conference: Air and ice – interaction processes
Davos, Switzerland
Contact: Charles Fierz [fierz@slf.ch]
August 2013
**International Symposium on Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets: observations, modelling and environmental interactions
Beijing, China
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
March–April 2014
**International Symposium on Sea Ice
Hobart, Australia
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
June 2014
**International Symposium on Observations, Modelling and Prediction of the Cryospheric Contribution to Sea Level Change
Grenoble or Chamonix, France
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
25–30 August 2014
**International Symposium on the Changing Arctic Cryosphere
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
August 2015
**International Symposium on Contemporary Ice-Sheet Dynamics: ocean interaction, meltwater and non-linear effects
Cambridge, UK
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
September 2015
**International Symposium on High Mountain Glaciology
China
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
June 2016
**International Symposium on the Hydrology of Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Iceland
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society
August/September 2016
**International Symposium on Polar Sea Ice, Polar Climate and Polar Change
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Contact: Secretary General, International Glaciological Society