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
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
1–5 June 2009
Training School on 'Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Modelling'
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
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)