Multiple Meeting Announcements

Date

23 September 2010

Seminar and Workshop
Communicating Ocean Sciences
26-27 October 2010
Fairbanks, Alaska
Deadline Extended: Call for Session Proposals
7th Congress of the International Arctic Social Sciences
22-26 June 2011
Akureyri, Iceland
Deadline Extended: Call for Papers
17th Inuit Studies Conference
28-30 October 2010
Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada
Conference Announcement
Sixth International Conference on Arctic Margins
31 May - 3 June 2011
Fairbanks, Alaska

Seminar and Workshop
Communicating Ocean Sciences
26-27 October 2010
Fairbanks, Alaska

The Alaska and California Centers for Ocean Sciences Education
Excellence (COSEE) are sponsoring two opportunities to learn about
becoming an instructor or partner involved in Communicating Ocean
Sciences courses developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University
of California Berkeley.

A brown bag seminar will be held at noon on Wednesday, 27 October
2010 to introduce faculty members and other educators to Communicating
Ocean Science college courses and a professional development program for
educators in informal marine education settings. Course options include
a partnership with a K-12 school or with a museum, aquarium, or other
informal education institution.
A two-day Communicating Ocean Sciences instructor workshop on
Tuesday-Wednesday, 26-27 October 2010 will prepare science faculty
members and education partners with the resources to establish and
instruct the courses in Alaska.

Both activities will take place in Room 401 of the International Arctic
Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Please
contact Marilyn Sigman (msigman [at] alaska.edu) if you would like to
participate. Participation in the seminar by videoconference will be
available at some locations by arrangement.

For further information, please contact:
Marilyn Sigman
Email: msigman [at] alaska.edu

Deadline Extended: Call for Session Proposals
7th Congress of the International Arctic Social Sciences
22-26 June 2011
Akureyri, Iceland

The deadline for session proposals to the Seventh Congress of the
International Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VII) has been extended. The
new deadline is Monday, 4 October 2010. The meeting will be convened in
Akureyri, Iceland, on 22-26 June 2011. The title for ICASS VII is
'Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue: Social Sciences Beyond the
IPY.'

The International Congress of the Arctic Social Sciences is held every
three years. For more information about previous ICASS meetings please
visit: http://www.iassa.org. ICASS VII will offer various venues to
share arctic social science research and to analyze the outcome of IPY
in social, human, and related fields. This includes special project
sessions, discussion panels, plenary presentations, and invited talks.

Concrete proposals or ideas and thoughts about themes of special
interest for sessions and workshops at ICASS VII are invited. Session
proposals must be submitted by Monday, 4 October 2010 to International
Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) secretary Lara Olafsdottir
(larao [at] svs.is) and IASSA president Joan Nymand Larsen (jnl [at] svs.is).

A list of proposed ICASS VII sessions and the call for abstracts will be
announced in October 2010. Please visit the new IASSA website
(http://www.iassa.org) to stay updated on ICASS VII.

Extended submission deadline: Monday, 4 October 2010.

For further information, please contact:
Lara Olafsdottir
Email: larao [at] svs.is

Deadline Extended: Call for Papers
17th Inuit Studies Conference
28-30 October 2010
Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada

The deadline to submit proposals for academic posters to the 17th Inuit
Studies Conference has been extended to Friday, 1 October 2010. The
University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue (UQAT) and DIALOG
(research and knowledge network relating to Aboriginal peoples) will
host the Conference from 28-30 October 2010. The event will be held at
the UQAT First Peoples Pavilion on the Val-d'Or campus, Quebec, Canada,
under the theme "The Inuit and the Aboriginal World."

All proposals must include the title of the poster and a brief abstract
of approximately five lines. A maximum of one poster board per proposal
will be accepted. Printing of the posters will be the responsibility of
the presenters, and the document must respect the following format:

Height: 36 inches
Width: 42 inches

Please send your proposal to:
isc-cei.2010 [at] uqat.ca.

Extended submission deadline: Friday, 1 October 2010.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.uqat.ca/isc-cei-2010.

Or contact:
Josee Lacroix
Email: josee.lacroix [at] uqat.ca
Phone: 819-874-8728, ext. 6518
Toll free: 866-891-8728

Conference Announcement
Sixth International Conference on Arctic Margins
31 May - 3 June 2011
Fairbanks, Alaska

The Sixth International Conference on Arctic Margins (ICAM VI) will be
held 31 May - 3 June 2011 in Fairbanks, Alaska. ICAM provides a forum
for the exchange of information and presentation of current arctic
research. ICAM was founded by the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Minerals Management Service in 1991 with the underlying themes of arctic
understanding and international cooperation in arctic research.

The conference is an opportunity to participate in discussions about
geodynamics and other geoscientific problems as these relate to the
Arctic Ocean and the continents that surround it. Topics include:

- Hydrocarbon potential and gas hydrates;
- Science issues relating to UNCLOS Article 76;
- Geodynamic significance of arctic magmatism;
- Vertical motions in the Arctic, tectonic and glacial;
- Geology and palaeogeography of the arctic continental margins;
- Evolution of the Arctic Ocean basins, including plate
reconstructions, magmatism, and sedimentology;
- Modern arctic environments, including geological, climatic, and
oceanographic processes; and
- Recent advances in arctic research technology.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/icam6.

Or contact:
B. Coakley
Phone: 907-474-5385
Email: bernard.coakley [at] gi.alaska.edu