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Multiple Meeting Announcements

September 14, 2009

Multiple Meeting Announcements

In this announcement:
1.	REMINDER: Northern Contaminants Program Results Workshop
2.	2010 Alaska Marine Science Symposium
3.	Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium
4. 	Workshop on the USA National Phenology Network

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1.	REMINDER: Northern Contaminants Program Results Workshop
	29-30 September 2009
	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The 17th Annual Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) Results Workshop
will be convened Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 September 2009 at the Crowne
Plaza Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A draft agenda is now available
at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/ct/ncp/invit-eng.asp.

The aim of the NCP Results Workshop is to evaluate the state of
knowledge and the status of work conducted under the NCP for the year
2008-2009. Presentations, posters, and panel discussions will revolve
around contaminant-related themes and will focus on reviewing and
revising the NCP Blueprints. The workshop will also provide an excellent
opportunity to develop NCP proposal ideas prior to the NCP Call for
Proposals in November 2009. It will encourage program participants to
network, discuss their results, and co-ordinate future work.

The workshop is open to anyone interested in attending, and all
attendees are invited to present a poster. To register for the workshop,
please complete the form at: http://tinyurl.com/ns7eyz.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/ct/ncp/invit-eng.asp.

For workshop logistic questions, contact:
Manon Bedard
Email: Manon.Bedard@ainc-inac.gc.ca
Phone: 819-994-7451

For workshop program questions, contact:
Simon Smith
Email: Simon.Smith@ainc-inac.gc.ca
Phone: 819 997-9448

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2. 	2010 Alaska Marine Science Symposium
	18-22 January 2010
	Anchorage, Alaska

Organizers announce that the 2010 Alaska Marine Science Symposium will
be held 18-22 January 2010. The symposium will be convened at the Hotel
Captain Cook in Anchorage, Alaska. Scientists from Alaska, the Pacific
Northwest, the nation, and beyond will gather in Anchorage to discuss
their research in the large marine ecosystems of the Arctic, the Bering
Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska.

Plenary and poster sessions will feature the latest research on climate,
oceanography, lower trophic levels, the benthos, fishes and
invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, and local and traditional
knowledge. Abstract submissions are expected to begin in October, and
end in late November.

Updates and additional information will be posted as available at:
http://www.alaskamarinescience.org/.

For further information, please contact:
Carolyn Rosner
Email: carolyn.rosner@nprb.org

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3. 	Polar Climate and Environmental Change in the Last Millennium
	1-3 February 2010
	Torun, Poland

An international conference entitled "Polar Climate and Environmental
Change in the Last Millennium" will be held 1-3 February 2010 in Torun,
Poland. The conference will be convened in the Uniwersytecki Hotel.

The aim of the conference is to present scientific achievements and
detect gaps in the historical climatology of the polar regions based on
early meteorological observations, history, dendroclimatology,
paleolimnology, geophysics, geomorphology, and other sources.

The conference topics are:
	- Sources of paleoclimactic information;
	- Research methods of climactic changes in historical times;
	- The climate of polar regions in the last millennium and its
	changeability;
	- Causes and effects of climate change in historical times; and
	- Climate change scenarios in polar regions in the 21st century.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 November 2009.

Additional conference information can be obtained at:
http://www.zklim.umk.pl/nowa/polarna. For information in English, please
click on the "english_torun-1-circular.doc" link.

Or contact:
Rajmund Przybylak
Email: rp11@umk.pl

Andrzej Arazny
Email: andy@umk.pl
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4. 	Workshop on the USA National Phenology Network: A practical tool for
	research, management, and education in the face of climate change
	24 September 2009
	Anchorage, Alaska

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Regional Office is hosting a
workshop 24 September 2009 on the USA National Phenology Network for
members of the Alaska science and natural resource community, including
scientists, educators, managers, and volunteer program coordinators. The
USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) monitors the influence of
climate on the phenology of plants, animals, and landscapes. Workshop
topics will include:
- New data showing how phenology affects plants, animals, and landscapes;
- The new online user interface for the national Plant Phenology 
Monitoring Program;
- Status of the new national Wildlife Phenology Monitoring Program; and
- Education and outreach activities.

USA-NPN is comprised of numerous partners, including federal, state and
local agencies, universities, colleges and schools, non-governmental
organizations, citizen volunteers, and others. For more information
about the USA-NPN, please see http://www.usanpn.org/

The workshop will take place on Thursday, September 24th from 8:30 AM to
11:30 AM at the USGS Alaska Science Center in the Glenn Olds Conference
room of Glenn Olds Hall, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK. For
directions, please see:
http://alaska.usgs.gov/directions.html.

For more information on the workshop, contact
Mark Shasby
Email: shasby@usgs.gov
Phone: 907-786-7065 or
Kat Wheeler
Email: kjwheeler@usgs.gov