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Updates and Live Webcast - State of the Arctic Conference

March 11, 2010

Updates and Live Webcast
State of the Arctic Conference
16-19 March 2010
Miami, Florida

For further information on the State of the Arctic, please go to:
http://soa.arcus.org

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The State of the Arctic Conference: "At the Forefront of Global Change,"
16-19 March 2010, will be a milestone for arctic science by providing an
open international forum to review the current knowledge of the arctic
system in a time of rapid environmental change and point to future
research, resource management, and policy directions. Participants will
include a diverse and interdisciplinary group of scientists, students,
agency personnel, policy makers, stakeholders and northern
representatives, and media. Nearly 400 talks and poster presentations
will address all aspects of arctic science and policy.


REGISTER
If you haven't already, please register at:
http://soa.arcus.org/register.


LOGISTICS INFORMATION
The logistics section of the conference website has information on the
conference venue, travel information, tourist information, and maps:
http://soa.arcus.org/logistics.


INFORMATION FOR PRESENTERS
Information and guidelines for speakers can be found at:
http://soa.arcus.org/program/presentation-guidelines/oral.

Information and guidelines for poster presenters can be found at:
http://soa.arcus.org/program/presentation-guidelines/poster.


WEBSTREAMING
The conference plenary sessions will be webstreamed to allow virtual
participation for those unable to attend the meeting in person.
Webstreaming will include real-time video and text chat.

Anyone is welcome to participate and webstreaming is free.

If you plan on participating in the webstreaming, please fill out the
short registration form at: http://soa.arcus.org/streaming.

Conference webstreaming can be accessed beginning at 8:30 am EDT on
Tuesday, 16 March, by going to: http://soa.arcus.org/streaming. All
plenary sessions will be streamed; the full conference program is
available online at: http://soa.arcus.org/program.

To participate fully, your computer should have the following:
	1) Flash Player 10 (http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/)
	2) Javascript enabled in your Internet browser

If you have any problems or need more information on webstreaming,
please contact Ronnie Owens at: ronnie@arcus.org.