Event Detail | October 14 – 16, 2008
Park Science in the Arctic - Natural and Cultural Heritage of Greater Beringia: the 2008 Alaska Park Science SymposiumFairbanks, Alaska
Abstract Deadline: Thursday, 15 May 2008
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://nps.arcus.org/meetings/2008/abstracts.html
Or contact:
Lois Dalle-Molle
Phone: 907-455-0635
Email: lois_dalle-molle@nps.gov
Or:
Robert A. Winfree
Phone: 907-644-3516
E-mail: robert_winfree@nps.gov
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The 2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium will be held in conjunction with Beringia Days 2008 International Conference from 14 October - 16 October 2008 at the Westmark Hotel and Conference Center, in Fairbanks, Alaska. This International Polar Year event will include three days of speakers and presentations with an evening poster session on Tuesday, 15 October 2008, and an open public cultural event on Wednesday, 16 October 2008.
The meeting organizers welcome presentations on the Natural and Cultural Heritage of Greater Beringia. The conference will focus on parks and protected areas (e.g., preserves, monuments, refuges) in Greater Beringia, including Alaska, Chukotka, and the Yukon Territory from the Lena River in Siberia to the Mackenzie River in Canada, and from the North Pole to the Aleutian Islands. National Park Service areas in the Alaskan Arctic include: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, and Noatak National Preserve.
The 2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium will be the third in a biannual series of scientific conferences that are place-based, focusing on parks and protected areas in specific areas of Alaska, and drawing scientists and scholars from many disciplines with work occurring or relevant to these areas.
The National Park Service manages the Shared Beringian Heritage Program, which supports a wide range of cultural exchanges, research, and international meetings focused on the Beringia region. The Beringia Days International Conference has been held annually since 1996 to recognize and celebrate the contemporary and historic value of the region's shared ecological and cultural heritage.
The deadline for submittal of abstracts is Thursday, 15 May 2008.
For further information and to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://nps.arcus.org/meetings/2008/abstracts.html
Or contact:
Lois Dalle-Molle
Phone: 907-455-0635
Email: lois_dalle-molle@nps.gov
Or:
Robert A. Winfree
Phone: 907-644-3516
E-mail: robert_winfree@nps.gov
