Date

Multiple Meeting Announcements

  1. Registration Available
    APECS Career Development Workshop
    21 June 2011
    Akureyri, Iceland

  2. Call for Session Proposals
    18th Inuit Studies Conference
    24-28 October 2012
    Washington, D.C.

  3. Meeting Announcement
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
    Tuesday, 19 April 2011
    Anchorage, Alaska

  4. Save the Date
    Arctic Science Summit Week
    2012 and 2013

  1. Registration Available
    APECS Career Development Workshop
    21 June 2011
    Akureyri, Iceland

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces a
Career Development Workshop to be held prior to the Seventh
International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VII) in
Akureyri, Iceland. The APECS workshop will be held 21 June 2011; ICASS
VII is scheduled for 22-26 June 2011.

The workshop is free, and open to all early career researchers (up to 7
years post-PhD). Workshops will be offered on:

- Alternative Polar Careers (how to make use of your polar education
in non-academic careers);
- Funding and Proposal Writing;
- Informing Policy and Policy Makers; and
- Collaborating with Communities.

For more information and to register, please visit:
http://www.apecs.is/workshops/icass2011.

For questions, please contact:
Gerlis Fugmann
Email: g_fugmann [at] hotmail.com

Rosa Rut Thorisdottir
Email: rosa.thoris [at] gmail.com

  1. Call for Session Proposals
    18th Inuit Studies Conference
    24-28 October 2012
    Washington, D.C.

Organizers of the 18th Inuit Studies Conference, entitled
"Inuit/Arctic/Connections: Lessons from the Top of the World," announce
a call for session proposals. The conference is organized by the Arctic
Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institution, and will be held 24-28
October 2012 in Washington, D.C.

The theme is intended to inspire discussion about important Inuit issues
and how they impact the rest of the world. Sub-themes include:

- Heritage, Museums, and the North;
- Globalization: An Arctic Story;
- Power, Governance, and Politics in the North;
- The 'New' Arctic: Social, Cultural, and Climate Change; and
- Inuit Education, Health, Language, and Literature.

The biennial Inuit Studies Conference serves the critical function of
drawing together scholars and Inuit representatives to share research
results in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics,
political governance, environmental science, health, education, and
culture. The 2012 conference will be held in various Smithsonian
museums. Several special Inuit-themed exhibitions will be displayed
across the Institution. Opportunities for visiting collections,
archives, and laboratories are available.

Titles and abstracts for proposed sessions (including prospective
'invited sessions,' panels, and round-tables) should be sent to the
conference coordinator, Lauren Marr (marrl [at] si.edu).

Submission deadline: Friday, 16 September 2011.

A conference website will be live in the coming months. In the meantime,
check the Arctic Studies Center website for information:
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic.

  1. Meeting Announcement
    Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
    Tuesday, 19 April 2011
    Anchorage, Alaska

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council will meet on Tuesday,
19 April 2011, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. AKDT at the EVOS office:

441 West 5th Avenue, Suite 500
Anchorage, Alaska

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Federal Fiscal Year 2012
Proposals. The meeting is open to the public; public comment will be at
12:45 p.m. You may participate in person or by phone at 1-800-315-6338,
conference code 8205.

For more information, go to:
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us

Or contact:
Cherri Womac
Phone: 907-278-8012
Toll Free: 800-478-7745
Email: cherri.womac [at] alaska.gov

  1. Save the Date
    Arctic Science Summit Week
    2012 and 2013

Please mark the date for the 2012 and 2013 Arctic Science Summit Weeks:

The Arctic Science Summit Week 2012 will be held in Montreal, Canada on
20-22 April 2012, in conjunction with the IPY 2012 Montreal Conference
(22-27 April 2012).

The Arctic Science Summit Week 2013, including a Science Symposium, will
be held in Krakow, Poland on 14-20 April 2013.

Websites for both meetings will be available shortly.