Abstract Submission and Lodging Discount Deadlines Extended
Impact of Environment on Human Health: Interdisciplinary
Science and Education
2009 Arctic Science Conference
14-16 September 2009
Juneau, Alaska
Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 7 August 2009
Extended Hotel Reservation Discount Deadline: Tuesday, 1 September 2009
To register, please go to:
https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=ARCT11E
For further information about the conference, including hotel
reservation details, please go to: http://www.arcticaaas.org/
Or contact:
Brian Edmonds
Email: brian.edmonds [at] uas.alaska.edu
Phone: 907-796-6395
The 2009 Arctic Science Conference, "Impact of Environment on Human
Health: Interdisciplinary Science and Education," will be held 14-16
September 2009, in Juneau, Alaska. This meeting is the annual meeting of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Arctic
Division. The abstract submission deadline for the conference has been
extended to Friday, 7 August 2009. The deadline for the hotel
registration discount has been extended to Tuesday, 1 September 2009.
The International Polar Year (IPY) offered an opportunity to investigate
the Arctic System and to establish international collaborations between
researchers, educators, and policy makers. In order to respond and adapt
to what has been learned, this conference provides an opportunity to
explore the outcomes of international collaborative science,
engineering, and education research resulting from IPY.
Planned sessions include:
- Changing Communities and Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Marine Ecology, Ocean Systems, and Fisheries
- Access to Science by Distance Delivery
- Circumpolar Health
- Alaskan Native and Indigenous Education
- Wildlife Biology and Biodiversity
- Northern Engineering
- Interdisciplinary Science and Social Impacts in the North
- Ecosystem Measurements and Arctic Stakeholder Forum
- Undergraduate Science
- Interdisciplinary Science
Abstract submissions will be accepted through Friday, 7 August 2009.
They must be submitted online at:
http://www.arcticaaas.org/meetings/2009/abstract.html.
Discounted conference hotel rates are available to attendees who make
their reservations by Tuesday, 1 September 2009.
For more information about the conference, please contact:
Brian Edmonds
Email: brian.edmonds [at] uas.alaska.edu
Phone: 907-796-6395
For more information about the AAAS Arctic Division and division
activities, please contact:
Larry Duffy
Email: fflkd [at] uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-7525