SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Live Webcast of ARCUS 19th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2007
"Water in the Arctic: International Collaborations and Understanding
Environmental Change."
Wednesday, 23 May 2007 beginning at 9:10 a.m. EDT
Thursday, 24 May 2007 beginning at 8:30 a.m. EDT
For further information and to connect to the webcast, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2007/index.html
The ARCUS 19th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2007, jointly hosted by
ARCUS and the Embassy of Sweden and held both at the Embassy of Sweden
and National Association of Home Builders Conference Center in downtown
Washington, D.C., will be broadcast live via webstream.
The focus of the Arctic Forum this year is: "Water in the Arctic:
International Collaborations and Understanding Environmental Change."
The Arctic Forum is timed to coincide with a special program at the
Embassy of Sweden on "Water and Environment," which offers reflections
on global, national, regional and local perspectives regarding water.
Forum sessions will include a diverse and international range of
perspectives on the state of knowledge of the hydrological cycle in the
circumpolar Arctic, gaps in our knowledge, and research and policy
opportunities and priorities. The Arctic Forum sessions will highlight
international collaborations for the International Polar Year and
beyond. The Forum will be co-chaired by Dr. Larry Hinzman, International
Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Dr. Gunhild
Rosqvist, Stockholm University and Tarfala Research Station.
The meeting is taking place on Wednesday, 23 May with the Council Forum
beginning 9:10 a.m. and running until 12:00 p.m. EDT. The Arctic Forum
will begin Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. EDT and run until 5:30 p.m. EDT. On
Thursday, 24 May the Arctic Forum will begin at 8:30 a.m. and run until
6:00 p.m. EDT. The meeting will be broadcast live during these times.
All talks will be video-streamed with an online bulletin board so that
those unable to attend in person can participate virtually.
In order to view the live webcast, you will need:
-A high speed Internet connection with a minimum speed of 256 kbps
-A browser with Quicktime support
(http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download).
In order to view and post to the message board, your browser must have
javascript enabled.
Agenda and webcast information available at:
http://www.arcus.org/annual_meetings/2007/index.html