Workshop Announcement
Arctic Coastal Dynamics
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
International Permafrost Association (IPA)
Montreal, Canada
13-16 October 2004
Deadline for expression of interest: Tuesday, 15 June 2004
For further information, please go to:
http://www.acd2004.mcgill.ca
or go to:
http://www.awi-potsdam.de/www-pot/geo/acd.html
or email:
acd2004 [at] geog.mcgill.ca
Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD) is a joint project of the International
Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the International Permafrost
Association (IPA). Its overall objective is to improve our understanding
of circum-arctic coastal dynamics as a function of environmental
forcing, coastal geology and cryology, and morphodynamic behavior.
Information on the latest developments of ACD, including the main
results of the fourth ACD workshop (St. Petersburg, November 2003), have
been circulated in the 5th ACD Newsletter (March 2004):
http://www.awi-potsdam.de/www-pot/geo/acd/acd-no5.pdf
The fifth IASC/IPA-sponsored ACD workshop will take place at McGill
University in Montreal, Canada from 13-16 October 2004.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 12 October 2004
Arrival
Ice-breaker
Wednesday, 13 October 2004
Plenary session
Poster session
Thursday, 14 October 2004
Working group meetings. Planned working group themes include:
- Definition and understanding of the processes involved in the
transition from onshore to offshore permafrost
- Quantification of sediment and organic carbon fluxes from coastal
erosion and identification/reconstruction of transport and fate of
eroded material
- Impact of coastal erosion on human populations in the Arctic
- Analysis of environmental forcing variables
_ Compilation of the circum-Arctic coastal GeoInformationSystem
Friday, 15 October 2004
Working group meetings (continued)
Banquet
Saturday, 16 October 2004
Plenary session
Social program (to be announced)
WORKSHOP SPECIFICS
The registration fee for the workshop is $110 USD ($73 USD for students)
and will include the venue, lunch and coffee breaks, ice-breaker, and
banquet. The registration fee can be either be paid by credit card or in
cash on-site. Limited travel support for Russian participants will be
available.
The organizers will be pleased to provide the letter of invitation for
visa purposes, however, please note that you are responsible for
obtaining the visa itself.
Hotel bookings will also be organized centrally by the workshop
organizers.
To express interest in the workshop, please contact the workshop
organizers:
Wayne Pollard, Nicole Couture, and Hugues Lantuit
McGill University
Department of Geography
805 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal, QC H3A 2K6
Canada
E-mail: acd2004 [at] geog.mcgill.ca
DEADLINES
Expression of interest: Tuesday, 15 June 2004 (The expression of
interest form available at http://www.acd2004.mcgill.ca/registration.htm
must be sent back in order to receive the 2nd circular)
Abstract deadline: Wednesday, 1 September 2004 (Details to be announced
on the workshop web page and in the 2nd circular)
Final registration: Wednesday, 1 September 2004
Payment of registration fee: on-site
WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS
Volker Rachold
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Potsdam Research Unit
Telegrafenberg A43
14473 Potsdam
Germany
Phone: +49 331 2882174
Fax: +49 331 2882137
E-mail: vrachold [at] awi-potsdam.de
Wayne Pollard
McGill University
Department of Geography
805 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, QC H3A 2K6
Canada
Phone: +1 514 398 4454
Fax: +1 514 398 7437
E-mail: pollard [at] geog.mcgill.ca
For further information, please go to:
http://www.acd2004.mcgill.ca
or go to:
http://www.awi-potsdam.de/www-pot/geo/acd.html
or email:
acd2004 [at] geog.mcgill.ca