Program

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Please note that participation in Executive Sessions are normally restricted to members and invited observers. If you are not a member of the group meeting, but believe that you could make a contribution to the meeting, please contact the secretary of the organization.

Monday, March 12, 2007

9.00 – 5.00 AMAP – Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, Executive Session Kemeny Hall, room 007

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

9.00 – 5.00 AMAP – Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, Executive Session Kemeny Hall, room 007

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

9.00 – 5.00 AMAP – Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, Executive Session Kemeny Hall, room 007
9.00 – 5.30 University of the Arctic Rectors Forum, Executive Session (agenda) Rockefeller Center, 1930 room
9.00 – 12.30 IASC – International Arctic Science Committee, Regional Board, Executive Session Kemeny Hall, room 120
10.00 – 5.00 U.S. Polar Research Board Kemeny Hall, room 108
12.00 – 3.00 Technology for Innovative Observations (abstracts) Haldeman Center, room 041
3.30 – 5.30 Climate Change and the Arctic: The Policy Challenges Kemeny Hall, 008
4.00 – 5.30 IPA – International Permafrost Association Haldeman Center, room 246
5.30 – Icebreaker Reception Haldeman Center, room 125 and Russo Gallery
7.00 – 9.00 SAON – Sustained Arctic Observing Network, Executive Session Haldeman Center, room 124

Thursday, March 15, 2007 – Science Day

Mary Albert, Moderator
Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

9.00 – 9:15 Welcome
Kenneth Yalowitz, Director, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth
Jacqueline Richter-Menge, Technical Director, US Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH
Barry P. Scherr, Provost, Dartmouth
9.15 – 9:30 Opening Remarks

Arden L. Bement, Director, US National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
9.30 – 11.00 New International Science Partnerships Panel

Moderator: Jackie Grebmeier, US IASC Delegate, Professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA
Panelists:
Karl Erb, Director of Polar Programs, US National Science Foundation
Anders Karlqvist, Director General, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Savi Narayanan, Dominion Hydrographer & Director General Ocean Sciences-Canadian Hydrographic Services, Science Sector, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Hanne Petersen, Director, Danish Polar Center
Sergey Pryamikov, Head of Department, Dept of International Cooperation, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), Russia
Zhanhai Zhang, Director, Polar Research Institute of China
11.00-11.20 Break
11.20-11.50 The scientific need for an Arctic Observing Network: John Walsh, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
11.50-1.00 Lunch
1.00-1.15 ASSW 2008
1.15-1.45 The Role of Air Chemistry in Adapting to a Changing Polar Climate – Len Barrie, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
1.45-2.15 Marine Ecosystems in a Changing Climate – Harald Loeng, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
1.15-1.45 The Role of Air Chemistry in Adapting to a Changing Polar Climate – Len Barrie, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
1.45-2.15 Marine Ecosystems in a Changing Climate – Harald Loeng, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
2.15-2.45 Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystem Change: Polar Comparisons – Ross Virginia, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth
2.45-3.10 Break
3.10-3.40 State and Fate of Permafrost in a Warming World – Vladimir Romanovsky, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
3.40-4.10 Arctic Residents and Climate Change: Contributions to IPY Science – Igor Krupnik, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
4.30-5.30 Keynote Address: The Arctic in the Global Climate Systems: Lessons and Human Response from Past Abrupt Changes – James White, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder
5.30 Open Reception
9.00-6.00 NRF – Northern Research Forum, Executive Sessions, Kemeny Hall, Room 120
7.00-9.00pm HAIS – Heads of Arctic and Antarctic IPY Secretariats, Executive Session, 124 Haldeman

Friday, March 16, 2007 – Project Day

9.00-10.30 IPY Legacy Issues, Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
Moderator: David Carlson, IPY

  • Broadening the Legacy of IPY – David Hik, University of Alberta and Karen Kraft Sloan, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs
  • International Funding for Arctic Research – Paul Egerton, European Polar Board
  • The Science Legacy of IPY – Antarctic and Arctic Research Partnership Opportunities- Colin Summerhayes, SCAR and Volker Rachold, IASC
11.00-12.30 2nd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning,  Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall Moderator: Bob Corell, American Meteorological Society

  • Terrestrial Sytem – Kristjan Kristjanson, Iceland Center for Research
  • Marine System – Karen Frey, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • Cryosphere – Barry Goodison, Project Climate and Cryosphere
  • Social System – Joan Nymand, Stefansson Arctic Institute
  • Education – Lassi Heininen, University of the Arctic
1.30-3.30 Examples of International Coordinated Initiatives,  Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall Moderator: John Calder, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • Asican Collaboration in IPY – Hajime Ito, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
  • Sustained Arctic Observatory Network (SAON) – Odd Rogne, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
  • A U.S. Contribution to Observing Arctic Environmental Change – Martin Jeffries, Arctic Observing Network
  • International Arctic System for Observing the Atmosphere – Jim Drummond, International Arctic System for Observing the Atmosphere
  • International Partners for Ice Coring Sciences – Dorthe Dahl Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute

Saturday, March 17, 2007

8.30-12.30 iAOOS – Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System 031 Haldeman Center
9.00-6.00 NRF – Northern Research Forum, Executive Session 120 Kemeny Hall
9.00-12.30 IASC Council, Executive Session 108 Kemeny Hal
1.30-6.00 Arctic 8 – Nordic Council of Ministers WG, Executive Session Rockefeller Center, 1930 Room
1.00-5.00 Early Career Scientists and Engineers 105 Kemeny Hall
1.30-5.00 FARO – Forum of Research Operators 108 Kemeny Hall
5.00-7.00 Private reception and viewing of Arctic Exhibits: 6.00-6.15 Remarks by Brian Kennedy, Director of the Hood Museum of Art Hood Museum of Art
7.00 Conference Banquet Hopkins Center, Alumni Hall

Sunday, March 18, 2007

9.00-12.00 NRF – Northern Research Forum, Executive Session 120 Kemeny Hall
9.00-6.00 Arctic 8 – Nordic Council of Ministers WG, Executive Session Rockefeller Center, 1930 Room
9.00-5.00 NySMAC, Executive Session 124 Haldeman Center
10.00-5.00 AAOSB – Arctic Ocean Sciences Board 108 Kemeny Hall

Monday, March 19, 2007

9.00-5.00 PAG – Pacific Arctic Group 108 Kemeny Hall
9.00-5.00 EPB – European Polar Board, Executive Session 105 Kemeny Hall
9.00-5.00 NySMAC, NyAlesund Science Managers Committee, Executive Session 124 Haldeman Center
4.00-5.00 Guided Presentation of the Stefansson Collection on Polar Exploration, Jay Satterfield, Special Collections Librarian Rauner Special Collections Library

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 – Common Day

9.00-11.00 Summary from ASSW 2007 Business Meetings, 041 Haldeman

    • ASSW Business Meetings
      • Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) – Sara Bowden
      • European Polar Board (EPB) – Paul Egerton
      • Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO) – Morten Rasch
      • International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) – Regional Board, Strategy Groups and Council – Volker Rachold
      • NyAlesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC) – Hajime Ito
      • Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) – Martin Bergmann
      • U.S. Polar Research Board (USPRB) – Jackie Grebmeier
    • Site Meetings
      • Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) – John Calder
      • Northern Research Forum (NRF) – Lassi Heininen
      • University of the Arctic Rectors Forum
11.30-12.30 Group Discussion with representatives from ASSW 2007 organizations – Moderated by Kenneth Yalowitz