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Science for a Sustainable Arctic, 27 March 2020
8:00 - 9:00 (GMT)
International Science Cooperation in the Arctic
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Ditte Nissen Lund, Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education: The Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation
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Lindsay Arthur (Icelandic Ministry of Science, Education, and Culture) & Hiroyuki Enomoto (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan): Updates on the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial
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Keynote: Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Former President of Iceland: International Science Cooperation in the Arctic – Introduction by Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, ASSW2020 Chair.
Recording available on YouTube
9:30-10:30 (GMT)
Marine Litter & Plastic Pollution
Moderator: Magnús Jóhannesson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iceland
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Birgitta Stefánsdóttir, Environment Agency of Iceland
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Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdóttir, Matís
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Catherine Waller, University of Hull
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Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
Recording available on YouTube
11:00-12:00 (GMT)
Human Health, Well-being, Water Cycle, and Ecosystem Change
Moderator: Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri
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Arja Rautio, University of Oulu
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Jón Ólafsson, Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland
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Victoria Buschman, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
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Eydís Sveinbjarnardóttir, University of Akureyri
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Peter Sköld, Umeå University
Recording available on YouTube
12:30-13:30 (GMT)
Changes to Arctic Coastal Social-Ecological Systems
Moderator: Hugues Lantuit, IASC & Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
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Megan Sheremata, IASC Fellow
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Gunn-Britt Retter, Saami Council
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Sunna Björk Ragnarsdóttir, Icelandic Institute of Natural History
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Tatiana Degai, University of Northern Iowa
Recording available on YouTube
13:45-14:45 (GMT)
Informing Arctic Marine Decision-Making
Moderator: Tom Barry, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
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Paula Kankaanpää, PAME Chair & IASC Vice-President;
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Jonathan Wood, Model Arctic Council
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Jiayu Bai, Ocean University of China
Recording available on YouTube
15:00-16:00 (GMT)
Diminishing Ice Cover in the Arctic
Moderator: Jari Haapala, IASC CWG Vice-Chair
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Eydís L. Finnbogadóttir and Joaquin Belart, National Land Survey of Iceland
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Anders Turesson, AMAP Chair
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Huigen Yang, IASC Vice-President & Polar Research Institute of China
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Hajo Eicken, Arctic Observing Summit & University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Recording available on YouTube
16:30-17:30 (GMT)
What is a Sustainable Arctic?
Moderator: Rachael Lorna Johnstone, University of Akureyri
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Einar Gunnarsson, Senior Arctic Official Chair
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Liza Mack, Aleut International Association
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Andrey Petrov, IASC SHWG Chair & IASSA President
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Alevtina Evgrafova, IASC Fellows Coordinator
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Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir, University of Akureyri
Recording available on YouTube
17:30 (GMT)
Closing Statement
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, Iceland
Recording available on YouTube
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IASC Business & Community Meetings, 28-30 March 2020
AFoPS has six member countries and several observer countries in Asia. Representatives and coordinators from AFoPS member countries will attend the meeting and exchange information and updates on national polar programs, logistics and sciences in order to develop cooperation and collaboration in research, logistics and capacity building within the members and any other countries.
Belowground ecosystem properties are poorly understood, but likely one of the most important drivers of Arctic ecosystem response to climate change. We propose to bring together an interdisciplinary team of biologists and ecologists to synthesize what is known about root traits and rhizosphere processes in cold ecosystems with soil profiles dominated by thick organic horizons - tundra, boreal forest, and peatlands. We have solicited the involvement of belowground ecologists spanning molecular biologists investigating rhizosphere processes, to plant ecologists and evolutionary biologists that use a trait framework to understand vegetation patterns and function, to ecosystem ecologists measuring the interplay between terrestrial ecosystem function and the climate system. We have found great interest by these scientists in an “Arctic Underground” network to produce synthesis products on belowground Arctic ecosystem processes. We have four general areas of interest that we would like to use as a starting point for the network:
1) synthesizing the effects of soil warming experiments on root and rhizosphere processes;
2) examining the links between leaf and root traits for extrapolation and scaling of ecological processes in Arctic and Boreal ecosystems;
3) linking roots from cold soils to a “worldwide root economic spectrum”; and
4) integrating traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of belowground properties into our understanding of Arctic ecosystem change.
30 MARCH | 10:30-11:30 GMT
ASSW2021 International Scientific Committee & International Coordination Group (closed / by invitation only)
Contact: Gonçalo Vieira, João Canário (
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Agenda & Meeting Materials: to be added28 MARCH
IASC Atmosphere Working Group
DISCUSSION 1: 8:00-10:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 EAST ASIA)
CLOSED SESSION: 13:00-15:00 GMT (5:00-7:00 ALASKA, 22:00-24:00 EAST ASIA)
DISCUSSION 2: 16:00-18:00 GMT (8:00-10:00 ALASKA)Contact: Sara Morris (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. The main function of the WGs is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.
29 MARCH
IASC Council
Discussion 1: 8:00-10:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 East Asia)
Closed Session: 13:00-15:00 GMT (5:00-7:00 Alaska, 22:00-24:00 East Asia)
Discussion 2: 16:00-18:00 GMT (8:00-10:00 Alaska)
Please note: Discussion 1 and Discussion 2 are repeats will follow the same agenda.Contact: Allen Pope (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsRepresentatives of national scientific organizations from all IASC member countries form the IASC Council that meets once a year during the Arctic Science Summit Week. The Council is the policy and decision-making body for IASC. The members ensure an input of a wide range of scientific and technical knowledge and provide access to a large number of scientists and administrators through their national committees.
28 MARCH | 14:00-16:00
IASC Executive Committee (closed / by invitation only)
Contact: Allen Pope (
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Zoom information: https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/962046464IASC leadership meeting
28 MARCH
IASC Cryosphere Working Group
DISCUSSION 1: 8:00-10:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 EAST ASIA)
CLOSED SESSION: 13:00-15:00 GMT (5:00-7:00 ALASKA, 22:00-24:00 EAST ASIA)
DISCUSSION 2: 16:00-18:00 GMT (8:00-10:00 ALASKA)Contact: Michael Wood (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. The main function of the WGs is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.
28 MARCH
IASC Marine Working Group
DISCUSSION 1: 8:00-10:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 EAST ASIA)
CLOSED SESSION: 13:00-15:00 GMT (5:00-7:00 ALASKA, 22:00-24:00 EAST ASIA)
DISCUSSION 2: 16:00-18:00 GMT (8:00-10:00 ALASKA)Contact: Laura Ghigliotti (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. The main function of the WGs is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.
28 MARCH
IASC Social & Human Working Group
DISCUSSION 1: 8:00-10:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 EAST ASIA)
CLOSED SESSION: 13:00-15:00 GMT (5:00-7:00 ALASKA, 22:00-24:00 EAST ASIA)
DISCUSSION 2: 16:00-18:00 GMT (8:00-10:00 ALASKA)Contact: Gunnar Gunnarsson (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. The main function of the WGs is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.
28 MARCH
IASC Terrestrial Working Group
DISCUSSION 1: 8:00-10:00 GMT (17:00-19:00 EAST ASIA)
CLOSED SESSION: 13:00-15:00 GMT (5:00-7:00 ALASKA, 22:00-24:00 EAST ASIA)
DISCUSSION 2: 16:00-18:00 GMT (8:00-10:00 ALASKA)Contact: Rebecca Hewitt (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe scientific core elements of IASC are its five Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. The main function of the WGs is to encourage and support science-led international programs by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.
The meeting highlights the scientific achievements and legacy of the INTERACT Trans-national, Remote and Virtual Access in 2016-2019, and presents the new developments and ways forward in the next funding period of 2020-2023.
30 MARCH | 7:00-11:30 (GMT)
NySMAC (Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Comittee) (closed / by invitation only)
Contact: Christina A. Pedersen, Maarten Loonen (
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Agenda & Meeting Materials: to be addedNy-Ålesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC) is a twice yearly meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination among science managers and research activities in Ny-Ålesund. NySMAC includes representatives from all parties with major interests in Ny-Ålesund Research Station.
30 MARCH | 00:00-2:00 (GMT)
Pacific Arctic Group
Contact: Jackie Grebmeier, Bill Williams (
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Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) is a group of institutes and individuals having a Pacific perspective on Arctic science. Organized under the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the PAG has as its mission to serve as a Pacific Arctic regional partnership to plan, coordinate, and collaborate on science activities of mutual interest. The four PAG principle science themes are climate, contaminants, human dimensions and structure and function of Arctic ecosystems.
The organisers of the Second Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM2) established a Working Group (WG) on the Forum of Arctic Science Funders in response to the following recommendation of the Joint Statement of Ministers, signed at the Second Arctic Science Ministerial.
30 MARCH | 12:00-14:00 (GMT)
Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) Workshop
Contact: Jackie Grebmeier, Lee Cooper (
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Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe Central Arctic Ocean remains profoundly understudied, particularly carbon cycling, ecosystem alteration, and associated changes in atmosphere, ice and ocean physics that influence those biological and biogeochemical systems. The region is expected to experience marked changes over the next decades, driven by ongoing climate warming, yet our understanding of key process is limited for this area. The international Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) seeks to quantify the present states of the physical, biological, and biogeochemical systems. Multiple countries have both confirmed and pending cruises as part of the 2020-2021 SAS networked activities. Key goals of the SAS are to establish the present state of the Arctic system, to document temporal changes where possible through comparison with historical data, and to quantify linkages between the adjacent shelves, slopes, and deep basins, objectives that are shared with the broader Pan-Arctic effort of the SAS. The SAS consists of regional shelf-to-basin ship-based surveys in 2020 and 2021 as a means to obtain Pan-Arctic understanding of essential ocean variables (EOVs) on a quasi-synoptic, spatially distributed basis in which no single nation bears the full burden of collecting the requisite data. This SAS session will outline the benchmark and important legacy for SAS activities to future, quasi-decadal assessments of rapid and evolving Arctic Ocean system change.
30 MARCH | 9:00-13:00 (GMT)
FARO Annual Meeting
Contact: Marie Frost Arndal, Jennifer Mercer (
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Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO) consists of over 20 member countries that conduct research operations in the Arctic. Over FARO’s 20 years of existence, Arctic research has changed considerably. This, coupled with stunning changes in technology, has driven the evolution of operations and has made the underlying need for collaboration and information exchange across national boundaries more critical than ever. This is particularly true with large infrastructure commitments and geographically disperse observing networks. To this end, FARO acts as an international forum for information exchange, establishment of cooperation, and development of new ideas. FARO aims to encourage and optimize logistics and operational support for scientific research across the Arctic. FARO is closely associated with the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and holds its annual meeting during Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW). FARO is operated by an Executive Committee (ExCom) drawn from its membership with an overall Chair of the organization. There is a secretariat to support communications throughout the year and the organization is supported by annual membership fees. The FARO annual meeting 2020 is open to anyone – except for a short closed session at the end of the meeting.
30 MARCH | 17:00-21:00 (GMT)
Gender in Polar Research Workshop
Contact: Gertrude Saxinger, J. Otto Habeck (
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AgendaWe invite all ASSW participants to reflect on the gendered nature of Polar research. The workshop will combine three strands of debate that have thus far not been discussed systematically: (1) Doing science in the 21st century in a way that departs from but also pays careful attention to the history of exploration and colonial endeavours as “heroic” and masculine activities – while a masculine image still seems to dominate the methodologies and practices of Arctic and Polar research. (2) The still existing gender gap when it comes to female researchers in hard sciences, their career prospects, and their sometimes difficult working conditions as women in the field. Critiques of the gender gap and gendered research work have thus far neglected the diversity aspects of queer and gender minority (LGBTQI) researchers. They face particular challenges while working in a still largely heteronormative research environment as it is described for research stations, vessels or tundra/taiga camps. (3) The gendered composition of researchers as actors and the gendered spaces of conducting research, including the field sites, have an important impact on research interests, research design, research ethics and epistemology. The gender bias affects the research subject and methodology, and Polar research can learn from and communicate with other fields of science about how to ensure a high standard of equality, sensitivity to issues of marginalization, and ethical production of science.
A meeting for IASC Fellows, WG Chairs, and Executive Committee to discuss feedback from IASC WG meetings and plans for the Fellows.
30 MARCH | 13:00-14:00 (GMT)
European Polar Board - 25 years at the confluence of science and policy in the polar regions
Contact: Dr Renuka Badhe, Joseph Nolan (
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Indigenous Observing Meeting
Contact: Megan Sheremata, Tayana Arakchaa, Stanislav Ksenofontov, Victoria Buschman (
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This is a two hour meeting for Indigenous scholars, Indigenous-led organization representatives, and allies in the Arctic research community to discuss issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples and the environment, wildlife monitoring and conservation, Indigenous health, communities and science (including community-based monitoring), Indigenous Peoples and industry.29 MARCH | 16:00-17:00 GMT
Developing an Arctic Research Plan with the International Community
Contact: Meredith LaValley (
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The preparation of Arctic Research Plan 2022-2027 will begin soon, with a view to release in late 2021. The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee is seeking a wide variety of perspectives and input on what is needed from the new Arctic Research Plan. This meeting will serve to gather input from the international community on what research should be included and how the plan itself might be better structured to fulfill these research needs.30 MARCH | 14:00-14:45 (GMT)
Chinese R/V Xuelong 2's maiden voyage into the Arctic Ocean for international collaboration on Gakkel Ridge
Contact: Jiabiao Li, Tao Zhang (
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Agenda & Meeting MaterialsJiabiao Li; Tao Zhang; Carmen Gaina; Vera Schlindwein; Tiegang Li; Rujian Wang; Leonid Polyak; Meng Zhou
1. Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou China
2. Department of Geosciences, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
3. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
4. First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Tsingdao, China
5. Tongji University, Shanghai, China
6. Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
7. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
The 11st Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition aboard the recently launched icebreaker “Xuelong 2” will be conducted from August to October 2020, bringing together international research institutions and research programs. The cruise will focus on the crucial issues in the geodynamic processes and hydrothermal activities along the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, and its palaeoceanographic responses.
As the slowest spreading ridge in the world, the Gakkel Ridge represents the end-member of oceanic crust accretion, lithospheric structure, and hydrothermal activities. Multidisciplinary surveys, including bathymetry, deep-tow magnetic, and OBS, will be conducted in one of the two regions (25°-45°E or 80°-90°E) along the Gakkel Ridge to provide insight into the mid-ocean ridge segmentation, lithospheric thickness, and thermal/rheology structure. The expedition also proposes to conduct full-scale multidisciplinary study of hydrothermal vents. The hypothesis to be tested is that the formation of large hydrothermal system is controlled by magmatic-hosted settings at the ultraslow spreading center. The instruments, such as OBS, AUV, and deep-tow system are specially adapted to the condition of floating ice. The R/V “Xuelong 2” is able to break ice up to 1.5 meters thick, which facilitates access to the high Arctic with tough ice condition.
31 MARCH | 17:00-19:00 (GMT)
T-MOSAIC Remote Sensing Action Group
Contact: Annett Bartsch, Gonçalo Vieira (
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T-MOSAiC is an IASC pan-Arctic, land-based program that will extend the activities that are currently undertaken for the IASC flagship program MOSAiC. CCI+ Permafrost is an ESA project which provides pan-Arctic data on permafrost state. The aim of the meeting is to inform and involve the community on/in both initiatives and further to prepare for the 2020 T-MOSAiC campaigns and linkage with CCI+ Permafrost.30 MARCH | 13:00-14:00 (OPEN MEETING), 14:00-15:00 (CLOSED MEETING)
The International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA)
Contact: Yulia Zaika (
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Draft Agenda & Meeting MaterialsThe International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA) is a Russian and international cooperative initiative to assist Arctic science and sustainable development in the Russian Arctic. www.iasc.info/isira
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5th Arctic Observing Summit
30 March - Day 1
Introductory Presentations•Welcome to ASSW 2020 and Arctic Lands Acknowledgement –Larry Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, IASC President.
Welcome to AOS 2020 – Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland.
Plenary Presentation – Yuji Kodama, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan. What is the broader context of the Arctic Science Ministerial that AOS fits into? Where can AOS create meaningful change? What is the intended outcome of the summit?
Keynote 1 – Sandy Starkweather, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office, USA. Roadmap for Arctic Observing: overall framework/description of a schema for documenting implementation of processes around essential variables.
Charge to Working Groups – Themes and guidelines for process, breakout sessions and participation: Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA.
30 MARCH | 15:00-16:00Welcome from Conference Organizers
Organizers: Peter Schlosser and Þorsteinn Gunnarsson
Working Group (WG) Panel
A short (~30 minute) discussion from WG chairs describing goals for each of the WG and related WG activities.30 MARCH | 18:00-21:00
Breakout: Working Group 3
Observing in Support of Indigenous Food Security & Related Needs
31 March - Day 2
Introductory Presentations
Keynote 2 – Dalee Sambo Dorough, Inuit Circumpolar Council, USA. Observing for Action.
31 MARCH | 8:00-11:00Breakout: Working Groups 1,4 (part 1)
Concurrent Working Group (WG) breakout sessions are open to all AOS participants. For all breakout sessions, AOS participants can provide input during discussions and are free to move among the concurrent sessions to facilitate cross-fertilization between the WGs.
Link: WG1 session recording: Design,Optimization and Implementation of the Observing System
Link: WG4 session recording: Data Interoperability and Federated Search31 MARCH | 12:00-14:00
AOS Poster Session and "Reception"
This poster and display session will allow participants and attendees to highlight their work in any area related to observing. This session will provide an opportunity to mingle with speakers, panelists and other participants.
Link: Room 1 & 2 recording: Observed Science & Data and Information Sharing
Link: Room 3 recording: New Observing Technologies—Development and Implementation
Link: Room 4 recording: Arctic Global and Arctic Local31 MARCH | 14:30-17:30
Breakout: Working Groups 1,2,4,5 (part 2)
Concurrent Working Group (WG) breakout sessions are open to all AOS participants. For all breakout sessions, AOS participants can provide input during discussions and are free to move among the concurrent sessions to facilitate cross-fertilization between the WGs.Link: WG1 recording: Design, Optimization and Implementation of the Observing SystemLink: WG2 recording: Observing in Support of Adaptation and MitigationLink: WG4 recording: Data Interoperability and Federated SearchLink: WG5 recording: Arctic Observations in the context of Global Observing initiatives31 MARCH | 18:00-19:30
Panel: Observing for Action (Moderator: Maribeth Murray, University of Calgary, Canada)
Panelists:
Dalee Sambo Dorough, Inuit Circumpolar Council, USA
Henrik Andersen, European Environment Agency, Denmark
Douglas Cripe, Group on Earth Observations, Switzerland31 MARCH | 20:00-21:30
Breakout: Working Groups 2,3,5
Cross-cutting break-out sessions are meant to foster dialog across WGs. Members of WGs 1 & 4 are encouraged to join any of the sessions listed below
Link: WG2 recording: Observing in Support of Adaptation and MitigationLink: WG3 recording: Observing in Support of Indigenous Food Security and Related NeedsLink: WG5 recording: Arctic Observations in the context of Global Observing initiatives1 APRIL - Day 3
Introductory Presentations
Keynote 3 - Stephanie Russo Carroll, The University of Arizona, USA. Indigenous community engagement in climate research.
Keynote 4 – Mark Leggott, Research Data Canada. Data management in the global context.
Keynote 5 – Douglas Cripe, Group on Earth Observations, Switzerland. Arctic to global perspectives1 APRIL | 04:00-05:30
Panel: Perspective on observing needs focused on Indigenous, private sector and science needs (Moderator: Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System, USA)
Panelists:
Olivia Lee, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Daniel Taukie, Nunavut Tunngavik, Canada
Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Sweden
Stephanie Russo Carroll, The University of Arizona, USA
Shelly Elverum, Lead, Ikaarvik Project, Canada1 APRIL | 07:00-09:00
AOS Poster Session and "Reception"
This poster and display session will allow participants and attendees to highlight their work in any area related to observing. This session will provide an opportunity to mingle with speakers, panelists and other participants.
Link: Room 1 recording: Observed Science
Link: Room 2 recording: Data and Information Sharing
Link: Room 3 recording: Study of change -long-term monitoring1 APRIL | 09:30-12:00Breakout: Working Groups 1,4
WGs meet to integrate ideas and discussion from the previous mixing period.
Link: WG1 session recording: Design,Optimization and Implementation of the Observing System
Link: WG4 session recording: Data Interoperability and Federated Search1 APRIL | 14:30-16:00Breakout: Working Groups 1+3,4
Cross-cutting breakout sessions are meant to foster dialog across WGs. Members of WGs 2 & 5 are encouraged to join any of the sessions listed below.
Link: WG1& WG3 session recording: Design,Optimization and Implementation of the Observing System + Observing in Support of Indigenous Food Security and Related Needs SYSTEM
Link: WG4 session recording: Data Interoperability and Federated Search1 APRIL | 16:30-19:00Breakout: Working Groups 1,2,5
Concurrent Working Group (WG) breakout sessions are open to all AOS participants. For all breakout sessions, AOS participants can provide input during discussions and are free to move among the concurrent sessions to facilitate cross-fertilization between the WGs.Link: WG1 session recording: Design,Optimization and Implementation of the Observing System
Link: WG2 session recording: Observing in Support of Adaptation and Mitigation
Link: WG5 session recording: Arctic Observations in the context of Global Observing initiatives1 APRIL | 19:15-19:45Charge to Working Groups for Day 3
This session is an opportunity to briefly discuss and address questions on work in the different Working Groups (WG) for the final day of the summit and WG input into the Summit Statement and Recommendations.
1 APRIL | 19:45-21:00[CLOSED] Executive Committee & Working Group Leads Meeting
1 APRIL | 21:30-00:00Breakout: Working Groups 1,2,4,5
All WGs meet to integrate ideas and discussion from the previous mixing period.Link: WG1 session recording: Design,Optimization and Implementation of the Observing System
Link: WG2 session recording: Data Interoperability and Federated Search
Link: WG5 session recording: Arctic Observations in the context of Global Observing initiatives1 APRIL | 01:00-02:00WG2 writing session: Observing in Support of Adaptation and Mitigation
2 APRIL - Day 4
2 APRIL | 11:00-13:00Breakout: Working Groups 1,4,5
Concurrent Working Group (WG) breakout sessions are open to all AOS participants. For all breakout sessions, AOS participants can provide input during discussions and are free to move among theconcurrent sessions to facilitate cross-fertilization between the WGs.WG2 will run a writing session (Observing in Support of Adaptation and Mitigation).Link: WG1 session recording: Design,Optimization and Implementation of the Observing System
Link: WG4 session recording: Data Interoperability and Federated Search
Link: WG5 session recording: Arctic Observations in the context of Global Observing initiatives2 APRIL | 14:00-16:00
Closing Session: Synthesis, Icelandic Perspectives, and AOS 2020 Outcomes
Synthesis: Eva Kruemmel, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Canada: Brief reports and contribution to conference statement from each AOS Thematic Working Group
Icelandic Perspectives on the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial: Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Government of Iceland
AOS 2020 Outcomes:
Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Overview of key findings and progresso, Final discussion and questions from audienceo, Priorities, Gaps and Recommendations, Plans for AOS 2022, and AOS 2020 Conclusion