Program

The main program is Monday morning through Wednesday lunchtime (1 PM).

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At check in, each attendee will recieve a high resolution version of this file on a USB thumb drive. Those who've ordered a print version will also recieve their printed high-resolution volume.

Sunday Field Trip

"Field Trip: Deglacial History and Environments of the Pioneer Valley"

Optional, pre-Workshop field trip. 9 AM to 4 PM.
Led by Julie Brigham-Grette et al.
$25 (includes transportation, guidebook, coffee and box lunch). You can pay when registering.

Sunday Eve Reception & Registration

We will host a pre-Workshop Reception and Registration on the evening of Sunday 10 March, 7:00-9:30 pm (cash bar, light food).

Sun. or Mon. Check In

Sunday evening or Monday morning

Check in during the Reception and Registration on Sunday evening or at the start of the conference on Monday morning. At check-in, you will receive a packet of materials.

Giving a talk?

If possible, please load your PowerPoint presentations onto our mac or PC computer during the Sunday evening Reception and Registration. Although there are additional opportunities to upload files on Monday morning and during breaks, these time slots are short.

Giving a poster?

Folks in the first poster session should put up their posters as early as possible, preferably during the Sunday evening Reception and Registration. Please take them down at the end of the session so that those in the second round can put theirs up. Everyone will be given a poster time and location when you check-in. Thumbtacks will be available. Thanks.

Mon. Eve Student Party

Hang with your peers

An informal "pizza and beer" type party for all students will be provided on Monday Evening, 11 March (time and location to be determined; probably either at or near Hotel).

Learn about opportunities from APECS

The party will be a meetup co-sponsored by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). Representatives from the NE USA APECS Chapter will highlight opportunities such as mentorship, collaboration, and career guidance.

Mon. am - Wed. lunchtime: Main Science Sessions

The main oral sessions and poster sessions will be held at the Umass Hotel. The sessions will start on Monday morning and go through 1 PM on Wednesday.

The number and types of sessions will be determined after the abstract deadline. Previous Arctic Workshops have included presentations on arctic and antarctic climate, archeology, environmental geochemistry, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, soils, ecology, oceanography, Quaternary history, and more. A traditional strength of the Workshop has been Arctic paleoenvironments.

Session Themes

The Arctic Workshop strives for a relatively small, friendly, and informal gathering, so there are few to no a priori formalized topics. Instead, the program is organized around themes developed from the abstracts submitted for presentation as well as special themes promoted by attendees.

Special Themes?

The Workshop encourages attendees to propose special themes for one or more sessions and asks that they gather at least several collaborators and colleagues to join them. Please email us with your ideas.

Group Meetings?

The Workshop can help arrange meetings that might precede or follow the main sessions as well as evening group meetings . Please email us about your needs.

Tues Early Evening

Pre-Banquet Documentary Film

"Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change. Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate."

Film sponsored by
UMass Department of Geosciences

Tues. Evening Banquet & Keynote

John H. England
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Aberta, Canada

"My Arctic Camino of Forty-eight Years and Counting: stories of remarkable friends, calamities and adventures that ultimately eclipse the splendour of science"