Preliminary Schedule and Registration Form

Please complete the registration form below the schedule.

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Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC) will hold its annual Autumn Research Symposium from 26 to 28 September 2017. Participants should arrive no later than 26 September. The symposium will take place at the Abisko Scientific Research Station. The preliminary symposium schedule* is as follows:

Tuesday, 26 September
  • All Day Arrival
  • 17.30-18.00 Introduction and news from research environment
  • 18.00-18.30 Invited talk: Landscape perspectives of limnological change in SW Greenland at decadal to millennial timescales, John Anderson, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, UK
  • 19.00- Dinner & tundra bar at ANS
Wednesday, 27 September
  • 07.00-08.00 Breakfast at ANS
Session 1. In-stream processes and landscape integration across seasons (chair: Ryan Sponseller, Reiner Giesler)
  • 08.15-08.45 Invited talk: When and where does biology matter? Crossing ecosystem boundaries for an improved view of biogeochemical transformations in running waters, Erin Hotchkiss, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, US
  • 08.45-9.00 Talk (tba)
  • 09.00-09.15 Talk (tba)
  • 09.15-09.30 Talk (tba)
  • 09.30-9.45 Talk (tba)
  • 9.45-10.15 Coffee break
Session 2. -Arctic ecosystems and the winter: active processes or impacts afterwards? (chair: Ellen Dorrepaal and Pär Byström)
  • 10.15-10.45 Invited talk: Arctic winter climate change and winter ecosystem manipulations - what are we missing?, Kate Buckeridge, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK
  • 10.45-11.00 Talk (tba)
  • 11.00-11.15 Talk (tba)
  • 11.15-11.30 Talk (tba)
  • 11.30-11.45 Talk (tba)
  • 11.45-13.00 Lunch at ANS
Session 3. -Environmental change in the Arctic revealed using paleoecological approaches (chair: Jonatan Klaminder, Christian Bigler)
  • 13.00-13.30 Invited talk: tba
  • 13.30-13.45 Talk (tba)
  • 13.45-14.00 Talk (tba)
  • 14.00-14.15 Talk (tba)
  • 14.15-14.30 Talk (tba)
  • 14.30-15.00 Coffee break and group picture
Session 4. Connecting processes across scales (chair: Johan Olofsson, Cristian Gudasz)
  • 15.00-15.30 Invited talk: Studying vegetation dynamics from remote sensing platforms, Lars Eklund, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
  • 15.30-15.45 Talk (tba)
  • 15.45-16.00 Talk (tba)
  • 16.00-16.15 Talk (tba)
  • 16.15-16.30 Talk (tba)
  • 18.30- Dinner and Tundra bar at ANS
THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
  • 07.00-08.00 Breakfast at ANS
  • 08.15-10.00 Breakout group discussions
  • 10.00-10.30 Coffee break
  • 10.30-11.30 Summary of group discussions, final remarks and end of symposium
  • 11.30-12.30 Lunch at ANS
  • Afternoon departure
It is very important that if you plan to stay at the Abisko Scientific Research Station that you register via www.NordGIS.org. We have created a help document to step you through the process.

* NOTE: Once we have all the responses we will send out and updated meeting agenda

DEADLINE for registration: Friday, 18 August, 2017

Please contact Keith.Larson@umu.se or Jan.P.Karlsson@umu.se if you have any questions or need special arrangements.

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* 1. Please enter your name:

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* 2. Email address:

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* 3. Would you like to present a talk for one of the scheduled sessions?

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* 4. Please provide the title (talks are limited to 12 minutes with three more for questions).

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* 5. Which session would you like to contribute your talk?

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* 6. Will you join us for the group dinner on Tuesday, 26 September?

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* 7. If you plan to join for the meals, do you have any special meal requirements, e.g. vegetarian, lactos-free?

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* 8. Please provide your departure time and method, if available, otherwise email it to keith.larson@umu.se when arrangements have been made.

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