UPCOMING EVENTS

February 2012

Remote Regions/Northern Development Sessions, Western Region Science Association Annual Meeting - February 8th to 11th, Kauai, Hawaii
The WRSA meeting includes a series of Remote Regions/Northern Development sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special interest in research on economic, social, political, and cultural issues in remote, sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and elsewhere.

March 2012

42nd Annual International Arctic Workshop - March 7th to 9th, Winter Park, Colorado
The meeting is open to all interested in the Arctic, and will consist of a series of talks and poster sessions covering all aspects of high-latitude environments, past and present.

April 2012

IPY 2012 Montreal: From Knowledge to Action Conference - April 22nd to 27th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The IPY 2012 Conference is the final event of International Polar Year 2007 - 2008, the largest international program of interdisciplinary polar research ever undertaken. This conference will provide an opportunity to apply and disseminate the knowledge and scientific results from IPY from around the world and focus on next steps. Participants will consider ways to translate those new understandings into policy that will guide activities in and enhance stewardship of the polar regions.

May 2012

The Arctic Forum - May 1st, Washington DC
The 2012 Arctic Forum will take place as part of larger Washington, D.C. Policy Meeting in collaboration with the American Geophysical Union.

National Association for Rural Mental Health Conference - May 15th to 18th, Anchorage, AK
The conference focus areas will be aging and mental health, mental and behavioral health workforce development, evidence-based practices and promising approaches, and cultural attunement and culturally attuned services.

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health - August 5th to 12th,
Fairbanks, Alaska
Serves as the primary source of information exchange and scholarly communication in issues relating to circumpolar health.

September 2012

October 2012

Arctic/Inuit/Connections: Learning from the Top of the World - October 24th to 28th, Washington, D.C.
We believe this broad theme inspires discussion about important Inuit issues and how they impact the rest of the world. The conference will consider heritage museums and the North; globalization: an Arctic story; power, governance and politics in the North; the 'new' Arctic: social, cultural and climate change; and Inuit education, health, language, and literature.