Tue, Mar 04, 2008

Conference Announcement - 2008 AAAS Arctic Division Annual Meeting

American Association of the Advancement of ScienceThe 2008 Annual Meeting of the AAAS Arctic Division will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, on 15-17 September 2008. The theme of the meeting is "Growing Sustainability Science in the North: The Resilience of the People in the Arctic."
The importance of the resilience of the people of the Arctic is little understood. Among the eight circumpolar nations are three of the four largest in the world in geographic area. The Arctic will become an important route for trade and commerce between Europe and the Eastern Pacific regions during the 21st century. It is necessary to observe and understand change in order to respond and adapt. IPY offers an opportunity to investigate brought about by the results of international collaborative science and engineering research.

Information on registration, accommodation, and submitting an abstract is available at:
http://arctic.aaas.org/

For more information about the 2008 Arctic Science Conference, please contact:
Craig Gerlach
E-mail: ffscg@uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-5585

Arthur Roraff
E-mail: info@thecoordinatorsinc.com
Phone: 907-646-9000

For more information about the AAAS Arctic Division and division activities, please contact:
Larry Duffy
E-mail: fychem@uaf.edu
Phone: 907-474-7525

Publication date: Tue, Mar 04, 2008

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