Parallel Session Abstracts
Below is a list of talks and abstracts currently confirmed for each of the parallel sessions. Click on a talk title to view the full abstract. Specific parallel session agendas will be available soon.
1.1. Advances in Understanding Arctic System Components
Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School
Abigail R. Mauldin, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory-Comer
Andrea H. Lloyd, Middlebury College
Gary A. Stern, Freshwater Institute
Eunjee Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman, Trent University
Chris Polashenski, Dartmouth College
Matthew D. Shupe, University of Colorado
Tom A. Agnew, Environment Canada
Gerard Duhaime, Université Laval
Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Naval Postgraduate School
Howard E. Epstein, University of Virginia
1.2. Understanding the Linkages and Feedbacks Between the Arctic System Components
Benjamin Blazey, University of Colorado Boulder
Klaus P. Hochheim, University of Manitoba
Uma S. Bhatt, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jean-Eric Tremblay, Laval University
Carin J. Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Johanna Mard Karlsson, Stockholm University
Suzanne E. Tank, Marine Biological Laboratory
Yinghui Liu, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
Pernille L. Sorensen, University of Copenhagen
William "Breck" Bowden, University of Vermont
Daniel M. White, Institute of Northern Engineering
1.3. Approaches to Integrated Studies of the Arctic System
John Cassano, University of Colorado
Lawrence Hamilton, University of New Hampshire
Meibing Jin, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Andrew Roberts, University of Alaska
A. David McGuire, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Donald K. Perovich, ERDC - CRREL
David G. Barber, University of Manitoba
Mark A. Parsons, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Maribeth S. Murray, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rodger Harvey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
1.4. Challenges in Arctic System Studies
Larry D. Hinzman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks
John K. Horne, University of Washington
Intissar Keghouche, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Dorothy K. Hall, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Ola Persson, University of Colorado
David G. Barber, University of Manitoba
Pavel Groisman, UCAR at NOAA National Climatic Data Center
James W. McClelland, University of Texas at Austin
2.1. Observations of Arctic Change
Timothy E. Heleniak, University of Maryland
Michael A. Rawlins, Dartmouth College
Craig M. Lee, University of Washington
Warwick F. Vincent, Laval University
Igor V. Polyakov, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Matt Nolan, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rune Storvold, Northern Research Institute Tromsø
Son V. Nghiem, California Institute of Technology
Christian Haas, University of Alberta
Mark Fahnestock, Complex Systems Research Center, UNH
Michael Gill, Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program
Mark A. Tschudi, University of Colorado
2.2. Design and Optimization of an Integrated Arctic Observing System
Cecilie Mauritzen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Craig M. Lee, University of Washington
Annett Bartsch, Vienna University of Technology
Michael J. Gill, Environment Canada
Sue E. Moore, NOAA
Matthew Berman, University of Alaska Anchorage
Jeff Key, NOAA/NESDIS
2.3. Arctic Change and Natural Variability
Colm Sweeney, NOAA/ESRL
John Horne, University of Washington
Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/National Snow and Ice Data Center
Gaius R. Shaver, The Ecosystems Center
Santonu Goswami, University of Texas at El Paso
Syun-Ichi Akasofu, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michael L. Carroll, Polar Environmental Center
Gregory J. Leonard, University of Arizona
Jeffrey S. Kargel, University of Arizona
Alexandre Forest, Université du Québec
2.4. Understanding Arctic Change and Projection of Future States of the Arctic System
Robert S. Stone, CIRES/NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Øystein Kristiansen, University of Oslo
Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin
Paul Wassmann, University of Tromso
Marc Mueller-Stoffels, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Muyin Wang, University of Washington
Robert Newton, Columbia University
Marika M. Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sergey Marchenko, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Xiang Gao, MIT
2.5. Responses to Arctic Change
Farrah T. Chan, University of Windsor
Caleb Pungowiyi, Oceana, Inc.
Jeff Welker, University of Alaska Anchorage
Robert Newton, Columbia University
Bruce C. Forbes, University of Lapland
Brendan P. Kelly, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lawrence Hamilton, University of New Hampshire
3.1. Interactions Between the Arctic and the Earth System
Martin Sommerkorn, WWF International Arctic Programme
Klaus Dethloff, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
James E. Overland, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Paquita Zuidema, University of Miami
Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Abigail R. Maudlin, Columbia University
Jinping Zhao, Ocean University of China
Richard L. Collins, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Judah Cohen, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
Kjell Arild Orvik, University of Bergen
Lawson W. Brigham, University of Alaska Fairbanks
3.2. The Arctic System and Low-Latitude Forcing
Daniel R. Pasteris, Desert Research Institute
Joseph R. McConnell, Desert Research Institute
Charles Brock, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Brie A. Van Dam, University of Colorado
Meredith G. Hastings, Environmental Change Initiative & Department of Geological Science
Louisa J. Kramer, Michigan Technological University
Jochen Stutz, University of California Los Angeles
Mike H. Bergin, Georgia Insititute of Technology
Samuel J. Oltmans, NOAA Earth System Research Labboratory
Vladimir A. Alexeev, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Brian A. Vasel, NOAA
3.3. Arctic System Change
Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University
William M. Smethie, Columbia University
Annett Bartsch, Vienna University of Technology
Donald A. Walker, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Alaska Fairbanks
David R. Johnson, University of Texas at El Paso
Michael Steele, University of Washington
Eugenie S. Euskirchen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Taneil Uttal, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Donald S. McLennan, Parks Canada Agency
Cameron Wobus, Stratus Consulting
3.4. Heterogeneity and Resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems: A Circumpolar Social-Ecological Synthesis
Brad Griffith, U.S. Geological Survey
Bruce Forbes, Arctic Centre
Stephanie Martin, University of Alaska Anchorage
Craig Nicolson, University of Massachusetts
Matthew Berman, University of Alaska Anchorage
Don Russell, Yukon College
Konstantin Klokov, St. Petersberg State University
Leonid Kolpashchikov, Academy of Agriculture, Russia
Gary Kofinas, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Don Russell, Yukon College
4.1. Defining the Solution Space
Valeriy Kryukov, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Scot Nickels, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Elisa D. Burchert, Harvard University
Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Peter J. Kikkert, University of Western Ontario
Tatiana Vlasova, Russian Academy of Sciences
4.2. Establishing Priorities for Mitigation and Adaptation and Evaluating Solutions
Philip A. Loring, University of Alaska Fairbanks
James D. Ford, McGill University
Elisa D. Burchert, Harvard University
Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Elizabeth K. Marino, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Susan Evans, WWF Canada
Laura Fleming, University of Guelph
4.3. Communicating Knowledge and Information
Elena B. Sparrow, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Daniel White, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA
Scot Nickels, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Elizabeth D. Eubanks, St. Mark Catholic School / PolarTREC
Mark A. Parsons, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Suzanne M. Robinson, University of Essex
Katherine Tiisler, Harvard University
Clive D. Tesar, WWF International Arctic Programme
4.4. The Interface of Science and Policy
Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System (for Amy E. Holman, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
Amy L. Lovecraft, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bill Streever, BP Exploration Alaska, Inc.
Marilyn Averill, University of Colorado at Boulder
David Hik, University of Alberta
Michael Tubman, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
