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ArcticNet ASM2015

Posted by Suman Jha on November 16, 2015 in Events

The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its partners will be welcoming the Arctic research community to Vancouver for the 11th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting () to be held from 7 to 11 December 2015Ìý²¹³ÙÌý in Vancouver, British Columbia.

As the largest annual Arctic research gathering held in Canada, the ASM is the ideal venue to to present results from all fields of Arctic research and stimulate national and international networking and partnership activities. Over 700 scientists, policy and decision makers, representatives of government and non-government organizations, the private-sector, northern stakeholders and media will be gathering to address the global challenges and opportunities brought by climate change and modernization in the Arctic.

We are pleased that the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) will be joining us at The Westin Bayshore for the 2015 NCP Results Workshop from 7 to 8 December. Please contact the NCP Secretariat for further information: PLCN-NCP@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca.

ASM 2015 Program
The ASM2015 is a 5-day conference beginning with Student Day at 8:30 on Monday, 7 December and ending on Friday, 11 December. Exceptionally this year, the official opening plenary session of the conference will be at 13:30 on Tuesday, 8 December and the conference will finish at 12:00 on Friday, 11 December.

Please note that the topical session program for the upcoming ArcticNet Scientific Meeting 2015 is now available for download on the . The plenary program will be posted next week. In addition to these 250 oral presentations, more than 200 posters from all fields of Arctic research will be presented during the dedicated poster sessions held on the evenings of Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 December from 17:00 to 19:00. Additional talks and workshops will take place during  on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December. 

Registration
If you have not done so already, it would help us with the conference planning if you  as soon as possible.  

Hotel
Our host hotel for the ASM2015 is  in Vancouver, ideally situated on the waterfront, next to beautiful Stanley Park. The hotel is filling up quickly and we encourage you to  as soon as possible.

Visit the ASM2015 website
We thank you for your contribution to the ASM2015 and look forward to seeing you in Vancouver in a few weeks.  The full program (agenda, student day, abstracts, list of participants, sponsors and exhibitors) will be available for download on the  in late November. A summarized version of the program (agenda, sponsors and exhibitors and floor plan) will be included in the registration packages. The full abstract book for all oral & poster presentations will be available online only.