A hybrid 2021 WAIS Workshop&nb sp;is scheduled for September 20-23 at The Algonkian in Sterling, Virginia with an option to participate virtually. The meeting, sponsor ed by NSF and NASA, hosts transdisciplinary and societally relevant science focused on marine ice-sheet and adjacent Earth systems, with particular em phasis on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The meeting will follow a similar format as past meetings with each t opical session followed by panel discussions. As we have done in recent yea rs, the meeting will include a community health session as well as an optio nal mentoring program for early-career scientists. Prior to the start of th e workshop on the evening of September 20, all interested attendees are wel come to participate in an icebreaker dinner and Steering Committee meeting to discuss the future of WAIS Workshops and relevant community issues.
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Registration and abstract submission for the hybrid 2021 WAIS Workshop is now open. You can find the registration link and all the workshop details at the 2021 WAIS Workshop website. P lease read the website for details about this year’s hybrid meeting.
Space for in-person participants will be limit ed more than usual depending on evolving venue policies, and on-site lodgin g is even further limited. Nearly 50% of the 128 survey respondents indicated interest in participating entirely or partially in-person. If you want to participate in-person, register as soon as possible to a void being placed on a waitlist.
< strong>The deadline for abstract submission is July 30, and the deadline to register for the workshop is August 23. You may register before s ubmitting your abstract. The abstract portal will require a tit le, co-author information, and a ≤500-word abstract. We also will offer tra vel and registration fee support for some students and early career researc hers, with a preference for those who submit an abstract. Applications for ECR s upport are due on July 30. We define early-career researchers as students, postdocs or those no more than 5 years from obtaining a PhD. Abstract and e arly-career support decisions will be announced mid-August.
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The NSF- a nd NASA-sponsored WAIS Workshop is a transdisciplinary conference focused o n marine ice-sheets and adjacent Earth systems, with a particular emphasis on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The Workshop hosts talks and posters from a diversity of fields, including glaciology, oceanography, atmospheric scie nce, biology, data science, computer science, and engineering, in order to capture the full breadth of the marine ice-sheet system in order to constra in the past, present, and future state of West Antarctica. We also encourag e researchers studying processes and geographic regions elsewhere in Antarc tica and other glaciated regions of our planet. This year’s session include :
· & nbsp; Piecing the puzzle together: Multi-disciplinary, integr ative science in West Antarctica - New research and scientific dis coveries that bridge several disciplines in support of big-picture, scienti fic pursuits in West Antarctica, such as atmosphere-ice-ocean-bed-ecosystem interactions, linkages of surface and basal processes, modern-day connecti ons with the paleo record, and more.
·&n bsp; Beyond MISI: Novel i nsights into Antarctic ice sheet processes - New investigations in to ice sheet processes, such as basal and grounding line processes, ice she lf stability, crevasses and fracture, processes that results in large ice m ass loss such as MICI, surface mass balance, firn processes, and extraordin ary snow events and atmospheric rivers.
· Marine ice sheet sensitivity in the Earth system - Research that highlights and/or integrates understanding of ice sheet response to past, present, and future climate, marine, ice-dynamic and biogeochemical systems, including, but no t limited to, studies of ice cores, sediment cores, geology, topography, ge omorphology, and numerical models.
· Greetings from t he future: Innovations in observing and modeling techniques - New boundary conditions, empirical and modeling techniques, Operation IceBridge , ICESat-2, GRACE, GRACE-FO, NISAR, Sentinel, and data science applications for West Antarctic science.
· &nbs p; WAIS in the community: Civic engagement & co-production of deliverables - We are seeking c ontributions that provide insight on and examples of civic engagement and c o-production of deliverables with people both inside and outside the confin es of academic and research institutions that are mutually beneficial to al l parties involved, as well as contributions that promote the development o f inclusive and equitable research and learning spaces.
Within the science session programming, we will have a comm unity health session focused on mental wellness in academic and research en vironments led by an expert speaker. Our goal for this session is to promot e mental wellness amongst the WAIS community (and beyond) and develop suppo rtive community structures for well-being.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are embraced at the WAIS Workshop , and we are committed to creating and maintaining a workshop environment t hat is safe, inclusive, and welcoming to all genders, races, identities, se lf-expressions, ethnicities and cultures. Please contact the Organizing Com mittee if you have any questions or concerns regarding the WAIS Workshop by emailing This email address is being protected f rom spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Hope to see you in person or virtually in Septemb er!
Best,
The WAIS Workshop Organizing Committee
Knut Christianson
Indrani Das
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