Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Marine Ecosystem Status and Change in the Antarctic and Arctic
Physical Drivers and Ecosystem Response
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:25 pm
"The Southern Ocean: How It's Changing, How We're Observing It, and Why It Matters"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
"Natural Variability or Anthropogenically-Induced Variation? Insights from 15 Years of Multidisciplinary Observations at the Arctic Marine LTER Site HAUSGARTEN"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Physical Drivers in Polar Marine Systems
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"A Tale of Two Poles: Contrasting Satellite-Derived Time Series of Sea Ice Changes in the Arctic and Antarctic over the Past Four Decades"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Global View of Sea Ice Production in Polynyas and Its Linkage to Dense/Bottom Water Formation, Material Cycle and Biological Production"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Consequences of Arctic Ocean Changes and Hypotheses of Variability Based on Observations and Model Results"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Paleoceanographic Time Series Studies in Polar Regions
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"The Laptev Sea System Since the Last Glacial"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"New Approaches and Progress in Reconstructing Sea Ice Distribution in the Southern Ocean from Marine Sediment Cores"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Biogeochemical Interactions in Polar Marine Ecosystems
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Macronutrients in Sea Ice:
Overall Patterns and Related Processes"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Ocean Acidification in the Western Arctic Ocean
- Its Impact on the Marine Plankton"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Biogeochemical Interactions in Amundsen Ecosystems"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Lower Trophic Level Marine Time Series Studies
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Changing Seasonal Patterns of Diel Vertical Migration in a High Arctic Ecosystem"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"Potter Cove, a System on the Move: Main Results from 25 Years of Research"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Upper Trophic Level Marine Time Series Studies
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Time Series Observations on Penguins and Seals in the Antarctic"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Climate Change Promotes Poleward Shifts of Boreal Species to the Arctic"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Baleen Whale Foraging Ecology Around the Antarctic Peninsula"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Biophysical Coupled Modeling Using Time Series Data in Polar Regions
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Applying Ocean-Sea Ice-Biogeochemical Models in Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Arctic Marine Ecosystems"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
"Use of Models to Challenge and Promote Biogeochemical Observations in Ice-Covered Oceans"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Technological
Advances and Issues of Scaling for Time Series Data Collections
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
"Traditional Time Series vs. New Robotics"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
"Multi-Month, High-Frequency Observations from the Southern Ocean: Approaches and Complexities Interpreting Ocean Datasets"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Attempting Multi-Disciplinary Measurements at
Biophysically Relevant Time and Length Scales"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Connecting Marine Observing Systems at the Poles: Regionally and Globally
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
"Physical Oceanography of the Arctic: Upper-Ocean Dynamics and Recent Variability"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
"Scaling
Studies in the Antarctic to Global Issues"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
General Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure