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
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
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