Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Advancing the Physical-Biological Understanding of Polar Marine Ecosystems Through Innovative Technology - Opportunities and Challenges
Discussion Leaders: Maxime Geoffroy (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway) and Natalie Freeman (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Finlo Cottier (Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom)
"The Opportunities and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Polar Science"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Not Living, but Highly Energetic: The Dynamics of Heat Mixing, Sea Ice, Inorganic Gasses, and Bioactive Trace Metals Assessed by Cutting-Edge Technology
Discussion Leaders: Zhixuan Feng (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA) and Lorenz Meire (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Max Thomas (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
"Two Modes
of Pressure Buildup and Release in Young Sea Ice"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Christian Katlein (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)
"Advancing Interdisciplinary Sea Ice Research with a New Under-Ice Remotely Operated Vehicle and Autonomous Observatories"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Precious Mongwe (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), University of Cape Town, South Africa)
"The Seasonal Cycle of CO2 in the Southern Ocean: Diagnosing Anomalies in CMIP5 Earth Systems Models"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Marie Kotovitch (University of Liege, Belgium)
"N2 O Dynamics in Sea Ice, Insights from a First Time Series and Isotopic Tools"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Amber Annett (Rutgers University, USA)
"Bioactive Trace Metal Distribution and Cycling Along the Rapidly Warming Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Where Are They and What Do They Do? Tracing and Investigating Dynamics
of Polar Organisms by Innovative Techniques
Discussion Leaders: Amber Annett (Rutgers University, USA) and Christian Katlein (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Hanna Kauko (Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway)
"Biological Information Retrieval from Ice Transmitted Irradiance"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Hisatomo Waga (Hokkaido University, Japan)
"Impact of Spatiotemporal Variability in Phytoplankton Size Structure on Benthic Infaunal Distribution in the Pacific Arctic"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Andres Rigual Hernandez (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain)
"Southern Ocean Sediment Traps: Novel Applications for Understanding Ecosystem Functioning and the Biological Pump"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Lauren Manck (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Microbial Dynamics in a Fjord Ecosystem Along the West Antarctic Peninsula"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Maxime Geoffroy (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
"First Records of Periphylla periphylla in a High Arctic Fjord: A Newcomer or a Returning Visitor?"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Laura Hobbs (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
"Seasonal Variation in the Strategies of Arctic Zooplankton"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Shaping the Future of Polar Marine Research
Discussion Leaders: Laura Hobbs (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom) and Hanna Kauko (Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Shaping the Future of Polar Marine Research: The Next Big Problems and the Tools to Solve Them
Finlo Cottier (Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom)
Jacqueline Grebmeier (Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA)
Jean-Eric Tremblay (Laval University, Canada)
Paul Wassmann (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
