Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Sea Ice and Its Role in the Coupled Earth System
Discussion Leaders: Hannah Joy-Warren (Stanford University, USA) and Christian Katlein (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Julienne Stroeve (University of Manitoba, Canada)
"The Changing Physical Properties of Sea Ice in Our Polar Regions as Driver of Large Scale Ecosystem Changes"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Physical Controls on Polar Ocean Ecosystems
Discussion Leaders: Satoshi Kimura (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan) and Marianne Falardeau (McGill University, Canada)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Anne Moree (University of Bergen, Norway)
"The Role of the Southern Ocean in the Last Glacial Maximum Ocean"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Till Baumann (International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)
"Tidal Currents in the Eastern Eurasian Basin"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Lisa Matthes (Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Canada)
"Spring Progression of Spectral Light Transmission Through Landfast Sea Ice and Implications on Arctic Primary Production"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Christophe Perron (Takuvik Joint UL/CNRS Laboratory Program, Université Laval, Canada)
"Development of a Reflectance Probe to Measure Sea Ice Inherent Optical Properties"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Mark Hopwood (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
"Retreat of Greenland's Marine-Terminating Glaciers Will Negatively Affect Summertime Marine Productivity"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Marion Lebrun (LOCEAN, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France)
"Light Limitation of Phytoplankton Growth at Pan-Arctic Scales"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Polar Carbon Cycling and Food Webs Linking Sea Ice, Pelagic and Benthic Communities
Discussion Leaders: Raphaelle Descoteaux (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway) and Christina Goethel (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Laura Holland (University of Rhode Island, USA)
"Interannual Comparison of Diatom Community Composition in the Western Antarctic Peninsula"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Euan McRae (University of Strathclyde / British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom)
"A Zooplankton Perspective on Phytoplankton Blooms: Insights from the Southern Ocean"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Josephine Rapp (University of Washington, USA)
"Elucidating the Role of Virus-Mediated Gene Transfer in Microbial Cold-Adaptation"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Gwenaëlle Gremion (Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada)
"Towards an Improved Model of the Downward Ocean Particle Flux in the North Water Polynya"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
James Black (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) / CSIRO, Australia)
"Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FOCE) Investigation on Southern Ocean Benthic Marine Communities: Primary Producer Behavioural, Physiological and Community Composition Responses"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Marianne Falardeau (McGill University, Canada)
"How Are Changes in the Marine Food Web Impacting Ecosystem Services in a Rapidly Changing Arctic Region?"
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: Career Panel
Discussion Leaders: Christopher Horvat (Brown University, USA) and Marie Porter (Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Chances and Challenges in a Polar Research Career
Jacqueline Grebmeier (Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA)
Klaus Meiners (Australian Antarctic Division, Australia)
Jean-Eric Tremblay (Université Laval, Canada)
Julienne Stroeve (University of Manitoba, Canada)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes