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ISTAS workshop
October 21–24, 2014, Plouzané, France
The Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) Science Workshop “Integrating spatial and temporal scales in the changing Arctic System: towards future research priorities” (ISTAS) was held from October 21th – 24th, 2014 in Plouzané (France). The Workshop was organized by the Arctic in Rapid Transition initiative (ART), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the hosting European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM). It included various research fields such as biogeochemistry, sea-ice, marine biodiversity, paleo-reconstructions, social sciences and others. Thus it has been a very interdisciplinary meeting.
Almost 80 participants attended the workshop, most were early career scientists. The workshop was divided into plenary sessions and parallel sessions. During the plenary sessions we listened to a broad spectrum of 45-minute-talks of all disciplines. There were six parallel sessions: “Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean: from microphysics to large scale dynamics”, “Marine biodiversity”, “Paleo-reconstruction and biological archives: decade to millennium”, “the responses of law and economics in a changing Arctic”, “Oceanography – physics, atmospheric interactions, and biogeochemistry” (a merged session of initially three sessions) and “Land-Ocean interactions: from coastal to submarine permafrost including gas hydrates”. I participated in the paleo-session with a short talk about my latest results. I received helpful feedback and it was very inspiring to discuss my results with other Polar researchers. But I listened also to other sessions like the biodiversity-session.
Besides the presentation of our research we were asked to write so called priority sheets in our parallel sessions to phrase our expectations for future Arctic research. These proposals should contribute to the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARPP III) which will take place in Toyama, Japan in April 2015. This is a decadal Arctic science conference that aims to identify Arctic science priorities and to inform policy makers, people who live in or near the Arctic and the global community. It will take place under the umbrella of the Arctic Science Summit Week. During this week there will also be a business meeting. Thus the goal is to bring business people, scientist and policy makers together to discuss necessary prerequisites for future Arctic research for the following ten years. The outcome of the discussion in our group was that it would be important to invest in proxy calibration and verification and we suggested more deep-coring in the Arctic Ocean. Unfortunately I am not able to take part in the meeting in Japan next year.
In retrospect the workshop exceeded my expectation. The discussion about my own research was very fruitful. I found it exciting to take part in the development of research priorities in the Arctic, particularly with scientists that apply the same methods than I do. It was interesting to learn about the various research disciplines in the Arctic; especially the biologists caught my interest. In general I appreciated the exchange with other early career scientists. The high percentage of young researchers contributed to a very relaxed atmosphere.
I would like to thank the ISAC for travel funding that gave me the opportunity to participate in this workshop and the organizers for this well-planned workshop with a really outstanding catering.
Martin Bartels
Almost 80 participants attended the workshop, most were early career scientists. The workshop was divided into plenary sessions and parallel sessions. During the plenary sessions we listened to a broad spectrum of 45-minute-talks of all disciplines. There were six parallel sessions: “Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean: from microphysics to large scale dynamics”, “Marine biodiversity”, “Paleo-reconstruction and biological archives: decade to millennium”, “the responses of law and economics in a changing Arctic”, “Oceanography – physics, atmospheric interactions, and biogeochemistry” (a merged session of initially three sessions) and “Land-Ocean interactions: from coastal to submarine permafrost including gas hydrates”. I participated in the paleo-session with a short talk about my latest results. I received helpful feedback and it was very inspiring to discuss my results with other Polar researchers. But I listened also to other sessions like the biodiversity-session.
Besides the presentation of our research we were asked to write so called priority sheets in our parallel sessions to phrase our expectations for future Arctic research. These proposals should contribute to the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARPP III) which will take place in Toyama, Japan in April 2015. This is a decadal Arctic science conference that aims to identify Arctic science priorities and to inform policy makers, people who live in or near the Arctic and the global community. It will take place under the umbrella of the Arctic Science Summit Week. During this week there will also be a business meeting. Thus the goal is to bring business people, scientist and policy makers together to discuss necessary prerequisites for future Arctic research for the following ten years. The outcome of the discussion in our group was that it would be important to invest in proxy calibration and verification and we suggested more deep-coring in the Arctic Ocean. Unfortunately I am not able to take part in the meeting in Japan next year.
In retrospect the workshop exceeded my expectation. The discussion about my own research was very fruitful. I found it exciting to take part in the development of research priorities in the Arctic, particularly with scientists that apply the same methods than I do. It was interesting to learn about the various research disciplines in the Arctic; especially the biologists caught my interest. In general I appreciated the exchange with other early career scientists. The high percentage of young researchers contributed to a very relaxed atmosphere.
I would like to thank the ISAC for travel funding that gave me the opportunity to participate in this workshop and the organizers for this well-planned workshop with a really outstanding catering.
Martin Bartels