REMINDER: Registration deadline is approaching for:
Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers & the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting
25 - 27 January, 2016, Benasque, Spain
Registration deadline: 13 December 2015
The purpose of the meeting is:
- to present and discuss new results on observations and modelling of the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland ice sheet,
- to plan and coordinate field work on Arctic glaciers with the aim of using the available infrastructure and logistics in the most efficient way,
- to develop ideas for future projects and collaboration.
Participation:
is open to everyone interested in the Arctic glaciology.
There will be keynote lecture by Regine Hock on "Global-scale glacier modelling - Challenges and recent progress".
A special session on glacier-ocean interactions is also planned, with Gordon Hamilton as keynote speaker.
Short Description of the special session:
Glacier dynamics play an important role in the mass budget of Arctic glaciers and, ocean in the case of tidewater glaciers, are greatly influenced by interactions between the ice and the ocean.We seek to bring together glaciologists and oceanographers to advance our understanding of the interaction processes and their impact on glacier mass budgets.
For more information about the workshop read below or our website: http://nag.iasc.info/
Best regards,
Carleen Reijmer (chair IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology)
Francisco Navarro (chair local organising committee)
Additional information
Registration deadline is December 13, 2015:
We have received some financial support for our meeting, but we still have to ask for a small registration fee of € 30. The registration fee includes morning and afternoon coffee breaks during the meeting. This registration fee will be paid on-site in cash.
Contributions:
are welcomed in the form of oral presentations and or posters. Presentation durations will be 15-20 minutes, including discussion. For those who bring a poster, time will be reserved in the program to give a short 2-3 minute introduction to the poster. Three days of talks and poster presentations are planned.
Abstracts and registration:
Those intending to attend the meeting should submit abstracts (maximum length 300 words) by email to Carleen Reijmer (c.h.tijm-reijmer@uu.nl) no later than December 13, 2015. Abstracts should indicate whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred.
Financial support:
We hope to raise some financial support to enable young scientists to participate in the meeting. If you are interested in this please send an application to Martin Sharp (martin.sharp@ualberta.ca, http://ualberta.ca) by December 13, 2015. The application should have your name, affiliation, age, supervisor, and a short description of your research project (5 lines) and a copy of your submitted abstract.
Please indicate the approximate amount of money you would need for travel and/or lodging. If support is granted, reimbursement will be after the meeting. Individuals who received funding to attend the 2015 meeting will not be eligible for funding for the 2016 meeting.
Extended abstracts:
of the contributions will be distributed after the meeting. Deadline for the extended abstracts is March 30, 2015. This abstract should be a word file of 1 to 3 pages, and may contain a table and one or two (color) graphs/pictures. The book of abstracts will be published in digital form.
Accommodation:
The preferred accommodation is the workshop venue:
Gran Hotel Benasque SPA (***)
To make reservations please e-mail to
stating that you are a participant of IASC-NAG 2016 Workshop, the type of room and the dates IN and OUT. If sharing room with another workshop participant, please state his/her name to avoid duplicate booking.
Cost of half board (breakfast and dinner) per night and person, including taxes:
In double room: 65 €
Supplement individual use: 15 €
Third person in double room: 52 €
(the cost includes in-building parking and a spa session)
Alternative, cheaper accommodation is provided at
Hotel El Pilar (*)
(located 200 m away from the workshop venue)
To make reservations please e-mail to
Cost of half board (breakfast and dinner) per night and person, including taxes:
In double room: 47 €
Supplement individual use: 10 €
No matter the choice of hotel, the dinner for all participants will be at Gran Hotel Benasque SPA. The breakfast will be at the hotel of lodging.
NOTE: It is possible to extend the stay before/after the workshop at the same rates.
Travel information:
The closest international airport with plenty of links is Barcelona.
Daily, except on Sundays, there is a bus link Barcelona -> Barbastro -> Benasque at
08:00->11:05/11:40->13:25
14:00->17:05/17:10->18:55
In the way back, the reverse link Benasque -> Barbastro -> Barcelona operates at
06:30->08:15/08:55->11:30
15:00->16:45/17:20->20:25
Unfortunately, on Sundays the possibilities are very limited and complex, so
van/microbus transportation for participants will be arranged departing on Sunday from Barcelona airport (for the way back, departing from Benasque on Thursday morning).
IMPORTANT: when registering, please indicate whether you are interested in this transfer.
More detailed information on possibilities of transportation will be distributed among the registered participants.
Another alternative is car rental. See e.g.
Note that it would be advisable to have tire chains available, just in case.
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Dr. C.H. Tijm-Reijmer
Utrecht University
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU)
Visiting address:
Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Correspondence address:
PO Box 80 005, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 30 253 3273
Fax: +31 30 254 3163
Email: c.h.tijm-reijmer@uu.nl
