| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in
Ice-breaker drink offered by the Belgian Federal Science Policy |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| Welcome: Christiane LANCELOT (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Climate Sea Ice Feedbacks |
| Discussion Leader: Stephen F. ACKLEY (Clarkson University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | David THOMPSON (Colorado State University, USA)
"Interpretation of recent polar trends" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Ignatius RIGOR (University of Washington, USA)
"Explaining the recent minima in Arctic sea ice extent - pieces of the puzzle" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Reconstructing Sea ice Changes from Proxy Records |
| Discussion Leader: Rob MASSOM (University of Tasmania, Australia) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Eric WOLFF (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
"Sea salt in ice cores: an indicator of sea ice conditions? (and if so, which?)" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:25 am | Mark CURRAN (Australian Antarctic Division, Australia)
"Sea ice proxies from ice core MSA records: A tale of two poles" |
| 11:25 am - 12:20 pm | Xavier CROSTA (EPOC, Université Bordeaux-I, France)
"Marine records of Antarctic sea ice history during the last 200 kyrs" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Sea Ice Variability and Local Physical Processes |
| Discussion Leader: Jackie RICHTER-MENGE (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Christian HAAS (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany)
"Antarctic Sea Ice Surface Processes: Pure Physics or Controlled by Biology?" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Daniel FELTHAM (University College of London, UK)
"Melt ponds and surface albedo: some modelling issues" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Sea Ice Variability and Ocean Circulation |
| Discussion Leader: Robin MUENCH (Earth & Space Research, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Arnold L. GORDON (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA)
"Southern Ocean overturning: its relationship to ice" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:15 am | Andreas MUENCHOW (University of Delaware, USA)
"Coastal Processes in the Arctic Climate System: Are they resolved? Do they matter? How do they scale?" |
| 11:15 am - 12:10 pm | Walter MUNK (Scripps Institute of Oceanography, USA)
"Tides and the Climate" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster session A, report and Discussion |
| Nina KARNOVSKY (Pomona College) & Shuki USHIO (National Institute of Polar Research, Japan) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Sea Ice Variability and Shifts in Primary Producers |
| Discussion Leader: Walker SMITH (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Rolf GRADINGER (University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)
"Climatic regulation of Antarctic phytoplankton ecology" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Paul WASSMANN (University of Tromsø, Norway)
"Phytoplankton successions and climate variability: implications for mineralization and vertical export in polar oceans" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Sea Ice Variability and Climatically Significant Biogases |
| Discussion Leader: Peter LISS (University of East Anglia, UK) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Maurice LEVASSEUR (Université Laval, Canada) & Jack DI TULLIO (College of Charleston, Hollings Marine Lab, USA)
"Biogenic Sulfur in Polar Sea Ice: Implications from Ice
Core Records" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:15 am | Katarina ABRAHAMSSON (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
"Snow and Sea-Ice - Impact on Halocarbon Production in Polar Areas" |
| 11:15 am - 12:10 pm | Lisa MILLER (Institute of Ocean Sciences Fisheries and Oceans Canada) & Jean-Louis TISON (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
"Ocean-Atmosphere CO2 exchanges in the polar regions: Popping the sea ice 'cork' " |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Mid-Conference Summary |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Sea Ice Variability and Microbial Processes |
| Discussion Leader: David THOMAS (University of Wales-Bangor, UK) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Thomas MOCK (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany)
"Functional genomics with the polar diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Ron KIENE (University of South Alabama, USA)
"The influence of sunlight on chemical and microbial cycling of organic compounds in the marginal ice zone with focus on sulfur" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Effects of Sea-Ice Variability on Top Predators |
| Discussion Leader: Cynthia TYNAN (Woods Hole Oceanography Institute, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Ulrich BATHMANN (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany)
"Krill in the Lazarev Sea: a population associated to sea ice in a transition area?" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:20 am - 11:15 am | David AINLEY (H.T. Harvey & Associates, USA) & George DIVOKY (University of Alaska, USA)
"On the sensitivity of Arctic and Antarctic seabirds to the changing
sea ice regime: physical and trophic interactions" |
| 11:15 am - 12:10 pm | Kristin LAIDRE (Danish Polar Center, Denmark)
"Influence of sea-ice variability and prey availability on the
distribution of narwhals off West Greenland" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Session B: report and discussion |
| Jacqueline STEFELS (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) & Peter JONES (Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm | Conference evaluation, selection of 2007 Chair and Vice Chair, possible themes discussion |
| 4:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Integrating Climate Feedbacks and Trophic shifts in Polar Seas |
| Discussion Leader: Steve NICOL (Australian Antarctic Division, Australia) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Introduction to the session |
| 7:40 pm - 8:35 pm | Eugene MURPHY (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
"Scales of variability and change in oceanic ecosystems: spatial and temporal dynamics of Southern Ocean food-webs" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Richard MATEAR (CSIRO, Australia)
"Projected response of polar biogeochemical cycles to rising CO2 levels and global warming" |
| Closure |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
