Program Summary

The three day symposium will consist of two morning plenary sessions with invited keynote speakers and 8 concurrent sessions.

Concurrent sessions are as follows:

Concurrent sessions are held at these locations on campus:
Monday, June 9

 p.m.
 7:00     Registration and Reception


Tuesday, June 10

 a.m.
 7:30     Registration and Continental Breakfast

 8:30     Plenary Session
               Welcome and Introduction
               Keynote Address

                    The Seasonally Frozen Layer: Geotechnical
                    Significance and Needed Research
                    Peter J. Williams
                    Distinguished Professor, Carleton University

10:00     Concurrent Sessions:
          CHEM 1 Methane Emissions From Northern Soils
          ECOL 1 Characteristics of Northern Soils
          PHYS 1 Soil Water and Ice

10:40     Break

11:00     Concurrent Sessions:
          CHEM 2 Fate of Carbon in Snow and Soil
          ECOL 2 Soil Formation and Disturbances
          PHYS 2 Water and Solute Redistribution: Observation and Modeling

 p.m.
12:00     Lunch (on your own)

 1:30     Concurrent Sessions:
          CHEM 3 Carbon and Phosphorus Loss
          ECOL 3 Tundra and Taiga Ecosystems
          PHYS 3 Tillage and Soil Aggregate Stability

 2:30     Break

 3:00     Poster Session
          CHEM Soil Gas Exchange and Chemical Processes
          ECOL Landscape Formations and Northern Ecosystems
          PHYS Soil Water, Soil Ice, and Climatology

 5:00     Adjourn


Wednesday, June 11

 a.m.
 7:30     Registration and Continental Breakfast

 8:30     Plenary Session
               Keynote Address

                    Influence of frozen soils on ecosystem
                    processes and their sensitivity to
                    climatic change
                    F. Stuart Chapin III, Distinguished Professor 
                    University of California Berkeley

 9:40     Concurrent Sessions:
          CHEM 4 Talus Hydrology and Nitrate Dynamics
          PHYS 4 Frost Heave and Depth
          PHYS 5 Runoff, Water Content, and Groundwater

10:40     Break

11:00     Concurrent Sessions:
          CHEM 5 Plant Nutrients in Cold Soils
          ECOL 4 Plant and Soil Faunal Survival
          PHYS 6 Snowmelt Infiltration and Runoff

 p.m.
12:00     Lunch (on your own)

 1:30     Concurrent Sessions:
          CHEM 6 Solutions and Metals at Low Temperatures
          PHYS 7 Soil Structure and Aggregate Structure
          PHYS 8 Heat and Water Transfer

 2:30     Break

 3:00     Poster Session
          CHEM Soil Nutrients, Solutions, and Bioremediation
          ECOL Soil Organism Activity and Adaptation
          PHYS Soil Stability, Water, and Climate

 5:00     Adjourn



Thursday, June 12

 a.m.
 7:30     Registration and Continental Breakfast

 8:30     Concurrent Sessions:
          PHYS  9 Remote Sensing To Detect Frozen Ground
          PHYS 10 Modeling Soil Frost and Diauxy

10:10     Break

10:40     Concurrent Sessions:
          PHYS 11 Heat, Water, and Solute Movement
          PHYS 12 Compaction and Erosion

 p.m.
12:00     Lunch (on your own)

 1:30     Poster Session
          CHEM Organics and Contaminants
          PHYS Modeling, Electrical Properties, and Snow

 3:00     Adjourn

 6:30     Alaskan Night Out


Friday, June 13

 a.m.
 7:45     Post-Symposium Tour