The three day symposium will consist of two morning plenary sessions with invited keynote speakers and 8 concurrent sessions.
Concurrent sessions are as follows:
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