Preparing for a Northwest Passage:
The Role of New England in Navigating the New Arctic
Goal:
To assess the economic, environmental, and social links between Arctic change and New England, identifying transformational convergence research initiatives to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to future impacts and opportunities.
Objectives:
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Develop a vision for how Arctic change might impact New England over the next several decades and recommend future convergent research priorities linking Arctic change and New England.
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Establish a New England Arctic Research Network to encourage multi-institutional convergence research projects
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Identify specific research initiatives, core collaborative teams, topics for review papers, and follow-up plans for proposing to future NSF NNA and other federal opportunities.
Plenary Talk – Sunday March 25th – MUB (Memorial Union Buiding) Auditorium II
7:00 Dr. Jennifer Francis
Day 1 – Monday March 26 - Squamscott
8:00 Breakfast and Registration
8:30 Introduction and Welcome
Jan Nisbet, Senior Vice Provost for Research at the Univeristy of New Hampshire
US Senator Angus S. King, Jr. video presentation
9:00 "Convergence in Research and Education" – Mamadou Diallo
9:50 Panel #1 -- “Convergence and Arctic Research”
[Larry Hamilton (moderator), Paul Berkman, Kim Juniper, Elisabet Idermark, Mamadou Diallo]
11:00 Break
11:15 Round table discussions -- Convergence in Arctic Research
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Panel #2 -- “Infrastructure, Transportation, Opportunities, and Hazards”
[Nancy Kinner (moderator), David Kennedy, Rebecca Pincus, Jeff Levine]
2:30 Break
2:45 Round table dicussions -- Convergence in Infrastructure and Transportation
3:30 Facilitated large group discussion -- identify specific research initiatives, core collaborative teams,
and links to NSF solicitations and NNA Dear Colleague Letter
4:30 Reception at Dimond Library Special Collections & University Museum
(includes student posters)
Day 2 – Tuesday, March 27 -- Squamscott
8:00 Breakfast at UNH Art Museum – Installations and paintings of the Arctic and Antarctic by artists
Anna McKee, Wendy Jacobs, Erik Aho, Resa Blatman, Andrea Juan, Claudia O'Steen and Aly Ogasian.
9:00 Welcome to day 2
"The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory"
Maria Girouard, Dawnland Environmental Defense
10:00 Panel #3 “Living Resources
[Jennifer Brewer (moderator), Susan Kaplan, Robin Alden, Tom Shyka]
11:00 Break
11:15 Round table discussions -- Living Resources
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Panel #4 “Coastal Dynamics”
[Catherine Ashcraft (moderator), Kevin Knuuti, Adam Parris, David Watters, Steve Couture ]
2:30 Break
2:45 Round table dicussions -- Coastal Dynamics
3:30 Facilitated large-group discussion -- identify specific research initiatives, core collaborative teams,
and links to NSF solicitations and NNA Dear Colleague Letter
and links to NSF solicitations and NNA Dear Colleague Letter
4:20 Next steps and closure
4:30 End of workshop
POSTERS: Poster easels and boards will be available around the conference room throughout the event. Please let us know if you'd like to display a poster!