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2006 Arctic Science Conference: Schedule Overview

The 2006 Arctic Science Conference will be held at the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks, Alaska from Oct. 2nd through Oct. 4th. To view a list of each day's schedule, please click on the links below:

Monday, Oct. 2nd
Tuesday, Oct. 3rd
Wednesday, Oct. 4th

Please note that this is a tenative schedule for the conference. The conference schedule is subject to change.

Monday, Oct. 2nd

Time:	Event Description:	Location:
8:00 am	Registration and Coffee Service Begins	Gold Ballroom Entry
9:00 - 12:00 pm	Plenary Session	Gold Ballroom
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	––
1:30 pm	Coffee Service	Gold Ballroom Entry
1:30 - 3:30 pm	Poster Set Up	Minto/Yukon Rooms
1:30 - 4:00 pm	Technical Sessions:
	Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing Arctic/I Art and Science: Inspiration and Collaboration International, Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Arctic Policies	West Gold Middle Gold East Gold
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Poster Session with Refreshments	Minto/Yukon Rooms
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.	Reception	UA Museum of the North

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Tuesday, Oct. 3rd

Time:	Event Description:	Location:
8:00 am	Registration and Coffee Service Begins	Gold Ballroom Entry
9:00 - 5:00 pm	Poster Displays	TBD
9:00 - 12:00 pm	Technical Sessions:
	Managing Resources for Resilience in Conditions of Rapid Change Socioeconomic Issues in the Arctic Persistence of Climate Change in Northern High-Latitudes	West Gold Middle Gold East Gold
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	––
1:30 pm	Coffee Service	Gold Ballroom Entry
1:30 - 4:00 pm	Technical Sessions:
	Africa and Alaska: Similarities and Differences in Human Dimensions High-Latitude Marine Ecology Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing Arctic/II	West Gold Middle Gold East Gold
4:00 - 5:00 pm	Poster Session with Refreshments	Minto/Yukon Rooms
5:00 - 7:00 pm	Dinner Break	--
7:00 - 8:30 pm	Panel: Changing Marine Access in the Arctic	TBD Gold Ballroom

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Wednesday, Oct. 4th

Time:	Event Description:	Location:
8:00 am	Registration and Coffee Service Begins	Gold Ballroom Entry
9:00 - 12:00 pm	Poster Displays	Minto/Yukon Rooms
9:00 - 12:00 pm	Technical Sessions:
	International Polar Year The Contribution of Human Dimensions Research to Observing and Understanding the Current State of the Arctic Go North! Education and Research through Adventure Learning	West Gold Middle Gold East Gold
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch	––
1:30 pm	Coffee Service	Gold Ballroom Entry
1:30 - 3:30 pm	Technical Sessions:
	Panel: Community-based Monitoring Health Issues in the Arctic EPSCoR AAAS Business Meeting	West Gold Middle Gold East Gold (Posters are in Minto/Yukon Rooms) Rampart
3:45 - 4:15 pm	Closing Session	Gold Ballroom