Newsletter n. 33 – 06/11/2010 – June newsletter
PYRN –Permafrost Young Researchers Network
Also available online here: http://pyrn.ways.org/newsletter-xxx

1. PYRN @ EUCOPIII
2. PYRN @ IPY
3. 2010 IARC Summer School blog
4. Call for new excom
5. Upcoming conferences
6. Latest job postings
7. Permafrost in the news

1. PYRN @ EUCOPIII
In collaboration with Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (PPP) journal and Taylor and Francis, PYRN will present awards at the EUCOP III conference in Longyrarbyen, Svalbard. Around 35 contributors are competing for the prices that will be distributed at the closing ceremony. PYRN is honoured to award the best poster and oral presentation in two categories, Norwegian and International contribution.

PYRN invites you to the special PYRN social event (kindly sponsored by the EGU Journal “The Cryosphere”) on Monday, June 14th, 19-21 at the UNIS fireplace.
Also on Monday, PYRN is presenting a poster entitled “PYRN – the future in permafrost research”. Please come along and have a look!!

2 PYRN @ IPY
PYRN is presenting a poster entitled Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) Membership and growth during IPY at the IPY conference in Oslo, session P2 D18 (Permafrost in a warming climate). PYRN encourage attending members to check out the activities organized by APECS http://www.apecs.is/events/oslo2010

3. 2010 IARC summer school blog
Check out PYRN member Gemma Venhuizen’s blog about the 2010 IARC Summer School at (in Dutch): http://www.natutech.nl/00/nt/nl/0/weblog/auteur/57/Gemma_Venhuizen.html

4. Call for new excom team!!!
It is time to renew the PYRN Executive Committee. If anyone wants increase their involvement in PYRN, please consider joining the team! Send us a paragraph with your interests and motivations to Sonia at hachem_sonia@yahoo.fr. The PYRN ex-com needs a newsletter editor, president elect, and an APECS, and IPA representative.

5. Other upcoming conferences

- Forum for Young Permafrost Scientists,
Yakutsk, eastern Siberia
August 2 to 15, 2010.
If you are interested in this Forum, please visit the USPA website to download the application form. The application closes June 21st. http://www.uspermafrost.org/

- International conference on Cryospheric Change and its Influences:
Cryospheric Issues in Regional Sustainable Development
Lijiang, China
August 12-14, 2010.
The aim of the conference is to promote our understanding on changes in all components of the cryosphere and their interdependence and causes, our current capabilities to model and assess these changes, and mitigation and adaptability strategy for the changing global climate and cryosphere.
More details and registration form available in the conference Circular at http://clic.npolar.no/meetings/Second_circular_lijiang.doc

- International Permafrost Engineering Short Course
Santiago, Chile and San Juan, Argentina
August, 2010
Information and registration form can be found on a special website:
http://www.bgcengineering.com/permafrostcourse
For any questions related to the course do not hesitate in contacting the organizers at: pf-short-course@bgcengineering.ca

- The 6th Canadian Conference on Permafrost (CanCOP6)
Calgary, Alberta.
September 12-16, 2010
GEO2010: In the New West
The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), the Calgary Section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society and the Canadian National Committee of the International Permafrost Association (CNC-IPA) invite you to the 63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 6th Canadian Permafrost Conference. The Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
– GEO2010: In the New West – reflects Calgary’s western culture and its unique role and impact in the development of western Canada. It also refers to the past and future potential in new research developments and advancements in geotechnical and permafrost engineering.
More details available in the GEO2010 website: http://www.geo2010.ca/

-The Fourth Russian Conference on Geocryology, Moscow June 7-9, 2011
At Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geology
Submission of registration form deadline: June 15, 2010
Papers submission deadline: October 15, 2010
If you wish to take part in conference, please, fill the registration
form and send it to the organizing committee by E-mail-
cryoconf@geol.msu.ru or chuvilin@geol.msu.ru

-Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering , October 2011, Mirny, Yakutia , Russia
Pre-registration and abstract submission deadline - December 2010
Deadline for paper submission - May 2011
The Melnikov Permafrost Institute (Yakutsk, Russia), the Cold and Arid Regions Engineering and Environmental Research Institute (Lanzhou, China) and the Heilongjiang Institute of Cold Region Engineering (Harbin, China) are pleased to announce the Ninth International Symposium on Permafrost Engineering to be held in Mirny, Yakutia, in early October 2011. The Symposium is a regular event, the previous ones being held in 1993 Chita, Russia; 1996 Harbin, China; 1998 Chita, Russia; 2000 Lanzhou, China; 2002 Yakutsk, Russia; 2004 Lanzhou, China; 2007 Chita, Russia; and 2009 Xi’an, China.
The 2011 Symposium will bring together researchers and engineers who work in cold/permafrost regions to discuss the ways and means for early detection of adverse frost-related processes that may cause tremendous economic loss and environmental damage, as well as to provide climate change adaptation measures based on permafrost monitoring and experimental research on frozen soil/rock mechanics.
Lilia V.Prokopieva : prokopieva@mpi.ysn.ru

6. Latest job postings
An impressive number of positions are advertised on the PYRN website. You can find them all at: http://pyrn.ways.org/jobs

7. Permafrost in the news
You can find all newspapers which have talked of permafrost on the PYRN website. You can find http://pyrn.ways.org/aggregator/sources/1

All of these items plus jobs, events, fellowships, blogs, discussions, image galleries, etc. available on the website (http://www.pyrn.org)
The PYRN editorial team