Registration for PYRN activities and awards at NICOP
Dear PYRN members, we are all excited to welcome you at the upcoming Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Please read attentively the following paragraphs to make the most of your NICOP experience:
1. PYRN Awards
Several PYRN awards will be granted at NICOP, all with prize money and a plaque. Deadline for registration for the PYRN awards is June 13th. Please do register ASAP on the PYRN website: http://pyrn.ways.org/2008-nicop-pyrn-awards-sign-deadline-june-13-2008. It will also still be possible to sign up in person at NICOP, but only until before the first sessions start on Sunday afternoon.
2. PYRN Social
Thanks to several generous benefactors, PYRN will be hosting an exclusive social event on the 1st of July at the UAF Wood Center Pub from 18:00-22:00. Access is free to all PYRN members but you need to register on the PYRN website to attend. Please do register on this page. More information on the PYRN social event is available at http://pyrn.ways.org/newsblog/pyrn-social-nicop.
We are excited to host a panel on “Careers in Permafrost: Research and Trajectories from IGY to IPY (1957–2007)” featuring several permafrost researchers whose names will be announced soon. The panel will be held on July 1st from 16:30 to 17:30 in the Salisbury Theater. More information on the panel is available here.
Wendy Eisner is willing to give a presentation to PYRN on Second Life, how to use the virtual world as a research, teaching, and outreach tool. For more information, please see our recent PYRN Announcement. If you would like to learn more about how to incorporate such emerging technologies in your research, please contact her at wendy.eisner <at> uc.edu to express your interest in this presentation!
5. PYRN Calendar
PYRN, in collaboration with the USPA, has led an effort to compile a sumptuous calendar on permafrost. We will be offering this calendar at NICOP. More information on the calendar will be soon available on the PYRN website.
Watch the blogs and announcements on the PYRN website for updates and to keep informed on the various PYRN activities at NICOP.
