The Cryosphere in a changing climate - A scientific symposium in memory of Koni Steffen

Beginn:

23. Juni 202223 Juni 2022, 10:00

Ende:

24. Juni 202224 Juni 2022, 16:00

Ort:

Kongresszentrum Davos

Organisator/in:

WSL

Referent/in:

several invited talks

Moderator/in:

tbn

Sprache:

english

Veranstaltungstyp:

Kongresse und Tagungen

Zielpublikum:

everybody interested in this topic

The Cryosphere in a changing climate - A scientific symposium in memory of Koni Steffen

The Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL is pleased to announce that the registration for this symposium in memory of our past Director, Koni Steffen, is now open.

Konrad Steffen – or Koni, as everyone knew him – was a passionate researcher and teacher, who dedicated his life to science through the study of the cryosphere and the climate of cold environments. Koni was driven by a mission to inform people about the ongoing, rapid human-driven changes and the resulting impacts on human and natural systems these changes could impose. This scientific symposium will honour Koni’s scientific legacy, covering a wide range of topics, including the study of Arctic sea ice, the dynamics of polar ice sheets, the quantification of climate-driven ice losses in Antarctica and Greenland, the effects of melting ice on global sea level, as well as more generally the impacts of climate change on polar and high mountain environments. By bringing together long-term colleagues that accompanied Koni over the years and early-career researchers that have recently embarked in the related disciplines, the event will aim at building a bridge between generations of cryosphere and climate scientists – a task in which Koni excelled.

The program will consist of invited talks, posters sessions (based on submitted abstracts) and ample networking time. A conference dinner will be organised in the evening of the Day 1.

COVID Precautionary Measures: We refer to the COVID measures then in force. For more information please read the website of the Swiss Federal Office Of Public Health.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you in Davos.

The Symposium Organizing Committee

Further information

Programme

ProgrammeLink

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Confirmed speakers (status 01.03.2022):

Waleed Abdalati	CIRES, University of Colorado
Daniel Farinotti	Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape / ETH Zurich
Stefan Flückiger	Deputy State Secretary, State Secretariat for International Finance SIF (present as former Arctic Ambassador
Nicolas Gruber	Environmental Physics Group, ETH Zürich
Jason Box	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Valerie Masson Delmotte	Co-chair of IPCC Working Group I / Université Paris-Saclay
Atsumu Ohmura	Prof. em. ETH Zurich
Bianca Perren	British Antarctic Survey
Eric Rignot	Department of Earth System Science, University of California
Ted Scambos	Earth Science and Observation Center, University of Colorado
Margit Schwikowski	Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut
Thomas Stocker	Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern
Julienne Stroeve	Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba
Helene Hewitt	UK Met Office

In view of this rich programme and of the interactive nature of this symposium, the event will be held in person in Davos and not as an online event. The organizing committee is closely monitoring local regulations and the global situation. All necessary measures will be taken to deliver a safe conference and will be communicated to all participant.

Registration

Please follow this link for registration: Registration via Conftool

The registration includes admission to the symposium, lunches, dinner and receptions. Travel and accommodation are not included. Deadline for the registration is 31 May 2022.

The registration fees are as follows:

Regular	CHF 100 per person
Students, PhDs, Postdocs	CHF 50 per person

Please also note that the available places will be limited.

Information about changing your participant details

Refund of your participation fee of October 2021 (Excel-file)

Congress Center Davos

Link to the Congress Center Davos

Accomodation

A contingent of rooms has been reserved in various hotels from 22 to 24 June 2022:

Basic hotels:	Youth Hostel, Davos (single, double rooms)
Middle-class hotel:	Spenglers Inn, Davos (single, double rooms)
	Dischma, Davos (single rooms)
First-class hotels:	Kongresshotel Davos (single rooms, double-rooms upon request)
	Hotel Morosani Schweizerhof, Davos (single rooms, double-rooms upon request)

To benefit from a special rate, please book your accommodation by quoting "SymposiumKS". For a shared room, pre- or post-extension, please enquire directly at the hotel. Bookings must be made by phone or email. You do not get special rate when you book via booking.com or similar. The contingents run until 15 May2022. Thereafter, there is no guarantee for space availability and special room rates.

Please note that in case of a cancellation, the individual hotels might have different refunding policies.

Postersession

The poster session will be an important part of the event. It will enable direct interaction between meeting participants, particularly fostering the exchange between early career and more senior scientists. In the event's overall spirit, the programme will provide ample room for this important networking activity. Don't miss the chance!

Technical information:

Posters boards will have dimensions100 x 150 cm. The format "A0 portrait" (841 mm wide x 1189 mm high) is thus best suited. Bigger posters or posters in landscape format cannot be mounted.
Posters will need to be printed beforehand, as no printing facility will be available on site.
The presenters will be responsible for attaching their poster to the corresponding display-boards in the morning of the day the poster is displayed, and for removing them in the evening. We will also give you Scotch Power Strips to mount your
poster; please do NOT use nails, pins or other material to attach your poster to the poster boards.
The deadline for submitting the abstract for a poster is on 10 May 2022. Please tick the early career and application for travel support boxes. We expect the decisions to be communicate within few days.

Travel Grant for Early Career Researchers (ECRs)

Early Career Researchers (PhD students and scientists who have earned their PhD after 01.01.2018) and who present a poster are eligible to obtain a travel grant to cover their participation in the symposium. ECRs wishing to obtain a travel grant must request it in the registration form. Grant awardees will be informed after 10 May 2022, together with the confirmation of the poster’s acceptance. Deadline for the abstract of a poster and the submission for an application is on 10 May 2022.

Travel grants for Swiss-based ECRs amounts to CHF 200. For ECRs based outside Switzerland, the travel grant amounts to CHF 450. The grants will be paid as a lump sum after the conference.