Conference Format
The conference program will consist of invited and contributed talks, panel discussions, and poster presentations, and will be supplemented by several special sessions and social events that will be held throughout the conference.
The participation of any interested scientist with relevant theoretical, experimental, or polar field experience is strongly encouraged. The abstract deadline is October 30, 2019.
Contingent upon review and acceptance by the program committee, abstracts will be scheduled for either oral or poster presentation and published online. The abstracts and preliminary program will also be available in electronic format and accessible via this website by the end of July.
The call for abstracts, to come in a future announcement, may address any relevant aspect of terrestrial or martian polar research, including but not limited to:
- Polar geology, geomorphology, glaciology, and hydrology
- Polar atmosphere and circulation
- Seasonal behaviors
- Compositional, thermophysical, and spectral properties of polar landforms
- Long- and short-term CO2 cycles
- Climate and meteorology
- Biology (including life in endolithic, subglacial, and hypersaline environments)
- Terrestrial analogs
- Geophysical and remote sensing investigations
- Experimental studies of analog materials
- Instrument design and exploration strategies for future missions
Preliminary schedule:
| Sunday, January 12 | Reception: Ice breaker/welcome cocktail |
| Monday, January 13 | Welcome and oral presentations |
| Tuesday, January 14 | Oral presentations and evening poster session |
| Wednesday, January 15 | Included mid-conference field trip (participants’ guests join for an additional fee) |
| Thursday, January 16 | Oral presentations and evening poster session |
| Friday, January 17 | Oral presentations, discussion of priorities, wrap-up Farewell conference dinner (not included in conference fee) |
| Saturday, January 18–Wednesday January 22 | Optional post-conference field trip (5 days) |
