Austrian Polar Research Insti tute (APRI)

Jahreshauptversammlung

9.-10. November 2017, Claudiana Innsbruck

Programm Donnerstag, 9.11.2017

14:00-14:15 Begrüßung Peter Schweitzer. Direktor des APRI

Session 1. Polar Ecology I 14:15–14:30 Renate Degen

Benthic Trait Patterns in High Arctic Fjords

14:30-14:45 Klemens Weisleitner (AG Sattler) Assessment of the Phototrophic Potential in the Cryosphere by Laser-Induced

Fluorescence Emission (L.I.F.E.) Technique

14:45-15:00 Nora Els (AG Sattler) Airborne Inoculation Sources to Microbial Communities in Arctic and Alpine Snow Ecosystems

15:00-15:15 Andreas Richter What Cool Microbes Do in the Heat

15:15-15:30 Klaus Pelikan (AG Loy) Ecology of Microorganisms in Arctic Marine Sediments

15:30-16:00

Session 2. Cryosphere and Climate

16:00-16:15 Annett Bartsch Remote Sensing of Soil Properties in the Arctic

16:15-16:30 Helena Bergstedt (AG Bartsch) Surface State Across Scales: Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Land Surface Freeze/Thaw Dynamics

16:30-16:45 Helmut Rott

Geodetic mass balance measurements by TanDEM-X satellite data – Antarctic field study and applications

APRI Faculty

16:45-17:30 Wolfgang Schöner Österreichische Polarforschungsstation in Grönland

Öffentl icher Vortrag, Säulenhalle Palais Claudiana

17:45-18:30 Günter Köck Ice fishing for the climate: 20 years of research in the Canadian Arctic In cooperation with the Canadian Embassy 19:00-20:30 FORTITUDO. Opening of Exhibi t ion

by Paola Folicaldi Suh. Art is t & Roland Psenner. Präsident EURAC Säulenhal le Palais Claudiana Shackleton´s Antarctic Expedition in the Endurance 1914-1917

Freitag, 10.11.2017 09:00-09:15 Stefan Schütz (AG Füreder)

Ecohydrological Research in the High Arctic – Update

09:15-09:30 Patrick Bukenberger (AG Heinz) Benthic Foraminifera in Arctic Regions

09:30-09:45 Gina Moseley Northeast Greenland Speleothem Project: A New Palaeoclimate Archive for the Arctic

Session 4. Cryosphere and Climate II

09:45-10:00 Rainer Prinz (AG Schöner) A Reconnaissance Expedition to an Advancing Land Terminal Ice Cliff in Nunatarssuaq, Northwest Greenland

10:00-10:15 Leopold Haimberger Activities of the Polar Energy Budget Group

Session 5. Social and Cultural Systems

10:15-10:30 Mia Bennett (AG Schweitzer) Development on Ice: Global Transportation Infrastructure and the Arctic Frontier

10:30-10:45 Olga Povoroznyuk (AG Schweitzer) Overcoming Remoteness? Technosocial Networks, Mobility and Modernization Along the Baykal-Amur Mainline

10:45-11:00 Peter Schweitzer, Andreas Richter & Alexandra Meyer Nunataryuk: A New Horizon 2020 Project with Significant APRI Participation

11:00-11:30 11:30-12:00 Basil Fahrlaender (SPI) Introduction of the Swiss Polar Institute 12:00-13:00 Mittagessen

13:00-14:00 APRI Vorstand Vorstandsitzung 14:00-15:30 Generalversammlung