PLENARY PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
SUNDAY JUNE 29, 2008
Living in Alaska: A Permafrost-dominated Region
Chair: Mead Treadwell
J. E. Walsh: Simulations of present
Arctic climate and future regional projections
T. E. Osterkamp: Thermal state of
permafrost in Alaska during the fourth quarter of the twentieth
century
E. R. Johnson and L. A. Hegdal: Design
and performance of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System
M. T. Jorgenson, Y.L. Shur and T.E. Osterkamp: Thermokarst
in Alaska
MONDAY PLENARY: JUNE 30, 2008
Thermal State and Fate of Permafrost
Chair: Hanne Christiansen
V.E. Romanovsky et al.: Thermal
state and fate of permafrost in Russia: First results of IPY
C. Harris and K. Isaksen: Recent warming
of European permafrost: Evidence from borehole monitoring
F. E. Nelson, N.I. Shiklomanov, K. M. Hinkel, and J. Brown:
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Investigators:
Decadal results from the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM)
program
L. Zhao, S.S. Marchenko, N. Sharkhuu, and T. Wu: Regional
changes of permafrost in Central Asia
TUESDAY PLENARY: JULY 1, 2008
Engineering Challenges in the 21st Century
Chair: Kaare Flaate
D. W. Hayley and B. Horne: Rationalizing
climate change for design of structures on permafrost: A Canadian
perspective
S. Springman and L. U. Arenson: Recent
advances in permafrost geotechnics
G. Perlshtein: Russian approaches
to permafrost engineering
C. Guodong, M. Wei, and W. Quinbai: Innovative
designs for warm permafrost construction-Exemplified by the Qinghai
Tibet Railway
WEDNESDAY PLENARY: JULY 2, 2008
Hydrology and Terrestrial Processes
Chair: Hans-W. Hubberten
M. Woo, D. L. Kane, S. Carey and D. Yang: Progress in permafrost
hydrology in the new Millennium
T. R. Christensen, T. Friborg, and M. Johansson: Trace
gas budgets of high arctic permafrost regions
J. Boike, B. Hagedorn and K. Roth: Heat
and water transfer processes in permafrost-affected soils: A review
of field and modeling-based studies for the Arctic and Antarctic
Julian Murton: Recent advances in ground-ice
studies
THURSDAY PLENARY: JULY 3, 2008
Alpine and Polar Periglacial Processes - A tribute to A. Lincoln
Washburn (1911-2007)
Chair: Eduard Koster
B. Hallet, R. S. Sletten, and J. Putkonen: Advances
in permafrost and periglacial research in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica
W. Haeberli and K. Isaksen: Research
challenges for permafrost in steep and cold terrain: An alpine perspective
O. Humlum: Alpine and polar periglacial
processes: The current state of knowledge
A. Lewkowicz and C. Harris: Mass movement processes on permafrost
slopes
Wiley Public Lecture, June 30th
Chair: Antoni Lewkowicz
Andi Kaab: Remote sensing of permafrost-related hazards and
disasters