CIRFA Annual Conference 2018
Time: 17-18 October 2018
Place: Sommarøy Arctic Hotel, Troms.
Registration: Registration here!
Wednesday 17 October
10:00 Bus from SIVA Innovasjonssenter
10:15 Bus from Prostneset/city centre
10:30 Bus from Tromsø airport
TIME | TITLE |
12:00-12:45 | Lunch |
12:45-13:00 | Welcome and introduction to conference, Torbjørn Eltoft |
Session 1 (Chair: Torbjørn Eltoft) | |
13:00-13:20 | «Status for Wp 1: Ocean remote Sensing», Harald Johnsen, NORUT |
13:20-13:40 | «Status for WP 5 and highlight from recent field experiments», Kai Håkon Christensen, Met.no |
13:40-14:00 | «SARiNOR, SARex», Tor Husjord, Maritimt Forum |
14:00-14:15 | «Chl-a Monitoring in the Barents Sea», Katalin Blix, PhD fellow, UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
14:15-14:35 | Disussion |
14:35-14:55 | Break |
Session 2 (Chair: Anthony Doulgeris) | |
14:55-15:15 | “Status for WP 2: Sea Ice, Icebergs and Growler Remote Sensing”, Wolfgang Dierking, AWI/UiT |
15:15-15:35 | “Assimilation of Sea Ice Information in Numerical Models”, Johannes Lohse & Sindre Fritzner, PhD fellows, UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
15:35-16:00 | “Practical use of satellite earth observation and AIS data for Arctic marine operations”, Andreas Kjøl, Kystverket |
16:00-16:15 | Discussion |
16:15-16:35 | Break |
Session 3 (Chair: Malin Johansson) | |
16:35-16:55 | “Status for WP 3: Oil Spill Remote Sensing”, Christian Petrich, Norut Narvik |
16:55-17:15 | «Remote Sensing – an absolute neccessity» , Kristin Huseby, NOFO |
17:15-17:30 | “Oil Spill and newly formed sea ice in an arctic environment“, Malin Johnson, UiT |
17:30-17:50 | “AOSD -Automatic Oil Spill Detection for the SeaCOP field monitoring system”, Kristin Valle, NORBIT AptomarAS |
17:50-18:10 | Discussion |
18:10-18:40 | Poster highlight session |
18:40-19:45 | Poster Session |
20:00 | Conference Dinner |
Thursday 18 October
07:30-08:30 | Breakfast |
08:30-08:50 | “Status for Wp 4: RPAS Technology“, Rolf Ole Jenssen, NORUT |
08:50-09:10 | “Status for WP 6: data collection and field work“, Sebastian Gerland, NPI |
09:10-09:30 | “Status for WP 7: Pilot service Demonstration“, Nick Huges, Norwegian Ice Service |
09:30-09:50 | Discussion |
09:50-10:10 | Break |
10:10-12:00 | Interactive session |
12:00-12:45 | Lunch |
12:45-13:45 | Interactive session continues |
13:45-14:00 | Closure, Torbjørn Eltoft, UiT |
14:00-14:45 | General Assembly |
15:00-16:15 | Bus from Sommarøy to Tromsø |
17:30-19:30 | Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Scandic Ishavshotel |
20:00 | Scientific Advisory Board Dinner |
Practical information
Time: Wednesday 17 October – Thursday 18 October, 2018
Venue: Sommarøy Arctic Hotel
Registration fee: There is no registration fee for the participants, and bus transportation, as well as meals, are provided free of cost. The cost of accommodation is not included.
Transport: There will be bus transport to and from Tromsø.
Accomodation:Please note that accommodation costs are covered by the participants, and should be paid directly to the hotel upon check-in.
- The cost of accommodation is: Single room, NOK 1175 per person per night.
There will not be sent a separate confirmation from Sommarøy Arctic Hotel, as our booking is handled as a group reservation
We have reserved hotel rooms for participants until 24 September, and bookings are done via the conference registration page. Participants registerring after 24 September are not guaranteed accommodation.
- Cancellations: Last cancellation date is 24 September 2018. Cancellations after this date will be charged for the cost of accomodation.
If you need to cancel or make any changes to your registration, please send us an email and we will help you, lise.nordgard@uit.no.
Please keep the date.
We look forward to seeing you in October!
Contact:
Torbjørn Eltoft, Centre Leader CIRFA, tel: +47 776 45 184, torbjorn.eltoft@uit.no
Lise Nordgård, Project Coordinator, tel: +47 776 23 291, lise.nordgard@uit.no