An open meeting of the Ny-Alesund Science Managers Committee (Ny-SMAC) on the International Arctic Research and Monitoring Facility in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard and the International Polar Year 2007-2008 will be held on 16-18 October 2007 in Cambridge, UK.

The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), Polar Climate Program, invites applications for a two-and-a-half-year postdoctoral research position in physical oceanography.

The call for papers and application deadline for the workshop "Arctic Coastal Zones at Risk" has been extended to Tuesday, 31 July 2007. The workshop will be held on 1-3 October 2007, at the Polar Environmental Centre in Tromso, Norway

The annual Arctic AAAS Division meeting will be held in Anchorage, Alaska from 24-26 September 2007. This year's conference theme is "Partnering for Northern Futures: Science, Policy, Education, Legacy In the International Polar Year."