STATION MANAGERS’ FORUM II

INTRODUCTION AND PRACTICALITIES

10-13 October 2011

Sonnerupgaard, Gods, Hvalsø, Denmark

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Station Mangers’ Forum deliverables

The Station Managers’ Forum is a platform for exchange of information

INTERACT Station Managers

INTERACT Work Packages

Local Communities

SMF meetings INTERACT Web site

Web based Dialogue Forum

Meeting minutes and WP reports

Tools:

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Station Managers’ Forum meeting minutes (seven meetings)

Best practises of station management

Station Mangers’ Forum deliverables - reports and meeting minutes

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Station catalogue

Survey of research and monitoring at INTERACT stationsand description of best practises for selected parameters

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INTERACT Administration and coordination

INTERACT Work Packages

Interaction with stakeholder community- encourage dialogue between INTERACT stations and local communities

and other stakeholders.- invite local communities and international organisations to SMF meetings.- contribute with local based monitoring (developed under WP8).

Station Mangers’ Forum deliverables - Platform for information exchange

Photo: Henrik Spanggård

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Station Managers’ Forum 2 - Agenda

INTERACT station presentations (3)

INTERACT Work Packages (8)

Associated station presentations (3)

Request for Ecosystem Service session

Request for project presentation

Collaboration with other major Arctic initiatives

Photo: Henrik Spanggård

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Station Managers’ Forum 2 - AgendaDay 1

09.00 Session 1: Introduction and News from the INTERACT Secretariat

10.00 Breather 1: INTERACT Research Facility presentation – Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee

11.00 Session 2: WP2 Deliverable - Report ‘Station catalogue’

12.00 Breather 2: Who is who in Polar research

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 Session 3: WP2 Deliverable - Report ‘Best practises of Station Management’

15.00 – 15.20 Coffee

15.20 Breather 3: Associated research station presentation, Krkonoše National Park, Czech Republic

15.30 Session 4: Ecosystem Services delivered by INTERACT stations (WP8)

17.30 End of Day 1

18.30 Dinner

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Station Managers’ Forum 2 - AgendaDay 2

08.25 Welcome and practicalities of Day 2

08.30 Session 5: Retro- and Prospective Vegetation Change in the Polar Regions: Back to the Future

08.45 Session 6: WP4 Transnational Access – feedback

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee

11.00 Breather 4: INTERACT Research Facility presentation – Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden

11.30 - 12.30 Walk in the Park12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 Breather 5: INTERACT Research Facility presentation – Zackenberg Research Station, Greenland

14.00 Session 7: INTERACT web-site

14.30 – 14.50 Coffee

14.50 Breather 6: Associated research station, Czech Arctic Station, Svalbard

15.00 Session 8: WP8 Outreach and involvement of local communities

17.00 End of Day 2

18.30 Dinner

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JOINT INTERACT, IASC and CBMP workshop

DAY 308.30 Welcome, agenda and practicalities 08.35 Setting the scene and expected outputs 08.50 Key note speaker: Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (20 min)Session 1, Stakeholders in Arctic Biodiversity (Arctic Council member State, Indigenous Peoples, NGO)

Session 2, Inspirational presentations (Circumarctic experiment, Ecosystem based monitoring programme, community-based monitoring, scaling)

Session 3, Circumarctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Research and Monitoring initiatives 13.00 CAFF/CBMP Terrestrial Expert Monitoring Group13.30 INTERACT14.00 IASC Terrestrial Working Group14.30 AMAP 15.00-15.30 Coffee15.30 ISAC16.00 SAON

16.30-17.30 Break (except for Synergies Group members)

Session 4 Identification of gaps, recommended activities and potential synergies17.30 – 18.45 Synergy Group presentation of gaps, recommended activities and areas of potential collaboration, followed by plenum discussion18.45 Concluding reflections by the Synergies Group19.00 Closing remarks and the way ahead – the process of turning gaps and areas of collaboration into synergy action (Mike Gill and Terry

Callaghan)

19.30 Workshop dinner

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Day 4

08.40 Welcome and practicalities of Day 4

08.45 Session 9: Conclusions from joint day

09.15 Session 10: WP2 Deliverable D2.2.1 - Report concerning ’Research and Monitoring at INTERACT sites’

10.30-10.50 Coffee

10.55 Breather 7: Associated research station presentation, Aktru Field Station, Russia

11.00 Session 11: WP5-7 Joint Research Activities,

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch

13.00 WP5-7 Joint Research Activities (continued),

15.00 Session 12: Evaluation, ideas for up-coming Station Manger Forum Meetings and closing remarks

15.30 End of SMF 2

Station Managers’ Forum 2 - Agenda

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Practical information

Dining area and barJoint workshopSMF II

Reception

Toilets

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Practical information

Shuttle service to and from Hvalsø Station

Day Morning Afternoon

Monday 07:45 – 09:00 17:00 – 17:30

Tuesday 07:45 – 09:00 17:00 – 17:30

Wednesday 07:15 – 09:00 19:00 – 19:30

Thursday 07:45 – 09:00 15:00 – 17:00

For transport outside these hours call Logistics Manager

Henrik Spanggaard Munch: +45 87 15 86 75

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Paying for SMF 2

Practical information

D r i n k s

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Let’s INTERACT

Photo: Henrik Spanggård

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SMF II - Day 1Session 109.00 Introduction Opening statement and Expected results of SMF2 (Morten Rasch) (10 min) - Introduction of participants (20 min) - Introduction of Agenda and practicalities (Elmer Topp-Jørgensen)(5 min) - Presentation of Station Managers’ Forum deliverables including overview of activities and timeframe (Elmer Topp-Jørgensen) (10 min)09.45 News from the INTERACT Secretariat (Terry Callaghan/Margareta Johansson)

Breather 110.00 INTERACT Research Facility presentation - Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA (Brian Barnes/Syndonia Bret-Harte)10.30 – 11.00 Coffee

Session 211.00 WP2 - Report concerning ‘Abilities of the INTERACT stations’ (AWI, Hugues Lantuit) - Presentation of draft report (30 min) - Initial comments from SMF participants (20 min) - Presentation of plan for finalising report and updating web-site station catalogue (10 min)

Breather 212.00 Who is who in polar research (AWI, Hugues Lantuit) (30)12.30 – 13.30 Lunch