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The 8th International Ice Drill Symposium will be held from 30 September to 3 October 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Venue
The meeting will take place at The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, downtown Copenhagen.
Description
Ice drills are crucial to access ice for climate research and other studies of the water and basal conditions under glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets. The ice related research, especially related to understanding the past and present climate, will improve our ability to predict the impacts under future climate changes.
New techniques are rapidly evolving within ice drills and include rapid access drills, replicate drilling and thermal and hot water drilling.
This symposium presents a timely opportunity to show recent advances in our knowledge and technological capabilities in ice drilling technology. In addition, the symposium will include the ice drill related themes like ice-core handling, borehole logging and ice-camp logistics.
Suggested topics
Ice drilling: Development within shallow, intermediate, deep drills
Hot water drilling: Development within shallow, intermediate, deep systems
Thermal ice drilling: Hot points techniques and coring abilities.
Rapid access ice drilling: Development of technologies for rapid access drilling
Sampling and clean technologies: Methods for exploration of subglacial environment
Probes: Use of ice drills in extraterrestrial investigations
Complicated conditions: Conditions like high altitude drilling, warm ice, firn aquifer layers, brittle ice, ice streams complicate ice drilling
Special aspects: Ice drilling technology include drilling fluids, control systems, surface and auxiliary equipment and drill cables and hoses
Directional drilling: There is a need for replicate sampling in many ice drill projects.
Ice core handling: Logging and handling ice cores
Borehole logging: For drill support and science
Logistics: Drill camp operations and future projects
New challenges: Future development of ice drilling technology
Other relevant topic suggestions are welcome. If you have such a suggestion please contact: icedrillsymposium@nbi.ku.dk
Program
The symposium will include oral and poster sessions, and will provide a friendly and intellectually stimulating environment to facilitate face-to-face interactions and networking. Additional activities will include an opening reception, a banquet dinner and a mid-symposium afternoon excursion.
Important dates
15 October 2018: First circular and call for abstracts; Abstract submission and pre-registration is open
1 February 2019: Registration open
1 April 2019: Second circular
1 June 2019: Abstract submission closes
1 August 2019: Registration closes
1 November 2019: Submission of manuscripts opens: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/AOG
1 May 2020: Deadline for submitting a manuscript for publication in Annals of Glaciology
1 September 2020: Deadline for submitting a final version of final accepted paper
Accepted papers will be published online as soon as the authors have returned their proofs and all corrections have been made. The hard copy is scheduled for publication in late 2020.
Registration and accommodation
Please register on the symposium home page: https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/1121/
The registration fee is 2000 DKK. Payment of registration fee can be on the homepage. On the homepage there is also information on accommodation options.
Financial support
There will be support possibilities for a limited number of especially young participants. Please apply by email: icedrillsymposium@nbi.ku.dk before 1 May 2019 including an abstract in the application.
Abstract submission
Participants who wish to present (oral or poster) will be required to submit an abstract. Abstract submission closes 1 June 2019. Please submit abstracts by following the links on the symposium home page: https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/1121/
Excursion
An afternoon excursion including the conference dinner is planned for Wednesday 2 October in the afternoon.
Side meetings
The Local Organizing Committee welcomes requests from groups and organizations for meeting spaces to host side meetings prior to or after the symposium. Send all requests to: icedrillsymposium@nbi.ku.dk
Scientific Committee
D. Dahl-Jensen (co-chair), S.B. Hansen (co-chair), O. Alemany, K. Kawamura, K. Makinson, H. Motoyama, T. Popp , A. Pyne, J. Roberts, J. Schwander, K. Slawny, P. Talalay, F. Wilhelms.
Local Organizing Committee
S.B. Hansen, T. Popp, K-E. Nielsen, J. Justesen, I. Koldtoft, S.M. Andersen, T. B. Christensen.
Planned publication
Papers from the Ice Drill Symposium will be published as a special issue of the International Glaciological Society (IGS) Annals of Glaciology with the theme "Drilling through the Ice". The issue will be part of Annals Volume 61 and will be issue number 83. At the symposium you will register for submitting a paper with a deadline 1 April 2020.
Co-Chief Editors: D. Dahl-Jensen and S.B. Hansen Scientific editors: O. Alemany, K. Kawamura, K. Makinson, H. Motoyama, T. Popp, A. Pyne, J. Roberts, J. Schwander, K. Slawny, P. Talalay, F. Wilhelms.
The Annals of Glaciology is listed on Web of Science. Current impact factor is 2.761. Please note the usual high standards of IGS publications apply, and authors are expected to contribute toward publication of the issue through article processing charges.
For further details on article processing charges, go to: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annals-of-glaciology/information/open-access-information-for-journal-of-glaciology-and-annals-of-glaciology
For information on the preparation of manuscripts for submission, go to: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/annals-of-glaciology/information/instructions-contributors
If you have any questions about the suitability of your paper for this Annals issue, please contact the Associate Chief Editors at either ddj@nbi.ku.dk or sbh@nbi.ku.dk or icedrillsymposium@nbi.ku.dk
Further information
This symposium is co-sponsored by University of Copenhagen.
Go to the official website: https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/1121/