We are inviting you to participate at the 2016 ROMS Asia-Pacific Workshop to be held at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies building on the Hobart Waterfront, Tasmania, Australia, October 17-20, 2016.

The workshop will be hosted at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, located in Hobart, Australia. The workshop is jointly sponsored by the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystem CRC and the ARC Antarctic Gateway Partnership.

Understanding ocean dynamics and interactions with the cryosphere at high latitudes is critically important as we adapt to a changing global climate. As such, the workshop will be run as a standard ROMS workshop, but with a distinct polar flavour. This workshop will cover a range of topics including:

The workshop will be held at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies building on the Hobart Waterfront, Tasmania, Australia. Hobart is Australia's hub for Antarctic and Southern Ocean activities, such as scientific research and education.

The registration is open until July 31, 2016. The abstracts for oral presentations and posters are due by August 15, 2016. To register to attend the workshop click here (you will be asked to log in). If you are not a registered ROMS user please register or send an email to Hernan Arango.

We are offering co-funding to provide partial travel support for some PhD students and early career researchers. Support will be approximately $1000AUD and is intended for partial funding of flights and accommodation.

This support will be determined through a competitive process and will be allocated on merit. We ask that interested parties submit a 2-page PDF document consisting of:

a 1-page letter of request justifying funding support and expected outcomes, as well as an overview of the estimated total costs.
a 1-page curriculum vitae, particularly highlighting academic publications.

We ask that this 2-page PDF document be sent to: romsworkshophobart2016@gmail.com
Questions can be addressed to: d.gwyther@utas.edu.au

Submission deadline is: 2nd September 2016. A decision on successful applicants will be made by the following week.

Additional information will be posted here as it becomes available so check back often.

Looking forward to seeing you in Hobart.

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Hernan G. Arango
IMCS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Prof. John L. Wilkin
IMCS, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Prof. Andrew M. Moore
University California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Dr. David Gwyther
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Dr. Ben Galton-Fenzi
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania

Dr. Andreas Klocker
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania