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Published: 10 August 2022

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Greetings from South Central Alaska and the fledgling Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. For those interested, please consider joining us for our opening ceremony on 11 August 2022...details are below.

Upfront, please accept my sincerest apologize for the extended time off the net. There are several reasons for this…the first being right after the successful early May Arctic Symposium 2022, I had a bit of a medical challenge. Am much better now, but the experience did take a bit of a toll for a couple of weeks. The other reasons are generally oriented to being very busy in bringing aboard staff and building out our plans and programs. The below is a quick highlight of these endeavors.

Progress on the POAM, TSC reaching IOC on 1 July 2022. We are happy to announce the TSC achieved Initial Operating Capacity, (IOC) as defined by the 9 February 2022 Pentagon approved Plans, Objectives and Milestones (POAM). Due to the diligence and perseverance fellow TSC teammates (and our ACT-1 Mission Partners) and the great support from OSD Policy (DASD Arctic & Global Resilience and DASD Global Partnerships), Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DCSA) and U.S. Northern Command, the TSC achieved IOC on 1 July 2022 and are headlong away on the path to achieving full operational capacity by 1 July 2023.

Thanks for AAS22 Participation. We do thank all who participated in the 2-6 May 2022 Arctic Symposium…with 280 registered in person and 180 virtual participants with 90+ speakers (including Commander USNORTHCOM & USSTRATCOM, as well distinguished Arctic Indigenous and Allied defense experts) via a myriad of activities, this event was a remarkable session focused on developing landscape of Arctic Security. As regards the AAS22 Report, the release is coming soon. Please know the Symposium Report is due to be signed out by Commander, Alaskan Command in the near term. We will send and post pronto as soon as we are in receipt.

TSC ARSOC. Since Arctic Symposium 2022 (AAS22), the TSC has conducted 2 additional full Arctic Regional Security Orientation Courses, as well as initiating action in the next series of courses to be instructed at the Center over the next several months. We now have more than 225 graduated participants from our education programs and more to follow in the coming weeks.

TSC transitioning to in-person activities. Over the past 3 months, we have recently supported a growing number of "in person" efforts to include Canada’s Arctic Security Working Group, the DSCA 50^th Anniversary of celebration of U.S. Defense security cooperation, the 75^th Anniversary conference of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, staff synchronization talks at the Pentagon and HQ USNORTHCOM. Meanwhile, we continue to support a number of on-line conferences and seminars, (to include the May 2022 DoD Arctic S&T Synchronization Conference) but we are well on the way to transition back from mostly on-line to mostly in person activities. We do hope this trend back to life in "3 dimensions" will continue, while we maintain what we have learned from COVID19 as regards to on-line collaboration.

Filling TSC positions. We have been busily working on personnel hires and have successfully achieved a number of DoD civilian and ACT-I mission partner placements. We anticipate filling approximately 25 DoD personnel fills before the end of Calendar Year 2022. There are coming career opportunities with the Center…please stay tuned to these openings via USA Jobs.

TSC Website release. While we are underway in further refinement/updates of the Center’s brand new website, we do want to release this new TSC portal to support collaboration across the Arctic practitioner community, as it has now sufficiently framed the major portions of our center’s program and activities. Please see: http://tedstevensarcticcenter.org/ Please check back as it will be updated over the coming weeks and months.

Virtual Invitation to view the TSC Opening Ceremony. For folks outside of the Anchorage area, please join us virtually on 9 AM Alaska/1 PM Eastern on Thursday, 11 August 2022, via Zoom.gov for our opening ceremony. The Stevens Center will host a formal ribbon cutting in the future following reaching Full Operational Capacity and fully established in our enduring facility. However this “soft opening” of the Center on this coming Thursday, is provided for all interested to listen and learn from our guest speakers about their expectations and charges for this new DoD Regional Center for the Arctic.

Ted Stevens Center Fact Sheet for July 2022

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EU-PolarNet 2 is looking back to a busy spring. From publishing two of its key documents, the “Catalogue of national Polar programmes and other large-scale programmes” and the “Directory of Polar research funding programmes in Europe” to establishing closer links with the members of the EU Polar Cluster, and the organisation of two online events – and there is yet more to come. In addition, this newsletter presents the national polar programme of IGOT and the Portuguese Polar Community and highlights in polar research.

Stay tuned for a third calls for services on the climate research needs of the European Polar Research Programme this autumn, a White paper on the European Polar Research funding landscape and for in-person meetings where you can meet us!

Newsletter content

• News from EU-PolarNet 2
• Webinar: Who owns the Arctic? – an Introduction to Arctic Governance
• Workshop ‘Recommendations towards an Integrated Polar Observing System’
• Catalyst platform launched!
• ‘Catalogue of national Polar programmes and other large-scale programmes’ and ‘Directory of Polar research funding programmes in Europe' published!
• EU Polar Cluster News
• Partner highlights on polar research
• An overview about the EU-PolarNet 2 partners expertise in Polar Research
• what's up next?

The full EU-PolarNet 2 newsletter for July 2022

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The International Conference and Exhibition “Mining of Uzbekistan and Central Asia” is now open. The event will be held 13-14 December 2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

General sponsor: Gazprombank

Key areas of the Programme

• 200+ Heads of key mining companies in Uzbekistan and Central Asian countries, initiators of investment projects, companies-developers and manufacturers of equipment and technologies, international investors
• 25+ Largest investment projects: construction of MPPs, modernisation, expansion of capacities and development of new deposits
• 40+ Speakers and panellists: project representatives, regulators, leading industry experts
• 30+ Hours of business and informal communication: face-to-face meetings according to a pre-agreed schedule, business lunches, coffee breaks, interactive discussions, a cocktail reception and much more
• Focus session: Investment attractiveness of Uzbekistan and Central Asian countries: growth potential of the mining sector, attracting foreign investment to the region, state support and regulation of the industry
• International experience in technologies and equipment for mining - presentation of new equipment and advanced solutions for the industry
• Important! Energy and environmental efficiency of mining companies
• Innovations in geology: exploration and additional development of ore deposits
• Mainstream! Ore-processing Plant Performance: Concentration Processes Enhancement and Integration of Best Technologies
• Case - study: Strategies and practices for attracting international funding for projects
• Format of round tables: allows to discuss and develop solutions for the most pressing issues
• Specialised exhibition of technical, technological and service solutions from industry leaders

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When: 6^th - 8^th February 2023

Where: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

www.ices-ksa.org

Submission Deadline (Short Abstracts): 31 August 2022

• The International Conference and Exhibition For Science (ICES2023) will take place in the period February 6-8, 2023 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• It will go ahead in person and online (i.e. there will be a possibility to present virtually).
• The ICES2023 is one of the largest international science meetings in the Middle East.
• Visit our website (www.ices-ksa.org) to learn more about the event.
• The scientific committee of the ICES2023 invites research papers on all cross-cutting themes of natural sciences, life sciences and mathematical sciences.
• Scientists from all over the world are invited to take part in the conference (in-person or virtually) and share/discuss their latest research findings.
• The ICES2023 aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present and discuss their findings with experts in all fields of natural sciences, life sciences and mathematical sciences.
• It will feature talks, posters (and e-posters), and panels covering a diverse range of natural sciences, life sciences and mathematical science and science-society topics.
• There will be a special focus on the topic "Roles of Women in Science".
• Before submission, please read the Guidelines.
• The ICES2023 Proceedings will be published in Springer ASTI Series (indexed in Scopus & SCImago).
• Accepted papers will be published in (indexed) journals (Special Issues).
• Read more details about our ICES2023 Publication Plan.
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