Draft IABP-18 Agenda (Updated June 9, 2008)
EighteenthAnnual Meeting of the Participants of the
International Arctic Buoy Programme [IABP]

 Hosted by
Collecte Localisation Satellites

Toulouse, France
16 – 18 June 2008

Monday,16 June 2008

0900- 1200 Business Meeting

1. Meeting Opens – [P. Clemente-Colón]

1.1. Welcome [C. Vassal]

1.2. Meeting Information [C. Ortega]

1.3. Call to order [P. Clemente-Colón]

2. Agenda Approval [P. Clemente-Colón]

3. Review Action Items from Seventeenth Meeting [I. Rigor]

4. Status Reports from each Participant [P. Clemente-Colón]

5. Coordinator's Report [I. Rigor]

5.1. Status Report on Membership and Letters of Intent

5.2. Status of Buoy Network and Deployment Plans

6. Report from Data Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP) [H. Viola]

1300– 1700 Business Meeting [Continued]

7. New Business [P. Clemente-Colón]

7.1. DBCPMeetings [I. Rigor]

7.1.1. DBCP-23 Meeting in Jeju Korea on15 - 19 October 2007

7.1.2. DBCP-24 Meeting in South Africa tentatively on 13 - 16 October 2008

7.2. Location of 19th meeting [P. Clemente-Colón]

1730 Visit CLS Processing Center

1800 Ice Breaker

Tuesday,17 June 2008

0900– 1200 Business Meeting [Continued]

8. New Directions [P. Clemente-Colón]

8.1. Sustaining the IABP beyond the International Polar Year. Challenges:

8.1.1. Increasing area of First-Year Ice and Open Water during summer.

8.1.2. Deploying buoys in the Eurasian Arctic.

8.2. How does the IABP fit into the Sustained Arctic Observing Network (SAON)?

8.3. USCG Air and Ice Breaker Deployments [P. Clemente-Colón]

9. Summary of Participant Contributions [I.Rigor]

10. Review and Approval of the IABP Operating Principles [P. Clemente-Colón]

11. Election of Officers [P. Clemente-Colón]

1300– 1700 Technical Session

12. Technical Session [I. Rigor]

12.1. Argos-3 [C. Ortega]

12.2. DBCP Iridium Pilot Project: Progress and Findings [H. Viola]

12.3. Ice-T Float [F. Vivier]

12.4. Airdroppable eXpendable Ice Beaon (AXIB) Development [P. Legnos]

12.5. Treatment of sea ice in the global 1/4° Mercator Ocean forecasting system [G. Garric]

12.6. Some thoughts on sea ice retreat in 2007 [T. Kikuchi]

12.7. Outlook for summer sea ice extent 2008 [I. Rigor]

1800 Dinner

Wednesday,18 June 2008

0900– 1200 Business Meeting [Continued]

13. Review of Meeting, Recommendations, and Action Items [P. Clemente-Colón]

14. Draft and Approve Meeting Minutes [P. Clemente-Colón]

1500 Guided Tour of Toulouse