Call for abstracts: Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference
The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference in 2025, hosted by Alaska Sea Grant, will be held at the Naknek Native Village Council in Naknek, Alaska, from April 15–17. This year's theme is: Sustaining the past while advancing the future.
The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference in 2025 will highlight needs for maintaining strength, health, and subsistence lifestyles while moving forward during rapid transitions within the environment, ecology, and industries of Western Alaska. A conference priority is the continual sharing of knowledge across cultural boundaries.
Topics will include cultural heritage and knowledge systems, ecosystem health and resilience, community and public health, sustainable energy and resource development, social science and community perspectives, and environmental monitoring and management.
Organizers welcome submissions for oral and poster presentations drawn from all disciplines that address questions and issues of concern to Western Alaska communities. Abstracts are due by Feb. 14, 2025.
Since 2008, WAISC has brought together rural and urban scientists, educators, students, leaders, and community members to discuss science, research, and issues relevant to Western Alaska.
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