Welcome to WAIS Workshop

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Workshop is a multidisciplinary workshop focused on the fate of marine-based ice-sheet sectors. Since its inception in 1992, this long-running workshop has shaped and fostered research on the past and present state of Earth’s marine-based sectors (including WAIS), the processes that influence its ongoing change, and the present and future vulnerability of marine-based ice-sheet sectors within a changing Earth system. The 2026 WAIS Workshop will be held September 28–30 at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational and Conference Center in Front Royal, VA. For information about this year’s meeting, please click the button below or go directly to information about registration, abstract submission, or early-career travel support.

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