The thematic focus of the Symposium is on ice–ocean interaction in the broadest sense, and all interpretations of this theme will be welcome as submissions for presentation at the meeting. Suggestions for specific topics of interest are:

1. Mass balance of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers, including the physics of melting and freezing at the ice–ocean interface and iceberg calving, forcing from ocean and atmosphere, and sensitivity to climate change

2. Dynamics of ice shelves and tidewater glaciers, including the response to changes in surface and basal mass balance, response to ocean variability (e.g. tides, sea ice, ice melange, storm events and tsunamis), impact of calving events, and processes influencing ice rheology and susceptibility to fracture

3. Coupling between grounded and floating ice, including controls on the location and evolution of grounding lines, response of inland ice to thinning and breakup of ice shelves and termini of tidewater glaciers, and the inland transmission of ocean forcing

4. Oceanic response to the input of ice, including the impacts of meltwater and icebergs on regional and global ocean circulation and sea level

5. Role of atmosphere/sea-ice/ocean processes in delivering ocean heat to glaciated coastlines, including the impact of past, present and future climate variability

6. Records of change in ice shelves and tidewater glaciers, including time series derived from direct observation and studies of the past impacts of ice sheet–ocean interaction preserved in the ice core and marine geological record

7. Observational and modeling techniques that advance our understanding of ice sheet–ocean interaction, including strategies for understanding processes, and instrumental monitoring, of ocean forcing and ice sheet/glacier response.