Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference

Narratives from a Resilient Coast: Science, Story and Shared Knowledge

The Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (WAISC) is an annual event that brings people together invested in sharing information important to rural communities in Western Alaska, integrating academic science and Western Alaska local knowledge. The conference highlights needs to maintain 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 continued sharing of knowledge across cultural boundaries.

WAISC rotates among communities in Western Alaska, a region that rarely hosts science conferences. The event was launched by University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus faculty member Todd Radenbaugh and is coordinated through a partnership between Alaska Sea Grant and rural UAF campuses in Western Alaska.