Arctic Science Summit Week 2011

www.assw2011.org

The purpose of ASSW is to provide opportunities for international coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all fields of Arctic science and to combine science and management meetings. The ASSW also offers insight into Arctic research undertaken by the host country and membership countries. Side meetings organized by other groups with interests in Arctic science and policy will take place at the same time.

The ASSW in 2011 will include not only Business Meetings but also a 3-day Science Symposium. The symposium will take place from 29-31 March, 2011.

Sessions

Disciplinary Sessions

• Arctic Atmosphere, Climate Processes and Teleconnections
• Arctic Change and Implications for Terrestrial Ecosystem Services
• Arctic Marine Climate Change: Causes and impacts on the marine system
• State of Glaciers and Permafrost and Associated Feedbacks to the Climate System
• Societal Changes in the Arctic and North-South Relations
  

Interdisciplinary Sessions

• Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Past, Present and Future
• State and Fate of Sea Ice and Legal and Policy Consequences on the Global Community
• Observing, Modeling and Prediction of Arctic Change

*A complete description of each session is provided aon the conference website: www.assw2011.org

Convenors

• Week Byong-Kwon Park (Korea)
  President of Korea National Committee on Polar Research
• Jacqueline Grebmeier (USA)
  Chesapeake Biological Lab, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
  

Scientific Steering Committee

• Alexey Pavlov (Russia / APECS)
• Alexander King (UK / IASSA)
• Byong-Kwon Park (Korea / IASC)
• Hanne H. Christiansen (Norway / IPA)
• Jacqueline Grebmeier (USA / PAG)
• Roland Neuber (Germany / Nysmac)
• Sara Bowden (Secretary / AOSB)
• Volker Rachold (Executive Secretary / IASC)

Participants

The ASSW is a collaborative and cooperative effort among
following international organizations;

• Arctic Ocean Science Board (AOSB)
• Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
• European Polar Board (EPB)
• Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)
• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
• International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
• International Permafrost Association (IPA)
• Pacific Arctic Group (PAG)
• Ny-?lesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC)

Sponsorship

• Korea Polar Research Insitute (KOPRI)
• Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science & Technology (KRCF)
• Ministry of Education, Sicence and Technology (MEST)
• Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
• Ministry of Environment (ME)
• Seoul Tourism Organization

Registration

Please visit the ASSW website for registration (www.assw2011.org)

Local Organizer:

Director-General of Korea Polar Research Institute

Secretariat:

Dongmin Jin (Korea Polar Research Institute)
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