Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Polar Research – Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar
Year

in association with the XXX SCAR Meeting

The IPY Joint Committee has endorsed this event as the first
in a series of international interdisciplinary IPY conferences. It is therefore
cosponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological
Organisation (WMO). Sessions will take place in the Pribaltiskaya Hotel and at
the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).

Funding available for early career
scientists SCAR/IASC IPY Conference: “Polar Research – Arctic and Antarctic
Perspectives in the International Polar Year”

IASC will provide travel grants for early career scientists
(< 5 years after completion of PhD) presenting papers with an Arctic
component to this Antarctic and Arctic collaborative conference. The maximum
travel support will be 2000 EUR per person. Applications should be sent to the

IASC Secretariat
P.O. Box 50003
104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8-6739613
E-mail: iasc@iasc.se

Science Sessions

1.0     STATUS AND CHANGE
1.1 Earth Structure and Geodynamics at the Poles
1.2 Polar Ocean Processes – Status and Change
1.3 Evolving Coastal, Near shore and Shelf Processes in the
Polar  Regions 
1.4 Shrinking Snow and Ice: Rapid Change in the Polar
Regions 
1.5 Past, Present and Future Polar Climate Change 
1.6 Meteorological Processes in the Polar Regions
1.7 Polar Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems: Status
and Change 
1.8 Polar Marine Ecosystems: Status and Change
1.9 Status and Change in Cultural Heritage Sites in Polar
regions
1.10  Status and Change in the Polar Regions – General Session

2.0     POLAR/GLOBAL LINKAGES
2.1 Coupled Cryosphere/Ocean/Atmosphere Systems
2.2 Polar/Global Biological Connections 
2.3 The Sun’s Interactions with the Earth’s Atmosphere
and  Electromagnetic Environment
2.4 Human Linkages: The History of Non-indigenous
Peoples in Polar Regions - Impacts and Interactions
2.5 Polar/Global Linkages: General Session 

3.0     A SENSE OF DISCOVERY
3.1 Deep Sub-ice Water, Hydrological Systems and Ice
sheet  Interactions
3.2 Frontiers in Polar Biology
3.3 Polar Microbes, Genetics, and Molecular Biology
3.4 Technological Advances and Polar Exploration
3.5 Polar Weather and Climate Forecasting
3.6 Frontiers in Polar Scientific Drilling
3.7 A Sense of Discovery – General Session

4.0     THE POLES AS A VANTAGE POINT FOR OBSERVATIONS
4.1 Polar Observing Systems
4.2 Astronomy and Astrophysics
4.3 New Ways of Looking at the Polar World
4.4 Earth’s Magnetic Field: A View from the Poles
4.5 Accessing and Preserving Data as an IPY Legacy
4.6 The Poles as a Vantage Point for Observations

5.0     PEOPLE AND RESOURCES AT THE POLES
5.1 People and Change
5.2 Harvesting and Exploitation of Polar Biological Resources
5.3 Conservation, Tourism, and Visitor Management
5.4 The Role of  Native Knowledge in Modern Polar Science

5.5 Arctic and Antarctic Archeology
5.6 Polar Bridges: Social Scientists and Natural
Scientists Working Together
5.7 Polar History and Institutionalization of Polar
Research:  The International Polar Years
5.8 People and Resources at the Poles– General Session