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  • Iceland focused on Arctic research

    Iceland focused on Arctic research

    Halldór Jóhannsson gives overview on IASC.

    Representatives from Icelandic – Arctic organizations, academic institutions and businesses, gathered today at the Icelandic Marine Institute for one day of introduction on Icelandic – Arctic research.

    The event promotes environmental, international research, political, legal and economic cooperation between Iceland and the Arctic nations.

    The event also creates the platform for the discussion about problems and prospects of current development of the Arctic Region.

    Alongside lectures and panel discussions, the Day of the Arctic opens a large scale platform for Arctic related commercial companies to present their northern operations.

    The Day of the Arctic will is organized jointly by the Icelandic – Arctic Cooperation Network, Stefansson Arctic Institute and RANNIS.

    More information about the event is available in Icelandic on the webpage. For any specific inquiries, please contact Thorsteinn Gunnarsson on e – mail or tel: 00354 515 5800.

  • Registration for ASSW 2014 is now open

    Registration for ASSW 2014 is now open

    Arctic Science Summit Week 2014

    The ASSW is the annual gathering of international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research.

    Its purpose is to provide opportunities for international coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all fields of Arctic science and to combine science and management meetings.

    Last year´s ASSW took place in Cracow, Poland and attracted great amount of scientists, academics and policy makers from many different countries.

    This year´s ASSW and AOS meetings will be arranged during April 5-8 and April 9-11 in Helsinki.

    The conferences will be arranged in the facilities of the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute located on the science campus Kumpula.