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  • Arctic Day ’13 to take place in Reykjavik

    Arctic Day ’13 to take place in Reykjavik

    Aquaculture

    The Day of the Arctic will officially take place on Thursday, 14th of November. The event will be held in Icelandic at the Icelandic Marine Research Institute in Reykjavik.

    The discussion will focus around possibilities and ways of strengthening the participation of Icelandic research community in international cooperation and policy.

    The Day of the Arctic 2013 will focus on the position of Icelandic research community in changing Arctic and the challenges that are being faced and might occur in the future.

    What is more, the event will answer an important dispute on how well are the Icelandic research institutions prepared to join international cooperation in the Arctic field.

    Alongside the lectures and panel discussions on international cooperation monitoring, research, human resources and education, Icelandic research institutions and commercial companies will promote themselves during poster sessions.

    More information about the Day of the Arctic and detailed agenda can be found here.

    The Icelandic Marine Institute (MRI) was established in 1965 as a governmental institute under auspices of the Ministry of Fisheries.

    MRI conducts various marine research and provides the ministry with scientific advise based on its findings on marine resources and environment.

    Click here to read more about the MRI.

  • The Day of the Arctic to be held in Iceland

    The Day of the Arctic to be held in Iceland

    Icelandic landscape

    The Day of the Arctic will be held by the Icelandic – Arctic organizations on 14th of November 2013. The event will promote environmental, international research, political, legal and economic cooperation between Iceland and the Arctic nations.

    The event will also create 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 will open a large scale platform for Arctic related commercial companies to present their northern operations.

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

    Those to wish to contribute to the panel discussion or the poster session are requested to sumbit their abstracts until 12th of July 2013 to Embla Eir Oddsottir.

    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.

    Source

    Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network