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  • 6th Polar Law Symposium starts soon

    6th Polar Law Symposium starts soon

    Participants of the 5th Polar Law Symposium

    6th Polar Law Symposium will start on Friday, 11th of October at the University of Akureyri, northern Iceland.

    This year´s agenda will include sessions on Arctic politics and law. It will concentrate on new opportunities and the role of the Arctic Council in governance of the Arctic Region.

    The panel on management of Arctic natural resources will concentrate on current situation in Greenland as well as indigenous knowledge of wilderness protection and management in the High North.

    For the first time Polar Law Symposium will tough upon the topic of civil – military operations in the Region.

    Lot of time will be dedicated into human rights and rights of indigenous people as well as the law of the sea.

    Since September 2008, Symposiums dealing with the emerging legal issues regarding the Polar areas have been held annually.

    The former Symposiums gave important inputs to the discussions regarding the issues of the Polar areas. An overview of the former Symposiums can be accessed below where topics, speeches and speakers are enumerated.

    View detailed agenda of 6th Polar Law Symposium.

  • Arctic Futures Symposium coming soon

    Arctic Futures Symposium coming soon

    Autumn in the Arctic. Abisko, northern Sweden

    Following three highly successful editions, this year´s Arctic Futures Symposium will take place in Brussels on 16th – 17th October.

    The event will be held over two days and it will focus on responsible Arctic resource development. The conference will tough upon safe Arctic shipping, sustainable Arctic communities and communication of scientific research to politicians and policy makers.

    Symposium´s themes reflect Canadian Arctic Council chairmanship priorities: ´´Development for the People of the North´´.

    Established in 2010 to raise public awareness of important developments in the Arctic Region, the annual Arctic Futures Symposium has become an essential venue for promoting ongoing dialogue between Arctic stakeholders and the empowerment of inhabitants of the Circumpolar North.

    To read more about the event, please follow the link.

    Arctic Futures Symposium from International Polar Foundation on Vimeo.

  • First China-Nordic Arctic Symposium

    First China-Nordic Arctic Symposium

    A view from the Chinese research vessel Xuelong in Iceland.

    The first China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will start tomorrow in Shanghai. The Polar Research Institute of China hosts the symposium in cooperation with the Icelandic Center for Research.

    Participants will be Chinese and Nordic institutions. The theme of the conference is “China-Nordic Cooperation for Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Human Activity and Environmental Change”.

    Three sessions are scheduled and open to participants:

    • Session I: Arctic Shipping and Resource Exploration
    • Session II: Arctic Policies and Governance
    • Session III: Climate Change and the Arctic in the Anthropocene

    The symposium will be a significant step towards the establishment of the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center, located at PRIC in Shanghai.

    Following the symposium in Shanghai on 4-6 June, there will be an organized excursion for the participants on 7 June.

    Further information is given by Mr. Egill Thor Nielsson, Visiting Scholar at PRIC.

    Sources

    Polar Research Institute of China

    RANNIS

  • French Arctic Initiative conference

    French Arctic Initiative conference

    The Arctic landscape

    The French Arctic Initiative’s inaugural symposium entitled “Arctic: the Major Scientific Issues” will be held June 3-5, 2013 at College de France, in Paris. It will be followed, on June 6, 2013, by a day of reflection on future prospects for the Arctic and, in the evening, public event at l’Institut Océanographique.

    The objectives of the symposium are: to address the major scientific issues and recent developments with regard to the Arctic, to mobilize the scientific community, from multiple disciplines, around these issues and to highlight the most promising avenues for improving our understanding of this complex system.

    This symposium will lead to the production of a white paper on future research priorities confronting the French scientific community.

    The organizers of the symposium hope to attract the attention of the best researchers in the country, including those who have never worked on scientific problems in the Arctic.

    It is important to note that researchers with leading-edge expertise that is not necessarily focused on a particular environment may contribute to the development of innovative research in the Arctic. We will address the Arctic in a broad context in terms of discipline and temporal (past, present future) or spatial (polar, global) dimension.

    The symposium is organized in the framework of a partnership between the French Arctic Initiative and la Chaire de l’Evolution du Climat et de l’Océan du Collège de France.

    Source

    French Arctic Initiative

  • First China-Nordic Arctic Symposium

    First China-Nordic Arctic Symposium

    The president of Iceland visiting Xue Long, the Snow Dragon, in Iceland

    The first China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will be held in China this summer. The Polar Research Institute of China hosts the symposium in cooperation with the Icelandic Center for Research.

    Participants will be Chinese and Nordic institutions.

    The conference dates are 4th – 7th of June 2013 and the venue will be in Shanghai.

    The theme of the conference is “China-Nordic Cooperation for Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Human Activity and Environmental Change”.

    Call for abstracts for presentations have been opened. Proposals are welcomed from researchers affiliated With Nordic and Chinese universities, research institutes and/or think tanks. All presentations should focus on Arctic-related issues, Within one ofthe session topics:

    • Session I: Arctic Shipping and Resource Exploration
    • Session II: Research Cooperation on Climate Change
    • Session III.: Arctic Policies and Governance
    • Session IV: Anthropos andthe Arctic in the Anthropocene

    The symposium will be a significant step towards the establishment of the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center, located at PRIC in Shanghai. Following the symposium in Shanghai on 4-6 June, there Will be an organized excursion for the participants on 7 June.

    The deadline for the abstracts (250-400 words) is the 15th of March and should be send to Zhang Xia, Head of Strategic Studies Division at PRIC, Zhangxia@pric.gov.cn and Dr. Thorsteinn Gunnarsson, Head of Division at RANNIS, e-mail: thorsteinng@rannis.is. The abstracts should also follow a short CV.

    Further information is given by Mr. Egill Thor Nielsson, Visiting Scholar at PRIC: egillnielsson@gmail.com.

    Sources

    Rannís

    Polar Research Institute of China

  • Recordings from the China-Iceland symposium

    Recordings from the China-Iceland symposium

    Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland, visits Xuelong with his wife, Dorrit Moussief

    In relation to Xuelongs visit in Iceland, the second China-Iceland symposium was held this morning. The venue was the University of Iceland were speakers from both countries exchanged views and information.

    President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson attended the symposium and held the closing remarks. Amongst other he said the CHINARE5 expedition was of global significance, one who would go into the history books.
    Click on the names to watch the presentations.

    Agenda:

    8:30 – Opening by Iceland’s Senior Arctic Official, Hjálmar W. Hannesson and the Chinese Ambassador to Iceland, H.E. Su Ge.

    8:50 – 9:40 Dr. Huigen Yang, Polar Research Institute in China and Prof. Deyi Ma, Director of the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration
    8:50 – 9:40 Dr. Huigen Yang, Polar Research Institute in China and Prof. Deyi Ma, Director of the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration “An Overview of Chinese Arctic Research”.

    Dr. Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, the Icelandic Centre for Research.

    “Iceland’s Arctic Policy and International Research Cooperation”.

    9:40 – 10:30 Dr. Ruibo Lei, Polar Research Institute of China.

    “Interactions among Arctic Atmosphere, Sea Ice and Ocean and their Links to the Climate in China”.

    Associate professor, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, University of Iceland, Science Institute.

    “Remote Sensing of Sea Ice, Observations and Measurements during the CHINARE5 Expedition”.

    From the symposium

    10:30 – Coffee break

    10:50 –11:40 Dr. Yanguang Liu, the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration.

    “Reviewing and Proceedings of Marine Geological Survey during the Chinese Arctic Expedition”.

    Dr. Ármann Höskuldsson, University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences

    “Volcanic and tectonic evolution of the Reykjanesridge”.

    Dr. Jón Eiríksson, University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences.

    “Geological Record of Oceanographic Variability at the Arctic Front”.

    11:40 – 12:30 Dr. Minggang Cai, Xiamen University.

    “Fate of Some Persistent Toxic Substances from the Northern Pacific to the Adjacent Arctic”.

    Dr. Helgi Jensson, the Environment Agency of Iceland.

    “Monitoring of Pollutants in the Marine Environment around Iceland”.

    12:30 – 12:40 Signing Ceremony.

    12:40 – 13:00 Closing remarks by the president of Iceland, Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.

  • Symposium in Rovaniemi calls for abstracts

    Symposium in Rovaniemi calls for abstracts

    Rovaniemi, Finland

    The venue for the 5th Polar Law symposium will be Rovaniemi in Finland. The symposium is held in September 2012.

    The Symposium – the home which is in Akureyri Iceland – brings together internationally renowned scholars, partaking in both Antarctic and Arctic research, from different parts of the globe.

    Previous symposia have proven to be extremely successful in promoting both scholarship and understanding of polar issues. Their outcomes were beneficial to scholars, students and academicians, government agencies, policy makers, jurists and various stakeholders alike.

    The last symposium was hosted by the University of Greenland and held in Nuuk, Greenland, where, among others, the honorable President of the Republic of Iceland and the Premiere of Greenland participated in thelively discussions.

    The theme for the symposium is quite open. It covers a wide variety of topics relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic.

    These include:

    • Human rights issues, such as autonomy and self-government vs self-determination, the rights of indigenous peoples to land and natural resources and cultural rights and cultural heritage, indigenous traditional knowledge.
    • Local and national governance issues.
    • Environmental law, climate change,security and environment implications of climate change, protected areas and species.
    • Regulatory, governance and management agreements and arrangements for marine environments, marine mammals, fisheries conservation and other biological/mineral/oil resources.
    • Law of the sea, the retreating sea ice, continental shelf claims.
    • Territorial claims and border disputes on both land and at sea.
    • Peace and security, dispute settlement.
    • Jurisdictional and other issues re the exploration, exploitation and shipping of oil, gas and minerals, bioprospecting.
    • Trade law, potential shipping lines through the northwest and northeast passages, maritime law and transportation law.
    • The roles and actual involvement of international organizations in the Polar regions, such as the Arctic Council, the European Union, the International Whaling Commission, the Nordic Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations, as well as NGOs.

    Researchers, faculty members, young scholars, jurists, post-graduate research students, policy makers, stakeholders and others interested to submit abstracts within the scope of the above mentioned theme. The abstract should contain no more than 200 words and should be sent to Kamrul Hossain (khossain@ulapland.fi) by 31. March 2012.

    The symposium will be held in the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland from 6th to 8th of September.

    Participants’ registration is from June 15th – August 15th, 2012. Registrations are sent to Raija Kivilahti
    (raija.kivilahti@ulapland.fi).

  • IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium Report Summary

    IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium Report Summary

    IPY International: Early Career Researcher Symposium

    A report summary from the IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium is now available at the APECS website.

    There are many skills required of early career polar researchers that are not typically taught in graduate school or post doctoral environments, but are essential for the basis of a strong career. To help address this, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), together with the ArcticNet Student Association, and the Northern Research Forum held the IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium, in Victoria, B.C, Canada from December 4-8, which was sponsored mainly by the IPY Canadian Federal Programme and the Canadian Polar Research Commission.

    The summary of the meeting includes an overview of all seven sessions and the evaluations that were made. The career development workshop was attended by 71 participants and 20 mentors from 14 different countries, and brought together early career polar researchers from a range of disciplines for a series of training sessions to develop professional skills, work with senior mentors, and develop international and interdisciplinary collaborations. The Symposium had seven themed sessions, all of which included a plenary talk attended by all symposium participants, and a hands-on training session. All plenary talks and breakout sessions were recorded, and recordings will be available on the APECS website by June.

  • Polar Law Symposium 2009

    Between September 10-12 The Second Polar Law Symposium 2009 Will be held at the University of Akureyri Iceland to present and debate current legal challenges in the polar regions. The First Polar Law symposium was held September 7-10 2008 and brought together several of the world’s leading Polar lawyers and senior scientists and coincided with the launch of a new Masters program in Polar Law at the University of Akureyri.

    The symposium gathered over 60 participants, from a variety of institutions including distinguished guests Dr. Bakary Kante, Director of the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions at the United National Environmental Programme (UNEP), and President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Republic of Iceland.

    The symposium was divided into four themes, which addressed the legal challenges of protecting polar UNAK Lake Myvatn biodiversity, improving sustainable development in the North, re-evaluating environmental governance and questions surrounding emerging jurisdictional claims in the Polar Regions. One particular concern for researchers was the need for developing a new legal framework to address the Arctic environment. The Symposium was regarded as a success and the upcoming symposium can be expected to be similarly interesting. This years theme will be

    • Theme I: New Shipping Routes and Environmental Implications for the Polar Regions
    • Theme II: Effective Environmental Governance
    • Theme III: The Exploration and Exploitation of Resources

    It is clear that this years symposium will be just as exiting as last years and will coincide with a APECS meeting held in connection with the conference. The full schedule of the conference can be downloaded here and further questions addressed to Dr. Natalia Loukacheva natalial@unak.is

    Source: UArctic, UNAK