Conference Themes
- The impact of sustainable development, economic activity and polar law on communities, governance and natural habitats.
- The use of natural, physical and social sciences to help understand the causes and effects of the changing polar climate.
- Changes to polar marine and terrestrial communities over the short and long term.
- Changes in research communities and how research is undertaken in the Polar Regions.
The International Polar Year has increased global awareness and scientific understanding of the 14 per cent of our planet known as the harsh – yet fragile – Polar Regions.
Rapid changes in these regions are impacting the physical, biological and human communities in the Arctic, Antarctic and globally.
The Communities of Change – Building an IPY Legacy Conference will highlight research occurring at both poles, including interactions between the cryosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and society.
This conference will bring together young researchers from around the globe who are interested in advances of methods, technologies, networks, policy and science planning in the Polar Regions.