The organizers would like to announce that registration and abstracts submission for the 1st Central European Polar Meeting are now possible. The meeting will be held from 10-13 November 2015 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria.
In 2015 the 100th anniversary of the death of Austrian polar explorer Julius Payer takes place. To commemorate the great achievements of Julius Payer for the international polar sciences the 1st Central European Polar Meeting is organized in Vienna in cooperation with the Austrian National Committee for Global Change. It will bring together polar researchers from Central European countries and beyond, including distinguished senior scientists, but also early career scientists and the next generation of polar researchers. Besides presentation of newest results from ongoing research activities, the conference is one of the first international activities of the newly established Central European Polar Partnership, which aims at increasing the visibility and coordinating polar research in and between the participating countries.
Scientific sessions and keynote speakers:
Climate Change and Impact on the Polar Cryosphere
Konrad Steffen (WSL, Switzerland)
Polar Ecology
Skip Walker (Alaska Geobotany Center, USA)
Jakub Zarsky (University of Prague, Czech Republic)
Permafrost under Climate Change
Hugues Lantuit (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany)
History of Polar Research
Susan Barr (Directorate for Cultural Heritage and International Arctic Science Committee)
Arctic Social and Human Sciences
Gertrude Saxinger (Austrian Polar Research Institute, Austria)
Michal Łuszczuk (Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland)
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, 17 August 2015
For further information or to submit an abstract, please go to:
http://www.polarresearch.at/conference
For questions, please contact the conference office:
Ms. Marion Rothmüller
Email: cepm2015 [at] polarresearch.at
The organizing committee is looking forward to receiving your registrations and abstracts!