The Third Pole Summit, an international conference, will take place in Kunming, China, July 10-12, 2017. 

Please be aware that the due date for abstracts is May 30. Please visit the conference website.

About the Summit

After the North and South Poles, the Third Pole is the highland core of Asia, and includes the Hindu-Kush, Karakorum, Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau and all the mountain ranges that surround it. This region provides the water resource and ecosystem services to billions of people in Asia. It is well accepted that the regional environmental change will have huge implications for millions of people living in the Third Pole region and downstream areas. Understanding the mechanisms of the earth system multi-sphere (atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and anthroposphere) interactions in the Third Pole is becoming one of the hottest topics for global environmental research, and it is also an urgent task for the scientific community to support the sustainable development of the Third Pole region.

A letter of invitation can help with the visa process. So get an expedited visa, and buy your airline ticket. The hotel room at the conference venue will close on May 31, but presumably there will be other hotel room availability.