BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1e8089b8a8bfe7d8a3c6306a1396016c CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20190205T104451 SUMMARY:Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference 2019 LOCATION:Rovaniemi\, Finland DESCRIPTION:The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference, fourth in a series, focuses on the Theme 'Climate Change and the Future Generations' and wants the voices of t he future generations to be heard.\n– We no longer need to prove that Arcti c climate change is a fact. Instead, we need to talk about what it really m eans for the future. For this reason, young people have an important role i n the conference, says Markku Heikkilä, Head of Science Communications of t he Arctic Centre, who coordinates the event preparations.\nThe first confer ence day will feature expert speeches and panel discussions, and the second day will focus more on scientific presentations. The side events of the co nference may also raise other themes.\nThe main organizers of the conferenc e are the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland (https://www.uarctic.o rg/member-profiles/finland/8868/university-of-lapland) and the City of Rova niemi. During the event, Arctic Centre will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit has been organized in Rovaniemi every two years si nce 2013 and is the only regular international Arctic conference in Finland . The 2019 conference will bring continuity to Finland's Arctic activities after the end of Finland’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council.\nAbstract su bmission deadline: 23 August 2019\nFor more information, see the conference website.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference, fourt h in a series, focuses on the Theme 'Climate Change a nd the Future Generations' and wants the voices of t he future generations to be heard.

– We no longer need to prove that Arctic climate change is a fact. Instead, w e need to talk about what it really means for the future. For this reason, young people have an important role in the conference, says Markku Heikkilä , Head of Science Communications of the Arctic Centre, who coordinates the event preparations.

The first conference day will feature expert spee ches and panel discussions, and the second day will focus more on scientifi c presentations. The side events of the conference may also raise other the mes.

The main organizers of the conference are the Arctic Centre at t he University of Lapland and the City of Rovaniemi. During the event, Arctic Centre will celebrate its 30th anni versary. Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit has been organized in Rovaniemi every two years since 2013 and is the only regular international Arctic conference in Finland. The 2019 conference will bring continuity to Finland's Arctic act ivities after the end of Finland’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

< p>Abstract submission deadline: 23 August 2019

For more information, see the conference website.

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