The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is the annual gathering of the international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research. The purpose of the summit is to provide opportunities for coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all areas of Arctic science. The summit attracts scientists, students, policy makers and other professionals from all over the world.
The ASSW 2015 will be held in Toyama (Japan) on 23-30 April 2015 and will include the Fourth International Symposium on the Arctic Research (ISAR-4) and the Third International Conference on the Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III), in addition to the business meetings of the participating organizations:
April 23-25 – ASSW Business Meetings
April 26 – Public Lecture, Excursions
April 27-30 – ISAR-4 and ICARP III Symposium
The combined four day ISAR-4 and ICARP III Symposium will be composed of plenary presentations, panel discussions and parallel sessions addressing both the ISAR-4 theme "Rapid change of the Arctic climate system and its global influence" and the ICARP III theme "Integrating Arctic Research: a Roadmap for the Future". It will also present an opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and to recognize those who have been instrumental in its founding, development and growth.
The organizing committee decided that the scientific sessions of the ISAR-4 and ICARP III Symposium would be mainly driven by the scientific community. Proposals for both sessions presenting and discussing scientific results as a contribution to ISAR-4 and sessions addressing scientific synthesis or research planning activities within ICARP III are invited. Each session will have three conveners. The organizing committee will strive as far as possible for a balance with respect to senior scientists, junior scientists, gender and geographic origin. The involvement of an indigenous convener is specifically encouraged for ICARP III related sessions. Session proposers are encouraged to suggest names for conveners. Session proposals should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 30 June 2014 and include the following information:
Proposer's name, affiliation, corresponding e-mail address and short bio,
Main convener's and co-conveners' name, affiliation, corresponding e-mail address and short bio
Theme of the session (ISAR-4 or ICARP III)
Session title (up to 100 characters)
Session description (up to 500 words)
Scientific field(s) of the session (e.g. geospace, atmosphere, ecosystems (land, ocean), cryosphere, ocean (physical and chemical), social and human dimensions etc.)
Proposers will be notified about the status of their session in August 2014. Note that sessions will possibly have to be rearranged by the organizing committee to avoid redundancy and/or to fill gaps. The convener(s) of the accepted sessions will become members of the program sub-committee and will be requested to evaluate the abstracts submitted for their session and to build the program of the session (poster and oral presentations). At least one of the co-conveners of an accepted session is expected to participate in the symposium and to chair the session.
Please find the full text of the 2nd Circular and Call for Sessions here http://www.assw2015.org/ASSW2015_2nd_Circular.pdf
