Date

Sessions of Interest
IPY 2012 From Knowledge to Action
22-27 April 2012
Montreal, Canada

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 30 September 2011

For further information, please go to:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca


The International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference entitled "From
Knowledge to Action" is scheduled for 22-27 April 2012 in Montreal,
Canada. The parallel sessions for the 2012 conference are broken down
into four areas. Session conveners would like to call attention to the
following sessions:

Session Area 1 - Science Highlights

- 1.2.1 Atmospheric, physical, and chemical processes in the polar
regions
Conveners: Takashi Yamanouchi, Taneil Uttal, Alexander Makshtas, and
Jenny Fisher

For details on sessions in Area 1, including convener contact
information, please go to:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/program/area1-2.php.

Session Area 2 - Synthesis and Integration

- 2.4.4 Communities and change: vulnerability, resilience, and
adaptation
Conveners: Chris Furgal, Henry Huntington, Rebecca Klady, and Elena
Nuykina

For details on sessions in Area 2, including convener contact
information, please go to:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/program/area1-2.php.

Session Area 3 - From Knowledge to Action

- 3.4.1 Polar knowledge and policies, management, and
decision-making processes in relation to the Arctic
Conveners: Annika Nilsson and Heather Exner-Pirot
- 3.4.2 Polar knowledge and policies, management, and
decision-making processes in relation to the Antarctic
Conveners: Jenny Baeseman and Silvia Jerez

For details on sessions in Area 3, including convener contact
information, please go to:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/program/area3.php.