Theme sessions

• Sea Ice changes and the impacts on Biodiversity and Human Communities
• Arctic Climate Variability – Past to Future
• The Role of the Arctic in the Global Change Process
• Evolution of Arctic Ecosystems in a Warming World
• Indigenous Cultures – Past to Future
• Coastal Environments as a link between Land and Sea in the Arctic
• Risks to Human Health from a changing Arctic
• History of Arctic Science 

 Key note speakers

• Sea Ice changes and the impacts on Biodiversity and Human Communities (pdf)
  Dr. Hajo Eicken, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
• Arctic Climate Variability – Past to Future (pdf)
  Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, The Bioinformatics Centre, Denmark
• The Role of the Arctic in the Global Change Process (pdf) 
  Dr. Eddy Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
• Evolution of Arctic Ecosystems in a Warming World (pdf)
  Dr. Hiroshi Kanda, National Institute of Polar Research Arctic Environmental Research Center, Japan
• Indigenous Cultures – Past to Future (pdf)
  Dr. Grete K. Hovelsrud, Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research, Norway
• Coastal Environments as a link between Land and Sea in the Arctic (pdf)
  Professor Søren Rysgaard, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
• Risks to Human Health from a changing Arctic (pdf) 
  Jay Van Oostdam, Health Canada
• History of Arctic Science (pdf)
  Dr. Michael Bravo, Head of History and Public Policy Research Group Scott Polar Research Institute, United Kingdom
  

Iceberg, Kongsfjorden. Photo: Padmini Dalpadado, Institute of Marine Research