For more information on Arctic Science Summit Week for 2001, go to:
http://www.nac.nu.ca/nri/index.htm
Arctic Science Summit Week
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
22-27 April 2001
Details about this year's Arctic Science Summit Week are now becoming
available. Please go to http://www.nac.nu.ca/nri/index.htm for the
week's calendar, information about lodging, and to register.
In brief:
Arctic Science Summit Week will run from Sunday, 22 April through
Friday, 27 April 2001 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada (the capitol of
Canada's newest territory).
The week includes a variety of sessions tentatively involving groups
such as ARC, AOSB, ACUNS/ARCUS, IASC, Nordic Polar Group, European Polar
Board, the U.S. Polar Research Board-Arctic Subgroup, and others.
Beyond business meetings, there will be two science days:
First, Sunday, 22 April 2001 will be a "project day" that is designed so
people working on circum-arctic projects can report in a general forum
open to all groups (rather than reporting the same information multiple
times to individual groups as was the case with ACIA last year). This
day will be moderated in part by the AOSB and in part by the Canadian
Polar Commission and Natural Resources Canada.
The second science day will be Tuesday, 24 April 2001 with the theme,
"Science and Technology for Sustainable Development." This will include
two sessions on marine and terrestrial resources, and will have an
international focus. Check the web site or with individual organizations
for agendas for the other days.