Conference Host:

The University Centre in Svalbard

 

The University of Oslo

 

Conference Sponsers:

 

 

 

 

 

      Planned topics

·         Permafrost modeling

·         Permafrost monitoring

·         Periglacial processes and landforms

·         Gashydrates and CO2 deposition in permafrost areas

·         Thermal state of permafrost and seasonally frozen ground

·         Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions of permafrost

·         Trace gasses and soils in permafrost environments

·         Isotopes in permafrost

·         Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM)

·         Coastal and offshore permafrost

·         Permafrost in the Antarctic

·         Permafrost glacier interactions

·         Permafrost sensitivity to climate change

·         Extra terrestrial permafrost   

·         Remote sensing in permafrost studies

·         Geohazards

·         Infrastructure and climate change in permafrost area

·         Challenges with infrastructure in permafrost areas

·         Mining in permafrost areas

·         Challenges in exploration/drilling in permafrost areas

·         Microbiology in permafrost environments

·         Permafrost education and outreach

·         Northern Circumpolar Soils from the European to the Global Scale