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

- 1.1.3 Polar processes and global biogeochemical cycles
Conveners: Soren Rysgaard, David Barber, Ronnie Glud, Torben R.
Christensen, Casper Tai Christiansen, and Alexandre Forest
- 1.3.3 Polar microbes, genetics, and molecular biology
Conveners: Carlos Pedros-Alio, Yoo Kyung Lee, and Trista Vick

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

Session Area 3 - From Knowledge to Action

- 3.2.1 Perceptions & representations of polar knowledge
Conveners: James Overland, Peter Schweitzer, and Nicolas Brunet

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

Session Area 4 - Public Engagement, Education and Outreach

- 4.2.1 Teaching polar science: IPY and beyond
Conveners: Sandra Vanhove and Jennifer Provencher
- 4.2.2 Inspiring the next generation: scientists in and out
of the classroom
Conveners: Julie Brigham-Grette and Marianna Voevodskaya
- 4.5.1 Polar science goes digital
Conveners: Mare Pit, Inga May, and Kristen Ulstein

For details on sessions in Area 4, including convener contact
information, please go to:
http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca/program/area4.php.

The abstract submission deadline for all sessions:
Friday, 30 September 2011.