Date

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Live Webcast of Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP)
Sunday 29 June 2008 - Thursday, 3 July 2008

For further information, please go to:
http://www.nicop.org

Webstreaming will be available at:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/video/NICOP/


The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP), hosted by the
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska,
from Sunday, 29 June through Thursday, 3 July 2008. International
Permafrost Conferences are held every five years under the auspices of
the International Permafrost Association (IPA). The IPA was officially
organized in 1983 during the Fourth International Conference on
Permafrost. NICOP will celebrate the 25th anniversary of IPA and the
125th anniversary of the International Polar Year with special IPA
emphasis on the thermal state of permafrost throughout the polar
regions.

The following sessions will be available via live webcast at:
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/video/NICOP/

Sunday, 29 June
11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremony
2:15 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.: Opening Plenary
Monday, 30 June
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Plenary Thermal
Tuesday, 1 July
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Plenary Engineering
4:45 p.m. -5:45 p.m.: Public Lecture
Wednesday, 2 July
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Plenary Hydrology
Thursday, 3 July
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Plenary Mountain
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.: Closing Ceremony

For further information, please go to:
http://www.nicop.org/