Conference Announcement
The 15th International Symposium on Polar Sciences
"Polar Ecosystems: Biodiversity and Adaptation"
24-26 September 2008
Songdo Techno Park
Incheon, Korea
Abstract submission and registration deadlines: Thursday, 31 July 2008
For more information and to register, please go to:
http://symposium.kopri.re.kr
The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) announces the 15th
International Symposium on Polar Sciences. This year's theme is "Polar
Ecosystems: biodiversity and adaptation." The purpose of the symposium
is to bring together polar ecologists and biologists and to provide an
international forum for exchanging ideas and results. The symposium will
focus on ecology, classification, cold adaptation, and natural products
of polar organisms. In addition, the conference organizers would like to
start discussing and developing an international research effort using
Araon, the upcoming Korean icebreaker.
An extended abstract with references and figures (4 page limit) is
required for both oral and poster presentations. Online registration and
abstract submission can be found at:
http://symposium.kopri.re.kr
Registration and abstracts will be accepted from:
1 May 2008 - 31 July 2008
For further information, please contact:
Hak Jun Kim
Korea Polar Research Institute
Songdo Techno Park, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu
Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea
Phone: +82-32-260-6253
E-mail: hjkim [at] kopri.re.kr