Location: Polar Environmental Centre - Tromsø
Category: NRF Calendar

The well-being and health of people living in the High North depends not only on employment opportunities and adequate public services. It also depends on recognition of cultural characteristics, overall political participation and the utilisation of local knowledge in planning and policy development. The policy section of Arctic Frontiers 2010 will focus on the need for dynamic and adaptive strategies to ensure the sustainability of arctic communities in a changingenvironment.

Arctic Frontiers holds this annual conference in Tromsø, Norway, which is composed of a policy conference and a scientific conference.

The scientific conference of Arctic Frontiers 2010 is divided into four parallel sessions:

• Session I: Ice and climate, including paleo climate.
  
• Session II: Sustainable communities in the High North; economy, well-being including health issues, and self-governance
  
• Session III: Marine Biodiversity under change
  
• Session IV: Frontiers in E-learning of the High North NEW

More information at the Arctic Frontiers Website

Call for Papers, Important dates

• 19.10.2009: Deadline for submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations
• 02.11.2009: Confirmation of accepted oral and posters presentations
• 30.11.2009: Deadline for final updated abstracts

Call for papers

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