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IPY 20 07–20 08<br />

capacity building, and education initiatives creates<br />

an informed citizenry with a deeper understanding<br />

of the importance of the polar regions and their<br />

role in global systems. Drawing on the expertise<br />

from other fields, sessions will be held on how<br />

polar science can enhance the flow of information<br />

between researchers and those interested in<br />

applying the new knowledge and information.<br />

A special emphasis will be placed under this area<br />

of the conference on communicating science to<br />

support the use and application of research results.<br />

The planning for the Montreal 2012 Conference<br />

is being led by the Conference Steering Committee<br />

chaired by Dr. Peter Harrison, Stauffer-Dunning Chair<br />

and Director of the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s<br />

University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Co-Chaired<br />

by Dr. Karl Erb, Director, U. S. National Science Foundation,<br />

Office of <strong>Polar</strong> Programs. The Conference Steering<br />

Committee of 12 members includes representatives<br />

from the World Meteorological Organization,<br />

<strong>International</strong> Council for Science, <strong>International</strong> Arctic<br />

Science Committee, Scientific Committee on Antarctic<br />

Research, <strong>International</strong> Arctic Social Sciences Association,<br />

<strong>International</strong> Union for Circumpolar Health,<br />

U.S. National Science Foundation, Association of <strong>Polar</strong><br />

Early Career Scientists, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Forum<br />

for Arctic Research Operators, and the Council<br />

of Managers of National Antarctic Programs. The IPY<br />

Fig.5.6.-10. The IPY<br />

2012 Conference<br />

will be hosted in the<br />

vibrant, cosmopolitan<br />

city of Montréal at the<br />

Palais des Congrès in<br />

downtown Montréal.<br />

(Courtesy: Palais des<br />

Congrès, Montreal)<br />

2012 Conference Secretariat has been set up within<br />

the Northern Affairs Organization, Department of Indian<br />

and Northern Affairs, Canada with responsibility<br />

for the daily organization, planning and coordination<br />

of the IPY 2012 Conference, in partnership with the National<br />

Research Council of Canada.<br />

The Conference Steering Committee has held<br />

several meetings in 2010 in preparing the draft of the<br />

Conference program. Keynote speakers, numerous<br />

plenary, concurrent and poster sessions, as well as<br />

panel discussions and special events are being planned.<br />

In addition, workshops, interactive presentations, and<br />

roundtables will provide conference participants with<br />

the opportunity to discuss the application of the IPY<br />

research findings, the policy implications and how to<br />

take the polar science advances during IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong><br />

from knowledge to action (www.ipy2012montreal.<br />

ca/001_welcome_e.shtml).<br />

The 2012 Montreal Conference will be the largest<br />

concluding event associated with IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong><br />

(Fig.5.6-10). By the time of the conference, major results<br />

of IPY and polar science, observational, and other<br />

activities will be circulating within the international<br />

science community. The conference will then become<br />

the major next step in making those IPY writings, data<br />

and records relevant to policy-makers, polar communities<br />

and indigenous residents, science managers,<br />

educators, and public at large.

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