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IPY 20 07–20 08<br />

March 2. IPY Data Management Subcommittee meeting and<br />

Data Management Workshop at the British Antarctic Survey in<br />

Cambridge, U.K. (2-4 March)<br />

March 6. Two IPY Education and Outreach joint sessions with<br />

the <strong>International</strong> Permafrost Association at the annual meeting<br />

of the American Association of Geographers in Chicago (6-10<br />

March 2006)<br />

March 14. BBC “Countdown to IPY” event<br />

March 16. European IPY Education meeting in Brussels (16–17<br />

March)<br />

March 22. Arctic Science Summit Week with several meetings<br />

related to IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong> planning, Potsdam, Germany (22-29<br />

March)<br />

March 24. 4th Meeting of the Asian Forum for <strong>Polar</strong> Sciences<br />

(AFoPS IV) discusses IPY activities, during the Arctic Science<br />

Summit Week in Potsdam, Germany<br />

March 27. 1st Meeting of the IPY Subcommittee on Observations<br />

in Potsdam, Germany (27-28 March)<br />

March 29. Permanent Committee of Legislators of the Arctic<br />

Region meeting in Ottawa to discuss preparations for IPY 2007–<br />

2008 and other issues related to the development of the North.<br />

April 2. IPY Exhibit and sessions at EGU General Assembly,<br />

Vienna, Austria (2–7 April)<br />

April 10. IPY Education and Outreach Discussion at COMNAP/<br />

INFONET meeting in Washington, DC, U.S.A. (10–11 April)<br />

April 18. IPY planning chart (project ‘honeycomb’ chart) v. 3.1<br />

released by IPO<br />

April 20. 3rd Meeting of the ICSU-<strong>WMO</strong> Joint Committee for IPY<br />

(JC-3), Cambridge, U.K. (20-23 April)<br />

April 21. JC letter to National IPY Committees urging to focus on<br />

funding for national research programs and data management<br />

resources and policies<br />

April 24. <strong>International</strong> workshop, “Subglacial Antarctic Lake<br />

Environments (SALE) in the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong> <strong>Year</strong> (IPY) 2007–<br />

2008: Advanced Science and Technology Planning” in Grenoble,<br />

France (24-26 April)<br />

April 26. Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting in<br />

Syktyvkar, Russia endorses preparations for IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong> (26-<br />

27 April)<br />

May 1. Report from the Planning the Legacy of IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong>:<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong> <strong>Year</strong> Data Management Workshop (3-4 March<br />

2006) published<br />

May 9. 13th <strong>International</strong> Symposium on <strong>Polar</strong> Science, Seoul,<br />

Korea, with the theme “From Molecules to Ecosystem in <strong>Polar</strong><br />

Science: Toward IPY 2007~2008”<br />

May 14. <strong>International</strong> conference, “Antarctic Peninsula climate<br />

variability: observations, models, and plans for IPY research” at<br />

the University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, U.S.A. (14-16 May)<br />

May 22. <strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong> <strong>Year</strong> <strong>2007–2008</strong> Data Policy document<br />

(v. 1.0) posted by the IPO<br />

May 26. <strong>International</strong> scientific, public and outreach event,<br />

Eco<strong>Polar</strong> Ushuaia 2006 in Ushuaia, Argentina features several<br />

activities related to IPY in Antarctica (26–28 May)<br />

June 10. Special session, “<strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong> <strong>Year</strong> – global<br />

research and European public outreach: how can science<br />

centres contribute” in Mechelen, Belgium (8-10 June)<br />

June 12. IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong> represented for the first time at the<br />

ATCM XXIX in Edinburgh, Scotland (12–23 June)<br />

June 19. ATCM XXIX adopts the ‘Edinburgh Declaration on IPY<br />

<strong>2007–2008</strong>’ pledging the ATCM members’ support for IPY<br />

June 21. 39th session of IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic<br />

Commission) Executive Council confirms its support to IPY<br />

<strong>2007–2008</strong><br />

June 30. ESA (European Space Agency) announces it will provide<br />

current and historical data, dating back 15 years, from its ERS-1,<br />

ERS-2 and Envisat satellites to support IPY projects covering the<br />

Arctic and Antarctic regions<br />

July 1. First electronic quarterly IPY IPO Newsletter published<br />

online by the IPO<br />

July 8. 3rd IPY Open Consultative Forum in Hobart, Australia<br />

organized as part of the SCAR Open Science Conference<br />

July 8. 2nd Meeting of ad hoc SCAR Advisory Committee on IPY<br />

<strong>2007–2008</strong>, Hobart, Australia<br />

July 12. Second SCAR Open Science Conference, “Antarctica in<br />

the Earth System”, Hobart, Australia (12-14 July), with several<br />

sessions on IPY topics<br />

August 2. Seventh Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic<br />

Region in Kiruna, Sweden reviews Arctic cooperation and<br />

preparation for IPY <strong>2007–2008</strong>

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