The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2025 organizers are now accepting abstracts for the Fourth Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) Summit 2025, which will take place during 25–28 March 2025, immediately following the ASSW 2025 business and community meetings (20–24 March 2025).
This is the summative event of the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV) process, which is a multi-year effort that began in 2022 to engage the international community on critical topics and priorities for Arctic research in the next 10 years that cut across disciplines and knowledge systems, and that require new and innovative thinking and collaboration. The Summit will engage Arctic researchers, Indigenous Peoples, policymakers, and other interested parties from around the world, serving as a crucial milestone for shaping the Fifth International Polar Year in 2032–33.
60 sessions are available for abstract submissions. Additional conference sessions, which will host panels, town halls, and other engaging formats, have also been accepted into the program. Collectively, the sessions within the ICARP IV Summit will address the following areas:
- Research topics that align with one or more of the seven existing ICARP IV Research Priority Team Areas.
- Research topics that are critical for Arctic research planning to consider, but are broader than or not included within any of the seven existing ICARP IV Research Priority Team Areas. For example, topics here may include emerging Arctic threats, new areas in social science, Arctic economies, etc.
- Matters that are important to Arctic research planning and implementation. For example, topics here may include science policy, research evaluation, research ethics, scenario planning, international funding and coordination mechanisms, etc.
Abstract submissions are invited through 30 September 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be made at the latest by November 2024.
More information on the available sessions, and guidelines on how to submit an abstracts is available on the ICARP IV Summit 2025 website.
Please direct questions regarding the ICARP IV Call for Abstracts to
Those submitting abstracts should consider whether they need to request a visa invitation letter for travel to ASSW 2025.