28 March 2025 | 08:30 - 10:00 (MDT)
Open Session - HYBRID
Room: UMC Fourth Floor - 415 / 417
Organisers: Dirk Mengedoht (AWI, Germany); Marie Frost Arndal (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Session Description:
Arctic science is essential to documenting and understanding climate and ecosystem changes and their implications for societies at local, regional, and global levels. When developing the ICARP IV research priorities for the next decade, it is crucial to ensure that the necessary infrastructures and logistical services are in place to achieve the scientific goals. This will help provide the knowledge needed to support sustainable development in a region already profoundly impacted by climate change.
This session will focus on the critical need to improve linkages between science organizations, infrastructure and logistics providers, and funders, to establish a circumarctic platform that facilitates access to key Arctic environments. By aligning these efforts, the aim is to enable representative sampling across the Arctic, in dept understanding of ecosystem interactions and support the scientific objectives set by ICARP IV, the Arctic Council working groups, and other scientific networks.
The session will feature presentations that explore current science-infrastructure linkages, followed by a panel discussion addressing challenges and opportunities in aligning science and infrastructure services to meet research demands. The discussion will also touch on the future of Arctic research infrastructure and the importance of international collaboration.