The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with a location in the high Arctic and easy accessibility, represents a unique platform for high quality international research and education.
The Svalbard Science Forum and The Research Council of Norway in cooperation with The Norwegian Polar Institute and The Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC) invited researchers, research managers and stakeholders to the third Svalbard Science conference. The conference focused on achieving excellent science through cooperation; enhancing cooperation and quality within Svalbard research, building and strengthening interdisciplinary and international networks and consolidating Svalbard as an attractive platform for Arctic research.
Together with updates on the new strategies for research and education in Svalbard and inspirational talks from invited key notes, we invited participants to take an active role in the conference through presentations, poster sessions and group discussions.
The conference was held at Scandic Fornebu, Oslo 2–3 November 2021.
The conference was streamed from Svalbard Science Forums webpage about the conference:
The Svalbard Science Conference will be live-streamed (for free) from this web-page
The next conference is planned to be in 2023.
Oslo 2 – 3 November 2021
Program here
Participant list here
Full session descriptions here
Information letter to SSC participants here
Information letter to those with accepted poster presentation here
Book of abstracts here
Overview abstracts by last name here
Overview abstracts by number here
Funding opportunities: RCN upcoming calls here
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Monday 1 November
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20:00 -
Informal Social gathering, Scandic Fornebu.
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Tuesday 2 November
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08:00 - 09:00
Registration
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09:00 - 10:30
Session 1 Opening of the conference
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10:30 - 11:00
Break
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11:00 - 12:30
Session 2 Geohazards, biohazards and other hazards
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12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
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13:30 - 15:00
Session 3 Science for society
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15:00 - 16:00
Break
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16:00 - 18:30
Session 5 Poster session and mingling (Poster prize APECS)
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19:00 -
Dinner
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Wednesday 3 November
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09:00 - 10:30
Session 6 Summit to sea
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10:30 - 11:00
Break
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11:00 - 12:30
Session 7 Parallel sessions
Session 7.1 Back to the future
Session 7.2 From the ground up -
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
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13:30 - 15:00
Session 7 Parallel sessions
Session 7.3 Eduction and science- a better link
Session 7.4 Arctic Observation and Data Systems -
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
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15:30 - 16:30
Session 8 closing session
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16:30 -
End of Conference, Side meetings? Social gathering?
Side events to SSC2021.
| Event | When | Where | Contact person | Comment |
| SSC2021 | 2-3/11 | Scandic Fornebu | kab@rcn.no | Open to registered participants |
| NySMAC | 4-5/11 | RCN Oslo | christina.pedersen@npolar.no | By invitation only/ Website for event |
| Nutrients in the Arctic WS | 31/10 | Scandic Fornebu | christina.pedersen@npolar.no | Website for event |
| Kongsfjorden FS | 1/11 | Scandic Fornebu | Website for event | |
| Terrestrial ecosystem FS | 1/11 | Scandic Fornebu | Website for event |
| Atmosphere FS | 1/11 | Scandic Fornebu | Website for event | |
| Glaciology FS | 4/11 | Scandic Fornebu | Website for event | |
| SIOS GA | 1/11 | Scandic Fornebu | Christiane Hübner information@sios-svalbard.org | By invitation only |
| APECS | 1/11 | Tøyen hovedgård | grace.shephard@geo.uio.no | Registration for event |
| NERSC/SSSI workshop | 4/11 | Scandic Fornebu | lisbeth.iversen@nersc.no | Workshop programme |