Second Circular

Call for Abstract / Registration starts
https://jcar.org/isar-5/

The changing Arctic and its regional to global impact:
From information to knowledge and action
The changing Arctic and its regional to global impact: From information to knowledge andaction he Arctic is experiencing rapid environmental and amplified climatic changes, creating
significant challenges for people living in this region and various impacts around the globe.
We have been trying to elucidate the reasons for these changes in the Arctic and theirphenomena, but many open questions still remain on the roles of solar activity, ozone
depletion, clouds, methane, aerosols, land processes and other factors involved in Arctic
change. Arctic change has impacts on the global climate as well as ecosystems and humansocieties in higher-middle latitudes. A better understanding of these processes is needed, sothat improved information can be given to society and stakeholders including decision
makers in particular.
The fifth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-5) will be devoted to discussions
on environmental changes in the Arctic and their regional and global implications, to seekadditional international scientific collaboration in this area by gathering, synthesizing andsharing information related to these changes occurring in the Arctic. Special emphasis will
be placed on the fields of the social sciences and humanities, which were not included in theprevious ISARs.
ISAR-5 will take place in Tokyo at Hitotsubashi Hall (website for access) from January 15-18,
2018.
January 15 (Mon) Public Lecture, Side meetings, Registration
January 16 (Tue) Opening, Sessions, Poster, Reception
January 17 (Wed) Sessions, Poster
January 18 (Thu) Sessions, Closing
In this 2nd Circular, information on registration, call for abstract, session descriptions, visa
information, cancel policies, and side meetings is included.

Call for Abstract
The call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the ISAR-5 is now open. The
symposium will address “The changing Arctic and its regional to global impact: From
information to knowledge and action.”
Symposium organizers invite you to submit abstracts to one of the session listed below.
The general sessions are single disciplinary session and the special sessions are inter/multi-disciplinary session.
 The submission of abstract can be made via the symposium website athttps://jcar.org/isar-5/.
 Please use the template downloaded from the website to make your abstract.
 If it is difficult to find a session, just pick a general session, which is closest to thesubject you will present.
 Deadline extended: The “Call for Abstract” will end on September 15, 2017.

Sessions
General Sessions(G 1) Atmosphere
Main convener: Mio Matsueda / Co-convener: Keiichiro Hara

(G 2) Ocean and Sea Ice
Main convener: Hajime Yamaguchi / Co-conveners: Genki Sagawa, Hiroyasu Hasumi(G 3) Rivers, Lakes, Permafrost and Snow CoverMain convener: Mamoru Ishikawa / Co-convener: Masahiro Hori

(G 4) Ice Sheets, Glaciers and Ice Cores
Main convener: Hiroyuki Enomoto / Co-conveners: Teruo Aoki, Konrad Steffen, Yoshinori Iizuka(G 5) Terrestrial Ecosystems
Main convener: Yojiro Matsuura(G 6) Marine Ecosystems
Main convener: Sei-Ichi Saitoh / Co-conveners: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Yoshiyuki Abe(G 7) Geospace
Main convener: Yasunobu Ogawa / Co-conveners: Ryuho Kataoka, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Takuji Nakamura(G 8) Policies and Economy
Main convener: Shinichiro Tabata / Co-convener: Fujio Ohnishi(G 9) Social and Cultural Dimensions
Main convener: Shiaki Kondo / Co-convener: Shirow Tatsuzawa

Special Sessions(S 1) Arctic Warming by Natural Variability and/or Human Impact
Main convener: Hiroshi L. Tanaka / Co-convener: John E. Walsh(S 2) Synergies for "New Arctic" Climate Prediction, Observation and Modeling
Main convener: Jun Inoue / Co-conveners: Yusuke Kawaguchi, Benjamin Rabe, Daiki Nomura(S 3) A Complex Adapting Arctic Ecohydrology in the Context of Changing Climate
Main convener: Hotaek Park / Co-conveners: Tetsuya Hiyama, Daqing Yang(S 4) Biogeochemical Cycles and Biodiversity of Terrestrial Ecosystems under ArcticWarming
Main convener: Hideki Kobayashi / Co-conveners: Josef Elster, Yongwon Kim, Elie Verleyen, Shin Nagai(S 5) Synoptic Arctic Survey – An Ocean Research Program for the Future
Main convener: Are Olsen / Co-conveners: Shigeto Nishino, Leif Anderson, Michiyo Yamamoto–Kawai, Sung-HoKang, Øyvind Paasche(S 6) The Pacific Arctic Region: Rapid Environmental Changes and their Impacts onEcosystems, Climate, and Society
Main convener: Amane Fujiwara / Co-conveners: Kohei Mizobata, Hajo Eicken, Sung-Ho Kang

(S 7) Challenges for Sustainable Use of the Arctic Sea Route
Main convener: Natsuhiko Otsuka(S 8) Developing Under-ice AUV Systems
Main convener: Peter Wadhams / Co-convener: Bo Krogh(S 9) Understanding the Changing Arctic through Data: Stewardship, Publication, andScience
Main convener: Peter L. Pulsifer / Co-conveners: Masaki Kanao, Øystein Godøy, Shannon Christoffersen
Vossepoel, Hironori Yabuki, Julie Friddell(S10) Sustainable Development in the Russian Arctic: Perspectives from Economic,Environmental and Policy Studies
Main convener: Violetta Gassiy / Co-convener: Daria Gritsenko

(S11) Environmental, Economic, Societal and Geopolitical Dynamics in the Arctic, their
Global Drivers and Implications
Main convener: Lassi Heininen / Co-conveners: Matthias Finger, Fujio Ohnishi(S12) Greenlandic Reflections of Global Concerns: Ecological, Social and Political
Perspectives on the Future
Main convener: Naotaka Hayashi / Co-convener: Minori Takahashi(S13) Non-Arctic Decision-making and the Dynamics of Social Change in the North
Main convener: Nikolas Sellheim / Co-convener: Osamu Inagaki(S14) Synthesizing Local Interactions between Permafrost and Human Societies
Main convener: Hiroki Takakura / Co-conveners: Tamara Litvinenko, Yoshihiro Iijima(S15) Technology, Infrastructure and Human Space in the Past and Present of Northern
Regions
Main convener: Naoko Iwasaki / Co-conveners: Peter Schweitzer, Hiroki Takakura

Registration
Please register via website. If you are unable to register online, onsite registration will beavailable during the symposium from January 15 to January 18.
Deadline of early registration: 10:00 am, November 15, 2017 (JST)
Deadline of late registration: 5:00 pm, December 15, 2017 (JST)Registration Fees JPY: Japanese Yen
Registration
CategoryEarlyBy November 15

Late
November 16 – December 15

Regular

JPY25000

ECS*

JPY5000

JPY10000

JPY6000

Undergraduate
Student

Free of charge

Free of charge

JPY6000

One Day
JPY13000

JPY30000One Day
JPY15000

Reception
JPY6000*ECS: Early Career Scientists up to five years after completion of Ph.D., including Ph.D.
students and graduate students.
If you register as an ECS or an undergraduate student, please show your official
credentials at the reception desk.

Registration fee includes:
Admission to meetings and sessions
Symposium materials
Program booklet
Coffee break refreshments during the symposium

Visa Information
Attendees should check if they require a visa to enter Japan on the website of Minister ofForeign Affairs of Japan. Website: http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html
Attendees who require visa support documents issued by the organizer, please fill in the
Personal Information Form* and email it with a scanned copy of your passport to isar5-visa@nipr.ac.jp.
・Visa support documents will be issued only to attendees who have paid their registration
fee in full.
・If you require a Japanese visa, please allow at least 5-6 weeks for the internal procedure.
The deadline for submitting the Personal Information Form is November 30, 2017.
*Please download from the website.

Payment
All payments must be made in Japanese Yen (JPY) by credit card through Online
Registration or by bank transfer.

Change / Cancellation / Refund PolicyYour registration and reservation cannot be changed online after December 15 (Fri).
After this date, any change or cancellation must be made in writing to the Registration Desk(isar5@or.knt.co.jp).
Registration Cancellation Fee
Until November 15: JPY2000

After November 15: 100% of charge

Side Meetings
Do you want to organize side event during ISAR-5? We will be able to provide somemeeting rooms as below. The rooms in the venue are reserved the first come, first servedbases, and free of charge in the following time period.
January 15 (Mon) 13:00-21:00
January 17 (Wed) 19:00-21:00
January 18 (Thu) 17:00-21:00
If the rooms in the venue are full and not available, the ISAR-5 office can find and introduce
fee-based rental rooms. Please contact ISAR-5 Office (isar5-office@nipr.ac.jp) providing
the following information.
 Contact person’s name, affiliation, e-mail address Name of the meeting Name of the meeting and organizer and affiliation
 Planned date and time period
 Expect number of attendees
 And other specific requirements.

Contacts
 Registration Desk: isar5@or.knt.co.jp
 Visa Desk: isar5-visa@nipr.ac.jp
 ISAR-5 Secretariat: isar5-office@nipr.ac.jp
Organized by Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research

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