4th Circular: Program and Early Bird Registrationis the annual gathering of the international organizations engaged in supporASSW 2015 will be held in Toyama (Japan) on April 23-30 and include business meetingsof the participating organizations on April 23-25, excursions and a public lecture (in Japanese) on April 26 and a four day
science symposium on April 27-30, combining the Fourth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR‐4) andtheProgram of the ASSW 2015 Business Meetings and the ISAR-4 / ICARP III Symposium is now available. Conference
organizers invite you to register for the conference, noting that early-bird registration closes on February 28, 2015. To register
please visit: http://www.assw2015.org/registration/index.html
Information on accommodation and domestic travel is available on the conference website:
http://assw2015.org/accommodations/index.html
http://assw2015.org/venue/venue_02.html
Note that end of April and beginning of May is a high season for tourism in Toyama and book your hotel as soon as possible.
As of FEB 23

ASSW 2015 Business Meetings
Facility (Capacity)

Hall (825)

09:00 -12:30

IASC WG
CommonSession

201 (72)202 (72)203 (72)204 (72)

Conference (72)bilateral Japan /Germany
IASC AWGIASC CWGIASC MWG

IASC SHWG

IASC TWG

AFoPS

IASC / UArctic /IASSA

18:00 - 19:30
09:00 -12:30
4/24
(Fri)

3F Foyer

NySMAC

4/23 Lunch
14:00 - 17:30

205 (24)

IASC Council

NySMACIASC Council

NySMAC

Lunch
14:00 - 17:30

Reception

18:30 - 20:30
09:00 -12:30

PAG

ISIRA

EPB

FARO

4/25
(Sat) Lunch
EPB

PAG

14:00 - 17:30

PaSCAS

FARO

Excursion (4/26 Sunday) - Full Day
APECSWorkshop

09:00 -12:30
Lunch
4/26(Sun) 14:00 - 17:30

Public Lecture(13:00-16:30)

APECS
Workshop

MOSAICEPB

MOSAIC

EPB

18:30 - 20:30

Icebreaker

Open Business Meeting, Closed Business Meeting, Open Side Meeting, Closed Side Meeting

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ASSW2015 ICARP III / ISAR-4 Symposium
Facility (Capacity)
09:00 -12:30

Hall (825)201 (72)202 (72)203 (72)204 (72)

Conference (72)205 (24)

3F Foyer Civic Plaza

B6A2

A4

B2

C1

C6C10

Poster 1B6A2A4

B2

C1C6C11Opening Session

Lunch

4/27(Mon) 14:00 - 15:30
16:00 - 17:30

EU-J-US WS(18:30-21:00)

Geospace

17:45 - 19:15

WeatherLinkages

09:00 -10:15

Plenary Session

10:45 - 12:15

B6C7

A4

B2

B7

B9C3

4/28(Tue) 13:45 - 15:15

B6

C7

A1

B2

B7

B9

C4

15:45 - 17:15

B6

C7

A1

B10

B7

B9

C8

SIOS

Lunch

Poster CoreTime 1

17:30 - 19:00
09:00 -10:15

Plenary Session

10:45 - 12:15

B5

B1

B3

B10

B7

Joint Session(C4, 5, 10, 11)

B11

13:45 - 15:15

B5

B1

B3

B10

B7

A6

B11

15:45 - 17:15

B5

B1

B3B10B7A6

B114/29(Wed) Lunch

Poster 2

19:00 - 21:00

4/30

NRFPoster CoreTime 2

17:30 - 18:45

Banquet at ANA hotel

09:00 -10:15

Plenary Session

10:45 - 12:15

B5B4B8C2C5A6

13:45 - 15:15

B5

B4

B8C2C5A6

15:45 - 17:15

Closing Session

A5Poster 2Lunch

Scienti c Session, Open Side Meeting, Closed Side Meeting

Session Titles
A1
A2
A4
A5
A6
B1
B2B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8Geospace over and related to the Arctic region
Climate and ecosystem vulnerability in the terrestrial northern high-latitudes
Arctic Climate Change and Potential Mid-latitude Weather Linkages: Large-scale Atmospheric Circulation and Storm
Track Dynamics
Current and Future Observing Strategies for Understanding the Evolving Arctic Climate and Ecological System
Changing permafrost and its impact on the physical, ecological, economic and cultural Earth system
Arctic snow cover changes and their consequences
Remote Sensing of the Arctic Systemand Data Integration
Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions and aspects related to a future, seasonally ice free Arctic Ocean
From human security to geopolitical dynamics in the Global Arctic: the global implications of rapid environmental,economic, and societal change

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B9B10B11C1C2C3C4C5

Arctic Governance, Sustainable Development of Local Communities and Non-Arctic State’s Contribution
Navigation and Fisheries in the Arctic: Prospects, Problems and International Policies
Sharing Arctic Data, Observations and Knowledge: Understanding the Global System through International Exchange
Arctic in Rapid Transition - future research directions from the perspective of early career scientists
Emerging questions in Arctic Geoscienceable development in times of change
Advances in Transdisciplinary Arctic Research: Progress on Building Collaborative Agendas for Research Supporting
Solutions for Sustainability
Understanding Sustainability in the Arctic: From Patchwork to Framework

C6C7
C8 Circumpolar Arctic Coastal Communities Observatory Network: knowledge hubs for northern coastal sustainability
C10 Consulting Arctic Communities on Research Planning
C11 Early Exploration and Exploitation and their Impact Today on Local Arctic Societies

Plenary Keynotes will be presented by:- Chris Rapley, University College London- Qin Dahe, Former Chairman of China Meteorology Agency- Takashi Yamanouchi, Program Manager of GRENE-Arctic project of Japan, National Institute of Polar Research- Margareta Johansson, Lund University, Sweden- Gunn-Britt Retter, Saami Council- Jacqueline Grebmeier, University of Maryland (IASC Medalist)- Hannu Halinen, Arctic Ambassador of Finland

Important Dates
February 28, 2015
March 31, 2015

– Early-bird registration closes– Registration closes

Main Organizers: IASC & Partner Organizations

FA R O

Co-Organizer:
Science Council of Japan
Local Organizing Groups:
NIPR, Hokkaido Univ., JAMSTEC and JCAR
Local Supporting Groups:
MEXT / MOFA / JAXA / Tohoku Univ. / Univ. of Toyama / Center for Computational Sci., Univ. of Tsukuba /Graduate School of Frontier Sci., The University of Tokyo / Toyama Prefecture /Toyama Prefectural Board of Education / Toyama City / Tateyama Caldera Sabo MuseumW W W. A S S W 2 0 1 5 . O R G