Now Available: Thematic Program for the 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum, First Draft

The first draft of the Thematic Program for the 6th Open Assembly of The Northern Research Forum, which will be held in Oslo and Kirkenes, Norway from 24-27 October 2010, is now available on the NRF website. The Assembly´s theme is "Our Ice Dependent World". 

The overall objective of the Assembly is to address the impact of dwindling ice -- terrestrial as well as ocean bound -- on the complex interface of nature and society in all climatic zones of the world, with an emphasis on the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Himalaya. In light of the man-made part of climate change, particularly global warming, the natural phenomena of ice has become a matter of global politics -- a common heritage of humankind affecting social life in dramatic ways on a global scale. This turn in the interrelationship and working of the society/nature interface is the focus of the Assembly.

The Conference venue is the Thon Hotel Opera in downtown Oslo and Thon Hotels, Kirkenes. 

The first draft of the Thematic Program for the 6th Open Assembly of The Northern Research Forum can be found here:
http://www.nrf.is/images/stories/pdf/oslo_kirkines_2010/6thnrf_thematicprogram_1st_draft_jan_04_10.pdf

For further information, please visit: www.nrf.is