Dear APECS community,
APECS has been extremely active in Norway during January-March this year. First, the Arctic Frontiers conference was a great success with a number of side arrangements including the Emerging Leaders and the Young Scientists Forum. Now planning for the next conference is underway, check latest updates at http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/.
The University of Tromsø has announced its new leadership – Anne Husebekk, a new rector and her team have a High North among strategic priorities, which is partly reflected in Anne Husebekk's twitter account (@AnneHusebekk) – “University of Tromsø - A partner for development of the Arctic”. This is good news for Arctic researchers and APECS, and we hope for a continuation of fruitful cooperation with the University of Tromsø.
After an invitation from The Economist, three APECS representatives, Ylva Sjöberg, Teresa Valkonen, and myself took part in The Economist's Arctic Summit in Oslo on March 11-12, which was an interesting event. You can find a summary of this meeting under APECS News.
In the upcoming weeks, APECS will be working together with the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme on a thematic discussion panel during the AMAP Arctic Ocean Acidification conference in Bergen, May 6-8, 2013. This is expected to be a great event! We thank AMAP for this cooperation and for a financial support to a number of APECS members.
What’s happening now? Nothing, because it is a Påskeferie or Easter holidays!
God Påske fra APECS Directorate!
Alexey
