Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Polar Research – Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year

SCAR/IASC IPY
Open Science Conference

St. Petersburg, Russia
July 8th – 11th 2008
in association with the XXX SCAR Meeting

The IPY Joint Committee has endorsed this event as the first in a series of international interdisciplinary IPY conferences. It is therefore cosponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Sessions will take place in the Pribaltiskaya Hotel and at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI).