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Arctic Science Summit Week


WEDNESDAY, 26 MARCH, 2008


Time:



Venue:

09.00


PAG - Pacific Arctic Group

Boardroom, Presidium of the Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS (24, Kommunisticheskaya Street)


09.00


EPB - European Polar Board,

Executive Session

Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS (26, Kommunisticheskaya Street)


17.00-19.00


IASC  - International Arctic Science Committee,

Regional Board

(closed  meeting)

Small Boardroom, State Council of the Republic of Komi (r.211, 2nd Floor, 8, Kommunisticheskaya Street)


19.30

Ice-breaker reception

Restaurant “Elephant”,  Avalon Hotel (133, Internatsionalnaya Street)





THURSDAY, 27 MARCH, 2008 - SCIENCE DAY


OPENING OF THE CONGRESS


Joint session of IV Northern Social and Environmental Congress and the participants of Arctic Science Summit Week


First Plenary Session


Venue: Big Assembly Hall, State Council of the Republic of Komi (8, Kommunisticheskaya St., Syktyvkar)


09.00-11.00  

Plenary session



Opening of the Congress

Brief welcome address:

Vladimir Torlopov, Head of the Republic of Komi, Congress Organizing Committee Co-Chairman



Addresses and greetings



The perspectives of the Northern development. The Republic of Komi: the potential, challenges and priorities

Reporter: Vladimir Torlopov, Head of the Republic of Komi



Speech of  Arthur Chilingarov, Doc. of Geog., Representative of the President of the Russian Federation of issues of The International Polar Year; President, Polar Explorers Association; Member, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation


The Trill to Drill in the Chill: The IPY  Lake El’gygytgyn Drilling Project

Reporters:

Julia Brigham-Greta, Professor, Massachusetts State University, USA

Martin Melles, Professor, Koln University, Germany



The global problems: the basic methodological approaches and the Russian northern strategy

Reporter: Valeri Chereshnev, Academician, Chairman, Committee on Science and Science Intensive Technologies of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Chairman, Ural Branch of RAS; Co-Chairman,  Congress organizing committee


11.00 – 11.30  

Coffee- break


11.30 – 13.00  

Resumption of the plenary session



The Arctic research monitoring made by Far Eastern Branch of RAS

Reporter: Valentin Sergienko, Academician, Chairman, Far Eastern Branch, RAS



Preserving and utilization of cryogenic resources

Reporters:

Vladimir Melnikov, Academician, Chairman,  Tyumen Science Centre of RAS; Director, Institute of Earth Cryosphere, Siberian Branch of RAS; Member of RF Public Chamber

Dmitry Drozdov, Deputy Director,  Institute of Earth Cryosphere, Siberian Branch of RAS




Preserving the ethnocultural nation as a factor of sustainable development in the circumpolar regions

Reporters:

Vyacheslav Mikhailov, Doc. of Hist., Professor, Head of Department of National, Federative and International Relations, RF Academy of Civil Service under RF President

Alexander Popov, Doc.of Hist., Professor, Chairman, Komi Regional Council of Experts, Russian Humanitarian Science Fund “The Russian North: history, modernity, perspectives”

Jim McDonald, Professor, President, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, Prince George, Canada

Michel Bouchard, Chief, Anthropology Department University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

Pekka Kauppala, Ph. D., Renvall Institute of History, University of Helsinki, Finland

Valery Markov, Cand. of Phys.-Math.,  Senior Deputy Chairman, State Council of the Republic of Komi; Chairman, International Advisory Committee of Finno-Ugric people

Vladimir Kurikov, Doc.of Econ., Professor, Vice-President, Association of Indigenous People of the North, Siberia and Far East

Alexander Smetanin, Director, Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS    



The Komi pristine forests: the largest territory of the UNESCO natural heritage

Reporters:

Alexander Borovinskikh, Doc of Geol. and Miner., Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Komi  

Anatoliy Taskaev, Director, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS

Svetlana Degteva, Doc. of Biol., Deputy Director, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS

Alexander Popov, Chief, Administration of Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources Utilization in the Republic of Komi

Tatyana Fomicheva, Director, Yugyd-Va National Park

Alexey Yakushev, Director, Pechoro-Ilych State Natural Biosphere Reserve


13.00 – 14.30

Lunch


14.30 – 16.30

Resumption of the Plenary Session



The issues of legislative support of the interests of the Russian Federation in the Arctic Region

Reporter: Gennadi Oleynik, Chairman, Committee on Northern Territories and Indigenous Minorities Issues, Federation Council, RF Federal Assembly



Aerospace topography monitoring in solving the environmental problems of the North

Reporters:

Vasily Malinnikov, Rector, Moscow State University of Land Surveying and Mapping

Sergey Sladkopevtsev, Doc. of Tech., Professor, Department of Nature Use, Moscow State University of Land Surveying and Mapping



The polar medicine development strategy

Reporter: Pavel Sidorov, Academician, RAMS, Rector, Northern State Medicine University


The reproductive female behavior and the characteristics of newly-born children in the RF northern regions

Reporters:

A. Kozlov, G.Vershubskaya, A.Kozlovskaya, E.Boiko

Age Physiology Research Institute, Russian Academy of Education; Physiology Institute, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS



The macroeconomic environment for Russian northern territorial development

Reporter: Alexander Tatarkin, Academician, Member of RAS Ural Branch Presidium



Time:

Venue:

16.30

Briefing for the delegates of Arctic Science Summit Week

Moderator: Vladimir Pavlenko, Doc.of Econ., Professor., General Director, Arctic Research Centre; Member of International Arctic Science Committee


Big Assembly Hall, State Council of the Republic of Komi (8, Kommunisticheskaya Street)

18.15

Briefing for media


Pressroom, Administration of the Head and the Government of the Republic of Komi (9, Kommunisticheskaya St.)



20.00

Host dinner for participants of IV Northern Social and Environmental Congress and the Arctic Science Summit Week

Pushkinsky Restaurant (20\2, Pushkin Street)




FRIDAY, 28 MARCH, 2008



Time:


Venue:


09.00 – 10.30

IASC  - International Arctic Science Committee, Council,

Open Session

Small Boardroom, State Council of the Republic of Komi (r.211, 2nd Floor, 8, Kommunisticheskaya Street)

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break



11.00 – 13.00

IASC  - International Arctic Science Committee, Council,

Open Session – resumption of the meeting


Small Boardroom, State Council of the Republic of Komi

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch



14.00 – 15.00

IASC - International Arctic Science Committee, Strategic Groups

(closed meeting)

4 rooms (9, Kommunisticheskaya Street)

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee break



15.30 – 17.00

IASC - International Arctic Science Committee, Council, Executive Session

(closed meeting)

Small Boardroom, State Council of the Republic of Komi (r.211, 2nd Floor, 8, Kommunisticheskaya Street)


09.00 – 13.00

Panel  sessions

(Appendix 1)






Second Plenary Session


Venue: Big Assembly Hall, State Council of the Republic of Komi (8,Kommunisticheskaya Street)



14.30 – 16.00



The Russian aspect of human development in the Arctic

Reporter: Andrey Golovnev, Doc.of Hist., Professor, Corresponding Member, RAS; Principal Researcher, Institute of History and Archaeology, Ural Branch, RAS (Yekaterinburg)



The modern ecologic and social aspects for biomedical research in human adaptation in Northeastern Russia

Reporter:  Arkady Maksimov, Director, International Research Centre “The Arctic”, Fareastern Science Centre, RAS



Geoecological zoning of Northern territories of the Russian Federation as a basis for the development of the integrated system of the geological and geophysical monitoring

Reporter:  Yury Kutinov, Doc.of Geol. And Miner., Director, Institute of the Ecological of the North, Ural branch of  RAS



The economic situation in the Russian northern regions

Reporters:

Askhab Askhabov, Corresponding Member, RAS; Chairman, Presidium, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS;

Vitaly Lazhentsev,  Corresponding Member, RAS; Director, Institute of Socioeconomic and Energy Problems of the North, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch of RAS



Assessing the environmental risks generated by anthropogenous activity in the Russian Arctic offshore areas

Reporters:

Vladimir Anikiev, Academician, RANS; Chairman of the Board, Russian Independent Environmnetal Expert, Yu.K.Chasnavichus



The equipment required in the North: the urgent challenges for the domestic engineering science

Reporter: Eduard Gorkunov, Director, Institute of Theoretical Engineering, Ural Branch, RAS; Deputy Chairman, Ural Branch, RAS


16.00 – 16.30

Approval of the Congress Resolution


18.00 – 20.00

RECEPTION

hosted by the Head of the Republic of Komi V.Torlopov

Venue: Big Assembly Hall, Administration of the Head and the Government of the Republic of Komi

(9, Kommunisticheskaya Street)




SATURDAY, 29 MARCH, 2008 – ASSW 2008 PROJECT DAY


Post-IPY Scientific Cooperation, Infrastructure and

Assessments


Venue: Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS (28, Kommunisticheskaya Street)


Panel 1.

Scientific Cooperation

Chair: Harald Loeng, Arctic Ocean Science Board (AOSB)


09.00 – 09.25

Ongoing and Planned Joint SCAR/IASC Bipolar Activities – Jorn Thiede and Volker Rachold


09.25 – 09.50

Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II) – Kristjan Kristjansson and Bernard Coakley


09.50 – 10.15

International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) – Maribeth Murrey


10.15 – 10.40

Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System (IAOOS) – Loeng Harald


10.40 – 11.00

Coffee-break


11.00 – 11.25

Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) – Jenny Baeseman


11.25 – 11.50

Polar Archeology Network – Louwrens Hacquebord


11.50 – 12.15

Arctic Paleoclimate and its Extremes (APEX) – Dmitry Subbetto


12.15 – 12.30     

Arctic Science Summit Week 2009, Bergen, Norway – Loeng Harald


12.30 – 13.30

Lunch



Panel 2.


Infrastructure.

Chair: Carlo Alberto Ricci, European Polar Board (EPB)


13.30 – 13.55

European Polar Research Infrastructure Platform for Networking Arctic and Antarctic Stations (INFRAPOLAR) – Paul Egerton


13.55 – 14.20

European Polar Research Ice Breaker Consortium (ERICON) – Nicole Biebow


14.20 – 14.45

Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) – David Hik


14.45 – 15.10

New Canadian Research Center – Peter Harrison


15.10 – 15.30

Coffee-break


Panel 3.

Evaluations

Chair: Kristjan Kristjansson, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)


15.30 – 15.55

Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) – Odd Rogne


15.55 – 16.20

Vulnerability and adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic (VACCA) – Birgit Njastad


16.20 – 16.45

Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) – Christoph Zockler


16.45 – 17.10

Responding to Change  on Arctic Coasts – Circumpolar State and Capacity Assessment – Hugues Lantuit


17.10 – 17.35

Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) Synthesis Activities – John Calder




19.00

Conference Banquet Dinner (special invitation)

Venue: Pushkinsky Restaurant (20/2, Pushkin Street)



SUNDAY, 30 MARCH, 2008



Time:


Venue:

08.00

AOSB - Arctic Ocean Sciences Board meeting

Biology Institute, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS (28, Kommunisticheskaya, Street)


09.00

NySMAC - Ny-Alesund Science Managers Committee, Executive Session


Boardroom, Presidium, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS (24, Kommunisticheskaya Street)

Afternoon


FARO - Forum of Arctic Research Operators,

Executive Session

Chamber of Trade and Commerce of the Republic of Komi (98, Internatsionalnaya Street)



NySMAC - Ny-Alesund Science Managers Committee, Executive Session

Boardroom, Presidium, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS (24, Kommunisticheskaya Street)


MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 2008



09.00

Ny-Alesund Science Managers Committee (NySMAC),

Executive Session

Boardroom, Presidium, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS (24, Kommunisticheskaya Street)



TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 2008


The day has been reserved for meetings, if required.


WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 2008


The day has been reserved for meetings, if required.


APPENDIX 1


Panel sessions: 28 March, 2008, 9.00-13.00




Venue:

Panel 1

The academic science for studying the geology and mineral resources of the Arctic in Timan-North Urals-Novaya Zemlya Regions

Exhibition: The Arctic research done by Institute of Geology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch RAS (A.A.Chernov Geology Museum).

Presented by: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection of the Republic of Komi, Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Urals Branch RAS


Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Urals Branch RAS



Panel 2

Academic science for studying the biology, ecology and environmental protection of the tundra and forest tundra territories

Presented by: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection of the Republic of Komi, Institute of Biology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch RAS; Republican Center on East European Tundra Protection; Department of Aquaculture and Fishery, Komi Ministry of Agriculture and Food.


Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch RAS

Panel 3

The machinery and technology in extreme natural conditions

Presented by: Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Republic of Komi; Ukhta State Technical University; Vorkuta Mining Institute


Hall, North-Western Telecom Komi Branch

Panel 4

The environmental aspects of the demographic policies and the features of life-sustenance in the Russian North

Presented by: Committee on Social Issues, State Council of the Republic of Komi; Institute of Physiology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS


Institute of Physiology

Panel 5

The ethnocultural dimension of the Russian North (the concerns and modes of life of the people in the North; the Finno-Ugric dimension of the Russian policies)

Presented by: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Komi; Ministry of National Policies of the Republic of Komi; Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS; Komi Republican Academy of Civil Service and Management under the Head of the Republic of Komi; Komi Regional Expert Council “The Russian North: history, modernity, perspectives”


Komi Republican Academy of Civil Service and Management under the Head of the Republic of Komi (11, Kommunisticheskaya Street)

Panel 6

Human health in the North

Presented by: Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Komi; Komi Science Medical Centre, Northwestern Branch, RAS; Kirov State Medical Academy Komi Branch; Laboratory of Comparable Cardiology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS


Syktyvkar Cardiologic Dispensary (3, Markov Street)

Panel 7

The rivers in the North

Presented by: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Komi; Dvina-Pechora Basin Waterway Directorate; Federal Agency of Water Resources; Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS

Chairmen: R.Khamitov, Chief, Federal Agency of Water Resources; A.Borovinskikh, Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Komi


Institute of Biology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS

Panel 8

The new educational strategies: the cultural traditions and novations, the experience of generations and modern technology, the lessons in the North.

Presented by: Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Komi; Ministry of Education and Higher School of the Republic of Komi; Komi Republican Institute for Education Development and Retraining; Komi State Teachers’ Training College.

Chairmen: M.V.Getsen, PhD Biol., Director, Republican Centre for Studies and Protection of the East European Tundra under Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Komi; T.G.Navazova, Cand. Sc.Ped., Director, Komi Republican Institute for Education Development and Retraining; L.V.Chalysheva, Cand. Sc. Biol., Komi State Teachers’ Training College

Art Classical School under the Head of the Republic of Komi

Panel 9

The resources and development technologies for the information space of the North  

Presented by: Centre for Information Technology, Administration of the Head and the Government of the Republic of Komi; Syktyvkar Forest Institute; Territorial Information Fund for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Komi


Syktyvkar Forest Institute



Panel 10 10

Competitiveness and the risks inherent in developing the economy of the North

Presented by: Syktyvkar State University

Co-Chairman: A.P.Shikhverdiev, PhD Econ., Professor


Intimate Hall, Syktyvkar State University (Bld.2, 55, Starovsky Street)

Panel 11

The role of natural science research in maintaining the sustainable development of the North

Presented by: Syktyvkar State University

Co-Chairman: G.N.Dorovskikh, PhD Biol., Professor

Chemistry and biology:

I.V.Piyr, Cand. Sc. Chem., Assistant Professor




Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, Syktyvkar State University (120, Petrozavodskaya Street)



Physics:

Yu.N.Belyaev, Cand. Sc. Phys.& Math., Assistant Professor



Main Building of Syktyvkar University (r.232, 55, Oktyabrsky Prospect)


Information Technology:

      D.A.Belyaev, Cand. Sc. Econ., Assistant Professor



Main Building, Syktyvkar University (r.504, 55, Oktyabrsky Prospect)

Panel 12

The political and socio-cultural fundamentals of regional management in the European North

Presented by: Komi Republican Academy of Civil Service and Management; Institute of Socioeconomic and Energy Problems of the North, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS; Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS


Komi Republican Academy of Civil Service and Management under the Head of the Republic of Komi (11, Kommunisticheskaya Street)

Panel 13

Youth Panel



Lines:

The role of natural science research in maintaining sustainable development of the North

Co-Chairman: L.A.Yashina, Chief, Department of Magistracy and Postgraduate Studies


Physics and Mathematics: L.S.Nosov, Cand. Sc. Phys.,Math.

Venue:



Chemistry and Biology: D.S.Bacharov, Cand.Sc. Biol.






The traditions and novations in the history of the North

Co-chairman: M.A.Maximova, Cand.Sc. Hist., Assistant Professor










Main Building of Syktyvkar University (r.412, 55, Octyabrsky Prospect)


Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, Syktyvkar State University (120, Petrozavodskaya Street)


Faculty of History, Syktyvkar University (r.307, 9, Kataev Street)

Panel 14

Youth Panel. The resources and technology of the information space development in the North: the views of the young


Syktyvkar Forest Institute

Panel 15

Youth Panel. 1st All-Russian Youth Scientific Conference “The youth and science in the North”


Presented by: The Komi universities and colleges; Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, RAS



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