The Second Inter-Polar Conference (IPC 2025) provides a platform to advance scientific understanding and collaborative solutions for cryosphere preservation, focusing on climate change impacts in the Arctic and Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) regions as well as the possible impacts to the downstream ocean.
Jointly organized by OPRI-SPF, the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, and ICIMOD, in collaboration with the UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and the UArctic Law Thematic Network, IPC 2025 supports the objectives of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP 2025) and the UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (2025–2035).

• Understanding Cryosphere Changes – Climate impacts, extreme events, food & water security, socio-ecosystem changes.
• Protection & Conservation – Governance, adaptation strategies, transboundary challenges, science diplomacy.
• Socio-Cultural Dimensions – Indigenous perspectives, community resilience, artistic and spiritual representations.

Key Dates:
31 Jan 2025 – Call for abstracts opens
30 Apr 2025 – Abstract submission deadline
15 Jun 2025 – Notification of acceptance
30 Jun 2025 – Registration deadline
01 Aug 2025 – Draft paper submission (2,000 words)
01 Dec 2025 – Final paper submission for journal consideration

• Selected authors will present at the conference.
• Papers will be considered for publication in the Italian Polar Journal (IL POLO).
• Travel and accommodation must be arranged by participants; financial assistance is not provided.

For more details, visit: https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/Inter-Polar-Conference
We look forward to your contributions in shaping sustainable cryosphere solutions!