This section provides information and links to upcoming Conferences and Workshops.

2012 Annual Antarctic Conference - Looking to the Future

4-5 October 2012, Christchurch, New Zealand

ICEFEST, the New Zealand Antarctic Festival (Christchurch -14 September to 14 October 2012) is a celebration of everything Antarctic and will communicate a range of Antarctic topics including politics, arts, science, tourism resource use and protection.  The 2102 Annual Antarctic Conference is opportunity to have scientists communicate with the public as part of ICEFEST. 

• Poster sessions
• Science talks
• APECS Workshop
• Outreach Opportunities

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2012 Antarctica New Zealand's Annual Antarctic Conference

4-6 July 2012, Hobart, Australia - CANCELLED

Antarctica New Zealand will organise a substitute for the annual Antarctic conference in conjunction with the New Zealand ICEFEST Antarctic festival.  ICEFEST will be held in Christchurch and will run from the 14^th September to the 14^th October 2012.  It will be a celebration of everything Antarctic and will communicate a range of Antarctic topics including politics, arts, science, tourism resource use and protection.  At this stage we are planning to hold an Antarctic science event on the 4^th and 5^th of October and hope to use this opportunity to have scientists communicate with the public as part of ICEFEST.  We will communicate more details about the conference as they emerge. 

For other conference listings also go to the SCAR Event site at: http://www.scar.org/events/

8th International Conference on Contaminants in Freezing Ground
22 - 26 April 2012, Innsbruck University Center, Obergurgl/Tyrol, Austria

International Polar Year (IPY): From knowledge to action

22-27 April, Montreal, Canada 

ATCM XXXV - CEP XV
4 - 15 (tbc) June 2012, Hobart, Tasmania

ISOPE-2012 - 22nd International Offshore (Ocean) and Polar Engineering Conference & Exhibition
17 - 22 June 2012, Rhodes, Greece

Tenth International Conference on Permafrost

25-29 June, Salekhard, Russia

XXXII SCAR and Open Science Conference

13 - 25 July 2012, Portland, Oregon, USA

Friday 13 - Sunday 15 July: SCAR Business meetings (SSGs and subsidiary groups)
Monday 16 - Thursday 19 July: Open Science Conference
Friday 20 July: SCAR SSG meetings (without subsidiary groups)
Monday 23 - Wednesday 25 July: SCAR Delegates Meeting

To be held in conjunction with the Open Science Conference

Antarctic Perspectives - connecting music and the arts to science

These events will highlight the creative talents of Antarctic scientists who use music, film, art, photography in relaying their research results and science messages to the general public (and to others in the science community).

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COMNAP Symposium and Annual General Meeting
15 - 20 July 2012, Portland, Oregon, USA

2014 SCIENCE CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) meeting

International Council for Science General Assembly

Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research Conference

August/September, New Zealand