2024 European polar science week

3 6 September 2024 | The Black Diamond | Copenhagen, Denmark

Overview

Polar regions are sentinels of climate change, biodiversity, and human resilience. They have experienced the most rapid rates of warming in recent years. Its expected impacts will exceed those forecasted for many other regions, resulting in significant consequences affecting natural ecosystems and human activities.

Improving our observational capacity and enhancing the basic understanding of the drivers and processes governing those changes, and translating knowledge into solutions for society, are major challenges for the future.

Earth observation from space and Earth system science will represent an essential element in this process. Addressing the major challenge in polar research will require a significant and sustained collaborative effort and an integrated approach to science where the synergistic use of satellite data, in-situ and citizen observations, advanced modelling capabilities, interdisciplinary research and innovative technologies will be essential elements.

This is why the European Commission (Directorate General for Research and Innovation) and the European Space Agency are working together to improve cooperation and to identify and address the grand science challenges in polar research that may drive joint EC-ESA scientific activities in the coming years.

Objectives

The 2nd European Polar Science Week is an important milestone in the cooperation between the European Commission and the European Space Agency. The event will take place from 3 to 6 September, 2024, in Copenhagen.

The overall objective of the European Polar Science Week is to bring together the European polar science community and reinforce European cooperation for polar science.

More specifically, the 2nd Polar Science Week will aim to:

Share latest results in polar science with a focus on Earth observation, and promote networking and collaborative research in polar sciences, bringing together different expertise, data, and resources in a systemic manner
Discuss progress in addressing recommendations from the 1st European Polar Science Week
Identify major polar scientific challenges, observation gaps and research needs for the coming years
Formulate recommendations for a Polar Science Agenda, in particular with regard to maximising synergies between the ESA and Horizon Europe Programme
Develop and provide policy relevant recommendations

During this week, key scientists and stakeholders of polar science will have the opportunity to discuss the major challenges and opportunities in front of us, promote networking and collaboration across projects and activities advancing the EC-ESA Polar research cooperation.

Themes

Key topics for abstract submission are the following:

1. The current state and forthcoming changes in the polar regions

2. Polar ice, ocean, climate dynamics and tipping points

3. Polar ecosystems, biodiversity and carbon cycles

4. Humans in the Arctic

5. Societal impacts of polar change 

6. Polar observations, models and data

7. New methods for understanding the polar regions

Overview Programme

The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond

Blixen, The Black Diamond

The Atrium, The Black Diamond

DAC Room, Danish Architecture Center

Tuesday 3rd September

Start	End
9:00	10:30	Opening High Level Plenary
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:30	Scientific Plenary
12:30	14:30	Lunch Break
14:30	16:00	European Polar EC - ESA Collaboration Plenary
16:00	16:30	Coffee Break
16:30	18:00	Copernicus Plenary Copernicus Polar Roadmap for Service Evolution Plenary
18:00	19:00	Icebreaker & Poster Session

Wednesday 4th September

Start	End
9:00	10:30	Session 1 Heterogeneity in Subglacial Conditions: a Key Influence on Solid Earth-Ice Sheet Interactions	Session 2 Studying and Managing Arctic Tourism in Transition	Session 3 Enhanced Understanding of Polar Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Interactions Within the Climate System
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:30	Session 4 Glacier Change Observations for Hydrological and Sea-level Rise Assessments	Session 5 Overwintering Zooplankton, the Seasonal Lipid Pump, and Global Carbon Cycling	Session 6 How Satellite Measurements can help in Better Understanding Dense Water Formation in the Southern Ocean and its Impacts on the Global Circulation and Climate
12:30	14:30	Lunch Break
14:30	16:00	Session 7 Beyond Borders: Strengthen Global Polar Research through Advanced Research Infrastructures	Session 8 Exploring Polar Dynamics: Insights from the Mid Pleistocene Transition to Future Climate Scenarios	Session 9 From Ice Sheets to Oceans: a Comprehensive View of Arctic Freshwater Fluxes
16:00	16:30	Coffee Break
16:30	18:00	Session 10 Taking the Pulse of the Southern Ocean: an Internationally Coordinated, Circumpolar, and Year-Round Mission – Antarctica InSync	Session 11 Plastic Pollution in Polar Regions: Sources and Solutions	Session 12 Copernicus Polar Expansion Missions: Preparing the Users for a Quantum Step in Monitoring the Arctic and Antarctica
18:00	19:00	Light Aperitivo & Poster Session

Thursday 5th September

Start	End
9:00	10:30	Session 13 Towards a Three-Dimensional Monitoring of Greenlandic Marine Ecosystems	Session 14 Gaps and Opportunities of Future Sensors in Monitoring Ice Sheet Dynamics, Discharge and Surface Processes	Session 15 Arctic Navigation - Practical Application of Sea Ice Information in Current and Future Maritime Operations
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:30	Session 16 Developing the Atlantic-Arctic Distributed Biological Observatory (A-DBO): Improved Observational Capacity in the high Arctic	Session 17 A New Era of Polar Observations: The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) for Polar Ocean, Sea Ice, Snow, Land and Climate Change Monitoring	Session 18 Challenges with Implementing Technologies in the Arctic
12:30	14:30	Lunch Break
14:30	16:00	Session 19 The ESA-NASA Arctic Methane Permafrost Challenge (AMPAC) – Moving to the Future	Session 20 From Circulation Change to Sea Level Rise: the Polar Regions in the Earth System	Session 21 Arctic Biodiversity at a Crossroads - Research Directions Along the Land-Coast-Ocean Continuum
16:00	16:30	Coffee Break
16:30	18:00	Session 22 Ice-ocean-atmosphere Interactions – Focus on Antarctic Ice Shelves	Session 23 Machine Learning for Observing and Forecasting Sea-Ice	Session 24 Space-borne Studies of Permafrost in the Arctic
18:00	19:00	Poster Session

Friday 6th September

Start	End
9:00	10:30	Session 25 The Role of the Solid Earth for the Evolution of the Polar Ice Sheets	Session 26 Strategies for Arctic observing - The importance of ground observations
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:30	Session 27 The Real-World Impact of AI in the Polar Regions	Session 28 FAIR Scientific Data in Support of Polar Monitoring and Assessment Efforts
12:30	13:30	Wrap Up & Closing Plenary

Detailed Programme & Poster List

DAY 1: TUESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER

Start	End	Title	Location

9:00	10:30	OPENING PLENARY Moderator: Martin Breum Welcome and Introduction: Carsten Orth Gaarn-Larsen (DTU, Senior Vice President) Gorm Kofoed Petersen (Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, Head of Space Division) Mette Skarregaard Pedersen (Director of ASIAQ / Greenland Survey) John Bell (Director Healthy Planet, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission) Simonetta Cheli (Director Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency) Mark Drinkwater (Head of Earth, Mission & Science Division, European Space Agency) Raphaël Goulet (Head of Unit Ocean Governance, Law of the Sea, Arctic Policy, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission) Keynotes: Mike Sfraga (Chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission) Claude Véron-Réville (Special Envoy for Arctic matters)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond
11:00	12:30	SCIENTIFIC PLENARY Moderator: Martin Breum Gerlis Fugmann (IASC) Burcu Özsoy (SCAR) Antje Boetius (Director of AWI, AntarcticaInSync) Maribeth Murray (Arctic Institute of North America) Rune Fjellheim (Senior Advisor, Saami Council Norway) René Forsberg (DTU)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
12:30	14:30	Lunch Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond (Poster Session only)
14:30	16:00	EUROPEAN EC - ESA COLLABORATION PLENARY Moderator: Martin Breum Programme Level Cooperation Diego Fernàndez Prieto (ESA) & Larissa Lorinczi (RTD) EU-PolarNet - Achievements and Key Products Nicole Biebow (AWI) EU Polar Cluster Anneli Strobel (AWI) ESA Polar Cluster Diego Fernàndez Prieto (ESA) OCEAN:ICE Ruth Mottram So-ICE, So-FRESH and SO-CHIC Collaboration Anna Hogg Towards a Dynamic View of Antarctica Noel Gourmelen Towards a European Coordinated Effort on Greenland Louise Sandberg Sorensen European Polar Coordination Office (EPCO) Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board), presented by Nicole Biebow (AWI)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
16:00	16:30	Coffee Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond
16:30	18:00	COPERNICUS POLAR ROADMAP FOR SERVICE EVOLUTION PLENARY Chairs: Thomas Diehl (European Commission), Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias (EEA) Introduction Mauro Facchini Presentation of the Copernicus Polar Roadmap Maria Berdahl Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Carlo Buontempo Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) Valentina Giunta Copernicus Land Service (CLMS) Andrus Meiner Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) Laurence Rouil Copernicus In-situ Component Jose Miguel Rubio Iglesias Panel Discussion: In-situ activities in the Polar areas Panelists: Carlo Buontempo (ECMWF); Valentina Giunta (Mercator Ocean); Polona Itkin (Norwegian Polar Institute); Mikko Strahlendorff (FMI); Laurence Rouil (ECMWF)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
18:00	19:00	Workshops & Poster Session	Atrium, The Black Diamond

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER

Start	End	Title	Location
PARALLEL SESSION 1 - Heterogeneity in Subglacial Conditions: a Key Influence on Solid Earth-Ice Sheet Interactions Chairs: Jörg Ebbing (Kiel University), Fausto Ferraccioli (OGS)
9:00	10:30	RINGS probing into the Antarctic Ice Sheet margin Kenichi Matsuoka (Norwegian Polar Institute) Heterogenous geological boundary conditions and geothermal heat flux revealed beneath Antarctica's subglacial lake districts Fausto Ferraccioli (OGS) Ice sheet englacial temperature derived from satellite observations Marion Leduc-Leballeur (Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara") The flip side: Thermal state of Greenland's ice-bed interface in ice flow models William Colgan (GEUS) Influence of geothermal flux variations on Greenland Ice Sheet topography and dynamics Synne Høyer Svendsen (GEUS)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 2 - Studying and Managing Arctic Tourism in Transition Chairs: Halvor Dannevig (Western Norway Research Institute), Carina Ren (Aalborg University)
9:00	10:30	Sustainable tourism in the Arctic: Examining the potential for adaptive tourism governance in Svalbard and Greenland Anna G. Sveinsdóttir Contested wilderness - identifying competing narratives about Svalbard futures Grete Hovelsrud Comparison and cross-case learning in Arctic cruise tourism? Julia Olsen Climate change and tourism in Greenland – friction, opportunism and everyday concerns? Carina Ren Socio-ecological perspectives expedition cruise tourism management in Svalbard Halvor Dannevig	Blixen, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 3 - Enhanced Understanding of Polar Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Interactions Within the Climate System Chairs: Risto Makkonen (FMI), Jennie Thomas (CNRS / IGE)
9:00	10:30	Air-Ice-Sea interactions in present and future climate: Recent advances and modeling challenges in the Arctic and the Antarctic Tore Hatterman Processes controlling Polar Aerosols and Clouds in the sea ice environment Paul Zieger Insights into the biogeochemical dynamics of ice-covered oceans Letizia Tedesco The polar climate in the coupled Earth System Marianne Tronstad Lund Panel Discussion All Speakers	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Center
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 4 - Glacier change observations for hydrological and sea-level rise assessments Chairs: Michael Zemp (University of Zurich), Livia Jakob (Earthwave)
11:00	12:30	Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise - results and roadmap Inés Dussaillant & Noel Gourmelen Arctic glacier mass changes: insights gained through satellite gravimetry observations Ingo Sasgen Complex pattern of ice loss in polar regions and High Mountain Asia from satellite altimetry: Implications on sea level and local hydrology Shfaqat Khan Systematized monitoring of ice peripheral glaciers in Greenland and the relevance for global glacier mass change assessments Signe Hillerup Larsen Improving global glacier modeling efforts through observations Harry Zekollari	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 5 - Overwintering zooplankton, the Seasonal Lipid Pump, and global carbon cycling Chairs: Jen Freer (British Antarctic Survey), Nadine Johnston (British Antarctic Survey)
11:00	12:30	The contribution of diapausing copepods to the Southern Ocean lipid pump Aidan Hunter (British Antarctic Survey) Estimating the lipid pump by mesozooplankton, krill and salps of the Southern Ocean Guang Yang (Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences) The global lipid pump André W. Visser (DTU Aqua) Climate change and the lipid pump Sigrún H. Jónasdóttir (DTU Aqua)	Blixen, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 6 - How satellite measurements can help in better understanding dense water formation in the Southern Ocean and its impacts on the global circulation and climate Chairs: Estrella Olmedo (Institute of Marine Sciences), Alessandro Silvano (University of Southampton)
11:00	12:30	Overview of processes: current state of the art and gaps Alexander Haumann State of the art and gaps of the in-situ observation Alessandro Silvano State of the art and gaps of models Torge Martin Satellite Sea Surface Salinity products for better understanding freshwater fluxes in the Southern Ocean Verónica González-Gambau	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Center
12:30	14:30	Lunch Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond (Poster Session only)
PARALLEL SESSION 7 - Beyond Borders: Strengthen Global Polar Research through Advanced Research Infrastructures Chairs: Nicole Biebow (AWI), Anneli Strobel (AWI)
14:30	16:00	EU-PolarNet and research coordination initiatives requiring large-scale coordinated implementation Chiara Venier (ISP-CNR) EU-PolarNet 2 white paper with 80 actionable policy level recommendations for strengthening international polar observation Hannele Savela (Thule Institute, UOULU) Accessing research infrastructures in the polar regions: The Polar Research Infrastructure Network Veronica Willmott (AWI) The Tara research station Romain Troublé (Fondation Tara Océan) Strengthening international observation through cooperation with ESA Diego Fernàndez Prieto (ESA-ESRIN)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 8 - Exploring Polar Dynamics: Insights from the Mid Pleistocene Transition to Future Climate Scenarios Chairs: Carlo Barbante (University of Venice), Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (University of Copenhagen)
14:30	16:00	Introduction to the Session Carlo Barbante & Dorthe Dahl-Jensen Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years Peter Koehler (AWI) Characterising the Antarctic Ice Sheet through time and space Olaf Eisen (AWI) The role of the Antarctic ice sheet in the regional to global climate system Laura De Santis (OGS) Future perspective - recommendations for a Polar Science Agenda Carlo Barbante	Blixen, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 9 - From ice sheets to oceans: a comprehensive view of Arctic freshwater fluxes Chairs: Nanna B. Karlsson (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland), Marta Umbert (Institute of Marine Sciences - CSIC), Anne Munck Solgaard (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)
14:30	16:00	Towards an EO-based freshwater budget of the Greenland ice sheet Louise Sandberg Sorensen Freshwater fluxes from a modeling perspective Laurent Bertino Freshwater impacts on the biogeochemistry of the East Greenland Shelf Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo Ecosystem perspectives on freshwater fluxes in Arctic fjords - results from EU project FACE-IT Johnna Holding Sea Surface Salinity measurements from space for improving the freshwater estimates in the Arctic Ocean Estrella Olmedo	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Centre
16:00	16:30	Coffee Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 10 - Taking the pulse of the Southern Ocean: an internationally coordinated, circumpolar, and year-round mission - Antarctica InSync Chairs: Stefanie Arndt (AWI / UHH), Alexander Haumann (AWI / LMU)
16:30	18:00	Introduction to Antarctica InSync Stefanie Arndt & Alexander Haumann Southern Ocean heat, freshwater, and carbon budgets and their response to climate change Andrew Meijers & Marcel du Plessis Rapid sea ice decline and its interdisciplinary consequences Petra Heil Melting ice shelves and coastal impacts Tore Hatterman Improving knowledge and protection of the unique Antarctic life from land into the deep sea Nadine Johnston Panel Discussion All Speakers	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 11 - Plastic Pollution in Polar Regions: Sources and Solutions Chairs: Elizabeth Boyse (British Antarctic Survey), Emily Rowlands (British Antarctic Survey)
16:30	18:00	Marine litter and microplastic pollution in the Antarctic environment: a general overview Giuseppe Suaria Trends and composition of plastic pollution in West and East Greenland 2016 - 2022 Jakob Strand Microplastic pollution in Arctic marine systems with implications for key zooplankton species Rachel Coppock The status of monitoring microplastics in the Arctic, with a focus on multi-matrix approaches Amy Lusher Cost-efficient strategies for microplastic removal from scientific research facilities within the Antarctic Treaty area Aanchal Jain	Blixen, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 12 - Copernicus Polar Expansion Missions: preparing the users for a quantum step in monitoring the Arctic and Antarctica Chairs: Maria Berdahl (DG.DEFIS), Diego Fernàndez Prieto (ESA)
16:30	18:00	User Service requirements for the polar Regions – the findings of Polar Expert Group Thomas Nagler Overview and Status of the Copernicus Polar Expansion Missions (CRISTAL, CIMR and ROSE-L) Craig Donlon (ESA) Horizon Europe activities to prepare the community for Copernicus Expansion Mission exploitation Maria Berdahl (DG.DEFIS) The ESA polar science cluster and the Sentinel User Preparation activities Diego Fernàndez Prieto (ESA) Future Science Facilities (CRISTALair, CIMRair), planned campaigns and related field activities for polar science Paolo Cipollini (ESA)	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Center
18:00	19:00	Workshops & Poster Session Streaming of the JUSTNORTH documentary	Atrium, The Black Diamond The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond

DAY 3: THURSDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER

Start	End	Title	Location
PARALLEL SESSION 13 - Towards a three-dimensional monitoring of Greenlandic Marine Ecosystems Chairs: Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo (DTU Aqua), Thomas Juul-Pedersen (GINR)
9:00	10:30	In situ monitoring of Greenlandic waters Thomas Juul-Pedersen Marine optics monitoring in Greenland: benefits, challenges and future Piotr Kowalczuk From surface to the bottom: Ocean color retrievals and Argo floats Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo Marine ecosystem modelling with remote sensing data assimilation Camila Serra-Pompei	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 14 - Gaps and opportunities of future sensors in monitoring ice sheet dynamics, discharge and surface processes Chairs: Thomas Nagler (ENVEO), Anna Hogg (University of Leeds)
9:00	10:30	Satellite observations of ice sheet velocity and grounding line dynamics: science goals, data continuity, and data gaps Eric Rignot; co-authors: Bernd Scheuchl, and Sam Herreid Ice velocity and discharge and surface melt dynamics from Earth Observation data – status and opportunities of upcoming sensors Jan Wuite; co-authors: Thomas Nagler Large-scale ice velocity mapping in Antarctica - current status, advances and opportunities Ben Wallis; co-authors: Anna Hogg Perspectives from monitoring Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance through the PROMICE and GC-Net programs Andreas Ahlstrom; co-authors: Robert Fausto, Signe Hillerup Larsen, Anne Solgaard, Ken Mankoff, Anders Kusk and the PROMICE/GC-Net team Recent advances and future opportunities in measuring Surface Mass Balance processes from space Authors: Jennifer Maddalena, Malcolm McMillan, Amber Leeson, Robert Wassink, Diarmuid Corr, Emily Glen, Tom Slater, Jacqueline Otto	Blixen, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 15 - Arctic Navigation - Practical application of sea ice information in current and future maritime operations Chairs: Andrew Fleming (British Antarctic Survey), Frank Kauker (O.A.Sys / AWI)
9:00	10:30	Patterns of historic Arctic shipping risk in sea ice and how they inform future information needs to support Arctic ship operations Andrew Fleming (British Antarctic Survey) IcySea – Building Digital Aids for Ice Navigators Lasse Rabenstein (Drift+Noise Polar Services) Calculation of optimal shipping routes through polar waters based on AI supported evaluation of earth observation data and weather forecasts Bernhard Schmitz (University of Bremen) Deriving novel IMO Polar Code POLARIS sea ice risk forecasts from models to mitigate sea ice hazards Xinfang Zhang (FMI) Provision of metrics and visualisation of sea ice information and forecasts to ensure relevance for Arctic maritime stakeholders William Copeland (Met Norway)	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Center
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 16 - Developing the Atlantic-Arctic Distributed Biological Observatory (A-DBO): Improved observational capacity in the high Arctic Chairs: Arild Sundfjord (Norwegian Polar Institute)
11:00	12:30	Why an Atlantic DBO Michael Karcher How an Atlantic DBO Anna Nikolopoulos Atlantification in the Svalbard and Fram Strait regions and its impact on deep-sea properties: a view from combined in situ and satellite data Manuel Bensi The Polar Ocean Mitigation Potential (POMP) project and the A-DBO Mikael Sejr Bridging Biological Observations and Models in Polar Oceans: Insights from the CRiceS Project Letizia Tedesco	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 17 - A New Era of Polar Observations: The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) for Polar Ocean, Sea Ice, Snow, Land and Climate Change Monitoring Chairs: Emy Alerskans (DMI), Gunnar Spreen (U Bremen)
11:00	12:30	The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR): Mission Overview and Status Craig Donlon CIMR L2PAD: Developing Open-source Level-2 Algorithms: Sea Ice as an Example Thomas Lavergne (presented by Gunnar Spreen) Retrieval of Terrestrial Snow and Cryosphere Parameters From CIMR Kari Luojus Sea Surface Salinity and Ocean Surface Wind Vector Retrieval Capabilities of the CIMR Instrument Nicolas Reul Passive Microwave Sensing of Polar SST and Retrieval Algorithm for CIMR Emy Alerskans	Blixen,The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 18 - Challenges With Implementing Technologies in the Arctic Chairs: Henrik Navntoft Sønderskov (Danish E-Infrastructure Consortium), Sheila M. S. Christiansen (SheileX)
11:00	12:30	Grand Solution Visions and their Obstacles in the Arctic Sheila M. S. Christiansen From Problems and Challenges to Better Scientific Results Michael Linden-Vørnle Infrastructure and data needed to provide a backbone for implementation in the Arctic, and problems implementing them Nanna Vangkilde The Challenges in Collecting Data From the Arctic Region and How Technology Can Help Us Solve Common Obstacles Alexandru Csete Panel Discussion	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Centre
12:30	14:30	Lunch Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond (Poster Session only)
PARALLEL SESSION 19 - The ESA-NASA Arctic Methane Permafrost Challenge (AMPAC) - Moving to the future Chairs: Dirk Schuettemeyer (ESA - ESTEC), Chip Miller (NASA/JPL/Caltech)
14:30	16:00	AMPAC-Net - The AMPAC Networking Action Annett Bartsch MethaneCAMP - Remote Sensing of High Latitude Emissions Johanna Tamminen Biogeochemical impacts of Arctic expansion: past and future Kimberley Miner Reconciling permafrost carbon dynamics, high-latitude thermal inertia, and the data dichotomy paradigm by leveraging artificial intelligence and multimodal data products Bradley Gay AMPAC 2025+ Goals and Objectives Ed Malina	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 20 - From circulation change to sea level rise: the Polar Regions in the Earth System Chairs: Priscilla Mooney (Norce Research), Gael Durand (Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE))
14:30	16:00	Introduction to PolarRES Priscilla Mooney (NORCE) Introduction to OCEAN:ICE Ruth Mottram (DMI) Lessons from PROTECT Gael Durand (IGE) The challenge of MOSAiCMIP: Data to evaluate models and Earth observation Filip Severin von der Lippe (MetNo, University of Oslo) Greenland ice sheet surface properties from remote sensing Kirk Scanlan (DTU) Multiple sensors remote sensing of ice sheets for present and future solid ice flux changes Romain Millan (IGE) Sub-ice shelf melt processes from space and in-situ observations Stina Wahlgren (OCEAN:ICE) SMB from RCMs: structural uncertainties in sea level projections from both ice sheets Nicolaj Hansen (DMI) Interactions between ice sheets from Greenland to Antarctica Christian Rodehacke (AWI) Closing the Antarctic gap: Contributions from the Ukrainian National Antarctic Science Centre Anastasiia Chyahareva	Blixen, The Queen's Hall
PARALLEL SESSION 21 - Arctic biodiversity at a crossroads - Research directions along the land-coast-ocean continuum Chairs: Simon Jungblut (University of Bremen), Bruce Forbes (University of Lapland)
14:30	16:00	Biodiversity and carbon sequestration in the Arctic seas Marja Koski The collapsing coastal cryosphere: Consequences from ecology to economics Kai Bischof Shifting social-ecological systems, limits to adaptation and biodiversity in a warming tundra biome Mariana García Criado Changes of the cryosphere and linkages to space observable biodiversity indicators Annett Bartsch Protecting the vulnerable Arctic biodiversity and EU perspective Larissa Lorinczi	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Centre
16:00	16:30	Coffee Break
PARALLEL SESSION 22 - Ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions – focus on Antarctic Ice Shelves Chairs: Noel Gourmelen (U. of Edinburgh), Pierre Dutrieux (BAS)
16:30	18:00	Ice-ocean interactions around Antarctica Alessandro Silvano Status and opportunities in modeling of ice shelf processes Frank Pattyn Ice shelves basal melt rates from Earth Observations Katie Lowery Ice shelves basal melt rates from in-situ phase sensitive radar Keith Nicholls Status of ice shelves research within ESA's polar science cluster Anna Hogg	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 23 - Machine learning for observing and forecasting sea-ice Chairs: Julien Brajard (NERSC), Matilde Brandt Kreiner (DMI)
16:30	18:00	Deep learning for deriving sea ice drift from SAR data Anton Korosov On the location accuracy of deformation zones retrieved from spaceborne SAR image time series Anja Frost CNN-based retrieval of Arctic sea ice information from SAR and Passive Microwave Tore Wulf Improving short-term sea ice concentration forecasts using deep learning Cyril Palerme Four-dimensional variational data assimilation with a sea-ice thickness emulator Charlotte Durand IceNet: Advancing the Frontiers of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Sea Ice Forecasting with Deep Generative Modelling Andrew McDonald	Blixen, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 24 - Space-borne studies of permafrost in the Arctic Chairs: Tazio Strozzi (Gamma), Annett Bartsch (b.geos)
16:30	18:00	The CryoGrid community model and Permafrost_CCI results Frederieke Miesner Validation of Permafrost_cci ground temperature and active layer time series using international and national permafrost monitoring networks Birgit Heim New ECV parameter Rock Glacier Velocity (RGV) Line Rouyet Thaw-season InSAR surface displacements at Zackenberg, NE Greenland John Peter Merryman Boncori Landcover characterization for permafrost methane flux studies contributing to AMPAC Annett Bartsch Land-surface modeling of Arctic permafrost regions - use of satellite observations in the ERC Synergy project Q-Arctic Annett Bartsch	DAC Room, Danish Architecture Center
18:00	19:00	Workshops & Poster Session	Atrium, The Black Diamond

DAY 4: FRIDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER

ESA CCI Data User Consultation: Collecting user requirements for tracking and understanding Earth’s Shrinking Cryosphere

FRIDAY MORNING (9:30 - 10:30) in ROOM HOLBERG (The Black Diamond, Floor 1)

Start	End	Title	Location
PARALLEL SESSION 25 - The Role of the Solid Earth for the Evolution of the Polar Ice Sheets Chairs: Rebekka Steffen (Lantmäteriet), Clinton P. Conrad (University of Oslo)
9:00	10:30	Importance of the Solid Earth structure for understanding the evolution of the Greenland ice-sheet Jörg Ebbing Understanding the Impact of Lithospheric Thickness Variations on Outputs from Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Models Rebekka Steffen The effect of the Earth’s 3D structure on 500 year projections of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution Caroline van Calcar Analysis of mantle viscosity beneath southeast Greenland constrained by GNSS Valentina R. Barletta UKANET: a continuous GNSS network for solid-Earth and atmospheric geophysics in western Antarctica Peter Clarke	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 26 - Strategies for Arctic observing - The importance of ground observations Chairs: Joao Canario (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
9:00	10:30	Introduction The ROADS process with a focus on the status of the development of Shared Arctic Variables within permafrost Ilkka Matero (Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System) Observing capacities of INTERACT and the increasing bias view Elmer Topp Jørgensen (Aarhus University) Problems of observing extreme events and their impacts Gareth Phoenix Different ways of knowing – the 7Ms model Morten Rasch (Copenhagen University) Towards increasing ground observations – the activities and potential of INTERACT Non-Profit Association (INPA) Caroline Coch (INTERACT Non-Profit Association) Moderated discussion including the presenters	Blixen, The Black Diamond
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break	Atrium, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 27 - The Real-World Impact of AI in the Polar Regions Chairs: Pilvi Saarikoski (British Antarctic Survey), Andreas Stokholm (Technical University of Denmark)
11:00	12:30	AI in routine production of regional ice charts Keld Qvistguaard (Danish Meteorological Institute) Safe travel in the Arctic: from global artificial intelligence satellite products to local Inuit led travel safety maps Michel Tsamados (UCL) AI for Arctic species conservation: improving monitoring and decision-making under changing conditions Alasdair Davies (Arribada Initiative) Accessible air quality forecasts for Arctic communities: how AI can help citizens and policy-makers Illaria Crotti (European Commission Joint Research Centre Italy) and Alice Cuzzucoli (Institute of Atmospheric Pollution of the National Research Council of Italy Deep sea learning: Detection of Southern Ocean taxa using computer vision Cameron Trotter & Rowan Whittle (British Antarctic Survey)	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond
PARALLEL SESSION 28 - FAIR scientific data in support of polar monitoring and assessment efforts Chairs: Øystein Godøy (MET), Mathias Bavay (WSL/SLF), Ilkka Matero (SIOS KC)
11:00	12:30	GCW data management as a bridge between scientific communities and WMO Information System Øystein Godøy SAON Data management in support of assessments Jan Rene Larsen The SIOS Data Management System Ilkka Matero PROMICE and GE-NET data within information networks like WMO GCW Mads Christian Lund MeteoIO as a data publication service in the context of Arctic PASSION and WMO GCW Mathias Bavay	Blixen, The Black Diamond
12:30	13:30	Wrap Up & Closing Plenary Diego Fernàndez Prieto (ESA) & Larissa Lorinczi (RTD) Scientific rapporteurs panel: *Edward Malina, ESA* Topic 1. The current state and forthcoming changes in the polar regions *Ruth Mottram, Danish Meteorological Institute* Topic 2. Polar ice, ocean, climate dynamics and tipping points *Simon Jungblut, University of Bremen* Topic 3. Polar ecosystems, biodiversity and carbon cycles *Marja Koski, Technical University of Denmark* Topic 4. Humans in the Arctic *Martin Wearing, ESA* Topic 5. Societal impacts of polar change *Øystein Godøy, Norwegian Meterological Institute* Topic 6. Polar observations, models and data *René Forsberg, Technical University Denmark* Topic 7. New methods for understanding the polar regions	The Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond

PARALLEL SESSIONS IN THE DANISH ARCHITECTURE CENTER (DAC)

Please access the DAC room from floor -2, on the river side. The DAC room is on the 2nd floor.

POSTER LISTS

- DAY 1 (Tuesday 3 September 2024) Poster List: Please download it here.

- DAY 2 (Wednesday 4 September 2024) Poster List: Please download it here.

- DAY 3 (Thursday 5 September 2024) Poster List: Please download it here.

If you have a poster presentation, kindly be reminded that posters will be rotated on a daily basis. You are therefore invited to remove your poster at the end of the day this is scheduled, otherwise this will be disposed accordingly.

JUSTNORTH Documentary Streaming

The JUSTNORTH documentary will be streamed on 4 September, at 18:00 in the Queen's Hall.

D7.6 JUSTNORTH Documentary Synopsis

A documentary about the challenges for sustainable development as climate action in the Arctic.

The world is facing a climate crisis and climate action is desperately needed.

This causes many different eyes to watch the Arctic with different intentions. With the Arctic warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, there are those who are watching the effects of climate change on the landscape with worry. Others are looking at opportunities for economic development and resource exploitation. In all of this, the resources and landscapes of the Arctic are increasingly seen as important for supporting the Green Transition and climate action, especially in the European context.

The climate crisis has been caused by a system that hasn't accounted for its effects on the environment or social well-being of future generations. Unfortunately, the development of resources in the Arctic is no magic solution to resolving the climate crisis or making the green transition. This is because doing economic development in the same way that is it has always been done will not get different results for the Arctic climate or suddenly bring sustainability for Arctic or European citizens.

Something must change. If Arctic economic development is going to be sustainable, it needs to be built around more than 'green' technologies. It needs to be built on just and ethical decision-making.

The JUSTNORTH project asked people who live in the Arctic about the barriers, risks and costs of economic development of the region. The JUSTNORTH documentary presents the issues and challenges that decision-makers must understand if they wish to pursue economic development that is also sustainable development.

These challenges include:

· Challenge 1: Climate change and environmental consequences of development

· Challenge 2: Legacies of colonialism, past social harms and injustices

· Challenge 3: Globalised economies/Lack of economic diversification

· Challenge 4: Competing land use and lack of meaningful participation in decision-making

· Challenge 5: Intergenerational inequities

In the JUSTNORTH Documentary, these issues are traced across the Arctic, where JUSTNORTH researchers did fieldwork to frame pathways towards just and ethical sustainable development in the Arctic. In this, there is a discussion about the distribution of environmental and economic harms and benefits, meaningful participation in decision-making processes and recognition of rights and stakes to development of the Arctic.

See the JUSTNORTH website at www.justnorth.eu for more project results.

Photography Exhibition

'STORIES TRAPPED IN ICE - POLAR OBSERVATIONS' - Open Air Photography Exhibition

WHAT -

'Stories Trapped in Ice—Polar Observations' is a visual journey through the latest polar research and climate change monitoring. It's a unique opportunity for the public, science enthusiasts, and scientists to engage with and learn about cutting-edge research and efforts to understand climate change.

Research and monitoring of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is vital to our understanding of the Earth's climate system. Due to their sensitivity to temperature and other environmental changes, they are critical indicators of climate change. 60% of the world's freshwater is locked within Antarctica's ice mass, which covers approximately 14 million square kilometres. Greenland, covering more than 2 million square kilometres, is the world's largest island and home to the second-largest ice sheet after Antarctica. Over the last century, the ice loss from these two ice sheets alone contributed 50% to the rise in the global sea level.

This exhibition showcases scientific efforts to understand and monitor our planet's polar regions. It includes groundbreaking field and lab work by leading European institutions and the latest satellite images and data from Copernicus Sentinel and Cryosat, two of the European Space Agency's most ambitious and significant Earth observation programs.

WHERE -

3-8 September 2024 Sören Kirkegaards square - Black Diamond, Copenhagen DENMARK

9-17 September 2024, Bryghuspladsen square - BLOX, Copenhagen DENMARK

The exhibition is an initiative by LWimages, created in collaboration with the European Space Agency. Designed and produced by UpOnWalls.

Session Proposal Submission

The Session Proposal Submission is now closed.

Note: Session overview length should be maximum 500 words. Your Session proposal should include proposed Chairs and their email addresses, proposed Speakers and their email addresses, a Session agenda proposal together with the time required for each talk, and any references or comments, if some.

The maximum time allowed for sessions is 90 minutes.

Information about the co-authors (name, last name, affiliation) and the presenter is required.

Poster Submission

Poster Submission is now closed.

Poster will then be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and the Notification of Poster acceptance is 13 June 2024.

Guidelines for Authors

ORAL PRESENTERS

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Presenters shall respect the allocated time of each Session (90 minutes maximum including individual talks and discussion time)
Please prepare your presentations in MS PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) (only these formats will be accepted) and have them available on a memory stick.
Should you have any videos to show, we recommend integrating these into the presentation.
At the beginning of the day, before your session is scheduled, please approach the technical personnel at the bottom of the meeting room, provide your presentation and carry out a short technical check if necessary.
Presenters are kindly requested to be present in the meeting room at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the session and to make their presence known to the chair/s of the session.
We strongly discourage the use of personal laptops. Should you wish to use your own laptop in the case of an emergency, please contact us by the end of August.
Please ensure that any external fonts are embedded within your PPT presentations.

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Presenters shall respect the allocated time of each Session (90 minutes maximum including individual talks and discussion time)
Please prepare your presentations in MS PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) (only these formats will be accepted) and have them available on a memory stick.
Should you have any videos to show, we recommend integrating these into the presentation.
The presentation laptop will be running Windows connected to a large projector/screen.
As the meeting room is quite large, the presentations should contain clear information with appropriate font (and image) size that is legible from the back of the conference room.
Please bring your presentations on a USB stick (make a folder if not a single file), name it LastnameInitial.type (e.g., PresenterA.ppt) and make sure your presentation has been copied to the computer in the meeting room well before the start of your session.
Presenters are kindly requested to be present in the meeting room at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the session and to make their presence known to the chair/s of the session.
We strongly discourage the use of personal laptops. Should you wish to use your own laptop in the case of an emergency, please contact us by the end of August.
Please ensure that any external fonts are embedded within your PPT presentations.

Please be aware that Q&A is foreseen after each session, not each individual talk.

POSTER PRESENTERS

Presenters at the poster sessions shall bring their own printed posters. It will not be possible to print a poster on site.
The expected poster size is A0, Portrait orientation. The posterboards will be 116cm high and 87cm wide.
Authors are strongly encouraged to produce a “proper” full-size poster rather than using multiple smaller (e.g. A4) sheets.
Poster numbers (according to the poster lists) will be noted on the poster panels.
Posters will be rotated on a daily basis. You are therefore kindly invited to remove your poster at the end of the day this is scheduled, otherwise this will be disposed accordingly.
Formal poster sessions will be held, but coffee breaks are also opportunities to present your research.

Registration

Registration is now closed.

Due to high-demand, the registration portal closed on Saturday 20/07 at 23:59PM, to avoid exceeding the maximum capacity of the venue.

Treedom Forest

As a symbol of the event, a Treedom forest named the European Polar Science Forest has been created. There are only 200 available, so if you have participated in the event, please get in touch with events.organisation@esa.int for your unique redeem code, which will enable you to adopt one of these trees!

Deadlines

Milestones	Date
Call for Sessions	9 February 2024
Call for Posters opening	postponed to 30 April 2024
Call for Sessions deadline	15 March 2024
Call for Posters deadline	postponed to 6 June 2024
Notification of Sessions acceptance	postponed to 30 April 2024
Notification of Posters acceptance	13 June 2024
Registration Opening	2 May 2024
Registration Closing	~~31 July 2024~~ 20 July 2024 23:59 PM
Publication of Draft Programme	2 May 2024

Organisation

The European Polar Science Week is organised by the European Space Agency and the European Commission together with REA (Research Executive Agency), CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency) and EPB (European Polar Board), as well as EU-PolarNet.

The European Polar Science Week will contribute to the implementation of several major policy initiatives and global assessments.

Co-organisers:

Scientific and Organising Committee

Organising Committee

Scientific Committee

Renuka Badhe (NWO)
Nicole Biebow (AWI)
Srdan Dobricic (JRC-ISPRA)
Diego Fernandez Prieto (ESA)
René Forsberg (DTU)
Ola Gråbak (ESA)
Franz Immler (EC RTD)
Gaelle Le-Bouler (REA)
Larisa Lorinczi (EC RTD)
Szilvia Nemeth (EC RTD)
Nicolas Segebarth (EC RTD)
Anneli Strobel (AWI)
Martin Wearing (ESA)
Alberto Zocchi (CINEA)

Stefanie Arndt (AWI)
Renuka Badhe (NWO)
Jonathan Bamber (University of Bristol)
Annett Bartsch (b.geos)
Nicole Biebow (AWI)
Mark Drinkwater (ESA)
Fausto Ferracioli (OGS, Italy)
Diego Fernandez Prieto (ESA)
René Forsberg (DTU)
Bruce Forbes (University of Lapland)
Noel Gourmelen (University of Edinburgh)
Johnny Johannessen (NERSC)
Michael Karcher (AWI)
Nanna Karlsson (GEUS)
Giovanni Macelloni (CNR)
Kenichi Matsuoka (Norwegian Polar Institute)
Mal McMillan (University of Lancaster)
Heinrich Miller (AWI)
Thomas Nagler (ENVEO)
Dirk Notz (University of Hamburg)
Paolo Ruti (EUMETSAT)
Louise Sorensen (DTU)
Michel Tsamados (UCL)
Gonçalo Vieira (IGOT)
Martin Wearing (ESA)
Corine Wood-Donnelly (Uppsala University)

School Labs at EU Polar Science Week 2024

Education Activities for Primary and Secondary Schools

Taking advantage of the EU Polar Science Week 2024, ESA decided to involve schools in the area of Copenhagen in activities related to Earth Observation, and the Polar Science. With these specific educational initiatives, ESA aims to promote awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the great significance of polar research in finding solutions to climate challenges in the Polar regions in particular, and ultimately for all of us on planet Earth. The young generation will need to take action and be able to be informed in order to make the best decisions in the future and be able to contribute further to climate research.

Through ESERO DK, a project between ESA and national partners, funded also by the Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science and implemented under the leadership of the House of Natural Sciences, contacts has been established with primary and secondary schools in the area of Copenhagen to show how experts work to solve societal challenges and engage students in practical activities in which they can “learn by doing” about Polar research.

The ESERO DK team will offer the opportunity to classes of Danish primary and secondary students to meet researchers, participate in workshops, and see the practical applications of research. The educational activities in connection with the EU Polar Science Week 2024 conference are designed to directly link students' experiences to the conference's scientific content, issues, or methods, so students not only hear about and see the researchers' work but also understand its relevance and application to real societal challenges.

This connection should strengthen students' understanding of how scientific research contributes to solving global climate challenges. More specifically, we aim to communicate that the polar region plays a special role in solving climate challenges, and that satellites are among the best tools we have to find scientific solutions.

ESERO DK will inspire students with hands-on experiments involving several practical experiments that link primary school curriculum with the topics discussed at the EU Polar Science Week 2024.

Primary School Programme

Three workshops per day over two days for primary school classes at the middle school level (4th-5th grade). Workshops to be held at local schools.

Secondary School Programme

September 3, 9:00 AM – 4 PM

Open to secondary school classes (limited availability)

Location: Holberg room, The Black Diamond

ESERO DK will engage students with hands-on experiments involving several practical experiments that link secondary school curriculum with polar research and specifically the topics discussed at the EU Polar Science Week 2024.

They will have the opportunity to meet Danish and international Polar Science experts.

For more information about the activities, please contact the ESA-ESERO Denmark point of contact:

Simon Olling Rebsdorf
Email: sor@nvhus.dk

2024 European Polar Science Week Code of Conduct

Statement of Intent

The organisers are committed to maintaining a safe, welcoming, productive, and trusted meeting environment for all participants (including attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors, committee members, management and staff, service providers, and others). As we gather to discuss and share science and different knowledge bases, we must remember to come with a willingness and open mind and foster good spirit (in multiple languages) so that we can create a sense of community. The purpose of the Code of conduct is to communicate that all meeting participants are expected to conduct themselves in a professional, respectful, and responsible manner at all times. Harassment in any form will not be tolerated. Let’s weave our shared values into our actions - Lets be open, be welcoming, creating a sense of community.

Engagement Principles and Guidelines

All participants are treated with respect and consideration, valuing a diversity of views and opinions - value a diversity of views and opinions - speak without judgement or argument - strive for inclusive, transparent, and open communication.
Don't prioritise or value some knowledge over others- be respectful and aware of diverse experiences and histories as current relationships and collaborations are shaped by colonial histories. Please respect your fellow participants by using good practices for intercultural collaborations.
Please ask people, including Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge Holders, for explicit permission to use stories, ideas, and information shared during this meeting or future collaborations.

Examples of unacceptable behaviour during the conference include, but are not limited to, verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin, inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations, or threatening or stalking any attendee, speaker, volunteer, exhibitor, staff member, service provider, or other meeting guest.

Working Together for a Successful Meeting

It is important that all attendees feel safe and supported. All should be empowered to find an ally that they trust so that nobody is left to deal with issues alone. We hope that you feel free to reach out to EPSW leadership with any comments or concerns.

We acknowledge that this Code of Conduct was based on the one used by the Arctic Science Summit Week conferences.

Venue

The Black Diamond

Royal Danish Library
Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1
1221 Copenhagen
Denmark

Restaurants in Copenhagen

CLOSE TO THE VENUE

Rio Bravo (10 mins walk)
Vandkunsten Sandwich (10 mins walk)
TONY'S (10 mins walk)
Café Sorgenfri (15 mins walk)
Llama (15 mins walk)
MAMMA'S (15 mins walk)
Vækst (20 mins walk)
Donna (20 mins walk)
Bazaar (20 mins walk)
Posh Jah (25 mins walk)
Vespa (25 mins walk)

Llama Restaurant, Copenhagen

Nyhavn, Copenhagen

NYHAVN

Nyhavn is one of Copenhagen's iconic sights - a waterfront, canal and entertainment district. It is around a 15-20 minute walk from The Black Diamond, and has many restaurants to choose from.