Public event, Silfurberg auditorium, Harpa, 16:00-17:30
Presentation by James Balog, author of the award-winning film Chasing Ice:
EXTREME ICE SURVEY 2005-2022: A NEW VISION OF OUR CHANGING WORLD
Icebreaker, Norðurljós meeting room, Harpa, 18:00-19:30
A Plenary session will be held in Harpa on Monday, (22 August 2022). Speakers are listed below. Main sessions will continue in Harpa throughout the symposium week. Special sessions will be held in the building Safnahús, located 5 minutes walk from Harpa.
Time
Speakers
Provisional titles of sessions and talks
09:00
Opening session
09:30
Plenary session, Harpa
The Cryosphere: Past, present and future
Áslaug Geirsdóttir
Warm times/Cold times: Tracking the evolution of Iceland´s climate since deglaciation as a template for the northern North Atlantic
Robert De Conto
The Antarctic wild card and Earth´s future
Jason Box
Accelerations in the Arctic and global climate system
Eric Rignot
On the difficulties of projecting future ice sheet melt and why observations remain paramount
12:00
LUNCH
13:00
Plenary session, Harpa
Cryospheric change around the world
Valerie Masson-Delmotte
Global warming and the cryosphere
Olga Makarieva
Arctic hydrology and cryospheric change
Julia Boike
Arctic Permafrost: The consequences of thaw
Mark Serreze
The future of sea ice in the Arctic
BREAK
16:00
Plenary session, Harpa
Humans and the cryosphere
Astrid Ogilvie
Of Ice and Men: From polar explorers to polar research
Mandira Singh Shrestha
Reducing the risk of glacier outburst floods in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
Helgi Björnsson
Living with glaciers for thousand years:
Traditional Icelandic knowledge and understanding
17:30
END
Time
Main sessions, Silfurberg Auditorium, Harpa
Lead organizers
08:30
10:30
Snow cover change: Current capabilities –
future needs
Glacial lakes and flood hazards
GCW/WMO, IACS
IAHS, UNESCO, TPE
LUNCH
13:00
Permafrost: Dynamics and challenges for society
into the future
IPA, IASC
15:00
Sea ice cover: Recent changes and future projections
AWI, NSIDC
08:30-16:30
16:30
ISMASS Special Session, Safnahús Building
See link on Special Sessions
START OF POSTER VIEWING SESSION 1
ISMASS
Time
Main sessions, Silfurberg Auditorium, Harpa
Lead organizers
08:30
Glacier mass balance: A global outlook
IASC, GCW
10:30
09:00-12:00
Future evolution of glaciers around the world
ISMASS panel discussion and paper planning session
GCW, IACS
12:00
LUNCH
13:00
Mid-Conference Excursions
IMO, IT
Time
Main sessions, Silfurberg Auditorium, Harpa
Lead organizers
08:30
The Greenland ice sheet in a warmer climate
IMO, UI, DMI
10:30
Antarctica: Responses of the frozen continent to global warming
SCAR, GCW
12:00
LUNCH
13:00
Ocean-cryosphere interactions
IOC, IACS, IASC
15:00
Climate variations, climate- and Earth-System modelling
WMO, ECMWF
10.30
13:00
15:00
15:00
16:30
Special sessions, Safnahús building:
NRB23: Northern Research Basins Workshop (Meeting Room 1)
Glacier changes, glacier inventories (Auditorium)
Glacier dynamics (Auditorium)
Sea ice session 2 (Meeting Room 1)
START OF POSTER VIEWING SESSION 2
Time
Main sessions, Silfurberg Auditorium, Harpa
Lead organizers
08:30
Monitoring systems, research gaps, new technologies 1
GCW/WMO, IAHS
10:30
Monitoring systems, research gaps, new technologies 2
GCW
12:00
LUNCH
13:00
Humans and the cryosphere 2
and
Opportunities, adaptation, mitigation
08:30
10:30
10:30
12:00
13:00
15:00
Special sessions: Safnahús building
The cryosphere and hydrology 2 (Auditorium)
The cryosphere and hydrology 3 (Meeting room 1)
Antarctica 2 (Auditorium)
LUNCH
Greenland 2 (Auditorium)
Concluding session, Silfurberg Auditorium, Harpa
Synthesis of symposium presentations
Panel discussion
Closing
16:30
END OF SYMPOSIUM
09:00
Start of 1-day and 3-day fieldtrips
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