IPY 2007-2008

The Summit is a US-led initative of the eight-nation Arctic Council and is comprised of three components:

The technology conference and industry exposition which will bring together 600-1,000 researchers, academics, government leaders, students, industry, and residents of the Arctic;
The creation and deployment of an international Arctic energy action team whose recommendations will be reported at the 2008 Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Norway;
An education and outreach component which will include a bilingual (Russian and English) summit website and, upon securing adequate levels of funding, the creation of educational materials, fostering student research through grants and contests and the development of an interactive Internet Arctic energy atlas.

We envision the paper topics to include Arctic energy disciplines such as fossil fuel, carbon sequestration, oil recovery, natural gas, biomass, geothermal, solar, photovoltaic, hydrogen, fuel cells, water, wind and nuclear. Papers on related topics will also be considered: energy efficiency, environmental controls, climate change, environmental management, international law and energy, architecture and energy, conservation and efficiency, energy modeling, energy sustainability, rural electrification, risk assessment, and financing Arctic energy projects.