Content:

1. IPY after February 2009
2. Promoting your project in February, 2009
3. Polar Days
4. APECS
5. AGU Report


Report no. 21, January 2009
From: IPY International Programme Office
To: IPY Project Coordinators
cc: IPY Community Google Groups

1. IPY after February 2009

Colleagues and friends regularly ask us what the "IPY plan" is for 2009 and 2010, and "What will happen to the IPO?". The answer for IPY varies by country and project. Some countries will hold closing events in February and March this year. Other national programmes will continue IPY research through Arctic 2009 and Antarctic 2009/2010 seasons and beyond, driven by financial and logistical factors in the last two years. In IPO we consider the closing events and the continuing research as important parts of IPY. We hope that those of you with on-going research will continue to share your news and stories via IPY.org.

The IPO seeks funding for an additional 18 months of operation, covering March 2009 through September 2010. We call this the IPO 'Hand-Over' period, wherein we find long-term partners for many of the IPY activities, support assessments and evaluations, keep ipy.org active, represent IPY at prominent events, and generally maintain the internal connections and external relations at a high level through the Oslo 2010 Science Conference. Contact Dave This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " to know more about these hand-over plans or to contribute much-needed funds.

The IPY Conference in Oslo, June 8-12th 2010, will be the first opportunity for the broad range of IPY researchers to share their results in an interdisciplinary and international forum. More details about this conference can be found at: http://www.ipy-osc.org/

We are also keen to share information about national and local events occurring in conjunction with IPY,- please email Rhian This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to add details of your celebration to this page: