Below is a list of Press officers responsible for launch events around the world.
This is also available as a PDF of press_officers.

Please also consult National IPY Committees for information on national events.

ICSU: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Carthage Smith"}, ICSU Paris
WMO: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Paul Garwood"}, WMO

Australia: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Sally Chambers"}, Government Antarctic Division
Canada: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Karen Edwards"}, Canadian IPY secretariat
Denmark: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Poul-Erik Philbert"}, Danish Polar Centre
European launch event: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Becky Allen"}, European Polar Board
Finland: Riku Lavia, Arctic Centre
Germany: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Margarete Pauls"}, Alfred Wegener Institut
Japan: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Hajime Ito"}, Japanese IPY committee
Malaysia: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Azizan Abu Samah"}, University of Malaysia
Netherlands: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Michael van der Meer"}, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Norway: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Kristen Ulstein"}, Research Council of Norway
Portugal: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Gonçalo Vieira"}, Centro de Estudos Geograficos
Sweden: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Anna-Karin Svenningsson"}, Swedish Research Council, and {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Eva Grönlund"} , Swedish Research Polar Secretariat
UK: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Linda Capper"} and {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Becky Allen"}, British Antarctic Survey
UNEP: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Robert Bisset"}, UNEP France
USA: {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Peter West"}, National Science Foundation, and {encode=" This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " title="Maureen O´Leary"}, National Academy of Science