The biennial UArctic Congress brings together institutional leaders, indigenous representatives, academics, scientists and students from around the circumpolar north and beyond. Together with partners, policy makers, and other actors, the Congress strives to take the Arctic agenda forward by creating and strengthening collaborations that produce new findings and solutions for the future of the Arctic region.

The Congress is an integral part of Finland’s Arctic Council chairmanship program, and open to the public. The event will highlight the themes and priorities of the Finnish chairmanship, including the goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supporting gender equality, and the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

More information in the Congress website:

congress.uarctic.org/congress2018/

Key dates:

• Call for Session proposals - Closed
• Session selection - by mid-December 2017
• Call for Abstracts - from January to 26th of March 2018
• Congress Registration (open from March)
  
• Requests for Visa invitations - spring 2018