The 2nd Asian Conference on Permafrost (ACOP2017) will be hosted by the International Permafrost Association (IPA) and covers all aspects of frozen ground – both permafrost and seasonal frost – and its related natural and technological topics. The proposed sessions are as listed below:

Periglacial Geomorphology
Ground ice dynamics
Mountain permafrost and geohazards
Permafrost eco-hydrology
Permafrost mapping and techniques
Climate change and the carbon balance in permafrost
Frozen ground physics
Frozen ground engineering
Asian frozen ground
Paleo-permafrost
Extrazonal permafrost and seasonal frost
Living and working on frozen ground: cultural and historical significance of permafrost
Outreach/education, history
Also we will offer options of pre- and post-conference field excursions as follows (dependent on the numbers of participants).

Daisetsu Mountains, Japan
Artificially frozen ground sites, Tokyo and Fukushima-daiichi nuclear power plant
Mongolia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Northeast China
Mt Fuji, Japan
For more details, please visit the website link above.

Registration and abstract submission are already open until 31 January, 2017.

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http://acop2017.arc.hokudai.ac.jp