The International Glaciological Society (IGS) and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) are glad to announce the ‘International Symposium on Ice in a Sustainable Society’ (ISS). The ISS Symposium will be held at the Bizkaia Aretoa Convention Centre in Bilbao (Spain). This venue is located on one of the most emblematic sites of Bilbao, which opens out onto the estuary and the Guggenheim Museum. The Symposium will take place from Monday morning, 6 June, until the afternoon of Friday 10 June. On World Environment Day, Sunday 5 June, there will be several celebration activities and a pre-symposium icebreaker event at Bizkaia Aretoa. Different Social Events are scheduled thorough the Symposium.

During the ISS Symposium we will celebrate the 85th anniversary of IGS. The first official meeting of the ‘Association for the Study of Snow and Ice’ was held in April 1937. The Association would go through a few name changes through the years until it acquired its current name, ‘The International Glaciological Society’ in 1962. We will be celebrating the anniversary throughout the year, and of course during the ISS Symposium in Bilbao.

https://www.igsoc.org/symposia/2022/bilbao2022/