The 4th International forum "The Arctic: Present and Future" to be held in St. Petersburg on December 2014
The 4th International Conference "The Arctic: Present and Future" under the auspices of the Inter-regional public organization "Association of Polar Explorers" will be held in St. Petersburg on 10-11 December 2014 year, the event organizing committee said.
The forum will bring together more than 500 participants, including representatives of government, business and non-profit-making organizations, research and educational institutions. The conference will focus on scientific and ecological issues and social projects in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, as well as the role of scientific institutions in the study and use of the resource base of the Arctic region. These topics will be considered on December 10 during the plenary session "The role of public institutions in the implementation of state policy in the Russian Arctic."