«The natural environment of Antarctica:
cross-disciplinary study approaches»

Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We will certainly inform you about new dates for the conference. To date, the most likely time for the event is September 2021.

Information about the conference

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
State Research and Production Association
«The Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources»
State Scientific Institution «The Institute for Nature Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus»
State Institution «The Republican Center for Polar Research»

Dear Colleagues!

We would like to invite you to participate in the IV International scientific and practical conference, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Antarctica Discovery «The natural environment of Antarctica: cross-disciplinary study approaches». The conference will take place from 7 to 11 September 2020 in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, Domgerice, Belarus.

Conference Languages: English, Belarusian, Russian.

The main topics of the Conference are as follows:

• Ecological problems and protection of Antarctic natural environment.
• Study of Antarctic biota; modern methods and approaches.
• Medical and biological studies and problems of prevention of the polar settlement territories.
• Climatic, meteorological and aerospace researches in Antarctica.
• Geological, geophysical, glaciological and paleogeographic researches in Antarctica.
• Development of the instrumentation base for scientific research in Antarctica.
• Antarctic logistics, infrastructure, safety.
• Legal aspects of activities in the Antarctic Treaty System.
• Promoting the international scientific cooperation in the Antarctic.

The forms of participation in the conference:

• Oral presentation at the plenary session (up to 25 min).
• Oral presentation at the section (up to 15 min).
• Poster presentation.

Conference Venue:

State Environmental Institution «Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve», Domgerice township, Vitebsk region, Belarus (see map).

To learn more about the conference venue, please visit the website of the Reserve (website).

THE REGISTRATION FEE IS 40 USD

20 USD FOR STUDENTS, MASTER STUDENTS AND PHD STUDENTS

The registration fee covers the expenses for the publication of the Conference Proceedings, the package of the conference participant, transfer from Minsk to the venue, coffee breaks. Each publication in the conference proceedings should be paid separately.

The expenses for travel and accommodation are paid by the participants of the conference independently or by the organizations that send them.

Organizing Committee:

Сhairman:

Dmitry A. Lukashanets – PhD, deputy general director of the Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources.

Co-chair:

Oleg I. Borodin – PhD, docent, lead researcher of the Invertebrate Animal Laboratory, the Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources.

Members:

Alexey A. Gaidashov – head of the Belarusian Antarctic Expedition; deputy director of the Republican Center for Polar Research;

Vladislav Ye. Miamin – PhD, lecturer of the Department of Microbiology, the Biology Faculty, Belarusian State University;

Vladimir A. Ryzhikov – PhD, director of the Republican Center for Polar Research;

Igor M. Pilshchikov – deputy director of the Republican Center for Polar Research;

Sergey V. Kakareka – doctor of science, chief of the Laboratory of Transboundary Pollution and Climatology, the Institute for Nature Management;

Valeriy S. Ivkovich – PhD, deputy director of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve;

Vladimir H. Levashkevich – doctor of sciences, Deputy Academician-Secretary of the Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, the NAS of Belarus;

Aleksandr I. Chaikovski – PhD, general director of the Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources;

Anna V. Vysochenko – PhD, head of the Management Group of Scientific and Technical Programs;

Aleksandr O. Lukashuk – senior researcher of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve;

Stuart Prior – Honorary Consul of the Republic of Belarus in New Zealand.

Scientific committee:

Сhairman:

Vladimir F. Loginov – doctor of science, professor, academician of the NAS of Belarus, principle researcher of the Laboratory of Transboundary Pollution and Climatology, the Institute for Nature Management.

Co-chair:

Yury H. Hihiniak – PhD, docent, lead researcher of the Sector of Fauna Monitoring and Cadaster, the Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources.

Members:

Sergey A. Lysenko – doctor of science, director of the Institute for Nature Management;

Valeriy V. Lukin – head of the department "Interaction with authorities of the Antarctic Treaty System of the Russian Antarctic Expedition Logistic Center" (Russia);

Yevgen O. Dyky – PhD, director of the National Antarctic Scientific Center (Ukraine);

Alexander V. Klepikov – PhD, deputy director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (Russia);

Sergey V. Goriachkin – doctor of science, head of the Department of Geography and Soil Evolution, the Institute of Geography (Russia);

Sergey R. Verkulich – doctor of science, head of the Department of the Polar Region Geography, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russia);

Iryna A. Kozeretska – doctor of science, deputy director for the scientific work of the National Antarctic Scientific Center (Ukraine);

Mikhail P. Andreev – doctor of science, head of the Lichenology and Bryology Department, V.L. Komarov Botany Institute (Russia);

Ivan Yu. Parnikoza – PhD, head of the Biology Department of the National Antarctic Scientific Center (Ukraine);

Andrey Yu. Utevskiy – PhD, docent of the Animal Zoology and Ecology Department, Biology Faculty, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine);

Vladimir P. Kurchenko – PhD, lead researcher of the Laboratory of Applied Problems in Biology of the Department of Zoology, the Biology Faculty, Belarusian State University;

Peter Convey – PhD, Professor, Individual Merit Scientist of the British Antarctic Survey (Great Britain).

Information devoted to terms of participation, key dates and requirements for conference abstracts will be updated at the website later.

Please tell your colleagues about the conference and invite them to join you in Belarus!