Latest News
In this section you will find news related to IPF activities, its members, its projects, etc. We will try to keep you up to date as much as we can. If you need specific information, you can always get in touch using the contact form.
-
The European Mobility Week: opening conference in London
22.09.2005
Jean de Pommereu of IPF UK attended the opening conference of the European Mobility Week. The Polar Regions may be far from the minds of CO2 emitting motorists stuck in urban traffic jams, but their delicate ecosystems is directly dependent on transport policies and fossil fuel consumption in our increasingly urban world. Indeed, their melting ice caps and retreating sea…
-
IPF-UK’s newly appointed UK based trustees
09.09.2005
The IPF-UK's newly appointed UK based trustees had their first meeting with Jean de Pomereu, Managing Director on Thursday 8th of September. The newly appointed trustees are Meredith Hooper, Stephen Cox and Sir Andrew Burns.
-
New Executive Director at IPF
09.09.2005
Thierry Touchais has joined the International Polar Foundation in the newly created role of Executive Director. He is a graduate engineer from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon and the University of Berkeley and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.
-
The IPF collaborates with l’Echo for a series of articles on sustainable development
08.09.2005
The Belgian economical newspaper l'Echo offered the International Polar Foundation to participate to its new weekly section dedicated to "entreprises and sustainable development" called "Entreprendre - demain".
-
Johan Berte visits the Institut Paul Emile Victor (IPEV)
05.09.2005
While the base's conceptual design moves on IPF proceeds with visiting a number of Polar institutes. IPEV, the French institute, was intersting to visit because it has a long history of construction and logistics in the Antarctic.
