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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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BE-POLES at the annual assembly of scientific teachers
29.08.2005
IPF and the Renard Centre of Marine Geology of Ghent University presented the two BE-POLES contests for secondary school teachers at the "Congrés des sciences". On their stand nice posters explained the aims of the contests Pole-Position and Class@poles.
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IPF collaborates with the Belgium-Japan Association and Chamber of Commerce (BJA)
26.08.2005
Following the Belgian Economic Mission to Japan, the International Polar Foundation was asked by the Belgium-Japan Association and Chamber of Commerce to write a short article about Belgo-Japanese collaboration in Antarctica.
