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The Arctic Futures Symposium 2013 has kicked off, with speakers such as Vice-President of the European Parliament Isabelle Durant and Belgium’s deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders opening Brussels’ premier gathering on Arctic issues.

The programme for Arctic Futures Symposium 2013 which takes place in Brussels this 16 and 17 of October is now available to download. European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki, Vice-President of the European Parliament Isabelle Durant and Belgium’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders headline next week Brussels’ premier gathering on Arctic issues.

Registrations are now open for the Arctic Futures Symposium, which takes place on October 16 and 17 in Brussels. Organised by the International Polar Foundation, Arctic development will top the agenda at this multidisciplinary event, which will see Arctic stakeholders discuss safe Arctic shipping, sustainable circumpolar communities, and the research needed to inform policymaking.

The recent Wired Next Fest in Milan, Italy, saw International Polar Foundation Executive Director Thierry Touchais give two presentations on Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the world’s first zero emission polar research base.

To mark UN World Environment Day on June 5th, the International Polar Foundation's Nathalie Van Isacker  presented the College Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Doorn, from the Flemish town of Eeklo, with our annual award for initiatives making a significant impact against climate change, for its project 'Act for the Climate', as part of the 8th Belgian Energy and Environment Awards, held in Brussels landmark venue Tour & Taxis.

We were proud to welcome Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Philippe, and his daughter Princess Elisabeth of Belgium to the “Inside the Station” exhibition at Tour & Taxis, Brussels today.

The Arctic Futures Symposium, which was held at the European Parliament in Brussels in conjunction with the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco and the Aspen Institute on October 14th and 15th was a huge success, thanks in no small part to the quality of the presentations of the speakers who attended.

Summaries of presentations and discussions from a broad range of Arctic stakeholders present at Arctic Futures 2012 in Brussels, are now available for download in the Arctic Futures Symposium 2012 Final Report.
 

A team of scientists working at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica have discovered a meteorite weighing 18kg, the largest  such meteorite found in the region since 1988.

Three members of the International Polar Foundation's Princess Elisabeth Antarctica are the first humans to visit and photograph a newly-discovered 9,000-strong colony of emperor penguins.