ArCS Arctic Challenge for Sustainability Project

Implementation Management System

Project Director (PD)

Dr. Masao Fukasawa (NIPR/JAMSTEC)

Sub Project Director (SPD)

Dr. Hiroyuki Enomoto (NIPR)
Dr. Takeshi Kawano (JAMSTEC)
Dr. Sei-Ichi Saito (Hokkaido University)

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is the decision-making body of this project, which discusses the key issues for project management based on the advice of the Council. The committee will include the PD and SPD.

Council

The Council is the body that reviews important matters for project management and provides flexible advice from the perspective of research needs based on social issues. It will consist of Arctic experts in the fields of industry, politics, and academia.

Council Members

Name	Companies & Institutes
Daisuke Abe	Weathernews Inc.
Tomohiro Inoue	NHK
Atsumu Ohmura (Chair)	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Nobuhiro Kishigami	National Institutes for the Humanities / National Museum of Ethnology
Takaaki Shimoda	Royal Greenland Japan Ltd.
Atsushi Sunami	Ocean Policy Research Institute / National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Masayo Hasegawa	International Environment and Economy Institute / Future Earth Engagement Committee
Hiroshi Fukunishi	Japan Polar Research Association
Yutaka Yamauchi	Japan Marine United Corporation
Takashi Yamanouchi (Vice-Chair)	National Institute of Polar Research / The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

International Advisory Board (IAB)

IAB is the body that provides advices and some evaluation concerning the international aspects of the ArCS project. It will consist of leading overseas scientists in the field of Arctic research.

IAB Members

Name	Institutes
Prof. Klaus Dethloff	Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Dr. Gail Fondahl	University of Northern British Columbia
Dr. Larry Hinzman	University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Prof. Stein Sandven	Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
Dr. Jeremy Wilkinson	British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

Implementing Organizations

		Participating Institutes
Core Institute (Principal)	NIPR	Kitami Institute of Technology Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, Tohoku University University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology Osaka Prefecture University Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University University of Toyama Kyushu University
Core Institutes	JAMSTEC	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo Institute of Science and Technology, Niigata University Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Core Institutes	Hokkaido University	JAXA Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University Yokohama National University