As of May 26, 2025
The 16th Symposium on Polar Science
The 16th Symposium on Polar Science will be held at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Tokyo, Japan, from 2 to 5 December, 2025. NIPR is organizing this annual symposium to present and promote a wide variety of polar scientific research and interdisciplinary studies. We look forward to your active participation.
Symposium schedule
2-5 December, 2025
Style and language for presentation
The symposium will include both oral and poster sessions. Oral sessions will be conducted in a hybrid format, allowing in-person and online participation. Poster sessions will be held exclusively on-site at the symposium venue. The official language of the symposium is English.
Outline of the sessions
Special session :
Interdisciplinary session :
Ordinary sessions :
- [OA] Antarctic meteorites
- [OB] Polar biology
- [OG] Polar geosciences
- [OM] Polar meteorology and glaciology
- [OS] Space and upper atmospheric sciences
Schedule of the sessions
| Date | Time | Oral session | Poster session | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) | National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) | Institute of Statistics and Mathematics (ISM) | National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) | ||
| Auditorium | Seminar room | Seminar room | Atrium | ||
| (2nd floor) | (3rd floor) | (3rd floor) | (1st floor) | ||
| 2-Dec (Tue) |
AM | OB | OG | OB・OG | |
| PM | |||||
| 3-Dec (Wed) |
AM | S | S | ||
| PM | |||||
| 4-Dec (Thu) |
AM | OM | OS | OA | OM・OS・OA |
| PM | |||||
| 5-Dec (Fri) |
AM | OM | ID | OM・ID | |
| PM | |||||
Important dates
- May
- Session schedule released
- Early August
- Abstract submission and registration open
- Early September
- Deadline for abstract submission
Contact
Local Organization Committee
(Secretary: Yoshimasa Tanaka)
National Institute of Polar Research
10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
E-mail: polarsympo[at]nipr.ac.jp
URL: https://www.nipr.ac.jp/symposium2025