February 20, 2020

ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY IN PERMAFROST REGIONS
Conference Announcement

The Conference on Environmental and Infrastructure Integrity in Permafrost Regions will be held at the Melnikov Permafrost Institute in Yakutsk in September 28-30, 2020. This national-level event open to international participation is organized on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Institute. Those interested in attending the conference are invited to contact the secretariat via e-mail at
ann.urban@mail.ru before March 30, 2020. Extended abstracts are to be submitted by May 4, 2020.

The conference will address the following topics relevant to permafrost regions:
- thermal response of permafrost to climatic change and anthropogenic impacts
- current state and evolution of permafrost in North Asia’s major geological structures
- Arctic subaqueous permafrost dynamics
- cold region geohazards
- groundwater effects of climate change and human activities
- geotechnical investigations and construction technologies
- thermal and mechanical interactions between structures and environment
- geoenvironmental and terrain studies
- urban development
- geotechnical geophysics

The First Announcement with the response form is here.