POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE MURMANSK ARCTIC STATE UNIVERSITY MURMANSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE KSC RAS Sixteenth International Scientific Conference for Students and Postgraduates “PROBLEMS OF THE ARCTIC REGION” Murmansk, Russia, 16 May 2017 First Announcement Sixteenth International Scientific Conference for Students and Post-graduates “Problems of the Arctic Region” is devoted to scientific, environmental, technical, economic, and social aspects of the development of the Arctic. The conference program includes the following sessions: Biology and medicine Chemistry and technologies Ecology of the north Economical problems of arctic development Education in the arctic region Geology and geophysics of the arctic region Humanitarian and social problems Hydrobiology Information technologies and Mathematical methods Marine biology Problems of physics. Suggestions on new topics are welcome. The conference will be introduced by a plenary session on one of issues of modern science. Students and post-graduates interested in participating in the Conference are welcome to e-mail their registration forms and papers to the Steering Committee until 21 April 2016. The registration form must contain the title of the presentation, names of the authors, scientific adviser, full name of the organization, address, e-mail of the contact person, dates of arrival and departure. The volume of the presentation text should not exceed one page. Participants should also indicate if they need assistance with the hotel booking. The paper is to be arranged in the following way: 1. TITLE (14 pt type Times New Roman Bold, center) 2. Names and surnames of the authors (12 pt, Bold, center); 3. Organization name; e-mail of the contact person (12 pt, center); 4. Empty line; 5. Text of the presentation. The paper is to be printed with single-spaced text and 12 pt type Times New Roman in MS Word. All margins are to be 2 cm. Languages of the Conference – English and Russian Steering Committee Matishov G.G., chairman, academician RAS, D. Sc., MMBI KSC RAS, Murmansk, Russia Kozelov B.V., deputy of the chairman, D. Sc., PGI, Murmansk, Russia Braaten D., professor, PhD, KU, Lawrence, USA Demidov V.I., research professor, PhD, WVU, Morgantown, USA Kibitkin A.I., professor, D. Sc., MSTU, Murmansk, Russia Larichkin F.D., professor, D. Sc., IEP KSC RAS, Apatity, Russia Makarevich P.R., professor, D. Sc., MMBI KSC RAS, Murmansk, Russia Masloboev V.A., professor, D. Sc., INEP KSC RAS, Apatity, Russia Ottesen O., professor, PhD, UIN, Bodø, Norway Voytekhovsky Y.L., professor, D. Sc., GI KSC RAS, Apatity, Russia Zhigunova G.V., professor, D. Sc., MASU, Murmansk, Russia Zhirov V.K., member-correspondent RAS, D. Sc., PABGI KSC RAS, Apatity, Russia Address of the Steering Committee: Polar Geophysical Institute 15 Khalturina St., Murmansk, 183010 Russia E-mail: [email protected] http://pgia.ru/lang/en/international-problems-of-the-arctic-region/ Tel.: +7 8152 253958, +7 921 2752759 .