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2012 Symposium Rovaniemi
The organizational team of the Fifth Polar Law Symposium invites everybody to participate in the event. The Symposium will take place in Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland on 6-8 September 2012.
Professors Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova lead the preparations to the event.
The accepted presentations cover a broad array of topics related to polar legal studies, with participants coming from across the circumpolar North and beyond, including our keynote
speakers.
Should you have any questions or inquiries, please contact Dr. Kamrul Hossain (khossain@ulapland.fi)
Call for Papers in PDF (deadline 31 March)
The idea and theme of the Polar Law Symposium
The Symposium – the home which is in Akureyri, Iceland - brings together internationally renowned scholars, partaking in both Antarctic and Arctic
research, from different parts of the globe...
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Keynote speakers
The keynote
speakers include Charles Emmerson from Chatham House (author of the best-seller "The Future History of the Arctic") and Donald Rothwell from Australian National University (author of books
on polar regions and international law, Antarctic Treaty System, and Arctic governance)...
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Why Rovaniemi?
Rovaniemi has been chosen as a location for the Polar Law Symposium in 2012. The capital of the Province of Lapland and one of the truly Arctic cities was 21 years ago place where Arctic Environment
Protection Strategy (and thus, Rovaniemi process) was launched.
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Registration
Participants’ registration is from June 15th – August 15th, 2012. Registrations are to be sent to Raija Kivilahti (raija.kivilahti@ulapland.fi).
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