The first International Symposium, ‘Looking Beyond the International Polar Year: Emerging and Re-emerging Issues in International Law and Policy in the Polar Regions’ was held on 7-10 September 2008 at the University of Akureyri, Iceland. The Symposium was timed to coincide with the launch of the new postgraduate program in Polar Law offered by the University of Akureyri. The Polar Law Symposium is an annual event and the Symposiums proceedings have been published by the Brill publishing house in The Yearbooks of Polar Law.
The purpose of the Symposiums is to examine, in detail, the implications of the challenges faced by the Polar Regions for international law and policy and to make recommendations on appropriate actions by States, policy makers and other international actors to respond to these emerging and re-emerging challenges.
Each year the Symposium brings a great number of renowned scholars, post-doctoral and doctoral researchers from all across the world to share research-based scientific knowledge on diverse polar relevant issues. Leading experts in the field of both Polar Law and Policies are invited to give keynote lectures. The purpose of the Symposium is to examine, in detail, the implications of the challenges faced by the Polar Regions for international law and policy and to make recommendations on appropriate actions by states, policy makers and other international actors to respond to these emerging and re-emerging challenges.
Polar Law Symposium 2020 I 23-25 November 2020, Kobe, Japan. More information and Call for Abstracts here.
Polar Law Symposium 2019 - Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
Polar Law Symposium 2018 - Tromsø (Norway)
Polar Law Symposium 2017 - Rovaniemi (Finland)
Polar Law Symposium 2016 - Akureyri and Reykjavík (Iceland)
Polar Law Symposium 2015 - Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska (U.S.)
Polar Law Symposium 2014 - Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
Polar Law Symposium 2013 - Akureyri and Reykjavík (Iceland)
Polar Law Symposium 2012 - Rovaniemi (Finland)
Polar Law Symposium 2011 - Nuuk (Greenland)
Polar Law Symposium 2010 - Akureyri (Iceland)
Polar Law Symposium 2009 - Akureyri (Iceland)
Polar Law Symposium 2008 - Akureyri (Iceland)