Information Letter No1

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The National Antarctic Scientific Center and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine are pleased to invite you to the 12th International Antarctic Conference, themed “Antarctica at the cutting edge of planetary change”.

The conference will be held on May 13 – 14, 2025 in Kyiv as an online conference.

Conference Organizers:  

Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;

State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center

Conference Sections:

·       Earth Sciences (geological, geophysical, geodetic, glaciological, geoecological research and other related disciplines);

·       Life Sciences (biological, medical and physiological research and other related disciplines);

·       Physical Sciences (hydrometeorology, oceanography, geospace and other related disciplines);

·       International cooperation: social and geographic; political and legal aspects of Antarctic exploration.

Conference languages: Ukrainian, English.

The abstract submission deadline is Monday, 17^th March 2025.

Abstract Requirements:

Abstracts should be presented in Word (Times New Roman, Line-spacing 1.0), Ukrainian or English language.                         

Abstracts should not contain any pictures or diagrams and should be no more than one A4 page.  

Format doc 97-2003, all margins – 2 cm, paragraph – 1 cm, text justified alignment, symbols from MS Word menu Symbol.  

Text:

1) UDC without paragraph indent, left alignment (Times New Roman, 12 pt). Leave one blank line.

2) Abstract title without paragraph indent, left alignment, single line-spacing, capital letters (Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold). Leave one blank line.

3) Authors’ initials and name without paragraph indent, left alignment, single line-spacing, small letters italicize, speaker’s name underlined  (Times New Roman , 12 pt, bold).

4) Affiliation, city, e-mail address – without paragraph indent,  justified alignment, single line-spacing, small letters italicize (Times New Roman, 12 pt).

5) Leave two blank lines. The abstract text – single line-spacing, small letters (Times New Roman, 12 pt ).

Note! Abstracts are not reviewed and not edited. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to reject an abstract in case of its non-compliance with abstract requirements and conference themes.

POSTER REQUIREMENTS

Poster presentation should contain no more than five slides. The duration of the poster presentation should be up to five minutes.

Organizing Committee Address:

01601, Kyiv, Blvd Tarasa Shevchenka, 16, Room 103
State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine
E-mail:  uac@uac.gov.ua

Yours faithfully,

XII IAC Organizing Committee