Introduction and welcome

Introduction to the International Day of Permafrost 2023 by Stephan Gruber (NSERC PermafrostNet, Scientific Director) and Kumari Karunaratne (Canadian Permafrost Association, President).

Session 1

1. Isabelle Gärtner-Roer (IPA) – Successes and challenges of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) and How to best serve the permafrost community? 00:00

2. Miriam Jackson (ICIMOD) – Permafrost research in the Hindu Kush Himalaya and ICIMOD’s role. 10:40

3. Julia Boike (T- MOSAiC) –T-MOSAiC Permafrost Thaw: Advancing permafrost research with a standardized protocol. 19:56

Session 2

1. Margareta Johansson (INTERACT) – Making access to terrestrial infrastructures and data in the Arctic. 00:00

2. Cécile Pellet (PERMOS) – The Swiss permafrost monitoring network PERMOS: General structure and key results. 08:40

3. Sabrina Muzafari (Adventure of Science) – Empowering young women from central Asia with a scientific communication program: “Adventure of Science: women and glaciers in central Asia.” 21:14

Session 3

1. Lukas Arenson (ICOP) – 12th International Conference on Permafrost ICOP 2024. 00:00

2. Guido Grosse (Permafrost Discovery Gateway) – Enhancing the accessibility of remote sensing big data for permafrost research. 07:25

3. Peter Pulsifer (CCADI) – CCADI: Standards and protocols within the Canadian Consortium for Arctic Data Interoperability. 18:36

4. Elise Devoie, Deniz Vural and Lina Madaj (APECS Executive committee) – APECS Executive committee. 33:24

Session 4

1. Scott Goetz (ABoVE) – An overview of permafrost-focused research outcomes from NASA’s Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment. 00:00

2. Gonçalo Vieira (POLAR2E – Polar & Extreme Environments) – Promoting scientific and technological synergies. Fostering new international partnerships in post-graduate training, research and technology. 09:54

Session 5

1. Coline Mollaret and Teddi Herring (IPA Action Group) Towards an international database of geoelectrical surveys on permafrost (IDGSP). 00:00

2. Michael Lim (Northumbria University) and Deva-Lynn Pokiak (Tuktoyaktuk) Building successful collaborations for mitigating the impacts of permafrost thaw on coastal communities.  10:08

3. Annett Bartsch (Permafrost CCI+ and GlobPermafrost) Recent progress within the framework of ESA CCI+ permafrost and related projects. 23:35

Session 6

1. Tong Qiu (CryoSlideRisk) CryoSlideRisk Network. 00:00

2. Antoine Séjourné (Prism-Arctic) Permafrost degradation impacts on soils, human societies, water resources and carbon cycle. 09:22

3. Sue Natali (Permafrost Pathways) Permafrost Pathways. 18:10

4. Ted Schurr (Permafrost Carbon Network) Permafrost and Climate Change: Global carbon cycle feedbacks from the warming arctic. 27:36

5. Speaker comments 36:27