{"id":6913,"date":"2024-06-12T15:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/permafrostnet.ca\/?page_id=6913"},"modified":"2026-06-16T02:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:11:16","slug":"icop-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/permafrostnet.ca\/fr\/resources\/events\/icop-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"ICOP 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 12th International Conference on Permafrost was in Whitehorse, YT between the 16th and 20th of June, 2024.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Canada welcomed the international permafrost community to Whitehorse, Yukon for the 12th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP2024<\/a>) from June 16-20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was held at the the Kwanlin D\u00fcn Cultural Centre (KDCC) on the banks of the Chu N\u00ednkw\u00e4n (Yukon River), on the Traditional Territory of the Kwanlin D\u00fcn First Nation and Ta’an Kw\u00e4ch\u00e4n Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of the conference was “Integrating Perspectives of Permafrost Thaw, Change, and Adaptation.” with a program that had over 30 distinct technical sessions across a wide range of permafrost-related subjects. The program included 227 oral presentations, 199 in-person posters, and 67 virtual posters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network members were involved in planning the conference, giving\u00a0keynote\u00a0presentations<\/a>, and chairing sessions, with many network researchers, partners and collaborators delivering oral (further details below) and poster\u00a0presentations (see them here<\/a>). The conference was both in-person and online with former network post-doctoral fellow Mahya Roustaei chairing the virtual sessions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pre-conference workshops<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On the Sunday prior to the conference there were a number of workshops and meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le sous-th\u00e8me Permafrost Young Researchers Network<\/a> (PYRN) organized a workshop attended by a host of students, graduates, and presenters. Speakers shared their job paths, choices, and funny anecdotes, showing that there is no set path to success or finding a fulfilling career. Victor Leshyk then gave a lecture on visualizing science, which was both informative and eye-opening. Students had the opportunity to try and draw their science in a way that would be easily understood by the general public and received feedback for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Research Council of Canada (NRC) convened a workshop on Challenges and Best Practices in Assessment, Monitoring, and Retrofit of Permafrost Housing Foundations<\/em>. Galina Jonat gave a presentation at the workshop introducing why and how permafrost modelling can be useful for people working on permafrost housing foundations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Permafrost Pathways and the Arctic Athabaskan Council co-hosted a workshop titled – Call to Action on Permafrost: Applying Knowledge and Research to Complex Problems Facing Communities<\/em>. The workshop was attended by the NSERC PermafrostNet Board Chair Dr. Janet King and Director of Operations Dr. Tristan MacLean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynotes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n