Mombetsu-02 Symposium, 24-28 February 2002

Date

12 July 2001

For more information on the 17th International Symposium on Okhotsk
Sea and Sea Ice, registration, and/or registration/renewal for the
Okhotsk Sea & Cold Ocean Research Association (OSCORA), please
contact:

Dr. Kunio Shirasawa
Program Chair, MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM
OSCORA, c/o Sea Ice Research Laboratory, Hokkaido University
6-4-10 Minamigaoka, Mombetsu
094-0013 Hokkaido Japan
Phone: +81-1582-3-3722
Fax: +81-1582-3-5319
E-mail: OSCORA [at] pop.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp

The Call for Papers, registration information, and information about
schedules and deadlines are included in the information below.

MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
OKHOTSK SEA & SEA ICE

24-28 FEBRUARY 2002

MOMBETSU, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

Organized by:
The Okhotsk Sea & Cold Ocean Research Association (OSCORA)
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Northern Regions Center
City of Mombetsu

INVITATION

We invite you to participate in the 17th International Symposium on
Okhotsk Sea & Sea Ice (MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM) to be held in Mombetsu,
Hokkaido, Japan on 24-28 February 2002.

The annual international Okhotsk Sea & Sea Ice Symposium being organized
by the Okhotsk Sea & Cold Ocean Research Association (OSCORA) is
intended for all scientists and engineers interested in issues related
to sea ice, the Okhotsk Sea and ice-covered waters. The MOMBETSU-02
SYMPOSIUM will especially address the new results from research programs
being carried out in the Okhotsk Sea, seasonally ice-covered waters,
arctic/subarctic waters, and oil spill problems in the marine
environment in ice-covered waters. The program will also include
Professor Masaaki Aota's lecture on the occasion of his retirement from
Hokkaido University at the end of March 2002 after 37 years studies on
sea ice and oceanography. Professor Aota has been the Chair of the
OSCORA since the 16th Okhotsk Sea & Sea Ice Symposium in 2001. In
addition, special sessions or workshops are also welcome to be jointly
organized with MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM. Please contact the program chair
if you have suggestions or recommendations for special sessions. All
sessions will consist of oral presentations. Poster space will be
available for those who may not be able to attend but would like to
present poster papers during the symposium.

Technical tours during the symposium will be arranged on the icebreaker,
"Garinko II" for a sightseeing tour in the ice-covered Mombetsu harbor
area, to the Okhotsk Tower to visit an aquarium under the ice, and to
the Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaido. A one-day, post-symposium
excursion is planned to a hot spring.

THE VENUE

The city of Mombetsu is a small and pleasant fishing town
located along the Okhotsk Sea coast. It is accessible by air
transportation from Sapporo/Okadama and also directly from Tokyo/Haneda
airports. Please arrange your flight schedule with your local travel
agents or the All Nippon Airways (ANA) and/or Air Nippon (ANK) offices.

The beginning of the sea-ice season in Mombetsu varies from early
January to mid-February. The Symposium will be held in the middle of the
ice season. We look forward to sharing this unique opportunity with you
in February 2002 in addition to lively discussions on sea ice.

TOPICS

Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice
Arctic/Subarctic Waters
Marine Environment in Ice-Covered Waters
Environmental Problems, Oil in Ice
Engineering Problems in Ice-Covered Waters
Ice Mechanics and Dynamics
Remote Sensing of Ice

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Prof. Vera Alexander, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Prof. Masaaki Aota, Hokkaido University, Japan (Chair of OSCORA)
Dr. Vladimir Astafiev, Sakhalin Oil and Gas Institute, Russia
Mr. Soshi Hamaoka, Okhotsk Sea Ice Science Research Co., Japan
Dr. Takao Hoshiai, Emer. Prof., National Institute of Polar Research,
Japan
Prof. Grant Ingram, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Makoto Kashiwai, Hokkaido National Fisheries Research Institute,
Japan
Prof. John Kelley, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Dr. Seiichi Kinoshita, Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum of Hokkaido, Japan
Dr. Hiromitsu Kitagawa, Former Prof., Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Louis Legendre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
France
Prof. Matti Leppäranta, University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Yuzo Mizuno, Hokkaido Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Yutaka Nagata, Marine Information Research Center, Japan (Special
Adviser of OSCORA)
Prof. Tsuneo Nishiyama, Hokkaido Tokai University, Japan
Dr. Wang Renshu, Institute of Marine Environmental Protection, China
Prof. Hiroshi Saeki, Hokkaido University, Japan
Dr. Kunio Shirasawa, Hokkaido University, Japan (Secretary General of
OSCORA)
Dr. Peter Wadhams, Scott Polar Research Institute, UK

CALL FOR PAPERS
Authors wishing to present a paper at the symposium are invited to
submit an abstract of 200 to 300 words with a preliminary registration
form to the Secretariat by 15 October 2001. Abstracts should be
preferably submitted as e-mail attachments including full names,
addresses, telephone and FAX numbers, and e-mail addresses of the
corresponding author and co-authors. Notice for acceptance will be sent
by 1 November 2001. Final camera-ready manuscripts in English (up to
about 6-8 pages of A4 or 8.5x11 inch sheets including figures and
tables, single-spaced with 12 pt fonts) should be sent to the
Secretariat by 6 January 2002. Oral and poster presentations will be
given equal consideration, and manuscripts of both will be published in
the Proceedings, which will be available at the time of the symposium.
Selected papers will be recommended to be further reviewed for
publication in a special issue of MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM in Cold Regions
Science and Technology (CRST), an international journal dealing with the
scientific and technical problems of cold environments.

SCHEDULES AND DEADLINES

15 October 2001 -- Preliminary Registration & Abstract Submission
1 November 2001 -- Notice for Acceptance
6 January 2002 -- Camera-ready Papers for Proceedings
24-28 February 2002 -- MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM
31 May 2002 (tentative) -- Paper Submission to CRST

The OFFICIAL LANGUAGE of the Symposium is English. No simultaneous
translation service will be provided.

DETAILS regarding symposium registration, domestic transportation,
accommodation, and field trip will be available at the symposium web
site: http://www.o-tower.co.jp/okhsymp.html

CONTACT for more information on symposium registration and
registration/renewal for the Okhotsk Sea & Cold Ocean Research
Association (OSCORA):

REGISTRATION FORM FOR MOMBETSU-02 SYMPOSIUM

Name:

Title: Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof.

Professional position:

Mailing Address:

City/State/Zip:

Country:

Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:

Check, as appropriate:
__ I plan to attend.
__ I plan to attend, submit an abstract, and present a talk.
__ I may not attend, but submit an abstract and make presentation in a
poster session.
__ I want to obtain ___ volume(s) of the proceedings.
__ The proceedings will be available at the symposium at
2,500.Yen/volume.

I intend to submit an abstract under the following theme:
__ Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice
__ Arctic/Subarctic Waters
__ Marine Environment in Ice-Covered Waters
__ Environmental Problems, Oil in Ice
__ Engineering Problems in Ice-Covered Waters
__ Ice Mechanics and Dynamics
__ Remote Sensing of Ice

Return REGISTRATION FORM to: The OSCORA Secretariat
E-mail: OSCORA [at] pop.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp
FAX: +81-1582-3-5319