The 9th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development ISCORD 2010.

The Organizing Committee of the 9th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development (ISCORD) and the International Association for Cold Region Development Studies (IACORDS) invite to participate in the 9th International Symposium on Cold Regions Development to be held on June 1-5, 2010 in Yakutsk - Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

At the symposium a wide range of issues will be discussed with the focus on technologies that allow developing and living in cold regions with an appreciation of conservation and preservation of natural ecosystems.

The themes of the various sessions that will comprise the symposium will include:

1. The engineering, construction and maintenance of structures with a significantly long design life in cold climate regions and in cryolithozone:
- Building construction and design;
- Urban infrastructure and architecture;
- Service life;
- Water supply;
- Wastes and sewage utilization;
- Energy use efficiency. 

2. The application of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials to provide with reliable materials and prolonged life of technical objects and mechanisms under conditions of cold climate:
- Design and innovation of new materials and technologies;
- Development strategy, potential and prospects;
- Up-to-date materials and equipment;
- Application of nanotechnologies.
 
3. Natural ecosystem conditions in zones impacted by construction, resource development and human habitation and designs for damage minimization:
- Monitoring;
- Nature conservation measurements;
- Wastes management;
- Natural ecosystems rehabilitation.

4. Building and long term use of transportation infrastructure under conditions of cold climate:
- Motor roads and railways;
- Bridges;
- Waterways and airports, harbors and sea ports;
- Arctic navigation;
- Service life;
- Specifics of exploitation in winter period;
- Logistics and economics;
- Influence of seasonal factors.

5. Mining and transportation of minerals in permafrost areas, application of innovative nature conservation methods:
- Equipment and mechanisms;
- Exploration;
- Extraction and concentration;
- Open pit and deep-mined output;
- Pipeline construction;
- Bulk solids transportation;
- Safe mining and transportation;
- Processing.

6. The problems of energy supply, electric power production and transference under conditions of cold regions:
- Production;
- Transference;
- Distribution;
- Alternative energy sources.

7. Socio-economic and cultural development of the cold regions, traditional methods of using the natural recourses under conditions of cold climate:
- Tourism;
- Social, economical and cultural anthropology;
- Education;
- Communications;
- Agriculture and forest industry;
- Fishery, hunting and folk trades;

8. Sustained demographical development, living conveniences and health of a human being under conditions of   cold climate:
- Biotechnologies, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment;
- Preventive health care;
- Folk medicine;
- Nutrition;
- Clothes and footwear;
- Equipment and mechanisms used in everyday life.

9. Climate change effect:
- Monitoring;
- Long- and short-term forecast;
- Natural hazards and cataclysms;
- Forest fires;
- Adaptation and mitigation of damage.

The Symposium will be convened with the assistance and cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and their Technical Council on Cold Regions Engineering (TCCRE), Finnish Society of Civil Engineers (RIL), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Japanese Society of Civil Engineers (JSC), Hokkaido Development Engineering Centre (HDEC), and Hokkaido University.

The Symposium Content will be published in the form of proceedings. The official languages of the Simposium are English and Russian.

More information about Symposium you can get on site www.coldregion2010.com