The 13th National Seminar on Snow

As in prior years, the seminar welcomes presentations covering a range of topics related to snow, such as scientific snow studies, societal aspects of snow, and the importance of snow for water resources. This year, the seminar also serves as the final conference of the CRYO-RI project, hosting a session for snow monitoring technologies. The seminar proudly presents a dedicated session for the intersection of snow and arts + sports, with Olympic gold medalist Sami Jauhojärvi as the keynote speaker.

The seminar will take place in the Nordic Art Hotel Lasaretti and is an in-person event. The seminar is free of charge, including seminar dinner and lunch, limiting the number of participants to 70 people – don’t freeze and register fast!

The deadline for registration and submitting an abstract is the 30th of September.

Tentative program for the two-day event:

Thursday 30th Oct:
12.00-16.00 Seminar presentations and posters
16.00-18.00 Snow Meets Arts and Sports session
19.00 --> Seminar dinner

Friday 31st Oct
8.30-12.00 Seminar presentations
12.00-13.00 lunch

Registration:

Please use this event registration link to register and submit your presentation (You can request an oral presentation, poster, or register without a presentation.

Further information from the organizing committee:
Pertti Ala-Aho, University of Oulu, pertti.ala-aho@oulu.fi
Maiju Ylönen, University of Oulu, maiju.ylonen@oulu.fi
Hanna Holappa, University of Oulu, hanna.holappa@oulu.fi

Scientific committee:
Pertti Ala-Aho (University of Oulu)
Sirpa Rasmus (University of Lapland)
Leena Leppänen (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
Outi Meinander (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
Anna Kontu (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
Okkonen Jarkko (Geological Survey of Finland)
Kati Anttila (Finnish Environment Institute)