It is the second day of the joint Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Conference in Davos, Switzerland.
Out of the 18 South African attendees, 9 oral presentations and 12 poster presentations will be delivered. Four more South Africans who started their scientific careers in the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP), currently residing and representing different countries, are also attending this conference.
Please see below titles of these presentations.
| South African representation at POLAR2018 (SCAR & IASC Conference) Davos, Switzerland 15-26 June 2018 | |||||
| Oral Presentations | |||||
| Date | Session | Time | Title | Presenter | Venue |
| 19-Jun | OC-1_OC-2b Innovation, partnership and impact in polar science communication & Polar Research and Citizen Science: Exploring New Platforms and Opportunities | 11:15-11:30 | A new South African National Antarctic Programme Portal Designed by ALSA | Louw, Anché | B Pischa |
| 19-Jun | BE-3b Polar perspectives on microbial evolution, adaptation, and ecological function | 12:15-12:30 | Metagenomics and Viromics of the Mackay Glacier Ecotone | Van Goethem, Marc | A Seehorn |
| 21-Jun | BE-2b Phytoplankton, productivity and carbon export dynamics | 11:00-11:15 | Southern-Atlantic Phytoplankton Community Composition Response to Light and Iron | Viljoen, Johannes Jacobus | A Seehorn |
| 21-Jun | BE-2b Phytoplankton, productivity and carbon export dynamics | 11:15-11:30 | Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Silica Uptake Relating to Leakage and Carbon Export | Weir, Ian | A Seehorn |
| 21-Jun | BE-2b Phytoplankton, productivity and carbon export dynamics | 11:45-12:00 | Phytoplankton Group-specific Contributions to the Subantarctic Biological Pump | Forrer, Heather J | A Seehorn |
| 21-Jun | OS-7c Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean interactions in the Polar Regions | 14:30-14:45 | Impact of Severe Storm Conditions on the Marginal Ice Zone in the Southern Ocean | Vichi, Marcello | S Sanada II |
| 22-Jun | BE-9d Life distribution and responses to environmental changes in Polar ecosystems | 12:00-12:15 | Predicting Plant Invasion Risks to the Subantarctic Islands | Greve, Michelle | C Aspen |
| 22-Jun | OC-3 The role of museums in promoting polar heritage and advancing polar science | 16:30-16:45 | Antarctic Legacy of SA Collaborates to Celebrate South Africa’s Polar Heritage | Louw, Anché | S Sanada I |
| 23-Jun | SH-8 Data science for polar environments – discovery, rescue, and mining | 09:30-09:45 | Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA) Preserve Human Data, what is the Value? | Olivier, Ria | A Wisshorn |
| POSTERS | |||||
| Date | Session | Time | Title | Presenter | Venue |
| 19-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | A Comparison of the Frost Environment of Three Disparate Climatic Locations | Hansen, Christel | Foyer |
| 19-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Genetic Patterns at Fine Spatial Scales: Complex Findings in a Complex Landscape | Monsanto, Daniela | Foyer |
| 19-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Geomorphology and Antarctic Ecosystems in Dronning Maud Land | Meiklejohn, Ian | Foyer |
| 19-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | The Active Layer and Permafrost Environment of Flårjuven (Antarctica): 2008 – 2017 | Hansen, Christel | Foyer |
| 20-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Comparing Data Derived from Animal-borne and Argo Observations | Treasure, Anne M. | Foyer |
| 20-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole: Review of the MEOP Consortium | Treasure, Anne M. | Foyer |
| 20-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Southern Ocean Stratification Delayed by Submesoscale Wind-front Interactions | du Plessis, Marcel | Foyer |
| 21-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Analysis of Synoptic Variability of the Antarctic MIZ with in Situ Observations | de Jong, Ehlke | Foyer |
| 21-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Physical Forcing of Marine Ecosystems in the Prince Edward Islands Region | Treasure, Anne M. | Foyer |
| 21-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Plankton Production in Open Southern Ocean and Surrounding subantarctic Islands | Stirnimann, Luca | Foyer |
| 22-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA): Past Decade, Approaches and Challenges | Olivier, Ria | Foyer |
| 22-Jun | Poster | 17:30-18:30 | Promoting the Antarctic Heritage of South Africa with a Digital Museum | Olivier, Ria | Foyer |
