Organizers

National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)

Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research (JCAR)

Co-Organizers

Hokkaido University
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

ISAR-8 Local Organizing Committee (LOC) 
Yoshihiro Iijima (JCAR/Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Jun Inoue (NIPR) *Chair
Hiromichi Ueno (Hokkaido University) *Vice-Chair
Fujio Ohnishi (JCAR/Hokkaido University)
Daisuke Goto (NIPR)
Yuji Kodama (Hokkaido University)
Akihisa Konno (JCAR/Kogakuin University)
Kazuyuki Saito (JCAR/JAMSTEC)
Tetsuo Sueyoshi (NIPR)
Masayuki Takigawa (JAMSTEC)
Takeshi Tamura (NIPR)
Yutaka Tobo (NIPR)
Takanori Nishiyama (NIPR)
Daiki Nomura (Hokkaido University)
Hiroyasu Hasumi (JCAR/The University of Tokyo) *Vice-Chair
Mariko Hatta (JAMSTEC)
Toshinobu Machida (JCAR/National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Hironori Yabuki (JCAR/NIPR)
Masakazu Yoshimori (JCAR/The University of Tokyo)
Hisatomo Waga (NIPR/University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Eiji Watanabe (JAMSTEC) *Vice-Chair

ISAR-8 Program Committee 
Junichi Okuno (JCAR/NIPR)
Yuko Osakada (JCAR/Chuo University)
Michiyo Kawai(JCAR/Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Ayumi Kotani (JCAR/Nagoya University)
Kazuyuki Saito (JCAR/JAMSTEC)
Takuo Tsuda (JCAR/The University of Electro-Communications)
Shigeto Nishino (JCAR/JAMSTEC)
Takatoshi Matsuzawa (JCAR/National Maritime Research Institute)
Masahiro Minowa (JCAR/Hokkaido University)
Juha Saunavaara (JCAR/Hokkaido University)
Masakazu Yoshimori (JCAR/The University of Tokyo) *Chair
Fujio Ohnishi (JCAR/Hokkaido University)

ISAR-8 International Advisory Committee (IAC) 
Tatiana Alekseeva (Cryosphere and Remote Sensing) Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Kumiko Goto-Azuma (Cryosphere and Paleoclimate) NIPR
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (Paleoclimate) University of Copenhagen
Hajo Eicken (Cryosphere) University of Alaska Fairbanks
Josef Elster (Terrestrial) University of South Bohemia
Joachim Otto Habeck (Anthropology) University of Hamburg
Larry Hinzman (Terrestrial) University of Alaska
Kristin Ingvarsdottir (History) University of Iceland
Rachael Lorna Johnstone (Polar Law) University of Akureyri
Michael Karcher (Oceanography) Alfred Wegener Institute
Joo-Hong Kim (Atmosphere) Korea Polar Research Institute
Nikolay Kradin (Anthropology) Russian Academy of Science
Marc Lanteigne (Political Science) UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Wieslaw Maslowski (Oceanography) Naval Postgraduate School
Atsushi Matsuoka (Remote Sensing) University of New Hampshire
Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu (Paleoclimate) University of Bergen
Tetsuo Ohata (Cryosphere)
Atsumu Ohmura (Climate) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Volker Rachold (Geography) Alfred Wegener Institute
Kaj Riska (Arctic Technology) Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Stein Sandven (Oceanography) Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Martin Schneebeli (Cryosphere) WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Hyoung Chul Shin (Marine Ecology) Korea Polar Research Institute
Thomas Spengler (Atmosphere) University of Bergen
Peter Wadhams (Cryosphere) University of Cambridge