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

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

ISAR-8 International Advisory Committee (IAC) 
Tatiana Alekseeva (Cryosphere and Remote Sensing) Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (Paleoclimate) University of Copenhagen
Hajo Eicken (Cryosphere) University of Alaska Fairbanks
Josef Elster (Terrestrial) University of South Bohemia
Kumiko Goto-Azuma (Cryosphere and Paleoclimate) NIPR
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