We are pleased to announce that the eighth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-8) will be held from October 28 to 31, 2025, in Hachioji City of Tokyo, Japan. The ISAR places values on diversity, equity, and inclusion in Arctic science, and welcomes your participation. We now call for session proposals from Arctic research communities. The symposium will be an in-person meeting.

Core scientific programs in ISAR-8 consist of Plenary, Regular, and Special sessions. Scientific interaction in ISAR-8 will be performed in the format of oral and poster presentations. Following Regular sessions are designed by the organizing committee (program and local organizing committees): 1) Atmosphere; 2) Ocean and sea ice; 3) Rivers, lakes, permafrost, and snow cover; 4) Ice sheets, glaciers, and ice cores; 5) Terrestrial ecosystems; 6) Marine ecosystems; 7) Geospace; 8) Laws, politics, and economy; 9) Language, culture, and environment; and 10) Engineering for sustainable development.

About ISAR
The International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR) has been held about every two years since 2008 and aims to present and discuss scientific results with researchers on the Arctic from all over the world, extracting and sharing issues to solve, and exploring the future of the Arctic.

Following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-7) was held in Tachikawa, Tokyo on March 6-10, 2023 was held in a hybrid manner. A total of 448 participants joined from 24 countries and regions, including all eight Arctic Council member states. Of these, 340 attended on-site and 108 participated online.