The scientific conference on exploration of the Arctic will take place in Salekhard

The scientific conference on exploration of the Arctic – a new round in development of domestic science and innovations will take place in Salekhard from the 3rd to the 6th of December. Leading Russian scientists, among who there is the chairperson of the presidium of the Tyumen scientific center at the Siberian branch of the RAS, academician Vladimir Melnikov, the rector of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M.

Gubkin, professor Viktor Martynov, employees of structural branches of the Russian Academy of sciences and Roshydromet (the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia) declared about their participation in it. Besides, specialists of branch universities, oil and gas companies and representatives of bodies of the power will participate in the conference.

The program of the forum includes sessions about priorities of state scientific and technical policy in the Arctic and about education of senior managers for northern territories. Also the scientists will tell about medical, biological and ecological researches, which are conducted in the region, will discuss appearing of such crisis phenomena as the funnel in Yamal. The scientific center for study of the Arctic will conduct the seminar on sacred places of indigenous peoples of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, their history, search and preservation. Within the exhibition of innovative products the scientists of Yamal will present food products and cosmetics made on the basis of local herbal raw materials, will show equipment being used at conducting of integrated scientific researches in remote settlements and tundra, as it is informed to a correspondent of IA «Sever-Press» in the press-service of the governor of Yamal.