ESSAS - Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Seas

2025 Ecosystem Studies of the Subarctic and Arctic Seas (ESSAS) Open Science Meeting

2025 ESSAS Open Science Meeting: Past, Present and Future of Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems

For session descriptions, see below!

【Date】: June 24-26, 2025

【Venue & Location】: National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Registration: https://essas.confit.atlas.jp/login

Accommodations:

No block accommodation is booked, so please find and reserve a hotel by yourself. We suggest that hotels near JR Tachikawa Station would be convenient to commute to the meeting venue, the National Institute of Polar Research (access information: https://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/outline/summary/access.html)

There are many hotels near Tachikawa Station, but please make your reservation early. Please check the prices offered by the hotels carefully because Japanese hotel costs are often charged per person, not per room. Below is the example list of the hotels near Tachikawa Station (generally ranked by the prices):

– JR-East Hotel Mets: https://www.hotelmets.jp/en/tachikawa/

– Hotel Emisia: https://www.hotel-emisia.com/tokyotachikawa/en/

– Tachikawa Washington Hotel: https://tachikawa.washington-hotels.jp

– Hotel Plaisir Tachikawa: https://gf-plaisir.jp

– Toyoko-Inn Tachikawa-eki Kita-guchi: https://www.toyoko-inn.com/search/detail/00245?lcl_id=en

– My Stays Tachikawa: https://www.mystays.com/en-us/hotel-mystays-tachikawa-tokyo/

Banquet: The meeting banquet will be held at Hotel Emisia, Tokyo, Tachikawa ( https://www.hotel-emisia.com/tokyotachikawa/en/ ) on the evening of 25 th June

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2024 ESSAS Annual Science Meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (Abstract submissions are due: April 8, 2024)

2024 ESSAS Annual Science Meeting: “Exploring the dynamic interface of human and marine life in high-latitude coastal zones”

 

Dates: June 18-21, 2024

First Announcement 

[26.06.23]
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2023 ESSAS Annual Science Meeting in Bergen, Norway (Conference Program uploaded)

2023 ESSAS Annual Science Meeting: “Ecological, social and economic dynamics of high-latitude coastal systems”

Dates: June 20-22, 2023

Book of Abstracts 

Conference Schedule 

[10.01.23]
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Contact us

For any questions about ESSAS or further information please contact any of the ESSAS Co-chairs

Benjamin Planque
Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Email: benjamin.planque@imr.no  

Franz Mueter
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Email: fmueter@alaska.edu  

Naomi Harada
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Kashiwa, Japan
Email: naomi.harada@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp  

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