Symposium programme

Date Time Event Event place
June, 11-12 - Arrival of participants, accommodation in the hotel Airport, hotel “Pacific Plaza Sakhalin”
June, 13 9:30 – 10:30 Registration of participants Conference hall, building of International Centre for Business Cooperation «Sahincentr», first floor
10:30 – 11:30 Opening of the Symposium. Greetings to participants of the symposium.
A.V. Khoroshavin, Governor of the Sakhalin Region
Academician RAS A.I. Khanchuk, director FEGI FEB RAS
Sato Atsushi, councillor of The International Glaciological Society, vice-president of Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
11:30 – 11:50 Coffee break
11:50 – 13:00 Plenary meeting
Snow structure researching: current state and perspective
N.A. Kazakov, S.A. Sokratov
Non-traditional applications of the snow physics. Ice friction, snow avalanches, singing snow and curling
Maeno Norikazu
13:00– 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 – 16:00 Session 1. Physical and mechanical properties of snow and snow cover: experimental data and results of modelling Conference hall, building of International Centre for Business Cooperation «Sahincentr», first floor
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break
16:20 – 17:20 Session 2. Structure, texture, stratification of snow cover: instruments and methods of investigation
17:20 – 17:50 Debate
19:00 Stand-up meal Hotel “Pacific Plaza Sakhalin”
June, 14 9:30 – 11:00 Session 3. Chemical properties and mineral composition of snow and snow cover: methods of investigation Conference hall, building of International Centre for Business Cooperation «Sahincentr», first floor
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 13:00 Session 4. Physical and mechanical properties of snow and snow cover: experimental data and results of modelling
13:00– 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 – 14:40 Session 5. Snow metamorphism; physical and mathematical modeling of the processes taking place in snow cover Conference hall, building of International Centre for Business Cooperation «Sahincentr», first floor
14:40 – 15:00 Poster presentations
15:00 – 16:00 Poster Session
1540 – 1540 Debate
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break
16:20 – 17:20 Visiting of scientific organizations Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy Sciences, Special Design Office of the Automation Devices for Marine Research of the Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Science, The Sakhalin branch of Botanical garden-institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
17:20 – 18:20 Round table. Advances in the characterization of snow properties and microstructure. Missing links in snow physical properties.
Moderator: M. Schneebeli		 Conference hall of Sakhalin Department of Far East Geological Institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy Sciences
18:30 – 19:30 Excursion The Sakhalin branch of Botanical garden-institute of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
June, 15 9:30 – 11:00 Session 6. Structure, texture, stratification of snow cover: instruments and methods of investigation Conference hall, building of International Centre for Business Cooperation «Sahincentr», first floor
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 13:00 Session 7. Snow metamorphism; physical and mathematical modeling of the processes taking place in snow cover
13:00– 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 – 16:00 Session 8. Different aspects of snow studies Conference hall, building of International Centre for Business Cooperation «Sahincentr», first floor
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break
16:20 – 17:00 Debate
17:00 – 17:30
 Closing the symposium. Sizing up
K. M. Stroganov, the first deputy of Governor of the Sakhalin Region  
Academician RAS A.I. Khanchuk, director FEGI FEB RAS  
Sato Atsushi, councillor of The International Glaciological Society, vice-president of Japanese Society of Snow and Ice  
17:30 – 19:30
 Excursion Sakhalin regional museum of local traditions Sign point of Sports-tourist complex «Mountain air»
June, 16 10:00 – 20:00 Excursion
Banquet		 Sea coast of Sakhalin Island (Okhotsk sea coast, lakes Tunajcha and Izmenchivoe)
June, 17-18 - Departure of the participants Airport

Address, phones, Internet:

694023, Russian Federation, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Gor’kogo 25, Sakhalin Department of FEGI FEB RAS
Tel.: (+7) 4242-75-13-35, 4242-75-13-36
Fax: (+7) 4242-75-13-36
E-mail: snowphysics@fegi.ru
Web page: http://snowphysics.fegi.ru