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Scientific Steering Committee
Full list coming soon.

Edward Hanna
CliC SSG Co-chair
University of Lincoln

Amy Lovecraft
CliC SSG Co-chair
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Florence Colleoni
SCAR-INSTANT Chief Officer
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale

Nicolas Cullen
IACS National Rep. from New Zealand
University of Otago

Emilia Kyung Jin
Director of Policy and Partnerships at KOPRI


Petra Heil
Co-chair of ASPeCt
Australian Antarctic Division
University of Tasmania

Rebecca Priestley
Deputy Head of the School of Science in Society, Victoria University of Wellington
Local Organizing Committee
Full list coming soon.

Tim Naish
Ex officio CliC SSG member
Liaison to the WCRP JSC
SCAR-INSTANT Chief Officer
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

Lauren Vargo
CliC SSG member
Deputy Division Head for IACS
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

Dao Polsiri
Projects Coordinator
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

Andrew Mackintosh
Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
Monash University, Australia