CEDAR email: Fifth International Polar Year Workshop May 20-21, 2025 and Related Planning Updates

[Michael Hartinger]

Dear Colleagues,

Planning is beginning for the Fifth International Polar Year (IPY5) that
will be held in 2032-2033. International Polar Years are intended to make
large advancements in scientific understanding by galvanizing the research
community and fostering large-scale international coordination and national
investments in polar science. This includes geospace/space weather research.

The National Academies will be holding a workshop focused on IPY5 on May 20
and 21, 2025. Participants will discuss pressing research and monitoring
questions that could be investigated by the U.S. and international partners
during IPY5. More details will follow soon, but (1) the workshop will be
hybrid and provide opportunities for virtual participation, (2) the
workshop will have a focus on U.S. engagement in IPY5 but invites
international perspectives, (3) this will be one of many opportunities to
provide feedback on IPY5 plans in the U.S. and internationally in the
coming years (see below for overall international planning update). To
learn more about the workshop, visit the website:
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/exploring-key-research-and-monitoring-topics-for-u-s-engagement-in-the-fifth-international-polar-year-a-workshop

Further update on IPY5 plans: On the international level, the IPY5
executive committee (https://ipy5.net/organisation/) includes the
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research (SCAR), the International Science Council (ISC), and the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The wider IPY5 planning group has
recently expanded to include other international space science
organizations, including COSPAR and SCOSTEP. Plans are still in the early
stages, but feedback will be provided by these organizations as well as
national polar programs in the coming years. For more details on
international plans, please see the IPY5 webpage: https://ipy5.net/
Thank you,
Mike
-- 
Michael Hartinger
Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
Associate Researcher, UCLA
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