Arctic Portal hosts the side event during the IPY Montreal

The Arctic Portal did host the side event in Palais de Congres in Montreal which was an important contribution into International Polar Year Conference. The speech given by Halldor Johansson treated on future in data management and creation of Arctic Gateway hub for all sources of information.

While the opening of new AP website was announced, the possibilities for future cooperation between scholars, policy makers and companies, were reviled.

The event was attended by close to forty international representatives with suggestions on data management, websites hosting and communication management.