The Polar Symposium is a regular biannual conference dedicated to polar topics, with a long tradition since 1972. For years, these meetings have provided an excellent opportunity for integration, exchange of experience and discussion between Polish and foreign researchers of the polar regions, representing various scientific fields. The Symposium is supervised by the Polar Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Polar Consortium and the Polar Club of PTG (website in Polish). You can read about the long history of the Polar Symposiums here (website in Polish).
The event will concentrate on the most recent research and the most urgent scientific challenges related to the dynamic changes occurring in the polar regions. The objective of the conference is to facilitate a meeting platform for the scientific community which will allow for the exchange of experiences and presentation of research results in an interdisciplinary context.
In recent years, these meetings have been organized by the partners of the Polish Polar Consortium. In 2025, this honor fell to a new (from 2024) member of the Consortium – Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz. This conference celebrates its 40th edition. As agreed by the polar scientific community, this and subsequent editions of the Polar Symposium are to be held at the Polar Research Museum in Puławy, the first museum of polar science in Poland, established in 2020. For Kazimierz Wielki University, it is also an opportunity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of geographic sciences at the University of Bydgoszcz and showcase its contribution to polar research on a national and international scale, especially its dynamic development in the recent years.
The International Polar Symposium will be held on 4-7 November 2025 in Puławy.
For further information: 40th International Polar Symposium – Polskie Konsorcjum Polarne
