João Canário elected Vice-President of the IASC

João Canário, a researcher at the Instituto Superior Técnico's Structural Chemistry Centre and FCT's national representative on the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), was elected as one of the four vice-presidents of this international organization following the IASC's annual meeting, which took place in Tromso, Norway, on March 30,

Portugal, through FCT, is one of the countries represented on the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), an organization that has been holding an annual conference on pressing polar issues since 1999. In 2021, it was Portugal's turn to host this conference, the Arctic Science Summit Week 2021, which was held online from Lisbon.

Alongside the organization of this conference, the election of João Canário as Vice-Chair represents the international recognition of Portuguese Polar Science, particularly that developed in the Arctic. In Portugal, FCT carries out activities in this area through the Polar Program, an office created in 2011 whose main objective is to respond to the need for an institutional support and accompaniment base for national research in the polar regions by Portuguese scientists.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is an international non-governmental scientific organization whose mission is to encourage and facilitate cooperation in all aspects of Arctic research, in all countries involved in Arctic research and in all areas of the Arctic Region.