João Canário elected Vice President of the IASC

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

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

Alongside the organization of this conference, the election of João Canário as Vice-President represents international recognition of Portuguese Polar Science, particularly that carried out in the Arctic. In Portugal, the FCT carries out activities in this area through the Polar Program, via an office created in 2011 whose main objective is to respond to the need for institutional support and monitoring of 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.