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Implications of climate change to
design and operation of ships and structures in
marine and inland ice.
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Studies and characterization of
climate change effects on ice regimes and coastal
environments.
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Icebreaking ships: naval
architecture, propulsion, construction, and marine
operations.
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Development of autonomous navigation,
green propulsion, silent cruising, and other
innovations.
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Structures in ice/iceberg populated
waters, new challenges with climate change.
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Construction and logistics in
ice-covered areas, provisions for changing ice
regimes.
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Ice management, current practices,
methods for climate change effects like pack ice
invasions.
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New offshore developments in
ice-covered areas with provision for climate change
effects.
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Subsea pipelines and facilities in
ice, effects of permafrost reduction.
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Marine systems for offshore drilling
and production operations in ice and iceberg
regimes.
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Codes, regulations and standards,
including new requirements for emissions, noise, and
hydrodynamic.
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Ice conditions, forecasting and
remote sensing, future ice condition prediction.
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Reduction of climate change effects
on ice cover, iceberg and pack dynamics, permafrost.
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Safety, risk and environmental
protection, methods of dealing with climate change
effects.
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Escape, Evacuation and Rescue (EER)
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Arctic
Geopolitics
