Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025 (BACO-25)

The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) will hold its next assembly as a joint assembly with the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) and the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO). The IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025 (BACO-25) will be held from 20-25 July 2025 at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in Busan, Republic of Korea. The six-day event will bring together atmosphere, cryosphere and ocean scientists from around the globe to participate in scientific presentations and discussions, exchanges of information, and international earth science cooperation. All participants are required to follow the IUGG Code of Conduct.

Travel grants will be available for attending the meeting. Details will be announced in late 2024. See general information on grants here.

The scientific program will include IACS sessions on the cryosphere and cryosphere-related symposia joint with IAMAS or IAPSO associations. IACS will have an open plenary meeting for its members and correspondents. IACS working groups, standings groups, joint commissions and bodies can request rooms for splinter meetings during the assembly. IACS highlights will also include IACS keynote Union Lecture (TBD) and Graham Cogley awards for student oral and poster presentations.

Call for BACO-25 symposium proposal

The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences cordially invites you to submit symposium proposals for the Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025 (BACO-25) until 22 March 2024. Proposals for individual symposia are invited on topics within the remits of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences and the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans, and for joint symposia concerning interactions between two or three of the atmosphere, cryosphere and ocean.

Symposium proposals (maximum 300 words) should include:
• Session title
• Session topic
• Proposal type: IACS symposium, or joint symposium with IAMAS and/or IAPSO
• Number of conveners
• Convener information: Name, affiliation, email address, country
• Expected number of presentations (can be adjusted later depending on room availability and number of abstracts received)

Proposals will be considered on their scientific merits, significance of their themes and overall programme balance. Symposia may be aggregated before being included in the final programme. We strongly encourage diversity and the involvement of young scientists as conveners.

Please submit symposium proposals by email to Richard Essery, IACS Secretary General