IPY-5 Planning Group
The IPY-5 Planning Group is comprised of representatives of international organisations. It meets twice a year and:
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provides input, advice and overall direction for the IPY planning process and the IPY-5 Executive Committee
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prepares, presents and assists in taking forward specific issues to the IPY-5 Executive Committee
Task Groups will be set up by the IPY-5 Planning Group to work on specific aspects of the planning process in more detail. The task groups report back periodically to the IPY-5 Planning Group.
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Organisations currently involved in the IPY-5 Planning Group:
- Aleut International Association (AIA)
- Antarctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AnMAP)
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
- Arctic Science Funders Forum (ASFF)
- Arctic Youth Network (AYN)
- Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS)
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
- Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
- Committee on Data (CODATA)
- Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
- European Polar Board (EPB)
- Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)
- Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED)
- International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
- International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
- International Polar Heritage Committee (ICOMOS)
- International Science Council (ISC)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
- Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services (PCAPS) Project of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)
- Polar Educators International (PEI)
- Saami Council (SC)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
- Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
- Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
- Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)
- Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
- University of the Arctic (UArctic)
- World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
- World Reindeer Herders (WRH)

Members of the IPY-5 Planning Group (updated August 2025)
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Liza Mack — Aleut International Association (AIA)
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Jessica Veldstra — Aleut International Association (AIA)
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Susan Bengtson Nash — Antarctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AnMAP)
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Rolf Rødven — Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
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Jon L Fuglestad — Arctic Science Funders Forum (ASFF)
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Niall J Janssen — Arctic Youth Network (AYN)
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Wei LU — Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS)
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Thamban Meloth — Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS)
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Sarah Strand — Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
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Edward Hanna — Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
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Mark Parsons — Committee on Data (CODATA)
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Jean-Claude Worms — Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
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Maria Grigoratou — European Polar Board (EPB)
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Dirk Mengedoht — Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)
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Emma Cavan — Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED)
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Nadine Johnston — Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED)
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Stuart Corney — Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED)
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Henry Burgess — International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
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Gerlis Fugmann — International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
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David Hik — International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
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Johanna Franke — International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
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Andrey Petrov — International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
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Grete Hovelsrud — International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
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Lizzie Meek — International Polar Heritage Committee (ICOMOS)
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Salvatore Aricò — International Science Council (ISC)
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Morgan Seag — International Science Council (ISC)
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Andrew Mackintosh — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
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Richard Essery — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
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Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) — Sara Olsvig
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Daniela Liggett — Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services (PCAPS) Project of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) / Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) SC-ATS
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Sophie Weeks — Polar Educators International (PEI)
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Gunn-Britt Retter — Saami Council
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Rune Fjellheim — Saami Council
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Chandrika Nath — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Gary Wilson — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Johanna Grabow —Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Angharad Downes — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Dogac Isiler — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Louise Ireland — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)-SCAGI
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Peder Roberts — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) SC-HASS
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Bettina Meyer — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) SC-ATS
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Laura de Santis — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Geosciences
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Byron Adams — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Lifesciences
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Adriana Gulisano — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Physical Sciences
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Jilda Caccavo — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) EDI
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Inga Beck — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) EDI
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Allison Jaynes — Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
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Wojciech Miloch — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - AGATA
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Lucilla Alfonsi — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - AGATA
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Nicole Biebow — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Antarctica InSync
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Paul Myers — Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
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Alyce Hancock — Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
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Heikki Lihavainen — Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)
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Jan Rene Larsen — Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)
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Heikki Lihavainen — Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
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Lars Kullerud — University of the Arctic (UArctic)
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Kirsi Latola — University of the Arctic (UArctic)
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Larry Hinzman — University of the Arctic (UArctic)
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Melody Burkins — University of the Arctic (UArctic)
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Amanda Lynch — World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
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Mike Sparrow — World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
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Narelle Van Der Wel — World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
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Anders Oskal — World Reindeer Herders (WRH)
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Svein Mathiesen — World Reindeer Herders (WRH)