The Conference
The INStabilities & Thresholds in ANTarctica (INSTANT) Scientific Research Programme provides a co-ordinating framework that will augment other important international research initiatives and consortia.
INSTANT aims to quantify the Antarctic ice sheet contribution to past to future sea-level change, from improved understanding of atmosphere, ocean and solid Earth interactions and feedbacks, so that decision-makers can better anticipate and assess the risk in order to manage and adapt to sea-level rise and evaluate mitigation pathways.
This international conference aims to bring together researchers across the geophysical, biological and social sciences interested in understanding the interactions between the ocean, atmosphere, solid Earth and the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and their global consequences.
The priority focus is on improving knowledge of the key rate determining processes, instabilities and potential irreversibilities that affect the mass change of the AIS and its contribution to past, present and future global sea-level. We invite leading and emerging experts, and early career researchers (ECRs) from modelling, paleoclimate, observation, process, and humanities & social science communities to present and discuss in plenary the state of the science and critical knowledge gaps. We also invite perspectives from the stakeholder and practitioner communities, and will discuss the best practices in communication and engagement.
Trieste Conference Centre
Beautiful and cultured, Trieste is Italy’s most cosmopolitan city. There are still echoes of the glorious Hapsburg past and in its characteristic mixture of languages, peoples and religions one easily senwwses its combined Central European and Mediterranean souls.



The Program
11-14 September 2023
v1.1
Saturday 09 > Sunday 10
Pre-conference excursion & Activities / Side meetings
Evening / Icebreaker / Molo IV
Monday 11
Advances and knowledge gaps in Atmosphere-Ocean-Antarctic Ice Sheet interactions
8:45 – 9:15 / Welcome
9:15 – 11:00 / Plenary session
Coffe break
11:30 – 13:030 / Plenary session
Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 / Panel Discussion (Plenary)
15:15 – 18:30 / Poster session & workshops
Free evening
Tuesday 12
Advances and knowledge gaps in Solid Earth -Antarctic Ice Sheet interactions
09:00 – 11:00 / Plenary session
Coffe break
11:30 – 13:30 / Plenary session
Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 / Panel discussion (Plenary)
15:15 – 18:30 / Poster session & workshops
Free evening
Wednesday 13
Integrating knowledge for improved understanding of Antarctic Ice Sheet contribution to sea-level projections
09:00 – 11:00 / Plenary session
Coffe break
11:30 – 13:30 / Plenary session
Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 / Panel discussion (Plenary)
15:15 – 18:30 / Poster session & workshops
Conference Diner / Molo IV
Thursday 14
Symposium – Melting Ice & Rising Seas
09:00 – 11:00 / Symposium
Coffe break
11:30 – 13:30 / Symposium
Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 / Symposium
15:15 – 18:30 / Symposium & Concluding Session
Free evening
Friday 15 > Sunday 17
Post-conference excursions & side meetings
Excursion and activities
Discover Roman remains in snorkeling (Muggia)
Monte Canin – geomorfologia glaciale (1 day) / Pre Conference excursion – 10 September
Pasterze glacier – Pre Conference excursion / 09-10 September
Snorkeling in marine protected area in Miramare
Co-Sponsors
Endorsement
Con il patrocinio della Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia