6th Sustainability Conference

10. April 2026
The annual international conference on sustainable and environmental issues at the University of Akureyri

Join us for a day of exploration and collaboration on sustainability!

The environmental council of the University of Akureyri invites everybody to the 6th Sustainability Conference at the University of Akureyri. Participation is free of charge.

The conference will be held in a hybrid format, to accommodate both on-site interaction but also online, environmentally friendly participation of international speakers and guests. The conference's language is English.

Topics and call for abstracts

We invite international and national experts to submit abstracts for conference talks or poster presentations.
Relevant themes include, but are not limited to:

  • Climate change effects
  • CO₂ reduction and compensation strategies
  • Climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Waste management
  • Marine conservation

We especially welcome abstracts focusing on human–environment relations in the Circumpolar Arctic, but submissions of broader global relevance are equally encouraged.

Registration & Participation

  • We invite you to register for the conference by 8 April 2026
  • Registration is not mandatory, but it greatly helps us plan responsibly for refreshments and minimize food waste.
  • Using the link below, you can register for the conference and/or submit an abstract for a talk or poster until 14 January 2026 (abstract submission deadline).

Register or Submit Abstract

Published Abstracts

All abstracts from the conference will be peer-reviewed. Only accepted abstracts and only those passing peer-review will be published in the journal Nordicum Mediterraneum. You can find the abstracts from the year 2025 here: Nordicum Mediterraneum, volume 20.

Programme

The full conference programme will be published after all abstracts have been received and reviewed.

Please check back soon for the confirmed schedule of talks and sessions.

Contact

For additional inquiries, please contact the conference organization committee below:

Programmes from recent years

1st Sustainability Conference
2nd Sustainability Conference and Recordings from the 2nd Sustainability Conference
3rd Sustainability Conference and Recordings from the 3nd Sustainability Conference
4th Sustainability Conference and Recordings from the 4th Sustainability Conference
5th Sustainability Conference and Recordings from the 5th Sustainability Conference