At 10:00 a.m. of June 18th in Norwegian time, “Water Management in Cold Regions” International Summer School opened the camp smoothly at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) of Svalbard, the capital of Longyearbyen. The summer school was jointly sponsored by Arctic Environmental and Ecological International Joint Research Center of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences and University Centre in Svalbard, which attracted more than 60 teachers and students from 20 countries, including China, Norway, Australia, Belarus and so on. 9 teachers and 10 students of HIT participated the camp.
Prof. Nanqi Ren, the member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice President of HIT, and Dean of School of Environment delivered lecture with the topic of "Sewage Treatment and Development in Cold Region of China". Academician Ren systemically introduced the situation of water pollution in China, water quality standard, current water treatment technology, current situation of water treatment in cold region of China by some examples, construction of 4.0 Sponge City and, finally, gave a brief introduction of Harbin Institute of Technology and School of Environment.
Prof. Yifan Li, the Director of International Joint Research Center for Arctic Environment and Ecosystem (IJRC-AEE) of HIT and Chief Scientist of International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS) gave a lecture with the topic of “Distribution Law of Persistent Organic Pollutants enter in Arctic Area”.
Summer School also arranged Ecological Investigation Curriculum, through this experience, all the participants understood the species diversity in the Arctic region, basic geomorphic features and water quality of the Arctic. Our teachers and students had discussed some problem of greenhouse effect, ecological protection, migration and accumulation of persistent organic pollutants. They also showed great research interests in this area that had not been polluted much.
