The Session will review activities under the Observations, Research and Services frameworks of EC-PHORS, consider recommendations from the Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) Steering Group, provide further guidance to them, and prepare relevant decisions and recommendations to be submitted to the sixty-ninth Session of the Executive Council (EC-69, 2017) such as adoption of CryoNet Stations/Sites, establishment of Polar Regional Climate Centres, etc.
Preparatory docments for the meeting are available here.