POLAR2018 will be hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL under the patronage of the Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research. The immediate organization will be handled through the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Davos with the support of experts from a variety of fields and institutions, working together in the Local Organizing Committee Active Members and in the Local Organizing Committee Advisory Board. The scientific structure and the programme will be developed through the International Scientific Organizing Committee.