HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco with David Carlson and Mark Parsons	Deliang Chen, Executive Director, ICSU	PIC booth	Kim Finney and Mark Parsons
KIM Finney, SCAR	Steve Chown officially launching the PIC	The cutting of the cake	Kim Jochum, APECS and Robert Chen, CODATA
Mark Parsons welcomes HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway	HRH Crown Prince Haakon and Mark Parsons	PIC birthday cake	HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco visiting the PIC booth
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and David Carlson, IPY	The PIC launch was very well attended	Robert Chen, Secretary General, CODATA	Deliang Chen, Executive Director, ICSU
Olav Orheim, Chair, IPY Steering Committee	Taco de Bruin, NIOWZ	Mark Parsons, NSIDC	Kim Finney, SCAR
Steve Chown, University of Stellenbosch	PIC official launch	Kim Jochum, APECS, cutting the PIC cake	Robert Chen, Secretary General, CODATA