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Polar Early Career World Summit
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) are collaborating to organize a Polar Early Career World Summit. It will be held alongside the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP) IV and the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Boulder, Colorado, US in March 2025 with the aim to bring together early career researchers, professionals, Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders connected to the Arctic, Antarctica, and the wider cryosphere from across the world.
The future of polar research
Building on the successful history of two previous APECS World Summits, this summit will foster international collaboration across disciplines and encourage discussions that many early career professionals are already spearheading within the scientific community, including emphasizing a need for equity and inclusion within polar research, urging open science development, working across disciplines, furthering applied research, effective science communication, and equitably collaborating through co-production of knowledge.
The timeline to the World Summit
- June – July 2024: Call for Planning Team Members
The Organizing Committe Is Seeking Enthusiastic Polar Early Career Scientists to Join the Polar Early Career World Summit 2025 Planning Team to Help Plan and Steer the Summit’s Activities. The Application Period Closed on 21 July and the Planning Team Started to Work in August 2024. - By 19 November 2024: Application to Participate & for Travel Support
Participation Is Free but Spots Are Limited Due to Venue Capacity. The Organizing Committee Is Collaborating With Partner Organizations and Funding Bodies to Offer Limited Travel Grants for the Polar Early Career World Summit. You Can Read More About the Application Process Here. - December 2024: Applicant Feedback
Applicants Will Be Informed About the Outcome of the Application and Review Process. If Select, They Have to Confirm Their Attendance at the Pecws Within Two Weeks of Being Notified. - December 2024: Call for Session and Workshop Proposals
The Polar Early Career World Summit Will Accommodate Workshops and Sessions to Gather Input for the Next Ipy, Discuss Research Priorities From an Early Career Perspective and to Strengthen the Networks Facilitating These Activities. In Addition to These Themes, Participants Can Propose Activities in December 2024. - 22 – 24 March 2025: Polar Early Career World Summit
The Polar Early Career World Summit 2025 Will Be Held Alongside Icarp IV and Assw in Boulder, Colorado, Us in March 2025. A Detailed Program Will Be Distributed in Feburary 2025. - Following March 2025: Activities Towards the 5th Ipy
The Organizers Will Continue to Collaborate With Attendees, Partner Organizations and the Broader Polar Community to Facilitate the Representation of Early Career Voices in the Planning and Execution of the 5th Ipy.