APECS is organizing the APECS World Summit 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria from 6 - 8 June 2015. Since its beginning during the International Polar Year (IPY), APECS has been growing significantly. Today, APECS's membership counts about 5000 early career scientists, mentor, early career professionals and educators with interest in the Polar Regions in over 80 countries. But APECS has also evolved institutionally with currently 26 National Committees across around the world. The APECS World Summit 2015 "The Future of Polar Research" is an initiative to bring representatives of the APECS National Committees and the APECS leadership together to discuss the future of polar research, APECS's experience in communicating science and new challenges APECS wants to tackle in the near future. Integrated in the summit are workshops covering three key topic:
- polar data sharing and open science
- scienc communication and education & outreach initiatives
- the APECS network and its future directions
The venue for the APECS World Summit 2015 will be Sofia University.
We have a few spots left in the World Summit, so if you are interested in attending the event, please register as soon as possible http://www.apecs.is/events/upcoming-event-highlights/apecs-world-summit-2015/world-summit-registration.html . There is no registration fee for the summit. Unfortunately, all available travel funds have been already passed out to the already registered paricipants and so we can at this time only accept further applications from APECS member that have their own funding to attend the summit.
More information on the workshop program and everything else you need to know about the APECS World Summit can be found here http://www.apecs.is/events/upcoming-event-highlights/apecs-world-summit-2015.html
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We hope to see some of you in Sofia!
