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Friday 5 June 2015
19:00 - 21:30 Informal Icebreaker (Location: Club "Studio 5" in the National Palace of Culture: Sofia, Sq. Bulgaria 1, National Palace of Culture, entrance A3, club Studio 5) -
Saturday 6 June 2015
Venue Location: Sofia University (Main building), Conference Hall, second floor , bl. 6 (15 Tzar Osvoboditel, blvd, Sofia) Topic 1: Data Sharing and Open Science in Polar Research 08:30 - 08:45
Welcome
08:45 - 09:30
Sharing Data - the International Polar Year legacy (Speaker: David Carlson, WCRP)
09:30 - 10:15
Data standards and their benefits (Speaker: Øystein Godøy, Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
10:15 - 10:45
Linked data, interoperability and visualization: connecting Arctic data across disciplines, communities and cultures (Speaker: Peter Pulsifer, NSIDC, University of Colorado at Boulder)
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00
Benefits of data publication (data papers) & Examples of tools for data publications (Speaker: Pavel Stoev, Pensoft Publishers / National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
12:00 - 12:30
Unpacking the concept of open science (Speaker: Ivo Grigorov, Danish National Institute of Aquatic Resources)
12:30 - 13:00
The Antarctic Environments Portal (Speaker: Neil Gilbert, Constantia Consulting / Antarctic Environments Portal)
13:00 - 14:15
Lunch Break
14:15 - 15:45
Breakout Sessions:
- Geographic Data and the use of GIS and Remote Sensing (Mentor: Peter Pulsifer, NSIDC, University of Colorado at Boulder)
- Benefits of data publication & examples of tools for data publications (Mentor: Paval Stoev, Pensoft Publishers / National Museum of Natural History, Sofia)
- Data standards and their benefits (Mentor: Øystein Godøy, Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
- How to prepare good metadata and data for sharing and archiving (Mentor: Gabrielle Alix, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network/Polar Data Catalogue)
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:45
Breakout Sessions:
- How physical sciences / informatics / data management can support social sciences / humanities and vice versa (Mentor: Peter Pulsifer)
- Perceptions of data publications (Mentor: Anton Van de Putte, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences)
- Data standards and their benefits (Mentor: Øystein Godøy, Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
- How to prepare good metadata and data for sharing and archiving (Mentor: Gabrielle Alix, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network/Polar Data Catalogue)
20:00
Dinner (included for all participants and mentors) (Location: Rich House Restaurant)
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Sunday 7 June 2015
Venue Location: Sofia University (Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication), Hall 13, first floor on the right) (49 Moskovska str., Sofia) Topic 1 continued in the morning 08:00 - 08:05
Welcome to Day 2
08:05 - 08:35
The Antarctic Biodiversity Portal (biodiversity.aq) (Speaker: Anton Van de Putte, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences)
08:35 - 09:05
The Polar Data Catalogue (Speaker: Gabrielle Alix, Data Manager, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network / Polar Data Catalogue)
09:05 - 09:25
Coffee break
09:40 - 10:40
Summary reports from each Breakout Group discussion
10:40 - 12:00
Panel discussion and Synthesis (Moderators: Anton Van de Putte and Peter Pulsifer, Panelists: mentors from the data workshop sessions)
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
Topic 2: The Future of Polar Research
13:30 - 14:00
The Future of Polar Research - A vision from the Antarctic (Speaker: Jose Xavier, British Antarctic Survey (UK) and University of Coimbra (PT) )
14:00 - 14:25
The Third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) - (Speaker: Sanna Majaneva, APECS Finland)
14:25 - 14:50
The European Polar Board and EU-PolarNet Project (Speaker: Renuka Badhe, European Polar Board)
14:50 - 15:10
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:25
The APECS Network and its international cooperations (Speaker: Jean-Sébastien Moore, Laval University, Canada / APECS President 2014-2015)
15:25 - 16:40
Panel Discussion: APECS without borders: Learning from partnerships and international cooperation in Polar Research (chair: Sira Engelbertz, University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Panlists: Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board), Jose Xavier (British Antarctic Survey / University of Coimbra), Claire Christian (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), David Scott (Canadian Polar Commission)
20:00
Summit Dinner (included for all participants and mentors) (Location: Restaurant Edno vreme)
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Monday 8 June 2015
Venue Location: Sofia University (Main building), Conference Hall, second floor , bl. 6 (15 Tzar Osvoboditel, blvd, Sofia) Topic 3: Science Communication, The APECS Network and the Future of APECS 08:30 - 09:00
The Importance of Science Communication (Speaker: Lyubov Kostova, British Council, Bulgaria)
09:00 - 10:15
Outreach projects from APECS National Committees (Chair: Silvia Lourenco, IPMA/MARE, Portugal)
09:00 Introduction
09:15: APECS Brasil
09:30: APECS Bulgaria
09:45: APECS France
10:00: APECS Portugal
10:15: UK Polar Network10:30 - 11:00
Discussion: Education and Outreach in APECS (Chair: Gerlis Fugmann, APECS / UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30
Discussion: Results fo the APECS Organisational Review (Chair: Inga Beck, Alfred-Wegener Institute, Germany)
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 - 15:00
Discussion: How to maintain and strengthen APECS at the national level (Chair: Silvia Lourenco, IPMA/MARE, Portugal)
15:00 - 15:15
Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:30
Discussion: How will APECS look like in 20 years? (Chair: Trista Vick-Majors, Montana State University, USA)
16:30 - 16:45
Coffee Break
16:45 - 18:00
Summary discussion and Synthesis