BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b7e09cedfea0f35b835a646bdba084b5 CATEGORIES:APECS Events CREATED:20210303T071628 SUMMARY: UK Polar Early Career Conference LOCATION:Online DESCRIPTION:
Please see below the call for abstracts for the UK Polar Ea rly Career Conference.
Conference theme:&nb sp;Early Career Researchers and the future of UK Polar Science
Contact: < /a>This email address is b eing protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Location : Online
Abstract deadline: Friday 19t h March 2021
We invite Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to present the ir Polar research in a friendly environment. We also invite anyone, of any academic or professional background, who is curious or passionate about Pol ar research to attend.
This conference has been organised with the su pport of the UK Polar Network (htt ps://polarnetwork.org/)
This two-day online conference will highl ight the work of ECRs within Polar Science from a range of disciplines and institutions. This is the first UK Polar ECR conference and is tailored tow ards this community. The conference will focus on the high-quality science produced by ECRs and the contemporary issues Polar ECRs are facing. The sci entific talks will be divided in to five streams which will run parallel th roughout the conference:
- & nbsp; Ecosystems
< p>- Oceanography- &nb sp; Geology and Glaciology
-   ; Atmosph ere and Climate
- &nbs p; Social Sciences
In addition to scientific talks and posters, there will be a strong emphasis on careers & employability, as well as discussing the future of UK Pola r science. This will include:
- &n bsp; Employabil ity workshops for careers both in and out of academia.
- & nbsp; &nbs p; A session dedicated to improving collaboration with Indigeno us communities.
- &nbs p; A panel discussing the f uture of UK polar science with specific emphasis on the impacts of Brexit, COVID-19 and the UN Decade of Ocean Science.
Submission s
The form for submitting an abstract for a talk or a poster is available on the link below, this will simultaneously register you for the conference. We ask that those submitting an abstract fall within the ca tegory of ECR (Post-graduate students, PhD students and Post-doctoral resea rchers). Abstracts must be < 200 words and the submission deadline is Fr iday 19th March 2021.
Abstract submission & registration form:&nb sp;h ttps://forms.gle/mZd2bZupmWQ1PLen6
Attendance
This conference is an opportunity for ECRs to hone their skills in a fr iendly environment however we also welcome anyone, of any academic or profe ssional background, interested in Polar science to attend the conference. p>
Conference registration form (for attendees only): https://forms.gle/
9Tvt4yVAJEC1BZjr5
Further information can be found here:&nbs
p;http://polarnetwork.org/polar-ecc/