APECS International Online Conference 2017 Prizes announced
The much anticipated third annual conference kick-started Polar Week on the 20th of March 2017. 44 spekaers presented over the course of 18 hours, providing many ways of thinking of the polar regions in novel ways. This year’s theme was: “Outside the Box: encouraging alternative solutions for undertaking and communicating polar research.” As a new generation of polar researchers stepping up to the plate, we must embrace new and innovative polar challenges.
APECS congratulates the three prize winners, all of whom have won funds towards future conference travel:
- Arctic: Maciej Mańko, Katarzyna Walczyńska (session 1): 'On-board Citizen Science! How Tourist Can Aid Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in Svalbard?'
- Antarctic: Hernan Sala: (session 4): 'Why is it Hard to Communicate the Future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet?'
- Outside the box: Nuno Pereira (session 2); 'ViRAL: Virtual Reality Antarctica Laboratory'
Thanks to the talented key note speakers Jane Francis (BAS) - Session 1 - and John Walsh (Fairbanks) - Session 4.
We are also grateful to all the presenters and volunteers who made the conference possible.
For links to the conference recordings, and to view all abstracts of the 2017 Online Conference, please see http://www.apecs.is/events/past-event-highlights/event-highlights-2017/apecs-online-conference-2017.html