During the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS), hosted 22-24 March 2025, 120 polar early career researchers (ECRs) came together to discuss and synthesize priorities for input to ICARP IV and IPY discussions. At the end of the third day, polar ECRs had discussed 12 priority themes (which had been determined ahead of time from polar early career input) and developed 12 vision statements, 75 priorities and 186 supporting reasonings and actions.
While this accomplishment is certainly reason to celebrate, it’s also important to acknowledge that there are many polar ECRs who were unable to attend the summit in-person to provide input to this process. With that in mind, the PECWS team is hosting three online events 27-29 May (depending on your time zone) that will provide an overview of what was discussed at PECWS and provide clear instructions for how polar ECRs from all over the world can provide input on these visions, priorities, reasonings and actions. These events are specifically intended for those who did not attend PECWS. Following the collection of this input, a final polar early career priorities synthesis report will be developed.
For now, please save the meeting times below. More information and registration links will be communicated shortly.
04:00 UTC | TUESDAY 27 May 9pm PT (San Francisco) | TUESDAY 27 May 10pm MT (Boulder) | TUESDAY 27 May 12am/midnight ET (New York) | 06:00 CEST (Tromsø) | 09:30 IST (Delhi) | 13:00 KST (Seoul)
09:00 UTC | 2am PT (San Francisco) | 3am MT (Boulder) | 5am ET (New York) | 11:00 CEST (Tromsø) | 14:30 IST (Delhi) | 18:00 KST (Seoul)
17:00 UTC | 10am PT (San Francisco) | 11am MT (Boulder) | 1pm/noon ET (New York) | 19:00 CEST (Tromsø) | 22:30 IST (Delhi) | THURSDAY 29 May 02:00 KST (Seoul)
