Thursday, September 3, 2015

[APECS] Reminder - APPLY BY 5 September 2015 - Early career scientist session co-convener positions available for the SCAR OSC 2016

Dear UKPN,

For our Antarctic-focused members that are planning to attend the SCAR Open Science Conference next year, there are multiple excellent opportunities to co-convene a session at the conference. The application deadline is this Saturday. Please see below for more information.

Cheers

TJ

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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and APECS are looking for early career researchers to co-convene sessions at the SCAR Open Science Conference (OSC) 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!! This conference is scheduled for 23rd - 26th August 2016, with the theme of the conference being "Antarctica in the Global Earth System: From the Poles to the Tropics".

Co-convener positions for early career researchers are available for all sessions at this conference. To view the sessions available at this conference, please click this link http://scar2016.com/?page_id=2848. As an early career co-convener, you would work together with the other conveners of your session to shape its program, review abstracts, select presentations and convene the session on site. You will gain excellent skills and experience in how to convene a successful international conference session.

To apply for an early career scientist co-convener position, please fill out this form https://docs.google.com/a/apecs.is/forms/d/1Ks1YPXhN-bZq9iTMAXT3g8dIrTtWCQmP_xyqOulO9Qo/viewform no later than 5 September 2015.

If you have questions, please contact APECS at info@apecs.is

We hope to see many of you at the SCAR OSC 2016!

Rachel Downey and Gerlis Fugmann