Please see below an email that is being circulated requesting input into the UK Arctic Science Conference. It will be a great conference with a strong emphasis being placed on ECR engagement:
To the UK Arctic science community,
Northumbria University, Newcastle, will host the next UK Arctic Science conference on 9th-11th September 2025. We ask you to save the date and request input from the community into the conference programme. We aim to develop a programme to identify key priorities for the UK Arctic science community and welcome participants from diverse career stages and disciplines.
We would like to focus on three themes: (1) Strengths of UK Arctic science, (2) Sustainability challenges and resilience of Arctic research, and (3) Science-policy linkages. We anticipate there being a small number of keynote talks, panel discussions and sandpit activities per theme. The latter will be important for enabling outcomes to be agreed at the conference, which can subsequently be written up as a policy piece.
At this stage, we would appreciate input from the community on potential sub-themes or general comments on what people would like to see covered. Please add any comments here<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.figma.com%2Fboard%2Ff24MEEGAwNsFFYXAFjhWrx%2FWelcome-to-FigJam%3Fnode-id%3D0-1%26t%3DHtUZnytadP9ppbe9-1&data=05%7C02%7Clouise.mercer%40northumbria.ac.uk%7C8b1f102b6cca420ffc0308dd58b8e009%7Ce757cfdd1f354457af8f7c9c6b1437e3%7C0%7C0%7C638764273247249576%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BDhE65re6Uo86lauS1WTVmbsoagsVblM0hoIv9dG7zk%3D&reserved=0> (note: requires Google log-in or sign-up to edit), or contact us directly by email, before the end of March.
Given the focus on discussion, this will be an in-person conference, with limited online participation possible. We aim to keep registration costs to a minimum (?43.50 which includes the conference dinner), due to generous support from the NERC Arctic Office and the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling.
To facilitate discussion, except for a small number of talks per theme, we request that general science presentations be in poster format (A0 size, portrait orientation). Participants will be warmly encouraged to present short elevator pitches highlighting the breadth of UK Arctic science in an extended poster session coupled with the conference dinner at Wylam Brewery<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.palaceofthearts.co.uk%2F&data=05%7C02%7Clouise.mercer%40northumbria.ac.uk%7C8b1f102b6cca420ffc0308dd58b8e009%7Ce757cfdd1f354457af8f7c9c6b1437e3%7C0%7C0%7C638764273247257656%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SaRHKh3l%2FxYR74VOxFshlgPGVFGQ9PPMCxe5yAUrhUE%3D&reserved=0> on 10th September. We will also have an early career researcher workshop on the morning of 9th September and a 'Polar Beers' event the same evening, organised by the UK Polar Network.
We hope to see you in Newcastle in September. More details to follow in due course. If you have any questions, please feel free to email.
Nick Rutter (on behalf of the conference organising committee)
