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Welcome to the APECS NL/BE symposium!

Program

0930 Doors open, coffee and tea

1000 ‘What APECS can do for you’Douwe Maat & Igor Stelmach Pessi, APECS NL/BE

1040 Talks by APECS members:Andrea Cabrera, University of Groningen Henrik Christiansen, University of Leuven

1130 ‘Dutch polar strategy 2016-2020, key points and discussion’Kees Rade & Jorden Splinter, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

1200 Lunch

1230 Talks by APECS members:Sebastiaan Koppelle, University of Amsterdam Eveline Pinseel, Ghent UniversityHeather Mariash, National Wildlife Research Centre Ottawa, Canada

1330 ‘The European Polar Board’Joseph Nolan – junior policy officer, EPB

1400 Coffee and tea

1415 Talks by APECS members:Hans Slagter, Netherlands Institute for Sea researchEsther Kokmeijer, Artist & APECS NLStef Bokhorst, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

1600 ‘What you can do for APECS’ Ariadna Szczybelski & Henrik Christiansen, APECS NL/BE

1630 Drinks

APECS update

APECS update

Current APECS Netherlands stats

Facebook group: 300 membersLinkedIn group: 47 members!APECS NL emaillist: 116 addresses

This symposium

26 participants (NL + BE)of which 20 scientists

• Meteorology . . . . . .• Geology . . . . . . . . .• Social sciences . . .• Archeology . . . . . . . • Physics . . . . . . . . .• Medicine . . . . . . . .• Chemistry . . . . . . .• Biology . . . . . . . . .

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APECS update

How to get other career stages and disciplines involved?

APECS wants

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What APECS can do for you

Douwe MaatNetherlands Institute for Sea

Research

Igor Stelmach PessiUniversity of Liege

Why get involved with APECS?

APECS facilitates

• Networking• Fellow ECS• Mentors!

• Outreach• (knowledge utilisation)

• Education• As educator• As student

• Involvement in leadership of organisation (APECS NC or international)• Workshops (polar science, careertechnical)

APECS NL facilitates

Feedback previous sympoium (APECS NL 2015) and recent questionnaire (NL/ BE)

• Workshop idea’s• Science communication (presenting, writing, outreach in general)• Visualization of scientific results (film, foto, etc. for education and outreach

purposes)• Career & networking (writing of CV, motivation letter, proposals)• Interactive discussion event • Importance of- and strategies for outreach• Discipline-specific talks including practical matters (e.g. logistics of field

campaign)• Update APECS international, SCAR, IASC, etc.• Topics for collaboration• Dealing with media• Career opportunities: polar, but not science• Polar politics • Funding science

https://apecsnl.wordpress.com/

https://apecsnl.wordpress.com/

Events in the APECS NL pipeline

• ‘Meet the scientist’ day• Visit EC or senior scientist in his/ her natural environment. Explain more

about project, collaborations and visit the lab. Easily combine with workshop on any of the suggested topics

• ‘Movie/ discussion’ event• Together with ‘jongNWO’ about science and policy. Also possibly combine

with e.g. career or communication workshop

• Pool tot pool dag• March 11, 2017. General polar event for Dutch public in the Museum of

ethnology in Leiden. Excellent opportunity for APECS outreach!

APECS NL facilitates

http://apecsbelgium.wordpress.com/

http://facebook.com/apecsbelgium

Current members (underconstruction...) Board:

Henrik Christiansen: KU LeuvenIgor Pessi: University of LiègeAlexandra Gossart: KU LeuvenSophie Berger: ULB

~ 35 active members

- Career development (outreach, networking, applying for grants...

Future events:Antarctica Day (1st December):

- To demonstrate how diverse nations can work together peacefully, using science as a global language of cooperation for decision making beyond national boundaries- Provide strategies for students learning about Antarctica through art, science and history- Increase collaboration and communication between classrooms, communities, researchers and government officials around the world- Provide a focus for polar educators to build on each year

http://www.apecs.is/outreach/antarctica-day.html

APECS Belgiumwill be hosting a photo contest

Participate by submitting your pictures of Antarctica!

Future events:SCAR Biology Symposium (10-14 July 2017)

One-day APECS workshop:- Career development (outreach, networking, applying for grants...- Talks from invited speakers

http://kuleuvencongres.be/scarbiology2017/

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