Polar early career researchers attending the 2024 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference were welcomed to participate in a workshop to discuss International Polar Year (IPY) priorities.
With the next IPY just around the corner in 2032-2033, planning for determining which big scientific questions to prioritize within these discussions has already begun. Given that the established research priorities during the IPY will provide guidance for steering the research of early career researchers for the next 25+ years, it is important to make sure that input from the polar early career community is considered during these upcoming IPY discussions. This workshop developed a first draft of these priorities and inform the 2025 Polar Early Career World Summit that is being organized by the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and the Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). We planned to use this international gathering of members of the Antarctic early career community to start collating ideas around multi-disciplinary early career priorities for Antarctic science. Outcomes from the brainstormed ideas at the workshop will be collated and used to inform world summit planning conversations in 2025.
This workshop was convened by PSECCO's Director Mariama Dryák-Vallies and APECS President José Quieros. Thank you to those who joined us, we loved having you there!
A list of all workshops at the SCAR 2024 Open Science Conference can be found here.