Final Report
The unique formats of the Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science (GRC) and preceding Gordon Research seminar (GRS), with invited speakers, discussion leaders and ample discussion time resulted in open brainstorming and the emergence of new ideas on the functioning of polar oceans and the Arctic in particular. Poster sessions created a highly dynamic environment to explore and discuss the conference themes in greater detail. Poster presenters (mostly early-career scientists) were able to introduce themselves to the whole group by providing short oral summaries of their work during the plenary sessions. The conference provided a rare opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to discuss their work in a semi-formal setting, allowing them to develop an international network of peers and connect with the foremost experts in the field. The group developed on the ways that connections between disciplines can be enhanced and put to the service of polar science and contributed to better prepare and position early-career scientists for the research challenges that lay ahead for the international Arctic research community. The “Power Hour”, during which the challenges that women who pursue a research career in polar marine sciences face, was strongly attended and successful. A report of this activity was sent to GRC for circulation to conference participants. The funds provided by IASC-MWG supported the registration of six early-career scientists to the GRC and GRS. A total of 136 participants from 17 countries attended the conference, including 57 early-career scientists. The scientific focus of the conference was the exploration of linkages between the physical, biogeochemical and human dimensions of connectivity in changing polar seas, including for the first time the fields of atmospheric dynamics and human well-being (details available on conference web page). Because GRC emphasizes the importance of presenting and discussing a majority of unpublished research at the frontier of knowledge, the material presented is officially “off-the-record”, with no abstracts, photographs or proceedings published before, during, or after the conference.
More information on the conference website.
Highlights
- A total of 136 participants from 17 countries attended the conference, including 57 early-career scientists.
- Exploration of linkages between the physical, biogeochemical and human dimensions of connectivity in changing polar seas, including for the first time the fields of atmospheric dynamics and human well-being
- The conference provided a rare opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to discuss their work in a semi-formal setting, allowing them to develop an international network of peers and connect with the foremost experts in the field.
Date and Location:
16 - 17 March 2019 | Castelvecchio Pascoli (Italy)
IASC Working Group / Committees funding the Project:
- Marine WG
Project Lead
Year funded by IASC
2019
Project Status
Completed