Workshop Announcement
Shaping the Future of AMAP
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
3 May 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark
Further information is available on the APECS website:
http://apecs.is/workshops/amap-2011
For questions, please contact:
Jennifer Provencher
Email: ipy-outreach [at] apecs.is
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces an
early career research (ECR) workshop in conjunction with the Arctic
Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), entitled "Shaping the Future
of AMAP." The one-day workshop will be held on 3 May 2011 in Copenhagen,
Denmark, prior to "The Arctic as a Messenger for Global Processes -
Climate Change and Pollution" conference.
AMAP is an international organization established in 1991 to implement
components of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS). Now a
program group of the Arctic Council, AMAP's current objective is
"providing reliable and sufficient information on the status of, and
threats to, the arctic environment; and providing scientific advice on
actions to be taken in order to support arctic governments."
The workshop will help those interested in arctic environments learn
about how science and policy work together in this area. It will
introduce early career researchers to AMAP as an organization that
communicates science to policy makers and others. ECR and AMAP mentors
will discuss the different fields of science AMAP is interested in, and
ECR will work together to formulate a message of their concerns for
future directions of study in AMAP. All workshop participants are
encouraged to take part in both the workshop and the "Arctic as a
Messenger" conference (4-6 May 2011).
Limited travel funds will be available for early career researchers on a
competitive basis, with priority for those who have submitted an
abstract to the meeting (please submit to amap [at] amap.no). To apply for
the workshop and funding, please fill in the application form at:
http://apecs.is/workshops/amap-2011/2607-apply.
Further information is available on the APECS website:
http://apecs.is/workshops/amap-2011.
For questions, please contact:
Jennifer Provencher
Email: ipy-outreach [at] apecs.is