IPY 2007-2008

Investigating Variability in Polar Climates: Past, Present and Future  

The first workshop of 2010 in the UKPN Career Skills Workshop series is scheduled to be held at the University of Leeds on the 8th and 9th April, 2010.   The focus of the workshop is on understanding the evolution of Polar climates from deep-time to the present day in terms of ice-atmosphere-ocean interactions. Additionally we aim to discuss how Polar climates are likely to evolve in the future. 

This will be accomplished through talks by leading academics, interactive discussions and poster presentations.  Proposed sessions include:

* Polar Meteorology
* Polar Chemistry
* Remote Sensing  of the Cryosphere 
* Modelling of Polar Environments: Climate Modelling
* Modelling of Polar Environments: Ice Sheet Modelling
* Palaeo-perspectives on Polar Environments
* Future Evolution of Polar Environments

There will also be generic skills sessions; for example how early career scientists can engage with a general audience and also how to deal with criticism from climate change sceptics. We hope to appeal to modellers, experimentalists and observational researchers, across a range of fields. The workshop is aimed at early career scientists such as master students, Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers. It will provide a fantastic opportunity for peer-to-peer networking and include a poster session and a workshop dinner. It will promote the sharing of ideas between early career researchers and encourage new collaborations, but also increase the technical and scientific knowledge of the participants. All participants are encouraged to present a poster, and will be given the opportunity to help in the organization of the workshop, such as by chairing sessions.


The event is free for all members of the UK Polar Network and you do not need to be based in the UK to join the UKPN or to participate in the workshop. The UKPN also has some funds to support participants' travel and accommodation costs.


We ask interested participants to pre-register online by the 1st March 2010 by filling in the online survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NN8FCSR).  We ask you to specify which sessions in particular you will be interested in and also give an estimate of funds that you would require to cover your travel and accommodation expenses.


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Thanks, 

Aisling Dolan

(UKPN Committee)