Polar Early Career World Summit – Community Input Invitation
From 22–24 March 2025, 120 polar early career researchers (ECRs) gathered for the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) and developed:
- 12 vision statements
- 75 priorities
- 186 reasonings and actions
This material will guide international priority setting and coordination processes in polar research, including the 4th International Conference on Arctic Research Planning and the International Polar Year 2032–2033.
Help Shape the Future of Polar Research
To best represent the polar early career community, we need input from as many community members as possible. To achieve this, we are hosting virtual events taking place 27–29 May (depending on your time zone). These interactive sessions are specifically for ECRs who weren’t physically at PECWS.
The virtual events will provide:
- An overview of PECWS and the polar early career community priority synthesis process
- An opportunity to assess materials produced at the summit, specifically by providing live feedback on priority statements and their relevance to you and your work
- An understanding of the synthesis products you are contributing to
Contribute via Written Feedback
In tandem with the virtual events, we are releasing a form to provide written feedback on polar early career priorities. In this form, you can:
- Comment on existing visions and priorities
- Identify missing ideas
We strongly encourage those interested to both attend a virtual event and fill out the form. However, we welcome form submissions from all polar early career community members.
Help us make sure the global polar ECR community is fully represented.
Join us virtually and fill out the priority input form!
🗓️ Register for a Virtual Event
Click on the meeting times below to register for one of the 90-minute virtual events:
27 May, 04:00 UTC
TUESDAY 27 May 9pm PT (San Francisco) | 10pm MT (Boulder) | 12am/midnight ET (New York)
06:00 CEST (Tromsø) | 09:30 IST (Delhi) | 13:00 KST (Seoul)28 May, 09:00 UTC
2am PT (San Francisco) | 3am MT (Boulder) | 5am ET (New York)
11:00 CEST (Tromsø) | 14:30 IST (Delhi) | 18:00 KST (Seoul)29 May, 17:00 UTC
10am PT (San Francisco) | 11am MT (Boulder) | 1pm/noon ET (New York)
19:00 CEST (Tromsø) | 22:30 IST (Delhi) | THURSDAY 29 May 02:00 KST (Seoul)
📅 Deadline for Input
Fill out the priority input form by 23:59 GMT on 11 June.