Career Development Webinar
Introduction to Polar Research Organizations, Major Projects, and Acronyms
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 at 5:00 p.m. GMT
For further information, please go to:
http://apecs.is/webinars
For questions or to reserve a spot for the webinar, please email:
webinars [at] apecs.is
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), in conjunction
with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic System Science (ARCSS)
Thermokarst Project, announces a new Career Development webinar series.
The first webinar will take place Tuesday, 5 October 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
GMT (9:00 a.m. AKDT, 10 a.m. PDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 12:00 p.m. CDT, 1:00
p.m. EDT, 7:00 p.m. in Norway).
The first webinar is entitled "Introduction to Polar Research
Organizations, Major Projects and Acronyms" and will be presented by
Hugues Lantuit, International Permafrost Association Secretariat and
geomorphologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Research. This webinar will run approximately thirty minutes. It will
provide an overview of the different players involved with polar
research, the different types of research that is being conducted in
polar regions, and the key acronyms. A question and answer period will
follow the presentation.
TO RESERVE A SPOT FOR THE WEBINAR
The webinar will be available to 30 participants, and space is expected
to fill up quickly. To reserve a spot in the webinar, please send an
email to: webinars [at] apecs.is. Any remaining spots will be available on a
first come, first serve basis.
TO ATTEND THE WEBINAR
Adobe Connect Pro software will be used to conduct the Career
Development webinars. The software requires that Abode Flash Player be
installed on participants' computers. If your computer does not already
have Adobe Flash, please install it at:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/.
To log into the Career Development webinar, please go to:
http://connect.canterbury.ac.nz/arcss_1. Enter as a guest by typing in a
name (first name, last name, and institution preferred) and clicking the
'Enter Room' button.
If you have not participated in a webinar before, a tutorial is
available at: http://www.apecs.is/virtual-poster-session/live-sessions.
Click on the "Video Tutorial on Joining an APECS Virtual Poster
Session." The webinar interface and instructions for the Virtual Poster
Sessions are the same for the Career Development series.
For further information, please go to:
http://apecs.is/webinars.
For questions or to reserve a spot for the webinar, please email:
webinars [at] apecs.is.