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Swiss Polar Day 2025
5th September 2025 @ 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
The Swiss Polar Day 2025 took place at ETH Zurich. This event is the annual gathering of the Swiss polar science community and includes national and international keynotes, networking opportunities and updates on recent developments in polar research. This edition also hosted the award ceremony of the Prix de Quervain dedicated to high-altitude research this year.
Presentations
| Opening and welcome Annette Oxenius, ETH Zurich → Hubertus Fischer and Björn Dahlbäck, SPI Science and Technology Advisory Board → Danièle Rod, Swiss Polar Institute → |
| “The Edge of the World, and Beyond” → Keynote by Thomas Zurbuchen, ETH Zurich |
| APECS Switzerland → presentation by Elizaveta Sharaborova and Laureen Ahlers |
| Open Forum part 1 – News from the field in pitching format → |
| “Seen from Switzerland: geopolitics and science in the Arctic” Presentations by Madeleine Herren-Oesch, University of Basel → Alexandra Baumann, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs → |
| News from the European Polar Board by Maria Grigoratou, EPB → International opportunities update by Danièle Rod, SPI → |
| “Atlantic overturning inferred from air-sea heat fluxes indicates no decline since the 1960s” → Keynote by Jens Terhaar, University of Bern |
| Open Forum part 2 – News from the field in pitching format → |
Watch the videos of the day:
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Poster photo: © 2022 Andrew Tedstone, all rights reserved
Event photos: Swiss Polar Institute / Jelena Ristic, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0