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Swiss Polar Day 2023
15th September 2023
Swiss Polar Day 2023 took place on 15 September in Sion.
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.
Presentations:
- Alpole Groups
- Keynote 1: Team work at world’s end: What makes an effective polar team? – Jan Schmutz, University of Zurich
- Keynote 2: How snow on sea ice controls Earth’s energy budget – Ružica Dadić, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
- Open Forum
- Open Forum Continued
- Collaboration opportunities with NIPR in the Arctic and Antarctic – Hiroyuki Enomoto, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo (Japan)
- Collaboration opportunities with INQ in Canada’s North – Jean-Éric Tremblay, Institut Nordique du Québec (Canada)
- SPI Flagship Initiatives: GreenFjord & PAMIR
- SPI News
Programme
10:00-10:30 Registration & welcome coffee
10:30-10:50 Opening and welcome by Vincent Hiroz, Operational Director EPFL Valais Wallis, Hubertus Fischer & Björn Dahlback, STAB SPI
10:50-11:20 Keynote 1
Team work at world’s end: What makes an effective polar team? by Jan Schmutz, University of Zurich
11:20-12:00 Open Forum part 1
12:00-13:00 Official address by Christophe Darbellay, State Councillor, Department of Economy and Education, Canton of Valais and Matthias Gäumann, Vice President for Operations, EPFL
followed by presentations and visits of Alpole labs
13:00-14:15 Lunch
14:15-14:55 International collaboration opportunities
Collaboration opportunities with NIPR in the Arctic and Antarctic
Hiroyuki Enomoto, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo (Japan)
Collaboration opportunities with INQ in Canada’s North
Jean-Éric Tremblay, Institut Nordique du Québec, Canada
14:55-15:20 SPI News
15:20-15:50 Keynote 2
How snow on sea ice controls Earth’s energy budget by Ružica Dadić, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
15:50-16:05 Update by SPI Flagship Initiatives GreenFjord & PAMIR
16:05-16:45 Open Forum part 2
16:45-16:50 Conclusion and thank you
16:50-18:30 Networking drink
The videos are available on our YouTube channel.
Thank you to all who attended and contributed to this event!