Arctic Frontiers 2020

Between January 26 – 30, the 14th Arctic Frontiers conference was held in Tromsø, Norway. The annual conference is an international event, linking policy makers, industry and academia for responsible and sustainable development in the high latitudes. The theme of the 2020 conference was “The Power of Knowledge”.

Arctic Frontiers Young brings together an international community of students, early career researchers, and young professionals to share knowledge and new perspectives. This year, APECS and APECS Norway contributed to the Arctic Frontiers Young programme with several activities:

• An Early Career Researcher Networking Night on 28 January

• 6th edition of the Nansen Poster Awards on 29 January (see separate article)

• “Science for Schools” from 28-30 January (see separate article)

We thank Arctic Frontiers, Arctic Frontiers Young, Vitensenteret, all poster judges and the APECS-Arctic Frontiers organizing committee for their efforts. We particularly thank Arctic Frontiers, Arctic Frontiers Young, and Vitensenteret for their continuous support in making the poster competitions possible and kindly providing great prices for the school kids and early career scientists. We are looking forward to next year!

The APECS-Arctic Frontiers organizing committee (Katalin Blix, Ariadna Szczybelski, Kristin Nymark Hegglund, Andrea Schneider)