The Swiss Polar Day 2021 will be held on Friday 1 October at the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne.
The Swiss Polar Day is the annual networking event for the Swiss polar and high-altitude research community. For the edition 2021, on Friday 1 October, we cordially invite you to a day of presentations, discussions and updates on Swiss polar science. International and Swiss speakers will present current initiatives and fieldwork and ample time will also be allocated for networking and exchange.
We invite you to register online.
Preliminary programme:
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome coffee and registration |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Opening and welcome |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | “Arctic Fever. Swiss-Danish Entanglements in the Age of Empire” Lea Pfäffli, ETHZ, Prix de Quervain 2020 |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | “South Georgia reborn: lessons from the world’s largest pest eradication campaign” Tony Martin, University of Dundee, UK |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | “Sustainability in polar research” by APECS Switzerland Amy Macfarlane, WSL and Nicolas Jullien, University of Fribourg |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch & Visit of the exhibition “FROID” |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | “Clouds and precipitations in Antarctica: challenges and opportunities” Alexis Berne, EPFL |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | “Polar science in France – assets and challenges” Jérôme Chappellaz, Institut polaire français Paul-Émile-Victor, France |
| 15:00 – 15:45 | News from the Swiss Polar Institute and discussion on international collaboration tools for polar research |
| 15:45 – 16:25 | News from the field and updates by research groups |
| 16:25 – 16:30 | Closing by SPI |
| 16:30 – 18:30 | Networking drink |
For the time being, the health situation allows the event to be planned in person, while following appropriate health measures and rules in place. Please note that should the situation change, we will adapt the format accordingly and the event will remain on the same date.
