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Independent Meetings on Periphery of SCAR2024

In addition to the events held during the SCAR meetings, partners might take the opportunity to meet on the periphery of the OSC (usually the weekend before and after).

These meetings are listed below.

Please note that these events are organised independently. The opinions expressed within these meetings do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCAR or imply endorsement by SCAR.

ZEISS – Shaping the future

Date & Time: Wednesday, 21st August, 11:30-13:00
Place: Arctocephalus Room, Gran Hotel Enjoy Pucón

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries. As a company wholly owned by a foundation, ZEISS is rooted in and committed to responsibility in all its activities. As the pioneer of scientific optics, we continue to challenge the limits of human imagination. With our passion for excellence we create value for our customers and inspire the world to see in new ways.

Committed to sustainability.

The foundation as owner is expecting sustainable contributions from ZEISS. The company’s dividends are used by the foundation to fund scientific and research programs in areas essential to the future of humanity, from the aging society to the circular economy. At the same time, ZEISS is committed to ambitious sustainability goals – we already use 100% green energy and will be carbon neutral in all our activities by 2025. Specific programs for MINT education, public health care, nature and climate protection and social commitment are part of the global ZEISS sustainability strategy.

US-Chile International Collaboration Workshop for Early Career Researchers

Date & Time: Sunday, 18th August, 14:00-18:00
Location:
Room Arctocephalus, Gran Hotel Enjoy Pucón

International collaboration is imperative to the successful exploration of the big scientific questions concerning the Antarctic. However, building these meaningful collaborations requires intentionality in creating a welcoming and inclusive space for partnerships to grow. Yet, formal training in how to establish international relationships and cross-cultural competency does not regularly take place in the polar sciences. This workshop-style side meeting for US and Chilean polar early career researchers focuses on how to build cross-cultural competency, how to build successful international scientific collaborative relationships, and how to apply for funding with international research partners in mind. In the latter part of the workshop, US and Chilean participants will have the opportunity to connect with polar researchers from a country other than their own and start to build the foundations of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary relationships that could lead to collaborations in the future. This workshop will be followed by remote collaboration-encouraging meetings facilitated by the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and APECS Chile and has the potential to lead to longer-term, collaborative research relationships amongst attendees. Chilean and US-based polar researchers early in their careers are welcome and invited to apply to attend by July 24, 2024 using this link.

Attendees will be welcomed to join other participants for an informally-organized dinner afterwards.

Understanding Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic coastal ecosystems

Date & Time: Sunday, 18th August, 09:00-18:00
Location:
Room Glyptonothus, Gran Hotel Enjoy Pucón

Convenors: Humberto González, UACh-IDEAL, Bernd Krock, AWI-SubCob, Kerstin Jerosch, AWI-CoastCarb, Andrea Piñones, UACh-CoastCarb

Our intention is to foster a multi-disciplinary dialogue that merges genetic research, ecological investigations, and oceanography to decipher the complexity of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic coastal ecosystems. With this session the IDEAL center, SubCob and CoastCarb community encourage contributions that span a broad scope of observation and modeling studies, encompassing genetic adaptations of organisms to extreme conditions, interactions among species, biogeochemical cycles, and the impact of environmental changes on these vulnerable ecosystems.


The session will include talks that delve into diverse aspects of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic coastal observations and modeling. This includes studies on genetic diversity, species distributions, trophic dynamics, blue carbon, and the role of climate-driven variations on ecosystem structures. Collaboration will be key, as we plan to use this session as a platform for productive discussions and ideas exchange. By integrating cutting-edge research findings and collaborative insights, we hope to contribute to a more holistic comprehension of high-latitude coastal ecosystems and foster strategies for their preservation.

Uniting waters: Antarctic peninsula MPA inspiring peaceful cooperation

  • Date & Time: Sunday, 18th August, 7:00PM
  • Location: Hotel Casa Solaria, Lincoyán 48, Pucón

Convenors: Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) and Agenda Antartica NGO

The event aims to inspire new actions and collaboration towards Antarctica’s conservation and sustainable management. Contribute to D1MPA proposal consensus.

Invitees: SCAR participants and High-Level Representatives of Chilean Government (approx. 150 PAX). First in– first serve.

Register for the event

Women in Polar Knowledge: Challenges and Opportunities

Date & Time: Wednesday, 21st August, 11:30-13:30
Location: Room Usnea, Gran Hotel Enjoy Pucon
Participants:
Gloria de La Fuente: Undersecretary . Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Carolina Gainza: Undersecretary · Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation
Angélica Casanova – Katny: Plant Ecophysiologist and Expert in Antarctic Species
Gabriela Roldán: Sociologist and Antarctic Researcher
Nadia Politis: Journalist and Author of “Antarctica: Stories of Women Explorers at the Heart of the Planet

Moderator: Nadia Arias, UFRO (University of La Frontera)

Science and Politics: Partners for the Future of Antarctica

Date & Time: Wednesday, 21st August, 14:30-15:30
Place:
Arctocephalus Room, Gran Hotel Enjoy Pucón

In an era marked by major challenges such as climate and democracy, we are convinced that science and politics are called upon to be key players in addressing them. But doing so requires one condition: working together. What is at stake, no more and no less, is life and coexistence on our planet. As long as science nourishes politics with solid evidence, politics is called to make significant decisions with responsibility and commitment. In this scenario, Antarctica is today a challenge and also represents an opportunity to materialize a virtuous alliance between these partners. For the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, democracy and climate are fundamental concerns that have a clear synthesis in the challenge of working for the present and future of Antarctica. By means of this discussion -which will include panelists from Chile and Argentina- we propose to open a dialogue between scientists and politicians to connect the best of both worlds and contribute to generate ideas, to prioritize urgencies, and to create consensus around the care of the white continent. We invite you to be an active part of this conversation.

UK & Chile: more than a century of Antarctic collaboration

Date & Time: Wednesday, 21st August, 14:30-16:00
Location:
Room Glyptonothus, Gran Hotel Enjoy Pucón

On 30 August 1916, the Chilean pilot Luis Pardo sailed from Punta Arenas to Elephant Island, in Antarctica on an iconic mission: to rescue the 22 crew members of the British icebreaker ‘Endurance’, who were stranded for more than a year in the ice continent. The captain, Sir Ernest Shackleton, a devoted explorer, kept his team alive despite the dangerous conditions and bravely navigated to Punta Arenas asking for help.

This powerful story of curiosity, bravery and endurance stands as a milestone in the shared history of Antarctic science between Chile and the UK. More than a hundred years have passed and the same curiosity remains at the centre of the scientific collaborations between the two countries, where cooperation is pivotal to delivering world-leading science for the good of all.

This event, organized by the British Embassy in Santiago, is a commemoration of this long partnership; from the past to the present day, where scientists from both countries will share their experience and celebrate the curiosity driven exploration of one of the most inhabitable places in the world.

The reception has limited capacity (60), with registration required. Wine & Cheese will be served.

Early Career Social at SCAR OSC

Date & Time: Wednesday, 21st August, 20:00-21:00
Location:
Madd Goat Coffee Roasters, Pedro de Valdivia 524, 4920536 Pucon, Pucón, Araucanía

Join other early career scientists at a coffee shop on Wednesday morning for coffee, networking & general socialization.

Bunger Hills – An oasis for collaborations

Date & Time: Saturday, 24th August, 09:00-11:00
Location:
Room Asteromphalus, UFRO Pucón

Organised by: Tobias Stål (University of Tasmania, Australia), Adam Nawrot (Polish Academy of Sciences)

Bunger Hills, situated in East Antarctica adjacent to the Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf, stands as a pivotal area for understanding the East Antarctic response to our changing climate. With its unique geography, Bunger Hills itself also offers a fertile ground for research across various disciplines.

Currently, Antarctic programs from Australia, Poland, and Russia maintain infrastructure within Bunger Hills. In addition, recent years have seen an increase in fieldwork activities, attracting participation from a diverse group of nations.

This side meeting aims to bring together minds eager to shape the scientific direction of Bunger Hills for the coming decade. This session is a call to discuss future scientific objectives, explore potential collaborations, and share interests in supporting data collection and logistical efforts.

We invite you to join us in this pivotal discussion, contributing to the formulation of a collaborative scientific agenda.

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