APECS Netherlands are holding their yearly open-science symposium at the Arctic Centre in Groningen on November 4. As always, there'll be plenty of time for our ECR's to showcase their work. We are also happy to welcome the following speakers: Dr Greg Poelzer from the University of Saskatchewan (supported by the Canadian Embassy in The Hague), Mr Jorden Splinter of the Netherlands Foreign Ministry, and Dr Annette Scheepstra, coordinator of the Willem Barentsz Polar Institute. Mr Nyckle Swierstra will host our workshop on short films ('FrostBytes') in polar science. If you happen to be in the Netherlands, what's your excuse for not attending?