APECS Webinars
APECS works with mentors and partners to develop webinars to assist APECS members and other early career scientists with their career development goals as well as to highlight current Polar Research. The webinar audience consists of graduate students, post-docs, and early career faculty across many disciplines. Since its inception in 2010, thousands of people from around the world have participated in the webinars.
A recording of each webinar is available in the webinar archive and on the APECS Vimeo site so that anyone can watch the videos anytime.
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How to Participate in a Webinar?
Participation in the webinars is open to all and completly free. If you have not participated in an online webinar before, its actually not as difficult as it may seem, and we can help you every step of the way. To attend a webinar you just need your computer or smartphone and an internet connection. We only use VOIP, so no telephone is required. We are not using webcams, so you can participate in your pajamas!
Check out the upcoming webinars. If you see a webinar you would like to join, click the link to the right of the webinar to register for it. If the webinar is in session, the link will take you right to webinar in session. If the webinar has not yet begun, you can register for the event. Registering for the webinars ahead of time is a good idea because you will automatically recieve an email with instructions and reminders 1 day and 1 hour before the event.
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History of the Webinars
Online webinars were hosted by the University of Canterbury from Fall 2010-2011. During 2011-2012, the webinar series was supported through a joint effort between APECS and the US NSF ARCSS Thermokarst Project. In Fall 2012 and Spring of 2013 the webinar series was made possible due to support from the High North Academy. From 2011 - 2014 Bredbåndfylket in Tromsø, sponsored the GoToWebinar System for APECS to host the webinars. -
Webinar Archive
All our online webinars are recorded, meaning that anoyone can watch past webinars anytime. You can find all APECS online webinars in our extensive and searchable webinar archive and on the APECS Vimeo site.