The first Swiss Polar Day event will take place on 7th of September at WSL in Birmensdorf, Zurich. Every polar scientist or polar-interested person can participate and early careers are very much welcome! Especially because it's an APECS Switzerland event. The program and registration can be found here:

http://www.wsl.ch/dienstleistungen/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungskalender/SwissPolarDay/index_EN

The aim of this event is to gather all polar scientists working in Switzerland at one place, and show what is currently done/studied in the high latitudes areas. The first half of the event will be presentation held from one spokesperson per university/institution. The speakers will present ongoing work of their respective institution as well as future plans, research direction and/or expeditions. The second half will be a round table/discussion on the future of polar research in Switzerland, as well a networking apéro.