Practice your presentation skills before September
Tuesday 11 August, 13:00–14:00, SIIECS Speaker Series
Our
Strategic Initiative on Integration of Early Career Scientists (SIIECS) run an online speaker series that provides an informal and supportive forum for early-career scientists to practice giving presentations. During the session, presenters receive constructive feedback while using the opportunity to get rid of their 'nervous jitters' before their actual presentation.
Sign up to present, give feedback, or enjoy a preview of some ASC talks.
Skills workshop: From Echoes to Ecosystems: An Introduction to Fisheries Acoustics and Its Applications
Monday 14 September 13:00–17:00, Le Quartz
Observing what lives in the ocean, where and in what numbers, remains a central challenge in marine science. Fisheries acoustics provides synoptic, non-invasive observations of fish and zooplankton across spatial and temporal scales unattainable by most other sampling methods. This workshop introduces the principles of this methodology and illustrates how these observations inform both stock assessment and broader ecological questions. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of active acoustics with complimentary emerging and established tools (e.g. trawls. eDNA, optics) toward a multi-sensor framework that reduces uncertainty and improves ecological interpretation.
Deadline to register: Monday 3 August
This event has a limited capacity. Sign up here and we will confirm your acceptance by Friday 7 August.
Wednesday Morning ECS breakfast
Wednesday 15 September 08:00–09:15, Le Quartz
Many early-career scientists, especially those attending the ASC for the first time, have a lot of questions about ICES: What is ICES? Why should I get involved? How do I get involved? Who should I talk to?
Bring all your questions to the ECS breakfast on Wednesday morning; breakfast is waiting for you, along with some of the key people within ICES, who will be there to answer all of your questions!
Deadline to register: Monday 3 August
This event has a limited capacity.
Sign up here and we will confirm your acceptance by Friday 7 August.
ASC mentor programme
Are you attending ASC for the first time? Our mentors can help you to get to know ICES and the people in our network.
What does the mentor programme offer?
- A personal introduction to the workings of ICES as an organization
- A discussion group with your peers about the work being presented at the ASC
- An excellent networking opportunity as you are introduced to various new colleagues and find out how you can become more involved in the work of ICES
Deadline to register: Monday 10 August
This event has a limited capacity. Sign up here and we will then contact you with more information.
Q&A with Howard Browman, Editor-in-chief of ICES Journal of Marine Science
Thursday 16 September lunchtime, Le Quartz
Come along and find out everything you always wanted to know about getting published. Howard Browman, Editor-in-Chief of our journal, ICES Journal of Marine Science, is in the hot seat to answer all your questions.
US Early-Career Scientists Travel Funding
Travel funding has been made available by the National Science Foundation, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). For more info on how to apply, please follow this link.
Submissions are closed.
ICES Early Career Participation Fund
The ICES Early Career Participation Fund will support authors presenting at the 2026 ICES Annual Science Conference.
This fund will be open to authors who fulfil the early-career scientist criteria, and who have had an abstract accepted to a theme session. Early-career scientists are defined as being 35 years of age or under, working on a bachelors, masters, or PhD or having completed a PhD within the past five years, excluding periods of career interruption such as caring responsibilities.
Submitted applications will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:
- The originality of work as shown in abstract.
- The significance of the work to one of the theme sessions.
The deadline for applications to this fund has now passed. Applicants will be notified by Friday 19 June.
