What is PYRN? • PYRN is an international network supported by the International Permafrost Association (IPA) • PYRN fosters innovative collaboration and seeks to promote future generations of permafrost researchers • PYRN provides a common forum and support activities to Young Permafrost Researchers in science and engineering • PYRN is a self-organized network, structured in an executive committee, a council, and national representatives PYRN membership is free! The Permafrost Young Researchers Network The Next Generation of Permafrost ECRs Main activities • Informational support Mailing list Social media outreach • PYRN Workshops • Travel grants • Student awards • Social events • National and regional branches Funding allocation for national events 2017 PYRN Activities Upcoming EUCOP5 PYRN-Workshop • June 22 Young Researchers BBQ ice-breaker • June 23-24 PYRN-Workshop and local mountain excursion • June 27 PYRN-Pétanque (French Boules) tournament and Tartiflette www. eucop2018.sciencesconf.org The PYRN-Workshop is free of charge, thanks to our partners and sponsors Get involved! National Representatives & Executive Committee positions PYRN-DACH Workshop at the 9 th AK Permafrost meeting 2 nd Asian Conference on Permafrost, Sapporo, Japan PYRN at EGU 2017, Vienna Pushchino Permafrost meeting, Russia Alevtina Evgrafova 1 ; Simon Dumais 2 ; Caroline Coch 3 ; Justine Ramage 3 ; Florence Magnin 4 ; Denis Frolov 5 1 University of Bern, Switzerland; 2 Université Laval, Canada; 3 Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany; 4 University of Oslo, Norway; 5 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Get in touch! PYRNofficial @PYRN_official @PYRN_official pyrn.arcticportal.org [email protected]