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Australia, New Zealand, Fiji: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is traveling to the key region of the Indo-Pacific. AWI scientist Markus Rex is part of the delegation trip from May 1 to 7. At a meeting with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters, Markus Rex, representing the AWI, signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA) with New Zealand's Antarctic Authority on cooperation in the Antarctic. The core of the Antarctic Treaty System is international cooperation in science. Further information.
During the annual Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Scotland, Dirk Mengedoht, Logistics Coordinator at the AWI for land expeditions and stations in the Arctic, was elected as the new Chairman of the Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO). During his three-year term of office, Dirk Mengedoht intends to focus primarily on the transparency and networking of various committees and initiatives with FARO in order to better combine parallel approaches, e.g. with regard to safety in the field.
After 10 years, the "NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography" program for the international promotion of young scientists at the AWI is moving on to Canada. The end of the project was celebrated at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. 100 alumni of the program from all over the world were invited to the evening event, 73 of whom were able to attend. AWI Deputy Director Karen Wiltshire hosted the evening, which was celebrated in the museum's dinosaur hall.
When: We, 24.04.2024 - Fr, 24.05.2024
Where: Collegium Hungaricum
Who: Collegium Hungaricum
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