The University of Bremen was hosting the 2024 edition of the International Conference for Young MArine REsearchers, ICYMARE 2024 BREMEN, from 16 to 20 September 2024. About 200 early career researchers from all fields of marine sciences convened in Bremen to network and to gain first conference experience. FACE-IT project manager Simon Jungblut (University of Bremen) delivered a keynote lecture, entitled “The EU project FACE-IT: How research projects can enhance your network” (abstract below). Furthermore, The FACE-IT Outreach poster exhibition was on display for the whole week, featuring also the handouts “Results in and Research Gaps of Arctic Biodiversity Research“.

Abstract of the keynote lecture
Arctic ice is melting, turning sea-terminated into land-terminated glaciers. This rapid loss of cryosphere is accompanied by biodiversity changes, with likely far-reaching effects on ecosystem functioning in Arctic fjords and related human activities. FACE-IT is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project, aiming to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic in the face of rapid biodiversity changes and its consequences. Within FACE-IT, selected Arctic fjord systems at different stage of cryosphere loss in Greenland, Svalbard and Finnmark, Northern Norway, are being compared for biodiversity changes, effects on local communities, food production, livelihoods, fisheries, tourism and other ecosystem services. This presentation will illustrate results from the project in combination with showcasing how an open and engaging attitude towards a big research project may benefit the network and scientific output especially of early career researchers.

Photos: Jacopo Congia