<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dear colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The <b class="">IAU
Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series</b> will feature five new
events! This virtual series contains career discussions in academia and
industry, multifaceted science highlights, professional development trainings,
and more. All events are tailored to early career astronomers. <b class="">Events #12 and
#14 will be training-style. The other three events will be seminar-style.</b>
The final event #16 will the closing event of this series under the leadership
of the current Organizing Committee. It will be followed by a <b class="">Business
Meeting for all IAU JMs</b> (max 1h), which we strongly encourage all JMs to
join. This Business Meeting is a very direct way to voice your thoughts and
contribute to shaping the future of early career astronomers.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The full
descriptions of the upcoming events are provided in the attachment. These
events will be held at EMEA-friendly times to accommodate our speakers. Recordings
will be made available to all to watch at their individual most-convenient
times.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">#12</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">: Thursday <b class="">June 10<sup class="">th</sup>,
2021</b>: 8:00-9:30 UTC / 10:00-11:30 CEST <b class="">(1.5h)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">“How to
"sell" a research idea to the reviewers?”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr. Mette
S</span>kraastad (Yellow Research BV)</p></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">#13</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">: <font color="#00364a" class="">Tuesday</font>
<b class="">June 22<sup class="">nd</sup>, 2021</b>: 8:00-9:00 UTC <b class="">(1h)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">“How to
be an astrophysicist with impact outside of the university”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr.
Stefania Giodini (Red Cross)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">#14</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">: Thursday <b class="">July 8<sup class="">th</sup>,
2021</b>: 8:00-10:00 UTC <b class="">(2h)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">“Research
project management: from “classic” to “agile” methods”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr. Thomas
Marty (Swiss Library Service Platform)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">#15</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">: Thursday <b class="">July 22<sup class="">nd</sup>,
2021</b>: 8:00-9:00 UTC <b class="">(1h)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">“Adventures
with ESA Science Missions”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr. Gaitee
Hussain (ESA)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">#16</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">: Thursday <b class="">August 19<sup class="">th</sup>,
2021</b>: <font color="#001e57" class="">14:00-15:00 UTC </font><b class=""><font color="#001e57" class="">(1h)</font><o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">“Open
Data, Open Codes and Astronomy”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr. David Spergel
(Flatiron Institute)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Business
Meeting of the IAU EC WG of JMs</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thursday <b class="">August
19<sup class="">th</sup>, 2021</b><font color="#002e7a" class="">: 15:00-16:00 UTC </font><b class=""><font color="#002e7a" class="">(m</font>ax 1h)<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Participation
is free. All you have to do is fill out the event registration form no later
than 24h (UTC) in advance of the subsequent event:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forms.gle/o7bH4xxsMWrzpVx36" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://forms.gle/o7bH4xxsMWrzpVx36</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The
discourses will be made available to you via Zoom and Youtube. You will receive
a confirmation upon registration directly from Google Forms with the connection
information. A reminder with the connection information will be distributed
through Mailchimp shortly before each registered event.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Recordings
of these upcoming events will be available alongside select past events on our
Youtube channel:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQsB5LY2Tv_tj9ddVdnPuw" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQsB5LY2Tv_tj9ddVdnPuw</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">These will
be the last few events of this Series organized by the current OC of the WG of
JMs. The future of the series will be in the hands of the new to-be-elected OC
of our WG. All IAU JMs should have received an email via the IAU server with
the call for applications.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">We look
forward to many of you joining us for these events!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Warm
regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Maria
Drozdovskaya & Fatoumata Kebe, co-Chairs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">On behalf
of the entire Organizing Committee:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Camilla
Danielski, Christopher Moore, Eleanor Sansom, Gaël Buldgen, Sudeshna Boro
Saikia, Themiya Nanayakkara<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">P.S.: We
welcome any and all feedback you may have on our past events and/or any
activities of our Working Group (anonymously):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forms.gle/Wg4PBy5FPHRmdQAS9" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">https://forms.gle/Wg4PBy5FPHRmdQAS9</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">For any
queries, you may reach the Organizing Committee at: </span><a href="mailto:iaujuniormember@gmail.com" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">iaujuniormember@gmail.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p>
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