Programme streams
ECS – Early Career Scientists Events

PSE5
Reception for Early Career Scientists & Conveners 

Public information:

The EMS & partners are inviting all conveners and early career scientists to this reception.
Registration: No registration to this event is required! 

A relaxed occasion for meeting with fellow Early Career Scientists, exchange experience with and between convenors and for chatting about career possibilities with people who have chosen different career paths - and just enjoy.

With ECS we mean PhD students and early PostDocs - generally, all who think of themselves as an early career scientist.

The reception is sponsored by PRIMET, a Professional Trade Association for meteorological service providers operating in the private sector. It aims to promote a fair trading environment between the public and private sector in meteorology and its related disciplines: https://primet.org/

Co-organized by ECS
PSE-Mon5 |
Mon, 07 Sep, 19:30–21:00 (CEST)
 
Barzone (Media Plaza)
Mon, 19:30
ECS1
Speed Networking for Early Career Scientists 

Date: Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 11:00 – 13:00 CEST
Format: onsite
Addressed to: 20-25 participants

Event description:
Join us for the second EMS Speed Networking for Early Career Scientists!
This fun and fast-paced session will help you make connections and learn from experienced professionals in meteorology, climate, and related fields. Whether you’re interested in job opportunities, learning about possible career paths or advice about professional growth, this event is an excellent opportunity to expand both your knowledge and your network of contacts.

We look forward to "mentors" and "mentorees" joining us from across the atmospheric and climate science field for an engaging afternoon of networking.

Confirmed Mentors:
* Dan Suri, Met Office
* Elody Fluck, EUMETSAT
* Brigitta Goger, GeoSphere
* Roope Tervo, EUMETSAT
* Isla Finney, Lake Street Consulting Ltd

This event is sponsored by the University Partnership for Atmospheric Sciences (UPAS, https://www.meteo-upas.de/en/). Following the discussions in small groups, we will provide lunch bags so that everyone can enjoy the lunch break together, while continuing to network and your conversations.

Registration: Registration for this event is required! The participation is free. You must be registered as an in-person EMS2026 attendee by the day of the event to participate. There are places available for this event, therefore registration is ongoing.

Please send an email with the subject ‘EMS2026 – Speed Networking for Early Career Scientists’ to ems-annual@emetsoc.org, including the following information:
Your name, career stage, affiliation, and a brief explanation why you would like to participate in the event and what your expectations are. Before you register, please check that you are actually able to attend and that the ECS event does not overlap with a session you would like to attend.

Conveners: Kristína Szabóová, Carola Detring, Victoria Sinclair (deceased), Becky Hemingway, Martina Junge
Tue2 |
Enter live session
Tue, 08 Sep, 11:00–13:00 (CEST)
 
Breakout room 3 (Media Plaza)
Tue, 11:00
ECS2
How to get published in Scholarly Journals: writing, reviewing, and ethical issues 

Date: Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 11:00 – 13:00 CEST
Format: onsite
Addressed to: 45 participants
This workshop is intended especially for Early Career Scientists but is open to anyone interested.

Registration: Registration for the workshop is required! Participation is free for all registered EMS2026 attendees.
Please be aware that the booking of this workshop is only available during the registration process for the conference until 3 August! After 3 August, and independent of the conference registration, no bookings will be possible.

Description:
Publishing research in scientific journals is one way that researchers build reputation in their community and allow the wide dissemination of their work.  This workshop will go through the structure of the article, introduce best practice tips when writing a paper, highlight the editorial process, and detail the main ethical issues in scientific publishing.
The aim of this interactive workshop, led by the Editors of the Journal of the European Meteorological Society, is to provide tips to prospective authors to improve the quality of their manuscripts and increase their chances of their papers being accepted for publication in reputable, international journals.

Event Details:
• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Organizers:
Dr. Johannes Schmetz, Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of the European Meteorological Society
Dr. Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of the European Meteorological Society
Sandra Broerse, Publisher Climate & Sustainability journals, Elsevier

Co-organized by WS
Conveners: Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Sandra Broerse, Johannes Schmetz
Wed2 |
Enter live session
Wed, 09 Sep, 11:00–13:00 (CEST)
 
Breakout room 3 (Media Plaza)
Wed, 11:00