ECS Best Poster Competition

Early career scientists and students attending the CORDEX Conference and presenting posters were eligible to be recognized for outstanding poster awards. A distinguished review committee  reviewed and identified outstanding posters given by students and early career scientists. This competition, specially designed for early career researchers and students, provided a great opportunity to advocate the research among the community. Awards were presented to the best posters during the closing session of the conference on the 20th of May. The presentations of the highest quality posters were awarded with a WCRP/CORDEX certificate and a souvenir of the conference.

48 posters participated Each poster assessed by two reviewers   Criteria: – Scientific merit and novelty – Originality of work – Aesthetics of display – Clarity of the poster         Congratulations to the three winners: Csaba Zsolt Torma - The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Andreas Prein - NCAR, Boulder, USA Raul Wood - Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Germany

Review Committee:

• Lars Bärring - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Stockholm (Sweden)
• Jason Evans - Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales (Australia)
• Anne Frigon - Ouranos Inc, Climate Simulation and Analysis Team, Montreal (Canada)
• Clare Goodess - University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
• William Gutowski - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames (USA)
• Gaby Langendijk - WCRP JPS, Geneva (Switzerland)
• Boram Lee - WCRP JPS, Geneva (Switzerland)
• Chris Lennard - Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG), University of Cape Town, Cape Town (South Africa)
• Stefan Sobolowski - The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen (Norway)
• Silvina Solman - CIMA/CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires (Argentina)