7th EPEC Annual Week 2025 – Registration Now Open

The EPEC Committee and EPEC Annual Week Local Organising Committee (LOC) are pleased to announce that the 7th edition of Annual Week will be held in person at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin in May 2025. Applications are now officially open!

Details

Dates: 19 – 23 May 2025
Venue: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany
Registration period: 21st March – 19th April 2025

The EPEC Annual Week is an opportunity for the EPEC community to better get to know each other, to strengthen their connections with the international science community in a conference exclusively catered to early careers. The programme for EPEC Annual Week 2025 (EPEC AW25) consists of science talks, invited speakers and a chance for our members to present their work in a low-stakes setting to build their confidence and scientific communication skills. Furthermore, the school brings together scientists from different career stages to provide a networking platform where science discussion and collaboration are stimulated via a series of group activities.

Programme for EPEC AW25

The theme for this year focuses on academic and industrial current topics, with a particular focus on planetary missions and as ever, building your network within the planetary community.

Here’s a snapshot of what to expect:

Talks and workshops – Experts from their respective fields will be delivering seminars on topics from mission involvement, planetary protection, machine learning to those who have transitioned into industry.
Laboratory visits – Participants get the opportunity to visit the world class laboratories at DLR, Berlin.
Visit to the Archenhold-Sternwarte Planetarium and Natural History Museum in Berlin.
EPEC Annual Week – Geo.X Joint event (https://www.geo-x.net/en/news/dates-and-events/2025/geox-phd-day-2025/)

For more information and a preliminary programme, please visit the Annual Week 2025 webpage.

Eligibility

Participants must be enrolled in a B.Sc., M.Sc. course (or equivalent), be currently enrolled in a Ph.D. programme in the field of planetary/space science or have obtained their Ph.D. qualification no more than seven years ago. Note that in order to apply to the training school you are NOT required to be a member of EPEC, although this is encouraged.

Registration

To submit your application, please complete this registration form by the 19th of April.

Successful applicants will be notified via e-mail within a week after the submission deadline. In case of any queries or problems related to the application procedure, please send an email to epec.network@gmail.com, including “EPEC Annual Week Application” in the subject.

We hope to see you there,

EPEC AW25 Organising Committee