During the IAVCEI 2013 conference in Kagoshima, Japan, an open invitation evening meeting was held to invite early-career scientists to discuss how IAVCEI could improve the support for this part of the community. This discussion was initiated on request by Prof Ray Cas in his role as IAVCEI president and supported by Dr Greg Valentine as the IAVCEI Committee Early-Career Advisor. The evening event started with presentations by Ray, Greg, Kathy Cashman and Steve Self, and was chaired by Charlotte Vye-Brown as the Early-Career Scientist Program co-ordinator with the support of Koji Kiyosuki, Sam Poppe and Jozua van Otterloo. The participants then formed a dozen breakout groups to discuss questions on:

1. Are you interested in the formation of an Early-Career Scientist Program in IAVCEI?
2. What would you like this to achieve?
3. How can IAVCEI support early-career scientists?
4. Are there specific events or activities that you would like IAVCEI to host?

The following document presents a summary of the discussions at that event and represents the views of ~90 participants to shape the development of this group and activities for the future.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Charlotte Vye-Brown; Sam Poppe; Greg A Valentine (2013), "IAVCEI Early-Career Working Group workshop report," https://theghub.org/resources/3250.

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1. IAVCEI Early-Career Working Group