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Olivia Trani

Olivia Trani is a former Communications Officer at the European Geosciences Union. Olivia has a MS in Science Journalism from Boston University and her work has appeared on WBUR-FM, Inside Science News Service, and the American Geophysical Union. Olivia tweets at @oliviatrani.

EGU 2019: Follow the conference action live!

April 5, 2019
EGU 2019: Follow the conference action live!
Press conference at the EGU 2017 General Assembly (Credit: Kai Boggild/EGU)

Earlier this month we shared a post on how you can keep up to date with all the science being presented at the General Assembly via our social media channels. This week we share with you how you can tune into the conference action, live! Many of the EGU General Assembly highlights will be streamed live, so if you can’t make it to Vienna this year, you can still watch sessions like the Union Sympos ...[Read More]

Blogs and social media at EGU 2019 – tune in to the conference action

April 3, 2019
Blogs and social media at EGU 2019 – tune in to the conference action
Join the online conversation about the upcoming General Assembly, but be sure to use the official hashtag: #EGU19

With hundreds of oral presentations, PICO sessions and poster presentations taking place each day, it can be difficult to keep up with everything that is on offer during the General Assembly. As well as finding highlights of interesting conference papers, lectures and workshops in the daily newsletter at the General Assembly, EGU Today, you can also keep up to date with all the conference activiti ...[Read More]

Geoscientist meet-up before the Vienna City Marathon

April 2, 2019
Geoscientist meet-up before the Vienna City Marathon
Runners of the 2015 Vienna City Marathon in the area Reichsbrücke. (© Bwag / Wikimedia)

The EGU General Assembly, officially starting on Sunday 7 April, will bring together around 14,000 attendees to Vienna, but it won’t be the biggest meet-up in the city that day. This year, not only are we expecting Earth, space and planetary scientists to descend on the city for EGU 2019, but also more than 40,000 people will participate in the Vienna City Marathon on Sunday morning. Are you a Gen ...[Read More]

What’s on for early career scientists at the Assembly in 2019

March 28, 2019
What’s on for early career scientists at the Assembly in 2019
Kickstart your 2019 General Assembly experience at the early career scientists (ECS) corner at the Sunday Opening Reception! Credit: EGU/Keri McNamara)

This year, there’s a great line-up of early career scientist (ECS) sessions at the General Assembly. Not only that, but there are opportunities to meet those that represent you in the Union, get to know other ECS in your field, and make the most of both the scientific and social sides of the conference… Networking First up for ECS is the icebreaker event during the opening reception on the Sunday ...[Read More]