The EGU General Assembly 2011 was again a great success with 4,333 oral and 8,439 poster presentations in 707 sessions. At the conference 10,725 scientists from 96 countries participated, of which 28% were students, 15,000 copies of EGU Today distributed, keen media presence and reporting, and thousands of visits to the webstreams as well as …[Read More]
EGU GA 2011
EGU GA 2011 At night
Last day of EGU GA 2011, and see you in 2012
Today, Friday, is the last day of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011. The General Assembly in 2012 will be at the Austria Center Vienna, 22–27 April 2012. For more information on EGU meetings please visit the EGU Meetings pages.
Women in Geosciences Townhall Meeting at EGU GA 2011
At EGU2010 we held the first townhall meeting on this subject of women in the geosciences, and what EGU can do for women geoscientists. At EGU2011 we will hold the second townhall meeting, including short presentations and discussions of how the EGU as a professional association can continue taking a more active role in influencing …[Read More]
VIPS at EGU GA 2011
During the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 several distringuished guests have been hosted. These have included the Irish Ambassador to Austria for HS1.1 Perspectives for the Future of Hydrology in a Changing Environment. Memorial Session in Honour of Professor Jim Dooge and the New Zealand Ambassador to Austria for the Union Symposia on the …[Read More]
Friday at EGU GA 2011
Welcome to the last day of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna 2011. Some union wide events of note are below. The winner of the photography competition will be announced at 12:15 in the Crystal Lounge. Home will be shown in the GeoCinema from 17:30 (for 90 minutes) and we have a chocolate …[Read More]
Can Europe use less of these metals?
Can Europe use less of these metals? How much of this demand is driven by our throw-away culture? There has been little response to the last blogpost, does everyone agree with the panel or everyone agee with the questioner? Please start the conversation here… For the Great Debate Webstream please visit the EGU GA 2011 …[Read More]
Perspectives from EGU GA 2011 (4)
This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research or session viewpoint, please email us. This viewpoint is James Pope concerning the Union …[Read More]
Photo Competition Announcement 12:15 on Friday
The winner of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 photo competition will be announced at 12:15 on Friday 8th April in the Crystal Lounge, on the 1st floor (Green Level). The deadline for voting is 16:00 on Thursday, 7 April.
EGU GA 2011 in the news
Items from the European Geosciences Union General Assembly are featured prominently on the BBC’s Science and Environment pages. The current top story is about “Thuderstorms numbers calculated” (link). The top story for some time yesterday (Wednesday) was Climate ‘fix’ may warm, not cool, again directly related to research presented at the EGU General Assembly. If …[Read More]