Sessions

EGU 2017: Registration open & townhall and splinter meeting requests

Laura Roberts-Artal December 8, 2016

Early registration for the conference is open until 31 March 2017. You can register online on the Registration section of the General Assembly website. Credit: Plugel/EGU

The EGU General Assembly brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting that covers all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The conference is taking place in Vienna on 23–28 April 2017, providing an opportunity for both established scientists and early career researchers to present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of the geosci ...[Read More]

Try something different – choose a PICO session at EGU 2017!

Laura Roberts-Artal November 24, 2016

Lena Noack presenting her research with a PICO presentation at the EGU General Assembly.

Some of the sessions scheduled for the upcoming EGU General Assembly are PICO only sessions. This means that, rather than being oral or poster format, they involve Presenting Interactive COntent (PICO). The aim of these presentations is to highlight the essence of a particular research area – just enough to get the audience excited about a topic without overloading them with information. What’s gr ...[Read More]

What’s new for the 2017 EGU General Assembly?

Laura Roberts-Artal November 18, 2016

Following a record number of participants at last year’s General Assembly and feedback received, the EGU and its conference organiser Copernicus will be introducing a number of changes at the EGU 2017 General Assembly. In this post, we highlight a few of the changes that returning participants will notice at next year’s conference. More participants means making way for more presentati ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Peter Lippert, understanding continental tectonics through palaeomagnetic studies

Laura Roberts-Artal November 11, 2016

Peter logging field measurements in the Raft River Range of NE Utah and S. Idaho. Photo Credit: Emily Kleber

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Peter Lippert, a palaeomagnetist at the University of Utah, and winner of the 2016 EMRP Outstanding Young Scientist Award. He was granted the award for his contributions to insights into palaeoceanography and continental tectonics through palaeomagnetic studies. Crucially, his work usin ...[Read More]