Sessions

GeoTalk: How are clouds born?

Laura Roberts-Artal April 7, 2017

Meet Federico, a researcher based at University of Helsinki, working on understanding how clouds are born. Credit: Federico Bianchi

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Federico Bianchi, a researcher based at University of Helsinki, working on understanding how clouds are born. Federico’s quest to find out has taken him from laboratory experiments at CERN, through to the high peaks of the Alps and to the clean air of the Himalayan mountains. His innova ...[Read More]

Blogs and social media at EGU 2017 – tune in to the conference action

Laura Roberts-Artal April 4, 2017

Join the online conversation about the upcoming General Assembly, but be sure to use the official hashtag: #EGU17

With hundreds of oral presentations, PICO sessions and poster presentations taking place each day, it can be difficult to keep abreast of 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 activ ...[Read More]

Making a poster or PICO presentation: top tips from the Outstanding Student Poster and PICO (OSPP) Award judges

Laura Roberts-Artal March 22, 2017

Poster presentations in full swing at the EGU's 2016 General Assembly. (Credit: Kai Boggild/EGU)

Every year at the General Assembly hundreds of students present their research at the conference with a lot of time and effort going into preparing these presentations. With the aim to further improve the overall quality of poster presentations and more importantly, to encourage early career scientists to present their work in the form of a poster, the OSP Awards (as they were formerly known), wer ...[Read More]

Presenting at the General Assembly 2017: A quick ‘how to’ from the EGU

Laura Roberts-Artal March 8, 2017

Presenting at the Assembly: A quick ‘how to’ from the EGU (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl)

The schedule is out, presentation slots have been assigned and it’s time to start thinking about putting yours together. Whether you have an oral, poster or PICO slot, we have a suite of simple guidelines to get you ready for the conference! Orals The guidelines for oral presentations are online. All oral presentations should have the dimensions 4:3 or 16:9 and last about 12 minutes, with 3 minute ...[Read More]