Each year EGU presents several keynote sessions called the Union Symposia and Great Debates. These Union-wide events are carefully selected each year to cover topics that are of broad interest to our members, regardless of which Division or field of Geoscience they most closely associate with. With the exception of GDB1, all the Great …[Read More]
The EGU General Assembly is the largest geoscience meeting in Europe. It has a wide range of scientific sessions that you can attend to gain a greater understanding about specific topics both within and outside of your research area. Every year there are also numerous non-scientific sessions that can attend to expand your network, diversify …[Read More]
This year for vEGU21, the Union’s working group on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) was very interested in how to increase the visibility of our wonderful and diverse community of researchers – now that we won’t be walking the halls of the Austria Centre Vienna together. Using an online initiative started in 2017 with a …[Read More]
As part of this year’s General Assembly #vEGU21, between 19 and 30 April 2021, we are strongly committed to the principles of inclusivity and diversity and therefore require all our members and attendees to treat each other with basic courtesy and respect. This is why you may notice on all our guidelines we state that …[Read More]
It is now just over two weeks until vEGU21 begins on 19 April and today uploading of your display materials and live presentation slides can begin! But what do you need to know about uploading and commenting?! Firstly you should know that detailed information about uploading all materials for your vPICO and other types …[Read More]
Last year, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published their Science for Policy Handbook that provides advice on how to bring science to the attention of policymakers. The Handbook is divided into 19 Chapters covering different areas of science for policy as well as some of the challenges that scientists face when engaging with …[Read More]
This year for vEGU21 we are very excited to be welcoming three great people into our EGU Communications Team for the next month to help with social media, blogging and the press conferences. These interns and volunteer are going to be assisting EGU Communications Officer Hazel Gibson and Head of Media, Communications and Outreach Terri …[Read More]
Even before the global pandemic reshaped how we share our scientific research, presenting our results online has become more and more a normal activity for researchers around the world. Digital conferencing, remote presentations and pre-recorded talks shared over the internet have a lot of positives and negatives, not least of which is the ability to …[Read More]
Now that you have had a quick look at our programme for vEGU21, maybe found your abstract or session, you probably have a few questions! Over the next few weeks we will be trying to answer as many of these questions as we can, but if you have a question that you can’t see answered …[Read More]
Happy International Women in Science Day 2021! We at EGU are very lucky to have many outstanding women who participate in the running of the European Geosciences Union. We are delighted to introduce you to just a few of our hard working, inspiring, creative and passionate women of EGU – especially as several of them …[Read More]
