Alberto Montanari

#shareEGU20: A welcome to the first virtual EGU General Assembly from EGU President Alberto Montanari

Hazel Gibson May 4, 2020

I am enjoying a positive feeling while I am writing these words to open the EGU2020 General Assembly #shareEGU20. In my opinion, a positive attitude is the best way to pay a tribute to the persons – including some colleagues and friends – who lost their lives due to COVID19. It is in their memory that we are looking to the future and making an effort to transform this crisis into an opportunity. I ...[Read More]

EGU General Assembly 2020 cancellation: Alberto Montanari and Susanne Buiter talk about the decision – and what comes next

Hazel Gibson March 19, 2020

Our members come from all over the globe to attend the EGU General Assembly. By providing support through EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online this year we hope that many of these will still be able to share their innovative and exciting research together.

On 19 March EGU announced that it has cancelled the physical EGU General Assembly 2020 in Vienna, Austria. We spoke to the Union President Alberto Montanari and Programme Committee Chair Susanne Buiter to get some more information about what this means, how this decision was made and what comes next. Hello Alberto and Susanne, thank you for answering my questions. Today we found out the EGU ...[Read More]

EGU President Alberto Montanari introduces the new EGUsphere

Alberto Montanari March 17, 2020

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) just announced the launch of EGUsphere, a new online platform designed to promote global networking and open discussion within the Earth, planetary and space science community. EGUsphere will serve as a central repository for all contributions, presentations and manuscripts presented to EGU. In particular, EGUsphere will host abstracts and presentations from th ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Meet the EGU’s president, Alberto Montanari

Olivia Trani May 28, 2019

EGU President Alberto Montanari receiving the 2017 Union Service Award at the during the 2017 General Assembly. Credit: EGU/Pflugel

GeoTalk interviews usually feature the work of early career researchers, but this month we deviate from the standard format to speak to Alberto Montanari, president of the EGU. Alberto has a long-standing involvement with the Union, stretching back more than 15 years. Following a year as vice-president, Alberto was appointed president at this year’s General Assembly in Vienna. Here we talk to him ...[Read More]