This year’s Photo Competition judging panel did a fantastic job of narrowing down the outstanding photo submissions to the EGU’s Photo Competition to just 10 finalists! The finalist photos are listed below and on the Imaggeo website where you can vote for them from Sunday 3 May until Thursday, 7 May 2025 – voting closes at 18:00 CEST. The three photos with the most votes will be annou ...[Read More]
At EGU we take our science seriously, but we also value creativity and the role it plays in all aspects of being a researcher, from designing your study to science communication! The EGU26 General Assembly offers plenty of avenues for creativity in every way, shape and form. If you’re keen to indulge your creative side or curious about the possible intersections between science and art, look no fu ...[Read More]
Hello Martin! Welcome to GeoTalk. Could you briefly introduce yourself to our readers? Dear EGU Community! My name is Martin, and since 2004 I have had the honour of being the Managing Director of Copernicus. By training, I am a hydrologist, but even before I graduated, I was drawn into the EGU General Assembly in 2003 in Nice, so this year marks my 24th EGU. To be precise, it is actually my 25th, ...[Read More]
The General Assembly is the nucleus around which EGU’s community gathers and connects, providing a week of opportunity to meet new people and reaffirm old bonds. Progress within science and its impact on society rises from the confluence of ideas and a diversity of voices; to facilitate meeting and discussion at the Assembly, #EGU26 offers a number of paths for building your network. Networking ev ...[Read More]
There are so many great events to participate in at EGU26 this year, in both on-site and virtual formats, that it can be very easy to feel overwhelmed. Whilst we encourage you to make good use of your Personal Programme to help organise your activities, we also reached out to several of EGU’s Committees that are responsible for specific other aspects of EGU’s activities, including the ...[Read More]
Early Career Scientists (ECS) – defined as a student, a PhD candidate, or a practising scientist who received their highest certificate (e.g. BSc, MSc or PhD) within the past seven years – compose about half of EGU’s members. Many of the sessions and events throughout the Assembly are built with our ECS attendees in mind, from introducing you to the Assembly and the Union as a whole or the numerou ...[Read More]
Each year, the EGU General Assembly offers a diverse programme of scientific and skills-focused sessions where participants can explore new research, grow their network, broaden their expertise, and build new skills. Among these are sessions that focus on science for policy, showcasing how researchers can start engaging in policymaking, connect with decision-makers, and create policy impact. This ...[Read More]
Pop-up networking returns for the #EGU26 General Assembly! Attendees can add their own events to the conference programme using the pop-up scheduling tool. Events can either be virtual or in-person, and include a number of tagging options to communicate the event theme to other attendees. The pop-up networking scheduling tool is live right now! Anyone attending EGU26 can organise an event using th ...[Read More]
The annual EGU General Assembly is a wonderful chance to gather together with friends and colleagues to discuss recent scientific work, plan new projects and develop your career, but a scientific meeting, especially one the size and length of time of the General Assembly is not an equally accessible experience for everyone. With this in mind over the years EGU have developed a range of resources a ...[Read More]
What is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity is the concept that individuals experience the world, process information, function and communicate in diverse ways; there is no ‘default’ way of thinking. As a framework it supports the self-advocacy of people who face obstacles due to their needs not being considered in the design of environments and systems. Such individuals think and experienc ...[Read More]