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‘GeoVision’ at EGU26: join us for a night of music and science!

‘GeoVision’ at EGU26: join us for a night of music and science!

Vienna – the city of music! Of Mozart and Mahler, Beethoven and Brahms – and of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest! In this spirit, we invite you to a music-filled evening to wrap up EGU26 and let your hair down. An evening where geoscience meets music and art, and where we celebrate the creativity, diversity, and spirit of our community together. Join us for a fabulous night of music an ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: meet Christina Orieschnig, hydrologist and science communicator!

GeoTalk: meet Christina Orieschnig, hydrologist and science communicator!

Hello Christina! Welcome to GeoTalk. Before we dive in, could you introduce yourself to our readers? Hey everyone! I’m a researcher at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in Montpellier in the South of France. For my work, I specialise in remote sensing and hydrological modelling, with study areas in Cambodia, Tunisia, and France. At EGU, I’m also the outgoing Early Career Scient ...[Read More]

How to make the most out of your experience at EGU26 (part 1)

How to make the most out of your experience at EGU26 (part 1)

The first time I came to EGU was in 2007. I was two months away from graduation, a week away from my wedding, and it was my first major international conference. I had no idea what I was doing. It was just a day trip, a red-eye train in the morning, and a train home in the evening. I turned up in a suit and tie and probably stood by my poster like a deer in the headlights. On my way home, I browse ...[Read More]

Get our top Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) tips for EGU25, from previous winners and judges!

Get our top Outstanding Student and PhD-candidate Presentation (OSPP) tips for EGU25, from previous winners and judges!

Every year at the General Assembly hundreds of students present their research 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), were born. Since the ...[Read More]