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#shareEGU20: A closing message from Susanne Buiter, outgoing Programme Committee Chair.

May 8, 2020
#shareEGU20: A closing message from Susanne Buiter, outgoing Programme Committee Chair.

Susanne Buiter, a Professor at RWTH Aachen University in Germany and former President of the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division of EGU, will be stepping down from her current role as Programme Committee Chair at the end of this year’s General Assembly. Whilst that should have happened in Vienna as normal, EGU was faced with the difficult decision to cancel the physical meeting this ye ...[Read More]

The road to a greener General Assembly

December 4, 2019
The road to a greener General Assembly
Starting in 2020, EGU will offset the carbon footprint of all participants’ travel to the General Assembly. Learn more about our environmental initiatives planned for the General Assembly in this blog post! (Credit: EGU/Foto Pfluegl).

Each spring thousands of geoscientists from more than 100 countries make their way to Vienna for the EGU General Assembly. Major conferences like this offer researchers many opportunities to advance their careers: from gaining research inspiration and learning new skills to sharing ideas and networking with peers. But participant travel to and within Vienna, plus their accommodation, food and drin ...[Read More]