Geology for Global Development

GfGD Annual Conference 2015 (2) – Present a Poster

DSCF3314 (1)We are offering seven people the fantastic opportunity to prepare and present an A1 poster at the next GfGD Annual Conference. We are looking for volunteers to take on each of the following themes:

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Posters already allocated…
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Posters should describe and discuss the importance of understanding geoscience in the specific sustainable development goal.

Creating and presenting a poster at a national conference is a great opportunity, and good for your CV. It will profile your ideas and thoughts to a big, mixed audience – including students, professionals and our range of speakers and guests. We will print your poster (and you can keep it), you will get free registration at the event, and a prize will be given for the best poster.

Guidelines:

  1. Register to complete a poster by emailing conference@gfgd.org.
  2. Themes will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Available titles will be regularly updated on this page.
  3. To save you money and time – we will print and bring your poster to the conference – if it is emailed to us by Wednesday 30th September.
  4. Posters should be produced at an A1 size, and sent as a PDF.
    • Check that the page size is set to A1 (594 x 841 mm) before starting.
    • Do not place anything within 5mm of the edge of the poster.
    • Check that text is not too small, and images are of a high enough resolution.
Free registration will be given to those preparing posters. We will award a prize for the best poster. 
PRIZE UPDATE:
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Joel is the Founder/Director of Geology for Global Development (@Geo_Dev) an organisation working to support geologists to make a sustainable contribution to the fight against global poverty. He is an interdisciplinary researcher, with a PhD in geography (natural hazards), and research interests in multi-hazard frameworks, disaster risk reduction, rural water projects, and sustainable development. This work has taken him to Chile, China, Guatemala, India, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Joel is currently based at the British Geological Survey, and tweets at @JoelCGill.