This year on the EGU General Assembly blog there will be guest posts from participants about their research and their impressions of sessions. These are personal points of view not EGU corporate views. If you would like to contribute a research viewpoint, please email us. This viewpoint is from Catherine O’Riordan, Vice President of Physics Resources Center, American Institute of Physics, reflects ...[Read More]
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Photo Competition at EGU General Assembly 2011
For the second year there will be a Photo Competition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011. The finalists are below. To vote in the competition visit The Crystal Lounge, on the Green Level, First Floor of the ACV. In The Crystal Lounge you can view posters of the images and vote at the electronic voting terminals. The winner will be announced in the Crystal Lounge on Friday lunc ...[Read More]
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GIFT at EGU GA 2011
GIFT at EGU GA 2011 elebrates 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years after publication of “The Origin of Species” with a GIFT workshop on “Evolution and Biodiversity”. The programme can be found online at the EGU GA 2011 site. The EGU Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) Programme offers teachers of elementary to high school the opportunity to upgrade their knowledge in g ...[Read More]
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GeoCinema@EGU General Assembly 2011
The GeoCinema is running for a second year at the General Assembly with over 40 films being shown. The GeoCinema programme is online at the meeting site and a pdf with details of the films is available. The GeoCinema is held in the GeoCinema room on the Yellow (Ground Floor) level (pdf floorplan), which is on your left as you enter the main entrance. Monday, 04 Apr 2011 10:30–10:45 Inspecti ...[Read More]
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Petrified Wood Exhibit at EGU GA 2011
This year at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly there will be an exhibit of petrified wood. It is located in Poster Hall Y of area XY near to the entrances to rooms 10 and 11 on the Blue (Basement) level, a pdf plan can be found here. The exhibition organiser Peter Huber will be at the exhibit each day from 17:30 to 19:00. Preview images can be found on Peter Huber’s Facebook Al ...[Read More]
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Union Wide Events at the EGU General Assembly 2011 (Part II)
This post is the partner of Union Wide Events at the EGU General Assembly 2011 (Part I). Townhall Meetings (TM) Townhall meetings are on a variety of topics this year including careers, research and women in Geosciences (TM9). They’re an opportunity to discuss topics in a bit more depth than the oral session question times allow. TM10 is associated with the late breaking session on the Japan ...[Read More]
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Webstreaming at EGU General Assembly 2011
As with previous years, selected sessions along with all press conferences (see EGU Media Portal) will be live-streamed during the General Assembly 2011 and are will also be available on demand after the conference. Please enter the general EGU Webstreaming site. The webstream portal contains events from General Assemblies in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The 2011 programme includes: Monday, 4 April 2011 1 ...[Read More]
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Navigating Vienna
Getting to the EGU General Assembly Venue The Austria Center Vienna (ACV), the venue for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011, is located next to the station “Kaisermühlen/Vienna Int. Centre” on subway line U1 running from the city centre (Stephansplatz) to Leopoldau. A Vienna metro plan (in pdf) can be found here and a travel planner for Vienna on Wiener Linien’s site (including h ...[Read More]
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EGU General Assembly 2011 At a glance
This post highlights some events at the General Assembly that will of interest to the whole community. Room D is on the Blue level (Basement) of the Austria Center Vienna. Monday, 04 April 12:15–13:15 Union Plenary Room D. All attendants are invited to this annual event where the past and future development of EGU is discussed. The Plenary is open to all EGU members and all EGU2011 General Assembl ...[Read More]
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Further details on events at the EGU GA 2011 related to recent Natural Hazard Events
Further details are available about the recently added session at the EGU General Assembly 2011. US4: The 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake, Conveners:Mary Fowler, Charlotte Krawczyk and Ramon Carbonell, in Room D on Thursday, 07 April, 08:30–10:15 will have three speakers on various aspects of the earthquake plus time for discussion. US5: The 11 March 2011 Tohoku (Sendai) Earthquake and Ts ...[Read More]