The programme for the 2026 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is now available online! 

Contents

■ Meeting programme online
■ Provisional press conferences
■ Union-wide sessions of interest
■ Media registration

Meeting programme online

All sessions and abstracts are now available online. The programme is searchable by name, keywords (e.g.: Greenland, turtle), session topic (e.g.: climate, planetary sciences), and other parameters. You can generate your personal programme by selecting single contributions or complete sessions from the meeting programme. Reporters may also find the list of papers of public interest, selected by session conveners, useful.

Press conferences

We are planning around 6 press conferences at the EGU General Assembly, which will take place at the Press Centre located on the Yellow Level (Ground Floor) of the Austria Center Vienna. Below are the topics to be presented to journalists this year:

■ PC1: A trial by fire: Between preparedness, mitigation, and adaptation on a burning planet 
■ PC2: A transition under pressure? From Dunkelflauten, Energy Droughts, and wildfire smoke to the realities of urban adaptations.
■ PC3:  The anatomy of emissions: Measuring emissions from what we wear, cook, drive, and breathe...before it’s too late!
■ PC4: Can early warning maps outpace systemic vulnerability? Insights on extreme fire, heat, and gaps in EU climate laws.
■ PC5: Rumbles from the deep: On Alaskan megatsunamis, active submarine volcanoes, and the seismoacoustic signals of blue whales.
■ PC6: NASA: Juno update

Union-wide sessions of interest

We have an exciting line-up this year of Union-wide sessions, including great debates, union symposia, and short courses that could be relevant for media participants: 
■ Have we broken the Earth’s water cycle? Pathways from Planetary Boundaries to local Safe Operating Spaces
■ Evidence-based policymaking in an era of increasing climate hazards and risks
■ The ethics of using Artificial Intelligence in the Geosciences - Opportunities and Risks
■ The future of scientific publishing – do we need scientific journals?
■ Creating safe spaces in academia: recognizing and responding to harassment 
■ Invited to interview? Prepare for success with job applications and interviews in industry and academia 

Media registration

Members of the media, public information officers and science bloggers (conditions apply) are now invited to register for the meeting online, free of charge. Media registration gives access to the Press Centre, interview rooms, and other meeting rooms. It also includes a public transportation ticket for central Vienna, valid from Monday to Friday. At the Press Centre, media participants have access to a working space with a dedicated wireless network and a press conference room. In addition, breakfast, lunch, coffee and refreshments are available free of charge.
The list of journalists and public information officers who have registered already is available online.
Online registration is open until the Thursday of the meeting.
We strongly encourage all media participants to register in advance via this site to facilitate badge collection on arrival to the conference centre, the Austria Center Vienna. You may also register on-site during the meeting.
Further information about media services at the General Assembly is available here. Closer to the time of the meeting, this website will feature a full programme of press conferences, which will also be announced in later media advisories. For information on accommodation and travel, please refer to the appropriate sections of the main EGU General Assembly 2026 website.

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It is a non-profit interdisciplinary learned association of scientists founded in 2002 with headquarters in Munich, Germany. The EGU publishes a number of diverse scientific journals, which use an innovative open access format, and organises a number of topical meetings, and education and outreach activities. Its annual General Assembly is the largest and most prominent European geosciences event, attracting over 20,000 scientists from all over the world. The meeting’s sessions cover a wide range of topics, including volcanology, planetary exploration, the Earth’s internal structure and atmosphere, climate, energy, and resources.

The EGU General Assembly 2026 is taking place in Vienna, Austria, and online from 3 - 8 May 2026. For information and press registration, please check https://www.egu.eu/gamedia, or follow the EGU on social media .

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