EGU NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 111, MARCH 2024 ====================================== EGU24 is almost here! It’s time to find your community and make new connections in Vienna and online! We’re just over two weeks away from Europe’s largest geoscience conference – EGU’s General Assembly EGU24 (https://www.egu24.eu/) – our newest version of the EGU hybrid General Assembly! EGU24 is going to be our biggest hybrid meeting yet, bringing together thousands of researchers, exhibitors, students, artists and journalists for an exciting week of science, discussion and discovery. Is this your first time attending the EGU General Assembly? We’ve got you covered! Check our quick first timer’s guide (https://egu.eu/7UN8EC/) on how to plan for your conference week. And if you’re presenting at EGU24, find out how to make your EGU24 presentation accessible to all (https://egu.eu/9UPOIA/). Meet Jane Roussak, EGU’s Events Manager (https://egu.eu/64CC4P/), who works with the Programme Committee to create the General Assembly, as she tells us about the behind-the-scenes effort that goes into planning a the meeting and shares her tips and tricks for EGU24 (https://egu.eu/64CC4P/). As a reminder, registration (https://www.egu24.eu/attend/register.html) remains open for EGU24 throughout the week of the meeting, with single day on-site rates now available. We look forward to seeing you soon, both in Vienna and online! DEADLINES --------- 5 APRIL ‘Ask a Policy Expert’ EGU24 deadline (https://www.egu.eu/forms/AskSciPolExpertEGU24/) 12 APRIL Upload your EGU24 presentation! (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/presentation-upload) SCIENCE FOR POLICY ------------------ Interact with SciPol Experts at EGU24 EGU24 will not only provide participants with a range of engaging science for policy-related sessions (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/sessions-of-special-interest/Policy), but it will also allow some to meet “science for policy experts“<https://www.egu.eu/forms/EGU24_Science_for_Policy_Experts/!> You can meet one of the many science for policy experts that will be at EGU24 by submitting your policy-related questions here (https://www.egu.eu/forms/AskSciPolExpertEGU24/) before 5 April 2024 to be matched with an expert during the General Assembly week! Alternatively, If you’d like to practice pitching your research to policymakers, you can submit your research topic or project here (https://www.egu.eu/forms/Pitching4Policy/) and join us on Tuesday 16 April (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/session/50706) to give your pitch to a panel of four science for policy experts! These experts will listen to your pitch and give you feedback and provide insights on areas that you can improve when discussing your research with policymakers in the future. Submit your research now (https://www.egu.eu/forms/Pitching4Policy/) as timeslots will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis! JOURNAL WATCH ------------- Each month we choose a scientific paper published in one of EGU’s open access journals to be our Journal Watch, but did you know you can also access preprints, abstracts and supplementary materials from our meetings and annual General Assembly through EGUsphere? Learn more at EGUsphere (https://www.egusphere.net/). GEOROUNDUP March EGU journal highlights (https://egu.eu/67FXRR/) ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- Nominate someone for an EGU Award or Medal! The EGU awards and medals (https://egu.eu/1WJWEA/) recognise scientists for their outstanding research contribution the geosciences. Nominate your colleagues by 15 June 2024. RESOURCE OF THE MONTH --------------------- How to prepare for EGU24 Are you ready for EGU24? Get all the insider knowledge and advice from a team of our experienced Early Career Scientists in this free EGUwebinar (https://egu.eu/6J5F7H/) on YouTube, to make sure you are all set for an excellent week of connecting with science, and each other! UPCOMING DATES -------------- EGUwebinar: How to convene a session at EGU24 Ready to convene your session at EGU24? Dan Evans, incoming ECS Rep is ready to help in this free webinar (https://egu.eu/8V4JRS/) at 13:00 CET on 2 April! EGU Science for Policy hangout Come virtually network with those working at the science-policy interface! Register (https://egu.eu/1LLJE0/) for our next #ScienceForPolicy hangout at 14:00 CET on 8 April Get funding to host Geoscience Day 2024 Apply for €10,000 funding to host a celebration of geoscience in your country with the EGU’s Geoscience Day funds! Apply here (https://egu.eu/0BZXEI/) by 15 May. Apply to invite a Distinguished Lecturer to your institution EGU’s Education Committee is offering funding to support access to a Distinguished Lecturer, find out more and apply (https://egu.eu/4IB7RA/) by 19 April. EGU BLOGS --------- How to Prepare for EGU24? (https://egu.eu/1UGY9O/) Hydrological Sciences Division blog Getting to EGU ‘by fair means’ (https://egu.eu/9YVJUI/) Biogeosciences Division blog Run your own event at EGU24 with the pop-up networking scheduler! (https://egu.eu/6MN8QI/) Geolog, the Union’s official blog SciComm notes: can Granny understand your science? 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