The Session

Water Sciences Pop-Up Session at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2016

In addition to sharing their vision of the future of water sciences, the goals of this session are to: (1) encourage early career scientists to communicate complex topics in a short amount of time to a diverse audience and (2) provide these same scientists with the opportunity to receive feedback about their work.

Please submit your abstract to our session before the AGU abstract submission deadline on August 3th. It is free to submit and the session is open to any and all AGU members.

Session Description:
The state of the world’s water resources is continuously changing. Out of the box solutions may pave future decisions for scientific research, resource management, and public policy. This session provides young scientists the opportunity to give 5 minute presentations on their future vision(s) of water sciences. We offer a platform to share ideas with fellow scientists and the general public. Presentations should strive to go beyond one’s research to address broader issues. This pop-up session is open to both students and early-career scientists who want to share their vision and bridge the gap between now and the future. Selections will be based on ensuring a diverse range of topics, speaker backgrounds, and future ideas. Some examples of questions that might be answered in this session include:

– How can we advance water sciences using the ever-growing pool of accessible data?
– How do we manage the Food-Water-Energy Nexus under a changing climate?
– Can we get the same results we can with $100 dollars as we can with $10,000,000?
– The Cloud, one big brain?
– “Go big or go home” or “It’s the little details that are vital”?

For the official AGU website session please visit:
http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/students/events/pop-up-talks/

Official Schedule for the Water Sciences Pop-Up Session:
TBD