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Submit Abstracts to Science & Society Sessions at the AGU Fall Meeting

21 July 2010
AGU Science Policy Alert 10–23

Believe it or not, the annual AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco is just around the corner. Are you knowledgeable about the societal impacts of your research or have you ever considered giving a policy-oriented talk? Submit an abstract for one of the many science and society sessions at the meeting. Already submitting a scientific abstract? You are allowed to submit one additional abstract to a Public Affairs (PA) or Education and Human Resources (ED) session as well. Please pass this information on to colleagues who may want to submit an abstract of their own! To find a relevant session, you can perform a session search for "Public Affairs" or other sessions. Some interesting sessions include:

Union:

U09: Climate Change Adaptation

Public Affairs:

PA01: Public Affairs General Contributions
PA02: Institutional Support for Science and Scientists in an Age of Public Scrutiny
PA03: The Challenges of River Restoration Using Dam Removals and Other Tools
PA04: How Well is Science Integrated into the Policy of Watershed Restoration and Management? A Comparison Among Systems
PA05: America's Climate Choices
PA06: Geosciences, Risks, Economics and Public Interest
PA07: Priorities and Pitfalls: Pathways for Effective Science Communication

Education:

ED08: The Imperative of Climate Literacy
ED10: Climate Change Adaptation — Education and Communication
ED19: Using Water Resource Issues to Engage and Educate
ED20: Improved Broader Impacts = Enhanced Scientific Impacts
ED27: Creating Professional Development Resources for Early-Career Geoscientists
ED28: Experimental Studies on Communicating Climate Change Science

The 2010 AGU annual Fall Meeting will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from 13-17 December. Last year, over 16,000 researchers, students, teachers, and consultants from around the world attended the meeting to disseminate and discuss the latest Earth and space science research