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Scientific Program

The scientific program is now live

How will you “Shape the Future of Science?” View the Fall Meeting program to customize your Fall Meeting schedule and share the sessions you’re looking forward to on social media. Don’t forget to use #AGU20!

All #AGU20 Fall Meeting sessions and events will be held in a virtual platform. Only registered attendees will be able to access 1,000+ hours of scientific content, from posters to Union sessions. With more than 23,000 attendees from 110+ countries, we also offer numerous opportunities for you to network to meet new colleagues and friends.

View an overview of the session schedule here, but to engage with #AGU20 content and attendees, you must be registered for the Fall Meeting.

  • Those from low/low-middle income countries as well as member K-12 educators and member undergraduate students receive free registration.
  • Please review the presenter guidelines and session chair guidelines for detailed information and specific deadlines related to your participation.
  • Visit our attendee resources that help you know what to do before, during and after Fall Meeting so you have the best online everywhere experience.

Full Scientific Program

To engage with all #AGU20 content, you must be registered for the Fall Meeting.

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Town Hall Guidelines

Town Halls offer an opportunity for government agencies, academic programs, special projects, and other focused interest groups to gather input from the AGU community. They are open to all registered meeting participants.  The town hall schedule is available here. 

Town halls are designed for engaging discussions following best practices for virtual meetings. They will be conducted live, will be one hour in length and will be hosted on Zoom. Live sessions will be recorded and then posted to your session in the online program where it will be available for on-demand viewing throughout the duration of the meeting. This is so attendees can view the presentations and discussions on their own schedules.

Town hall organizers will moderate the live sessions and facilitate discussion with the presenters/panelists and attendees via text chat.

Please note the following guidelines:

  1. You may develop the presentation format for your town hall program as you see fit, but within the parameters of your approved proposal.
  2. The primary contact will be billed a $100 USD labor charge to have an audio-visual technician present online to support the town hall. Payment will be an added step to your town hall proposal via the User Portal.
  3. All town hall attendees and presenters must be registered for the Fall Meeting. If you are not already registered, please register. Individuals will not be perm

Optional: If town hall presenters or panelists in your session have any presentations, organizers should reach out to them directly in advance of the meeting to collect their slides so you can create one presentation deck that you or the other conveners of the session will present during the live town hall. Instructions for uploading content has been provided to the primary contact listed on the town hall. 

In addition, if you have any content or reference materials that you would like to make available to attendees prior to the day of the town halls, you may add the links to this material to your existing town hall description that will display in the online program. Please access the User Portal to make any changes to your town hall including presenter updates. 

If you have any questions regarding the scientific program, please contact the Scientific Program Team. 

Scientific Workshops Guidelines

Scientific workshops will be scheduled from 1-4 December and 14-17 December. They will provide a great way to share your knowledge, skills or other resources in a workshop setting, free from the format constraints of traditional scientific sessions.

The full workshop schedule is posted here and registration is required. 

Additional resources and logistical guidelines, including specific instructions on conducting the workshop have been provided directly to the workshop organizers. If you have any questions regarding the workshops, please contact the Scientific Program Team. 

Innovative Session Guidelines

Innovations will integrate virtual participation, “meeting-within-a-meeting", and presentations in a dynamic way and creatively demonstrate the value and potential of remote participation and engagement. Innovations will include half-day and shorter presentations designed around a unifying theme. An example would be similar to the daily Centennial Neighborhood programming at the 2019 meeting.

The full innovative session schedule can be found here.

Additional resources and logistical guidelines, including specific instructions on conducting the session have been provided directly to the innovative session organizers. If you have any questions regarding the innovations, please contact the Scientific Program Team.