Program & Schedule
The AGU24 meeting online scientific program and schedule is now available!
Schedule at a Glance
New for AGU24, only plenary and keynote sessions will be live-streamed; named lectures, Union sessions, oral sessions and town halls will be available for on-demand viewing only.
- Plenary and keynote sessions will be held at 12:30 daily.
- Oral sessions and Union sessions be 90 minutes in length and will include a mix of in-person and pre-recorded presentations.
- The in-person poster hall will be open throughout the week with two daily sessions and one hour of dedicated networking each day.
- virtual poster presenters will present asynchronously
- eLightning sessions will be 90-minute in-person only sessions.
- Town halls will be 60 minutes and will be held at 12:30 and 18:00 throughout the week.
- Pre-conference workshops will be held in-person only on the Sunday prior to start of AGU24 (pre-registration is required).
- Select in-person only learning activities will be held during the week.
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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All Day | Pre-Conference Workshops | |||||
8:30 - 12:20 | AM Poster Session | |||||
8:30 - 10:00 | Oral Sessions | |||||
10:00 - 13:00 | Exhibit Hall Hours | |||||
10:00 - 18:00 | Exhibit Hall Hours | |||||
10:00 - 10:20 | AM Break | |||||
10:20 - 11:50 | Oral Sessions | |||||
11:50 - 12:20 | Dedicated Poster Viewing (Online iPoster's and Poster Hall) | |||||
12:20 - 12:30 | Transition Break | |||||
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch/Plenary/Town Halls | |||||
13:30 - 13:40 | Transition Break | |||||
13:40 - 14:10 | Dedicated Poster Viewing (Online iPosters and Poster Hall) | |||||
13:40 - 17:30 | PM Poster Session | |||||
14:10 - 15:40 | Oral Sessions | |||||
15:00 - 18:00 | Exhibit Hall Hours | |||||
15:40 - 16:00 | PM Break | |||||
16:00 - 17:30 | Oral Sessions | |||||
17:30 - 18:00 | Transition Break | |||||
18:00 - 19:00 | Town Halls & Events | Honors Ceremony, Town Halls & Events | Town Halls & Events |
Keynotes & Plenaries
#AGU24 has secured an excellent lineup of respected and distinguished keynote speakers, making up different vocations in various fields of science. From scientists and science leaders, to authors and artists, these accomplished individuals will draw from their unique backgrounds to make your AGU24 experience unforgettable.
Visit this page regularly to see the latest keynote speaker announcements.
Washington Convention Center, Hall E
Sharon Cayette Lavigne, a native of St. James, Louisiana, boasts a distinguished 38-year career as a devoted Special Education teacher within the St. James Parish school system. In 2018, she embarked on a transformative journey by founding RISE St. James, a faith-based grassroots nonprofit dedicated to advocating for clean air, clean water, and combating the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish. Despite humble beginnings, Sharon's vision drew around ten passionate individuals to her inaugural gathering, hosted at her residence. Transitioning to retirement in 2018, Sharon's unwavering commitment to environmental justice remains evident, guided by her principle: "To love a community is to find ways to heal the community." Her tireless dedication garnered global recognition in June 2020 when she received the esteemed Goldman Environmental Prize for her resolute activism. Adding to her accolades, Sharon received the Mary Magdalene Award for Courageous Women of Faith from the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in February 2022, followed by the prestigious Notre Dame's 2022 Laetare Medal—a testament to her invaluable contributions as an American Catholic layperson. In August 2022, the Urban League of Louisiana's Annual Gala honored Sharon Lavigne's indomitable spirit, solidifying her legacy. In 2024, Sharon was listed as one of TIME100’s Most Influential People. Amidst her remarkable achievements, Sharon remains a devoted mother of six and a cherished grandmother to twelve—a testament to the unwavering support she receives from her loving family. Sharon Lavigne's story epitomizes tenacity, passion, and unwavering commitment to the environment and community, inspiring positive change.
Washington Convention Center, Hall E
Admiral Rachel L. Levine serves as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. She fights every day to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. She’s working to ensure health equity is front and center to build a stronger foundation for a healthier future - one in which all people and places in our nation can thrive. ADM Levine’s storied career, first, as a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist in academic medicine focused on the intersection between mental and physical health, treating children, adolescents, and young adults. Then as Pennsylvania’s Physician General and later as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health, she addressed COVID-19, the opioid crisis, behavioral health and other public health challenges.
Washington Convention Center, Hall E
Global climate change is frequently acknowledged as one of the most pressing issues of our time, with significant potential adverse impact across all sectors of our global ecosystem. Faith communities are increasingly involved in action on climate change, bringing spiritual and religious motivations to our collective understanding of stewardship and care for our planet. Yet, there remains limited acknowledgement and proactive meaningful engagement between science communities and faith communities. This is an opportunity for change towards more inclusive science practices.
Moderator:
Lisa J Graumlich (AGU President)
Spotlight Speaker:
Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman
Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman is the President and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network. Jessica received her Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology and serves as a Board Member of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Panelists:
Connie Bertka
Constance (Connie) M. Bertka, received her Ph.D. in Geology from Arizona State University and an M.T.S., Master of Theological Studies, from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC. In addition to her research in planetary sciences, Dr. Bertka has had a long-term scholarly and pragmatic interest in the relationships between science and religion and their influence on public understanding of science. Previously she directed the Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Marcus Coleman
Marcus Coleman recently served as the Director for the Department of Homeland Security Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (DHS Partnerships Center), one of several centers of the White House Office of Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships. Marcus Coleman was the Director of FEMAs Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He has worked with multiple faith communities on disaster risk, resilience, and response and developed numerous partnerships with multifaith organizations.
Carlos Javier Martinez-Zayas
Carlos Martinez-Zayas is an early career climate scientist currently serving as a AAAS fellow at the National Science Foundation. He is an atmospheric scientist studying climate variability, dynamics, and change and says “My passion for the atmosphere and our planet stems from my faith and the desire to be a good steward of our Common Home.” Carlos is very proactive in promoting in science and faith-based environmentalism in organizing educational events to help bridge faith and science communities.
James C Rattling Leaf
James Rattling Leaf, Sr. is the Tribal Engagement Specialist for the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (NC CASC). He is a member of South Dakota's Rosebud Sioux tribe. James has served as the following: Visiting Collaborator, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Director, Geo-Spatial Applications Center, Sinte Gleska University; Board Member, Education Committee, American Geophysical Union (AGU); Fellow, International Indigenous Resource Management Institute, Denver;, He is currently Chair of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Section.
Rutaba Tariq
Rutaba is an accomplished youth advocate and emerging scholar with an excellent track record in international affairs, youth empowerment, politics, and policy. She currently works as Regional Program Coordinator for Faith For Our Planet (FFOP), an international faith-based climate action NGO. At FFOP, Rutaba leads initiatives such as the groundbreaking Youth Interfaith Leaders Fellowship on Climate Change at Duke University, USA- one of the world’s first fellowship of its kind.
Jennifer Wiseman
Jennifer Wiseman is the former director of AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) program. AAAS established DoSER in 1995 to facilitate communication between scientific and religious communities. Wiseman is Senior Project Scientist on the Hubble Space Telescope, and an American astronomer. She earned a bachelor's degree in physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1995.
Washington Convention Center, Hall E
In alignment with the overarching theme of AGU24, "What’s Next for Science?", this year's plenary session will explore the future of corals amidst the pressing challenges of climate change. We are excited to present a dynamic and interdisciplinary dialogue featuring a distinguished NOAA coral reef ecologist, Derek Manzello, and an acclaimed artist and ocean advocate, Courtney Mattison, who will offer unique insights into the impacts of climate change on coral ecosystems. This discussion will be moderated by Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer, artist, activist, podcaster, and story strategist with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. The plenary aims to highlight the transformative power of the arts in engaging the public and shining a light on the collaborative benefits between the arts and sciences. Our goals are to elevate awareness of climate change impacts on coral reefs; to inform about coral conservation; to inspire active participation in broader environmental conversations; and to explore innovative pathways to solutions. This will be an engaging session that underscores how transdisciplinary work at the intersections of science and art can be especially effective for addressing one of today’s most urgent environmental challenges.
Moderator:
Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer is an artist, activist, creative learning specialist, and host of The Heart Gallery podcast. Her work bridges art, storytelling, and social change, amplifying marginalized voices to inspire more compassionate ways of living together.
Rebeka’s projects explore justice, community, and environmental stewardship, spotlighting diverse forms of storytelling, from traditional music to textile crafts. Her art has been exhibited globally, including at UN climate conferences and the Design Museum London.
She is an artist-in-residence and learning advisor with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and holds degrees from Yale University and the University of British Columbia.
Panelists:
Courtney Mattison (Internationally Recognized Artist & Ocean Advocate)
Internationally recognized artist and ocean advocate Courtney Mattison hand-crafts intricate and large-scale ceramic sculptural works that visualize climate change through the fragile beauty of marine life. Her background in ocean conservation science and policy informs her art practice. Mattison’s site-specific work has been commissioned for permanent installation in hospitality, institutional, workplace, retail and residential settings across the U.S., Europe and Asia, including the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia and The Seabird Resort in Oceanside, California. Her exhibition history includes solo shows at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and ICA San Diego/North, where she was Artist in Residence. Curated group exhibitions include “Iris Van Herpen. Sculpting the Senses” at Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris, “Fragile Earth” at the Brandywine Museum of Art and “Beijing 2022” at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in China. In 2020, the United Nations Postal Administration published Mattison’s work on a stamp to commemorate Earth Day. Born in 1985, Mattison received an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in marine ecology and ceramic sculpture from Skidmore College in 2008 and a Master of Arts degree in environmental studies from Brown University with thesis coursework at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2011. Her work has been featured on the covers of American Craft, Nature, Beaux Arts and Brown Alumni magazines, and by Smithsonian Magazine, Good Morning America, Oprah Magazine and BBC World Service. She lives and works in San Francisco.
Derek Manzello (NOAA Coral Reef Watch)
A coral reef ecologist, with a Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Fisheries from the Rosenstiel School of the University of Miami, Dr. Manzello is Coordinator of NOAA's Coral Reef Watch program, an effort focused on the monitoring of coral reef ecosystems through satellite observations. Coral Reef Watch is a part of the NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research and uses NOAA satellite data to monitor environmental conditions that lead to coral bleaching. From 2001-2020, Derek worked at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, FL, where he led the development and implementation of the climate change and ocean acidification monitoring of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program for U.S. coral reef ecosystems. Dr. Manzello has published on multiple topics in coral reef ecology, and he regularly conducts research that spans the disciplines of biology, chemistry, and geology. His primary research interest is understanding the impact of climate change and ocean acidification to coral reef ecosystems. Manzello has conducted over 1000 scientific dives while researching coral reefs in all U.S. coral reef jurisdictions, as well as international locations in the Pacific (Galapagos, Panama, French Polynesia, Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea) and Indian Ocean (Chagos Archipelago).
Session Formats
AGU24 will offer session formats that foster and encourage discussion across the meeting and will incorporate design principles and will offer session formats that foster and encourage discussion across the meeting including:
- Expanding open discussion and engagement times.
- Recording most sessions so they are available to all attendees.
- Accessing most presentations and posters online.
- Accommodating virtual presentations as much as possible.
These featured sessions cover a diverse range of Earth and space science as well as overarching societal topics. World-renowned scientists and leaders will explore the theme "What’s Next for Science" as they convey the ways Earth and space scientists are always looking toward ‘the next’ as they ask and answer, reach for and advance and then do it all over again.
Keynotes and plenaries will be live streamed in real-time and also available for on-demand viewing.
These award lectures are curated by AGU sections to recognize distinguished scientists with proven leadership and discoveries in their fields of science. They showcase the breadth and depth of discovery and solution science spearheaded by AGU members.
Named Lectures will not be live-streamed in real-time and will be available for on-demand viewing only.
- invited scientific thought leaders connected to AGU’s mission which encompass diverse presenters and conveners
- creative and dynamic format with attendee engagement
- moderated discussions designed around a theme
- short presentations, panels, and poster sessions
- will include a mix of live in-person and online presentations.
Please note, conveners may also opt to accept contributed abstracts and convene a companion poster session.
Union sessions will not be live streamed in real-time and will be available for on-demand viewing only.
These 90-minute scientific sessions will be allocated by the program committee after abstract submission. The sessions will encompass in-person and online pre-recorded presentations and moderated Q&A discussions with presenters and the audience.
New for AGU24, please note the following virtual participation options:
- will include a mix of in-person and pre-recorded presentations.
- will not be live-streamed in real-time and will be recorded for on-demand viewing only.
- online presenting authors will be required to upload a pre-recorded presentation in early December.
- online presenting authors and chairs will not participate in live sessions via Zoom and will not have option for live participation in the session or Q&A with audience. Online, asynchronous Q&A chat functionality will be available for attendees.
- the presentations selected for oral sessions are determined by the session conveners. It is not possible to request an oral presentation.
These 90-minute scientific sessions will be allocated by the program committee after abstract submission. These live, in-person only sessions begin with three-minute lightning talks from each presenter with:
- An overview of their dynamic, digital, and interactive poster.
- Discussion of their digital poster at their assigned touchscreen monitor following the lightning talk.
New for AGU24, eLightning presenters:
- will only be scheduled in-person in Washington D.C.
- must create an interactive poster for display in the online poster gallery.
- will be selected for eLightning sessions are determined by the session conveners.
Poster sessions are the core of AGU24, and an important opportunity for researchers at all career stages to present and discuss their work with other researchers in their field. All accepted scientific sessions will receive, at the minimum, a poster component. Sessions will be allocated by the program committee after abstract submission, the presentations selected for poster sessions are determined by the session conveners, and abstracts will be scheduled by session conveners based on the presenter's selection of online or in-person participation.
New for AGU24, participation options include:
- In-person posters
- scheduled sessions will take place in-person in the poster hall in Washington, D.C.
- in-person poster presenting authors will be required to print a paper poster and attend the conference venue on the specified dates.
- presenting authors will also have the option to create an interactive poster to be displayed in the online iPoster gallery to extend visibility of their research.
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Online posters
- online presenting authors will create their own schedules during the week of the meeting and will not be included in a dedicated session.
- accepted online poster presenting authors must create an interactive poster to be displayed in the online iPoster gallery.
- presenting authors will have the opportunity to showcase their posters via asynchronous, online discussions with attendees via self scheduled video or chat times that will be listed in the online program and through direct messages.
- presenters can also create pre-recorded videos or audio narrations for attendees to view with their poster.
Proposed by the AGU community (including AGU staff) and open to all meeting participants, these one-hour sessions, are best for:
- Collecting feedback or raising awareness about particular initiatives, programs or special projects.
- Delivering updates and gathering input about government agency initiatives, academic programs, special projects and other focused interest groups for the broader AGU community.
- Roundtable or panel discussion formats
Approved town halls will be:
- Focused on topics that do not compete with, substitute or duplicate scientific session formats or substitute for ancillary event requests.
- Scheduled onsite in Washington D.C. or online-only town halls will be held the week prior to AGU24.
- Not be live streamed in real-time and will be available for on-demand viewing only.
*Please note, town hall submissions have closed, requests for ancillary event space will open in September 2024.
Approved workshops will:
- be half day or full day in length.
- require a separate registration for all workshop attendees.
- be scheduled onsite only in Washington D.C. on the Sunday prior to the start of meeting.
*Please note, workshop submissions have closed, requests for ancillary event space will open in September 2024.
Click here to view the AGU24 Pre-Conference Workshops
Scientific Neighborhoods
Get to know your neighbors. The Poster Hall will again be organized into scientific neighborhoods to make it easier for you to identify interdisciplinary connections and relevant posters.
This year’s neighborhoods include: Science Nexus, Earth Interior, Earth Covering, and Beyond Earth. Expand the neighborhoods to see which scientific disciplines are included.
Beyond Earth
- Atmospheric and Space Electricity (AE)
- SPA-Aeronomy (SA)
- SPA-Magnetospheric Physics (SM)
- SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH)
- Planetary Sciences (P)
Earth Covering
- Global Environmental Change (GC)
- Cryosphere (C)
- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (PP)
- Ocean Sciences (OS)
- Hydrology (H)
- Near Surface Geophysics (NS)
- Earth and Planetary Surface Processes (EP)
- Biogeosciences (B)
- Atmospheric Sciences (A)
Earth Interior
- Study of Earth’s Deep Interior (DI)
- Mineral and Rock Physics (MR)
- Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (V)
- Tectonophysics (T)
- Seismology (S)
- Geodesy (G)
- Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, and Electromagnetism (GPE)
Science Nexus
- Near Surface Geophysics (NS)
- Informatics (IN)
- Nonlinear Geophysics (NG)
- Natural Hazards (NH)
- Education (ED)
- Science and Society (SY)
- GeoHealth (GH)
- Union (U)