Monday, April 5, 2010

YES Network Activities at the 2010 EGU Meeting

We're getting ready for the EGU meeting in Vienna, Austria next month. If you're planning on attending, please RSVP to let us know. We've got several activities that we're planning for YES Network members (lunches, social outings, etc.) and we want to make sure we include everyone!

Just to get things started, here's a beginning list of places to be at EGU for YES Network members. If you're attending and have a poster or a talk, please let us know and we'll add your presentation to the list!


Schedule of YES Network Activities

MONDAY, 03 May

13:00 - 15:00, Poster Area BG, (Poster Number: BG54 EGU2010-3050, section BG6.1)
Reconstructing Mg/Ca ratios of seawater and implications for Mg/Ca based climate reconstructions - Jos Wit, et al. 

15:30–18:00, Room D (TM0)
Townhall Meeting: Women in Geosciences and 'What can EGU do for Women Geoscientists?'

17:30, Poster Area X/Y, (Poster Number: XY251 EGU2010-13875)
Arctic Ocean circulation during the anoxic Eocene Azolla event -  Eveline Speelman, et al.

TUESDAY, 04 May

YES Network Lunch Outing - (Bring your euros!) - 12:00. We'll meet outside the registration building by the yellow wall. 


17:30–19:00, Room D (TM1)
Townhall Meeting:  An International Geoscience Initiative

18:30–20:00, Room 36 (US7)
Union Symposia:  Eyjafjallajökull - eruption, plume, and consequences

WEDNESDAY, 05 May

09:15 - 09:30, Room 23 (EGU2010-4999)
A first look at silicon isotopes in two contrasting estuaries - Harold J. Hughes, et al. 


THURSDAY, 06 May

13:30 - 13:45, Room 29 (EGU2010-2552)
The YES Network: IYPE's Motto “Earth Sciences for Society" in Action - Leila Gonzales and Christopher Keane

YES Network Social at EGU - Time and Location TBD

FRIDAY, 07 May

10:30-12:00, Poster Area XY (Poster Number: XY517, EGU2010-15422, session NH9.3/EOS6) 
How do the public and policy makers communicate their perceptions of environmental risk to academics? - Jennifer Holden

10:45 - 11:00, Room 23 (EGU2010-12698)
Symbiotic methane-oxidizing bacteria in peat moss: microbial diversity and environmental relevance - Julia van Winden, et al.

13:30 - 17:00, Room SM2 (Blue Level, Basement)
YES Network Roundtable Symposia: OneGeology Initative
See the YES-EGU website for more information about the schedule and speakers, and information on how to register as a virtual participant: http://www.networkyes.org/index.php/yes_egu2010/

15:30 - 17:00, Poster Area XY, (Poster Number: XY498, EGU2010-15297, session NH8.1/BG1.4/SSS42)
Temporal relationships between heavy-metal concentrations in water and food crops at a Zambian urban agriculture site. -  Jennifer A. Holden, et al.