EGU 2014: A First-timer's Experience
Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014 which was held in the beautiful city of Vienna, Austria. For those of you who are not entirely familiar with the meeting, it is one of the biggest annual gathering of geoscientists in Europe. These scientists come together every year to discuss the latest research in their respective fields, which includes everything from the understanding the dynamics of the core, to behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, and beyond. How big is it you may ask? It's big, really big. Over the course of 5 days, 568 sessions were attended by 12,437 researchers from 106 countries, 4892 presentations were watched, 9538 posters were scrutinised, and 483 PICO s were played with on giant touchscreens. Of course, this pales in comparison with the annual American Geosciences Union Fall meeting which clocked in over 22,000 attendees last December. However, considering the fact the largest conference I had been